IntroductionIn this article we will see what we can achieve in Silverlight 4; which is not possible or partially possible in Silverlight 3. We will compare the features with WPF 3.0, Silverlight 3 and VS 2008 with VS 2010 and Silverlight 4.Design & Preview in VS 2010 for Silverlight 4As you know in VS 2008, we are able to design and preview the design. But it is not possible for Silverlight 3 design and preview.As Visual Studio 2010 is the only platform which supports Silverlight 4 and it has support for Design and Preview for Silverlight 4.
Text as Content for Controls in Silverlight 4In WPF you might have seen Text Content in Control. But it is not possible for Silverlight 3.In Silverlight 4 it is possible as you see in the following figure:If we try the above in Silverlight 3, it would give you the following error:Properties for Controls for Silverlight 4We have Properties to set for WPF controls in VS 2008 but in Silverlight 3 with VS 2008 it is not possible.But in Silverlight 4 with VS 2010, we can see each and every property and we can change it too.Extensive Color Mixer in VS 2010Extensive Color Mixer is available for VS 2010; in VS 2008 we had only few set of colors. See both VS 2008 and VS 2010 feature in below figures.And in VS 2010 you have the following:Hope this is informative. We will see some more possibilities in next part.
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