Moonlight 1.0 Release - Open Source Silverlight 1.0 Implementation on Linux

From Scott Hanselman
Moonlight 1.0 Release - Open Source Silverlight 1.0 Implementation on Linux

Windows 7

I have installed Windows 7 on a virtual PC and here is a screenshot. The installation went like a breeze, except for the networking where I had to ensure that the NAT is proper to access my host PC which was running Windows XP.

NET 3.5 SP1: Now Available for Download

The .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 is available as a free download .

Silverlight new learning page

http://silverlight.net/blogs/jesseliberty/archive/2008/07/21/check-out-our-new-learn-page.aspx

Firefox

I have also downloaded Firefox as part global download option. Yet to see how much downloads has been made.

Visual Studio 2008 SP1 & Silverlight 2 Installation issues

I ran with all the problems today with installation of SP1 of VS 2008 and Silverlight 2.0. First I had a Fatal issue during installation of SP1. It always asked for a vs_2008.msi during installation and failed. Here are the steps to resolve it.

1. Uninstall all the KB related to Visual Studio 2008 (including document explorer and VS tools for office).
2. Repair Visual Studio 2008 with the CD/location which you used to install.
3. Restart the machine
4. Install SP1 – which goes very smooth.
5. Restart the machine again.

Once this was done, I installed the Silverlight chainer. Whenever I open the Visual Studio create a silverlight project run it and close it, VS 2008 crashed. There was also an issue with WCF service project. Here is the link which resolved this issue as well.

http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=665

Follow the above steps and I am doing fine now with Visual Studio and Silverlight.

Happy Programming.