Expression Blend 2 Service Pack 1

Expression Blend 2 SP1 (which is an evolution of the Blend 2.5 previews) provides rich authoring support for Silverlight 2. Building on the earlier Blend 2.5 releases, this Service Pack provides designers with even more control over the visual and interaction design for rich interactive web applications.

New platform functionality exposed:

  • Control Skinning offers designers the ability to edit templates for customizing controls, or to create new templates from scratch for complete expressive freedom and component reusability.
  • Visual State Manager gives designers the power to precisely specify how each element of a control looks and behaves in each state of the interaction model, including transitions.
  • Font Embedding and Subsetting provides designers an easy way to present text consistently to users.

 

 

How Do I? Videos by Steve White

Create Custom Buttons
Learn how to replace the standard look of a Silverlight 2 Button control.

 

Add States to a Control
Learn how to add states to a user control, how to define the look of the states and the transitions between them, and how to add the code to trigger state changes.

Customize a Checkbox’s Checkmark
Learn how to edit the default template of a CheckBox control and use text instead of graphics to represent the Unchecked / Checked / Indeterminate states.

 

Use an In-State Animation
Learn how make an animation run while a control is in a given state.

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