Quick start with Silverlight 2

This page applies to Silverlight 2 projects only

You can use Microsoft Expression Blend 2 with Service Pack 1 to quickly design stunning user interfaces for your Microsoft Silverlight 2 applications. Silverlight 2 provides the ability to deliver rich interactive applications and media experiences for the web. For more information about how to develop Silverlight 2, see Silverlight learning center.

In This Section

Conceptual

Overview of Silverlight 2

How to

Create a project for a Silverlight 2 application
Open an existing Silverlight 2 project
Draw a shape or path in your Silverlight 2 project
Draw a control in your Silverlight 2 project
Create a reusable template for a system control
Modify the appearance of a system control in different states
Modify the transition time between state changes in system controls
Create a new user control in your Silverlight 2 project
Define different visual states and transition times for a user control
Change state in response to user interaction
Add animation that will play after a change in state
Import a custom control by adding a reference
Create a skin for a control in a Silverlight 2 project
Load a new page dynamically in your Silverlight 2 application
Customize an Expression Encoder template for Silverlight 2
Add a Silverlight 2 application to a website
Install the Silverlight 2 tools and runtime