Full Color Code samples appear as they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend! Printed entirely in color, with helpful figures and syntax coloring to create the example code appears like they do in Visual Studio and Expression Blend! Silverlight is a lightweight but powerful plug-ins for several web browsers on multiple operating systems that makes it easier to create rich web-based content, applications, and control. Silverlight 1.0 Unleashed is the authoritative book that covers the technology in a practical and approachable, written by teachers Silverlight and Microsoft developer Adam Nathan. Includes everything you need to know about Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) in Silverlight Silverlight feature areas Examining in depth: graphics, text, audio, video, animation, ink, events, and more Demonstrates how to create reusable controls and perform additional tasks common tasks (such as drag-and-drop) using basic building blocks Explains how to download assets asynchronously to maximize your user experience Demonstrate how to create hybrid applications that mix Silverlight content with HTML or Flash content Summary of features scheduled for future versions of Silverlight while showing how to achieve the desired results with the current version Introduction 1 Part I Fundamentals 1 Pre-9 2 XAML 39 Part II Creating Static Content 3 Shapes, Lines, and Curves 61 4 Text 83 5 Brushes and Images 99 6 Positioning and Transforming Elements 117 Part III Making Your Content Come to Life 7 Responding to Input Events 143 8 Downloading Content on Demand 179 9 Animation 191 10 Audio and Video 219