8

Perception, Reality & Potential

For developers and designers

Developer’s

Designer’s

Effects

Fonts

Think of Expression as Design as Photoshop meets Illustrator

Bitmap Export

Vector Export

XAML Layout Creation

Optimal situation: Collaborative plan upfront

Loading Additional XAP files is not easy

http://tinyurl.com/loadxaps

More than one timeline

Clipping Masks vs. Image Brushes

Expression Encoder

http://www.mikeswanson.com/swf2xaml/

<object id="Xaml1" data="data:application/x-silverlight-2," type="application/x-

silverlight-2" width="100%" height="100%">

<param name="splashscreensource" value="ClientBin/Splash.xaml"/>

<param name="onSourceDownloadProgressChanged"

value="onSourceDownloadProgressChanged" />

<param name="source" value="ClientBin/GHTunesMIX.xap"/>

<param name="onerror" value="onSilverlightError" />

<param name="background" value="white" />

<param name="minRuntimeVersion" value="2.0.31005.0" />

<param name="autoUpgrade" value="true" />

<a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=124807" style="text-

decoration: none;">

<img src="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=108181" alt="Get

Microsoft Silverlight" style="border-style: none"/>

</a>

</object>

function onSourceDownloadProgressChanged(sender, eventArgs) {

var myHost = document.getElementById("Xaml1");

var txtCounter = myHost.content.findName("txtCounter");

var gaugeNeedleAngle = myHost.content.findName("gaugeNeedleAngle");

var currentProgress;

if (eventArgs.progress) {

currentProgress = eventArgs.progress;

} else {

currentProgress = eventArgs.get_progress();

}

txtCounter.Text = Math.floor(currentProgress * 100) + "%";

gaugeNeedleAngle.Angle = 25 + Math.floor(currentProgress * 125);

if (currentProgress > (1 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb1").Visibility = "Visible";

if (currentProgress > (2 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb2").Visibility = "Visible";

if (currentProgress > (3 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb3").Visibility = "Visible";

if (currentProgress > (4 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb4").Visibility = "Visible";

if (currentProgress > (5 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb5").Visibility = "Visible";

if (currentProgress > (6 / 7)) myHost.content.findName("bulb6").Visibility = "Visible";

}

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