Ian Ellison-Taylor and Kevin Gjerstad on WPF 3.5 SP1 | AdamKinney

Ian Ellison-Taylor

The big issues was that we wanted to make some core performance improvements so we couldn't do just a pure feature pack. We could have separated the fixes from the features but got feedback from ISVs early on that it was better to just put them together in to a single release.

I do appreciate the confusion though so this is definitely something we'll re-think for future versions. Do other folks agree we should keep things separate in the future?

Thanks,

Ian.

Ian Ellison-Taylor

figuerres wrote:

Can a non-admin user who does not have full access but has a .net 2.0 app today get an update that will boot-strap to .net 3.5 and then get the app w/o an admin logon??

Unfortunately not. This update at least makes some core changes and so requires admin privs. We definitely get this request *a lot* though and it is something we're moving towards (it's just really hard to engineer).

Sorry,

Ian.

Klaus Enevoldsen
Development has never been easier nor more complicated...

Ribbon control in WPF! YES!!! Finally!!! Big Smile

vesuvius
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Klaus Enevoldsen wrote:
Ribbon control in WPF! YES!!! Finally!!!

The only criticism I have, is when the controls are released. Tim uses the euphemism "out-of-band" in his blog, but also states that Line Of Business applications are taking up WPF rapaciously.

Why the silverlight beta included the datagrid, but this does not is a mystery? I need to get compos-mentes with this control (and the ribbon) for my smart client applications, but am having to wait.

One cannot diminish the phenomenal improvements to a plethora of issues that have kept me in windows forms for LOB applications. If you try the piteous WPF controls from e.g. http://www.componentone.com/ staying with windows forms becomes the easiest of decisions. Forget about a dog running with three legs, more a dog with half a leg. For now it will be another 3 to 6 months till some of the essential controls become available. What a shame!

figuerres
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Ian Ellison-Taylor wrote:

figuerres wrote:

Can a non-admin user who does not have full access but has a .net 2.0 app today get an update that will boot-strap to .net 3.5 and then get the app w/o an admin logon??

Unfortunately not. This update at least makes some core changes and so requires admin privs. We definitely get this request *a lot* though and it is something we're moving towards (it's just really hard to engineer).

Sorry,

Ian.

I understand the issues,

Please If we can get more info on what it can/can't do etc...

for example can we setup a "reboot" / "runOnce" to do that perhaps?

ShilpaT

Can't load the file. I don't get the Download/WMA/MP3 options on the page.

Ion Todirel
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is it safe to install VS 2008 SP1 Beta on a development machine? I mean we all know Visual Studio is a very heavy piece of software, I don't want to remove the whole thing just to remove SP1 Smiley

aL_
Rx ftw

sweeet Smiley

i have one question though, where exactly do you post feedback? the msdn forums are vast and im always feeling im posting in the wrong place Smiley is there a prefered place there? or is connect the way to go? i havent found a connect project for .net or wpf as a whole (if there is one please link Smiley )

CKurt
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Uhm, problem :

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Beta) does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your system. Please click the link below for more details.

So i can't click NEXT Sad

UPDATE:

Fixed it, had to uninstall Silverlight Tools Beta 1 (got to love those bèta's) and uninstall KB949325