17th November 2009

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Featured Article

In this article, Sergey examines the capabilities of Silverlight to create an advanced view of a tool tip. After a short introduction, he shows ways to create the tool tip with standard representations and examines the customization capabilities of the tool tip view. Finally, he shows how to create animations for the tool tip.

http://aspalliance.com/1862_Advanced_View_of_a_ToolTip_in_Silverlight_3

Editor's Comments

I and the staff of ASP Alliance are at PDC this week where there is some pretty cool stuff being shown and announced. If you aren't here too, you can still stay plugged in to the latest announcements and happenings with MVC 2.0, Windows Azure, Silverlight, WPF, the upcoming Visual Studio 2010, and more. All the sessions are being recorded and will be available at http://microsoftpdc.com. Plus, you can catch tomorrow’s keynote LIVE in smooth streaming at 8:30am PST. And all throughout the conference, Channel 9 is broadcasting live interviews. Make sure to tune in: http://microsoftpdc.com

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