Frequently Asked Questions

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• Can I create a Silverlight 2 project with VS 2005?

  No you can not create Silverlight 2 apps with Visual Studio 2005.  You can use the free Visual Web Developer 2008 with Service Pack 1.  Just download and install Visual Web Developer and the Silverlight tools to create silverlight apps.

   

  
  http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/

   

  http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=129043

   

  
  

  Submitted by Ken Tucker

• Can I develop Silverlight 2 Apps on a Mac?

  Yes.  There is a Plug in available for the Eclipse Ide for creating Silverlight apps. 

   

  
  http://www.eclipse4sl.org/download/

   

  
  

  Submitted by Ken Tucker

  
  

• Drawing problems with Silverlight 2 DataGrid

  In December 2008 Microsoft released an updated Silverlight 2 Datagrid.  If you are having problems with the datagrid leaving "Ghost Rows".  I would download this updated grid

   

  You can find a more info on the Dec 2008 version of the datagrid here

   

  Submitted by Ken Tucker