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Silverlight 2 GDR1 Now Available...

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Not a huge release this one, but we've just shipped an update for Silverlight 2 that fixes a number of minor bugs that have been reported over the last couple of months.

Get it while it's hot, here:

Note that the developer tools page may have an old date/timestamp on it still, but the binary is the new updated version. You have the GDR1 if your Silverlight version is 2.0.40115.0 (the original Silverlight 2 version was 2.0.31005.0).

Here is a list of the main changes in the GDR (build 2.0.40115.0):

  • Fixes problems that were caused by Silverlight and McAfee scanning tools interactions
  • UI automation stability fixes, including:
    • graceful failures when attempting to use features that require .NET Framework 3.0 or 3.5 on machines that do not have either framework installed
    • improved Tablet support
  • Fixes an issue that arises when Mac users customize their environment by removing Arial and Verdana fonts
  • Fixes a known issue with Isolated Storage IncreaseQuotaTo method (see this post for more information)

It's also worth highlighting Tim Heuer's blog entry on the topic, which adds some good information about how to force users visiting your site to upgrade to the latest build if you're relying on one of the above fixes for your application.

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  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    PingBack from http://www.clickandsolve.com/?p=10959

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Non, il ne s’agit pas d’une nouvelle version mais simplement d’une sorte de Service Pack, qui corrige

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Not sure what the big deal is with this silverlight, saying that, I am still getting to grips with vista!

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Hi Tim, is there a place to download the developper runtime version (the installer says my dev-tools are out of date and cancel installation)

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/D/8/FD8F5947-78FF-40A5-9A34-5E35243C12E4/40115/Microsoft%20Silverlight%20Release%20History.html Only minor changes - looking forward to SL3 :-)

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
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    February 18, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    and those bugs that were fixed are ? I would like to know if any of my applications that were abandoned are now viable.

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Tim, any release notes? Specifically what bugs are fixed? Regards. Nathan

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    When/How should we use this version? Should I be re-deploying my existing apps? Do I need to update the version number in my .aspx pages? Put another way, what is the impact of this release on my existing applications.

  • Anonymous
    February 18, 2009
    Where is the change log?  I'd like to read what has been fixed.  Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    Today (as announced by Tim Sneath ) the Silverlight team released an update for the plug in which is

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    DEVELOPERS:  I've seen a few comments here (and elsewhere) about where to get the developer bits.  I posted the links and instructions here: http://timheuer.com/blog/archive/2009/02/19/silverlight-2-gets-minor-update-gdr1.aspx with direct links to the developer runtimes for Windows and Mac. Additionally the developer links are on http://silverlight.net and http://microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/tools.aspx.  I'm going to be changing where they are listed on sl.net as right now they are under the Additional Resources.

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    In this issue: Ed Silverton, Tim Sneath, Shawn Wildermuth, Koen Zwikstra, Tim Heuer, Ken Cox, Robby Ingebretsen

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    Tim Sneath  Silverlight 2 GDR1 Now Available Silverlight 2가 몇가지 이슈들을 살짝 고친 GDR1 버젼으로 업데이트 되었습니다.

  • Anonymous
    February 19, 2009
    [Info]Silverlight 2 GDR1 release...

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
    A new update has been published recently for the Silverlight 2.0. Read more here: Silverlight 2 GDR1

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
    A new update has been published recently for the Silverlight 2.0. Read more here: Silverlight 2 GDR1

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
    What!? Silverlight has client .NET dependencies for some features?  I though that's what downloading the runtime was for.

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2009
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  • Anonymous
    February 23, 2009
    Silverlight 2 のマイナーアップデート版である Silverlight 2 GDR(General Distribution Release) 1 が公開されました。基本的には、いくつかのバグフィックスを行ったものです。

  • Anonymous
    March 02, 2009
    Just putting a note here for people to know that the source is now also available in Visual Basic, courtesy of Neal Andrews! [we will incorporate that to the source tree on the next release] Cheers,

  • Anonymous
    March 11, 2009
    I think even this release will not install with McAfee running, seem to have the same access to reg key HKLMS..MozillaPlugins that we have with .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 and the HKLMS..Mozilla key. Site is using McAfee Virusscan Enterprise versions 8.n The advice to stop the McAfee services during install is OK for one machine but not for the thousands on site. Any advice appreciated.

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    March 15, 2009
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    March 17, 2009
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    May 15, 2009
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