Silverlight 2 DataGrid December 2008 Release
Silverlight 2 DataGrid December 2008 Release
A bug-fix release of the Silverlight 2 DataGrid was released today
Overview
This version of the DataGrid contains the following improvements over the version that was released in the Silverlight 2 SDK:
- Almost 30 bugs have been fixed.
- Rows containing focus no longer disappear when the ItemsSource changes
- Selection is now preserved when sorting
- ComboBox and other controls opening a popup no longer end editing mode for the DataGrid
- Buttons outside the DataGrid work as expected when they are clicked while the DataGrid is in editing mode
- Improved FrozenColumn behavior.
- Improved cell currency.
- Selection is updated at the time when the CurrentCellChanged event is raised
Installation Instructions
Visit the Silverlight 2 DataGrid December 2008 Release download page and read the installation instructions carefully. In order to successfully use the new DataGrid you must do the following.
- Close all instances of Microsoft Visual Studio.
- Delete all cached toolbox items by removing all files beginning with "toolbox" from %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0
- On Microsoft Windows XP, %LocalAppData% is Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Application Data.
- On Microsoft Windows Vista, %LocalAppData% is Users\UserName\AppData\Local.
- Replace the following assemblies with the ones in this package:
- %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Libraries\Client\System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll
- %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Libraries\Client\System.Windows.Controls.Data.Design.dll
- For any existing projects, delete the reference to System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll and then re-add the reference.
for more info read the Silverlight 2 DataGrid December 2008 Release from team member Brian Braeckel