Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 Ready for Download | CodeGuru

Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 Ready for Download

Last week it was reported that the Silverlight 5 Release candidate was available, but it did not include support for Expression Blend. This week Microsoft has announced that the release of Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 is ready to be downloaded. This release includes the ability to create Silverlight 5 projects such as Silverlight […]

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Sep 8, 2011
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Last week it was reported that the Silverlight 5 Release candidate was available, but it did not include support for Expression Blend. This week Microsoft has announced that the release of Expression Blend Preview for Silverlight 5 is ready to be downloaded.


This release includes the ability to create Silverlight 5 projects such as Silverlight 5 SketchFlow projects, and is installed along with Expression Blend 4. This new version is limited to Silverlight 5 projects, and is not backwards compatible.

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