After the first real controlset for Silverlight, Sapphire by ComponentOne, was released earlier today, I started by reading the quickstart guide (one has to start somewhere, isn't it).
I created a first demo application (actually, it was not even a demo application for that matter), using the following code, after adding a reference to the C1.Silverlight.dll.
<Canvas x:Name="parentCanvas"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
Loaded="Page_Loaded"
x:Class="SilverlightProject1.Page;assembly=ClientBin/SilverlightProject1.dll"
xmlns:c1="clr-namespace:C1.Silverlight;assembly=ClientBin/C1.Silverlight.dll"
Width="640"
Height="480"
Background="Gray"
>
<c1:MonthCalendar></c1:MonthCalendar>
</Canvas>
I added the MonthCalendar control, so I was hoping to see at least something. Too bad, I only got an empty screen :(. My first thought was that it was my Silverlight version, it might not have been the latest version. However, after forcing an update of Silverlight 1.1, I still didn't see anything.
After some poking around, I figured out what it was: the controls only work if your computer's locale is set to English-US (en-US). Very weird indeed.
Anyway, I got what I wanted before I went to bed, my first Silverlight application built with Component One's Sapphire!
Here's what it looked like (be amazed!!)
You can read more on the release on http://www.snowball.be/Silverlight+Sapphire+Controls+Renamed.aspx.