Will Avalon/XAML based .NET run on XP?
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Will the Avalon/XAML version of .NET run on XP? And will it do so during, or before, 2005? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Joe Woodbury wrote: Will the Avalon/XAML version of .NET run on XP? And will it do so during, or before, 2005? Too early to say for sure - but I doubt it. From all I've read it looks to be a Longhorn only technology but we are a long way off Longhorn release and MS could change their mind. Michael 'Logic, my dear Zoe, merely enables one to be wrong with authority.' - The Doctor: The Wheel in Space
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Will the Avalon/XAML version of .NET run on XP? And will it do so during, or before, 2005? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Probably not, because then you wouldn't be forced to "upgrade" to Longhorn. (Me? Cynical?) --Mike-- Ericahist [updated Oct 26] | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | Homepage | RightClick-Encrypt | 1ClickPicGrabber #include "witty-quote.h"
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Will the Avalon/XAML version of .NET run on XP? And will it do so during, or before, 2005? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Avalon is the set of presentation services for Longhorn. I cannot imagine Microsoft ever trying to rip this out of Longhorn and trying to shoehorn it into XP. It's not a theme or skinning service - it's a complete reworking of the way Windows interacts with the screen. cheers, Chris Maunder
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Avalon is the set of presentation services for Longhorn. I cannot imagine Microsoft ever trying to rip this out of Longhorn and trying to shoehorn it into XP. It's not a theme or skinning service - it's a complete reworking of the way Windows interacts with the screen. cheers, Chris Maunder
This is where I get confused. I was under the impression that that Avalon would be available only to .NET programs. If so, then it could run on XP. Right? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
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This is where I get confused. I was under the impression that that Avalon would be available only to .NET programs. If so, then it could run on XP. Right? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
*I think*... Avalon is the new graphics API for future Windows versions; and XAML is the new GDI to access it all...I dont know
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Will the Avalon/XAML version of .NET run on XP? And will it do so during, or before, 2005? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Look on the Avalon/Longhorn newsgroups - they specifically have said "no". :(
**"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." -- Robert Louis Stevenson
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This is where I get confused. I was under the impression that that Avalon would be available only to .NET programs. If so, then it could run on XP. Right? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
If Avalon is only available to .NET applications, then that simply states that only .NET applications can use Avalon. This implies that unmanaged applications won't be able to use Avalon. It says nothing about other requirements for using Avalon (one of which would presumably be running under Longhorn).
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Look on the Avalon/Longhorn newsgroups - they specifically have said "no". :(
**"Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." -- Robert Louis Stevenson
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Just curious: Are you planning to finish your FLUID control library before Longhorn official release or after?... "...Ability to type is not enough to become a Programmer. Unless you type in VB. But then again you have to type really fast..." Me
igor1960 wrote: Are you planning to finish your FLUID control library before Longhorn official release or after?... Before, definitely. :)
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*I think*... Avalon is the new graphics API for future Windows versions; and XAML is the new GDI to access it all...I dont know
It is possible to programmatically access avalon and build gui programs without XAML. XAML is really just a 'resource script' to describe a 'page' of ui content and controls (with extensions to hook ui events back to the underlying code). Sort of a merged html page / dialog resource. But yes avalon is managed and apparently only accessible from managed code.
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This is where I get confused. I was under the impression that that Avalon would be available only to .NET programs. If so, then it could run on XP. Right? Anyone who thinks he has a better idea of what's good for people than people do is a swine. - P.J. O'Rourke
Avalon is based on .NET, as are many of the underpinnings of Longhorn. cheers, Chris Maunder