SilverX 1.5 product line has just been released and is now available for download. The new version introduces the following features:

• Support for Expression Blend 4 and Silverlight 4 output
• Output to WPF and Windows Phone platform
• Major XAML readability improvements and reduced XAML size
• Dramatically increased performance and reduced memory usage
• SilverX is now fully managed .NET application

We split SilverX up into two different products SilverX and SilverX Expression to best serve people with  different requirements. The descriptions below explain the differences between the two products.

I just found that SilverX has been reviewed on Indonesian blog. Although I am unable to fully understand it it seems that the content is quite interesting and informative. Author successfully converted  ”Happy three friends” Flash movie to Silverlight and there are a number of screen shots showing his work.

Author also points out that when converting large SWF movies SilverX may eat huge amount of memory. Yeah, that is true for version 1.2. Upcoming  SilverX 1.5 release in May will solve this issue and will convert much faster!

SilverX got a nice review from wpfdev blog. Check it out at:

http://www.wpfdev.com/2009/12/21/converting-flash-to-silverlight-with-silverx/

If you regularly visit SilverX website to check for updates, you might have noticed that we did not published any significant SilverX updates for almost three months.

We’ve been busy porting SilverX core libraries from C++ to .NET. I am happy to inform you that the port is now complete and SilverX 1.5 alpha is now available! In May 2010 we will publish SilverX version 1.5 based on new core libraries, which will have functionality comparable to SilverX version 1.2.

New SilverX core introduces the following major updates:

• SilverX is now a fully managed-code .NET application.
• Performance has been improved dramatically.
• Both WPF and Silverlight version of SilverX are available so you can use SilverX online!

Later in the summer, we plan to release SilverX 2.0 with major functionality enhancement, including a number of conversion options, ability to give names to converted elements, ability to convert individual SWF objects and a lot  more!

Links:

SilverX 1.5 alpha installer

Online Silverlight-based SilverX 2.0 prototype

Windows executable WPF-based SilverX 2.0 prototype

Please feel free to place your comments and suggestions, your opinion is highly important for us!

SilverX 1.2 introduces Microsoft Expression Blend 3 add-in. SilverX functionality can now be easily accessed from within Expression Blend 3. Please watch “Getting started” video below to learn how to start using SilverX add-in for Expression Blend to convert SWF file(s) into your Silverlight project.

Today we are launching SilverX blog where we are going to

• Highlight SilverX updates and new features
• Write “how to” tutorials on SilverX usage scenarios
• Publish articles helping Flash developers  to start working with Silverlight

Please don’t hesitate to leave your comments and to tell us what kind of articles you would like to see here.