Version 2.1 of the VG.net vector graphics system was released today. With this version, you can build animated vector graphics displays in Visual Studio .NET and deploy them to web pages in Internet Explorer. Read more at the VG.net 2.1 release announcement. See a sample animated vector graphics web page on the VG.net development blog.
VG.net 2.1 Released: Vector Graphics in Visual Studio .NET
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Won’t be compatable with SVG I’ll reckon.
Do I have to install somethign to see this?
Obviously it doesn’t work in firefox but even IE just shows a broken image icon on a black background.
So what’s the deal?
Is this a way to compete with Flash? i am not sure but i guess it
only works in IE, right? Why not make sure IE can actually display transparent pngs?
It seems to be working. It is a bit of a download, so if the server is heavily loaded it may time out. If you have your security settings on high you won’t be able to see it. Or if you do not have the .net framework, or a very old verion of IE.
It is not a Flash competitor. It is for .NET developers. Each object is a .net object — there is no equivalent in flash.
SVG: VG.net exposes the capabilities of GDI+, not SVG. SVG is more for javascript or xml developers who wish to use an activex control. That said, VG.net may provide svg import in the future.
See this really cool sample:
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/vgclock.asp
Warning: codeproject is quite slow so be patient.
> and deploy them to web pages in Internet Explorer
hurray, completely useless for the rest of the web.
.NET controls in web pages are targeted toward Intranet solutions, where all clients have .net installed. It is possible to host .net controls in other browsers as well, if the browser developers decide to add that capability.
A .NET control is far safer than an ActiveX control in terms of security. .NET controls run in a sandbox similar to Java applets.
> It is possible to host .net controls in other browsers as well
you should have added “on Microsoft Windows-XP”
Anywhere the .net framework is supported.
Sorry, no soup for you.
Come back in a year.