I have been busy with my project so I haven't really got a chance to play with Silverlight 2.0 as much as I wanted to, I had a look at it but thats about it. I'll be posting XAML Resources, VB.NET/C# source code, sample, example, videos, tutorials, media player skins (I have few of them) and almost everything but I have to get my hands dirty with Silverlight 2.0 first which I'll as soon as possible.

But today you have the first instalment of Vista resources, I had them in Adobe Illustrator format for the last few months but I thought I'll give you a taste of what is coming later on, below is the image of the sample gradients, the gradients have been applied as Rectangle fills using Fill="{StaticResource BrushKey}" on gray background. Although you can use/apply them to any height the preferred height is 40, 20, 40 and 40 respectively with the image below.

If you don't know how to use resources here is the sample file,

But if you know how to use resources, then this is all you need

       <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="VistaWEHeader" StartPoint="0.5,1" EndPoint="0.5,0">
           <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF000000" Offset="0"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF9AC6CF" Offset="0.0494537"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF54A1AA" Offset="0.0714264"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF146478" Offset="0.5"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF408C9A" Offset="0.505493"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF87B6C0" Offset="0.928574"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFBCCDD7" Offset="0.950546"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFAEBFCA" Offset="0.983521"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFAEBFCA" Offset="1"/>
           </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
       </LinearGradientBrush>

       <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="VistaStatus" StartPoint="0.5,1" EndPoint="0.5,0">
           <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF000104" Offset="0"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF02070B" Offset="0.494507"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF33373D" Offset="0.494507"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF757A7C" Offset="0.917587"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFA0A1A3" Offset="0.956039"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FF48494A" Offset="1"/>
               </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
       </LinearGradientBrush>

       <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="VistaIEHeader" StartPoint="0.5,1" EndPoint="0.5,0">
           <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFDFE4F4" Offset="0"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFB8BCC2" Offset="0.0439606"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFE0E6F4" Offset="0.0769196"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFD4DBE8" Offset="0.648346"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFE8ECF4" Offset="0.714279"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="1"/>
           </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
       </LinearGradientBrush>

       <LinearGradientBrush x:Key="VistaMenuBar" StartPoint="0.5,1" EndPoint="0.5,0">
           <LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFD4D4D4" Offset="0"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFF0F2F4" Offset="0.0659332"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFF6F5F8" Offset="0.598907"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0.609894"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFFFFFFF" Offset="0.978027"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFC7C7C7" Offset="0.994507"/>
               <GradientStop Color="#FFC7C7C7" Offset="1"/>
           </LinearGradientBrush.GradientStops>
       </LinearGradientBrush>

Stay tuned more coming your way, and don't forget to leave your comments.