Need Diagram Control in Silverlight - silverlight

We are looking for a Diagram Control/Component in Silverlight which enables us to create and deploy Network Diagrams. Also with which we should be able to traverse the diagram created, save it as a file (e.g. XML), load it, create custom nodes/controls with simple animation controls etc.
Can anyone let me know of any such component/tools in Silverlight that cater to our specified requirements?

Try Syncfusion Diagram for Silverlight. Check out their demos here

Syncfusion have Diagram Component for Silverlight platform. This control is a common control for Drawing and Creating Diagram with lot of features and it will support Save and Load in many types.
Saving and loading as Xaml file.
Printing also possible.
Please visit the following link for more information.
Link: http://silverlight.syncfusion.com/samples/Silverlight/#/User%20Interface%20Edition/Diagram
Please let me know if you have any further clarifications.
Regards,
Sundar M

If the question is still actual you can try SharpShooter Diagrams of PerpetuumSoft. It supports all the features you've mentioned and more.

You can try NOV Diagram. Check the Silverlight demo here
Full disclosure: I work at Nevron

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I want to create an automated UI test that will test my syncfusion grid. My problem is that the recorder can't recognize this control (or any syncfusion control). I've searched a lot in the internet but I couldn't find any extension so the recorder will recognize my controls (I'm using WinForms, not WPF!), or at least a way to extend the recorder abilities so syncfusion's controls will be recognized somehow.
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This is Rajadurai from Syncfusion. Thank you for your interest in Syncfusion Products. To make UI Test Automation recognize Syncfusion grids(WinForms), some internal support need to be provided in grid whose implementation is in progress and about to be completed. Please submit an incident through Direct-Trac for any further related inquiries in the following link.
http://www.syncfusion.com/Account/Logon?ReturnUrl=%2fsupport%2fdirecttrac
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My company is going to development drag and drop feature in Silverlight. We are very new to Silverlight and just learnt SL for a week ago. But I believe the feature that my company wants can be done in Silverlight. The control about is about the time table in which the resource will be shifted around.
Here is the feature detail. We have one list box on left (resource list) and one table on the right. What we want to do is drag an item from the list onto the table then may have some data manipulation on table. I think it’s simple and but for me I don’t know how to create the table which is I think there is no built in control like this. Please take a look my screenshot below.
http://i.stack.imgur.com/QCaVX.jpg
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feature?
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this control?
How we can handle the event such as
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There are too many questions in your question to answer. Best do your research and then ask specific questions.
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