Hi all, I'd like to allow a user to open files in their own client applications via Silverlight. I'd like this to work similarly to WebDAV, in the sense that they could read/write the file back into Silverlight's isolated storage...
Is it possible to construct a file:// link to an isolated storage file? Is there a uri scheme that is defined for silverlight in a browser that has the silverlight plugin?
Am I totally nuts?
Looks like you can do this and there is a tutorial on it here. The tutorial is just on how to use isolated storage, but the example is to open files on the user's system and store them in isolated storage. :)
What you're asking for is unfortunately not directly supported today. However, with Silverlight 3's release last month, you will find that there is now a FileSaveDialog.
Combined with isolated storage, the FileOpenDialog, and FileSaveDialog, you do have some options for creating a system for providing files to your users, and receiving their updates.
However, they'll need to initiate the open and save - the actual isolated storage file paths are pretty difficult to discover, and it isn't recommended to allow users direct access to them.