The new Silverlight 3 beta includes the ability to run Out-of-Browser applications. The demos so far show this only inside a special frame. Does anyone know how I can run Siverlight 3 controls inside a (WPF) application? ...
I'm getting some strange behaviour with the out of browser icons in a Silverlight 3 app. All four sizes are defined in the AppManifest.xml and each icon has the build action set to "Content". However, I'm only seeing the icon display on the very first install prompt (128x128 icon) and not on the desktop, shortcut menu or title bar when t...
What is hosting the Silverlight application when running out of browser? I can imagine on Windows it uses some very thin IE host but what is it actually running for Windows and Mac machines? ...
My Silverlight 3 application looks perfect in and out-of-browser with DPI setting in Windows XP set to Normal size (96 DPI). After changing DPI settings to Large size (120 DPI) the application looks the same in browser but scales up out-of-browser. The problem is that when running out-of-browser the hosting window size stays the same r...
I have a few users that are using a silverlight app that aren't recieving updates when a new release is published. Isn't this suppose to be automatic or perhaps I'm missing an option somewhere? I was also starting to think that maybe the XAP file is cached and I some how need to prevent that. Any thoughts out there? ...
I was wondering if I can customise the look and feel of the OOB window of my SL app? I want it to look different than the standard windows frame (maybe at least change the visible buttons like minimise or maximise...) thanks ...
Hello, Is there any way to open a page in the browser by ckicking the app in out-of-browser mode? Thank you ...
Is it possible to use any Microsoft Map component / control to integrate a map in a Silverlight 3 out of browser (only) application? ...
Is it possible to include a html area in a Silverlight 3 out of browser (OOB) application? Due to the fact that no html/dom bridge is accessible the DIV overlay does not work as far as I know. ...
Silverlight 3 allows you to run your application out of the browser, which installs a link on your desktop/start menu. The problem is we are currently using System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage. Window.Navigate(new Uri("http://<server>/<resource>"), "_blank") to load a URL into a new browser window (it's to provide a 'print ...
Are there any special considerations we will need to take into account for Mac scenarios? Furthermore, with features such as COM interop which aren't applicable on a Mac, how do you give visibility of these capabilities to your code? if (Silverlight.Environment.SupportsCOMInterop) { // do stuff } More generally, could your code de...
I have an out of browser application running in Silverlight. It functions how I want it to when running in Windows. However, it has very strange behavior on a mac. When closing a window on a mac only the window closes the application continues running. Is there some way to get the Silverlight application to close on a mac when the windo...
I want to be able to close a Silverlight window when running out of browser. I know it is possible to do this in the browser. ...
With Visual stuido 2010, it's simple to set up SL4 to debug with an out-of-browser installed app. I followed the instructions from here and everything seems to set up fine. Debugging from the browser runs the program just fine, but running from the OOB program gives a different result. After starting, the screen will go blank and then...
I have a simple ChildWindow popup in Silverlight 4 (beta). Important: This is an out-of-browser application. i want to auto set focus on a TextBox control when the window opens. I've tried a couple things : The following code doesn't seem to do anything. I don't think the control is ready to be focussed after 'Loading'. private ...
Dear StackOverflowers; How/what is the best way to access a user outlook while out of browser in Silverlight ? I'm looking for sample code to start making queries on a user e-mail box after the user installs a silverlight app. I know this busts most if not all of the silverlight security sandboxes, but installing elevates the app trus...
I'm looking at a scenario where I need to create a single "master" Silverlight application and then add "child" applications for an out-of-browser Silverlight application. The scenario is something like this. A user will visit a gameboard web site and choose a game to play. Let's call it Checkers. He likes it, so then he insta...
Can any one tell me how to load com object in a silverlight out of browser application . I use silverlight4 . If possible can any one give me sample codes of it. Thanks in advance ...
Hi I tried to create object using ComAutomationFactory.CreateObject . It is giving following exception "Failed to create an object instance for the specified ProgId" My application is running on OOB and has elevated permission. if (ComAutomationFactory.IsAvailable && App.Current.HasElevatedPermissions) { ...
I've done some cursory reading on Silverlight and data access. From what I can tell, I'll need a web service to hook up a Silverlight application to a database while it's running in browser. Is this true when it goes OOB? Or is there another method that should be used then? Some background: We have a .Net 2.0 Winforms application. ...