out-of-browser

Download a zip folder from a remote server and unzip folder from a silverlight application

Hi All, How can i download a zipped folder from a remote server and unzip the entire files in the folder and store them in isolated storage space from a silver light 3 or 4 out of browser application. Any suggestion please ...

Is there a way to remove the titlebar for Silverlight out-of-browser apps

I assume the window is owned by the sllauncher...so is there a way to remove its titlebar? ...

Silverlight 3 Out of Browser - Restart "application"

We're working on a fairly complex Silverlight 3 RIA UI for our back office product. Part of the functionality of this is that the user may select themes. We're using Telerik themes and these require us to apply the theme selection at the time of App_Init. So we can certainly have a selection UI for the themes, but then we need to restar...

Silverlight SQL Deployment

I'm about to write an application in either Adobe Air or Silverlight, to run standalone, offline, on the desktop. It's a simple enough application that allows the user to enter text data and will then print formatted documents based on that information. The obvious place to store all this relational data is in a database. I believe Air...

Launch Silverlight Out-of-Browser from browser post-installation

Hello all, I am building a prototype application in Silverlight 4 Beta and I am using the Out-of-Browser (OOB) functionality. I need the OOB functionality to be able to access the local file system, and I would like to avoid writing an ActiveX component or Java applet. I have a requirement to be able to launch the OOB experience from t...

Silverlight Out of Browser Application making Http Requests through a proxy

When running Silverlight 3.0 in OOB mode, you don't have to worry about any proxy authentication as the browser normally takes care of this. If I've installed a Silverlight app in OOB mode, is there any way to authenticate against a proxy? ...

How do I pass windows credentials to an ADO.NET Data Services call from Silverlight 4 when running out of browser (OOB)?

I have a Silverlight 4 client application that is calling out to an ASP.NET Data Services service hosted inside IIS 7, restricted to Windows Authentication. Both are hosted in the same location in IIS. When running the application within the browser, I am prompted for credentials via the browser, and when provided everything works fine. ...

Out of browser silverlight application vs a traditional desktop application

If I understand correctly, Microsoft Silverlight is a lightweight .NET implementation meant to run on the client side, inside a browser. So now I hear about "out of browser" silverlight applications and I'm confused. What is the advantage of an "out of browser" silverlight application, compared to a traditional .NET desktop application?...

Check for updates periodically

I have a SL 4.0 app running out of browser with full priviliges. How can I check for updates (CheckAndDownloadUpdateAsync()) every 10 minutes without affecting UI thread. I've tried using the Timer, but the CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompleted doesn't get executed. I think it is erroring out silently. Thanks in advace... ...

How to create a certificate for signing a Silverlight xap

Hello everyone, I have a silverlight app that will be installed OOB with full trust and hence i want to create a certificate to sign the app. Since I'm going to have full control of the clients where the app will be installed I don't need to buy a certificate, because I know that I can create one and install it in the Trusted Root Certif...

Isolated Storage, OOB, and Removing the App

What happens to the files created by Isolated Storage when the OOB app is removed? Do they remain or are the files also deleted? From what I can deduct the files would be maintained so they can be accessed by the same app in browser. Right? ...

Can Silverlight (SLOOB) start a process even with full trust?

I have been tasked with writing an installer with a silverlight out of browser application. I need to. get the version off a local EXE check a web service to see that it is the most recent version download a zip if not unpack the zip overwrite the old EXE start the EXE This installer app is written in .NET WinForms now but the .NET ...

How does one change the background color for a loading out-of-browser Silverlight 3 application?

When running our Silverlight 3 application out-of-browser, startup takes a little time, but it's long enough to be noticeable. During this startup, the background of the window hosting the application displays an ugly white background color. When running in-browser, we have a splash screen, but that's loaded via JavaScript of course. ...

Starting an "out of browser Silverlight 4 elevated app" from another "out of browser Silverlight 4 elevated app"

I am concurrently running several different out of browser elevated applications and sending messages between them. Is there a way for me to check to see if a specific one of those elevated out of browser Silverlight apps are currently running and if not programmatically start that app for the user? preferably without automation. If v...

Silverlight 4 and out of browser

Hi, Does any one know if its possible to animate app.current.mainwindow.width so that you get a nice animation with easing if you programatically resize the oob apps window. Thanks. ...

Silverlight 4 launch a trusted application into the browser ?

Hi guys, I just lost 5 hours looking for a answer which i haven't been able to find :p First, I'd like to force a trusted application (i need to access the file system) to display into the browser. Based on what i found on google a trusted application must be installed and launched as a desktop application (also called out-of-browser a...

How can I change the OOB height/width of my silverlight application dynamically?

I have a silverlight app which can be installed as an out-of-browser app by the user. Every time I change the height and width of the application, I have to also: right-click on project properties click Out-of-Browser settings button change the height and width manually How can I change the defined height and width of the Out-of-Bro...

gdata and Silverlight (crossdomain.xml)

Hi! I'd like to access the the google calendar api from a Silverlight client. Problem is that there's no crossdomain or clientaccesspolicy that allows calls from my client at www.google.com/crossdomain.xml Question is: Will a call from a SL running out of browser, and in full trust still be classified as a crossdomain call? Are there ...

Silverlight OOBE, where are the XAPs stored?

What directory does Silverlight store XAPs when you toggle out of browser execution? ...

Is there a way to remove the source domain from the window title in an out-of-browser Silverlight 3 app?

We may not have the option to migrate over to Silverlight 4 right away, so I was wondering if anyone found a way to remove the source domain name from the window's title for out-of-browser Silverlight 3 applications. Our window title currently looks like this: "My App - localhost." Under Mac, I found the Info.plist file in the applicat...