out-of-browser

Silverlight 4 OOB application access HTML DOM of the page in WebBrowser control

Does anybody know if it is possible to access and manipulate an element in the html page that is rendered by the Silverlight 4 WebBrowser control. The scenario is like this. The user launches a Silverlight OOB application with elevated trust. The user manipulates some data in the application but must submit part of the data to an exter...

Is it possible to add a Silverlight 3 out-of-browser application to the add/remove programs list?

Is it possible to include a Silverlight (3) out-of-browser application to the add-or-remove programs list? The intention is to be able to remove the OOB application that way (not just by right-clicking from within the running app)? If the OOB app is installed with a shortcut to the desktop and you try to delete the shortcut you are pre...

How can I prevent the user from resizing the silverlight out-of-browser window?

I have a silverlight app which can be installed as out-of-browser. I've defined the Height and Width in the main UserControl. I've defined the same Height and Width in the OutOfBrowserSettings.xml file. But the user can still resize the out-of-browser frame window. How do I prevent this? ...

Uninstall out-of-browser silverlight application programmatically

How to uninstall out-of-browser silverlight 4 application programmatically instead of using the contextmenu (e.g. if I want to replace the context menu)? Edit I have found in "Installing Silverlight applications without the browser involved" how to uninstall by calling the command-line: "%ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Silverlight\sllaunc...

Pass command line arguments to OOB Silverlight 4 application

I need to launch a Silverlight 4 OOB app through an existing WinForms application (using System.Diagnostics.Process to execute sllauncher.exe). I was hoping there would be some way to make sllauncher.exe accept and pass on command line args to the OOB application, but I couldn't figure it out. ...

Do you use any out-of-browser Silverlight application?

I know a lot of Adobe Flex out-of-browser applications, almost all of them being Twitter clients :) But I haven't yet seen even one out-of-browser Silverlight application yet. Do you use any? ...

How to Make ESC exits full-screen mode in Trusted Application?

One consequence of the keyboard-restriction change is that pressing ESC will not exit full-screen mode in trusted applications. This enables you to use the ESC key for other functionality. However, you must provide your own user interface for exiting full-screen mode. Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee721083(v=VS....

How to open window pop-up from Silverlight Out-of-Browser?

I need to open window pop-up from Silverlight Out-of-Browser application. I've added parameter <param name="enablehtmlaccess" value="true" /> in Index.html, but executing this from code behind: HtmlPage.Window.Navigate(new Uri(myUrl), "_blank", myFeatures); still returns error: Silverlight OOB Error: The DOM/scripting bridge is disa...

Why would my Silverlight 4 Out-of-Browser application just display white?

My Silverlight application works fine when running in a browser. But when I install it as an out-of-browser application, the Window frame comes up with an appropriate icon and title, but the content of the window is just white. It is in the start menu but when I close it and open again, it is still blank. I reproduced this on Windows ...

How can I get a Silverlight application to check for an update and ask user to upgrade?

I have made an out-of-browser silverlight application which I want to automatically update every time there is a new .xap file uploaded to the server. When the user right-clicks the application and clicks on Updates, the default is set to "Check for updates, but let me choose whether to download and install them": This leads me to be...

Why does Silverlight player mislead user by leading him to think he can "choose whether to download and install updates"?

I have a silverlight application which users can install out-of-browser. When the right-click and look at the update panel, it is set to "check for updates and let me choose whether to download and install them: However, with the following code, my application detects and downloads a new version automatically, and the new version is ...

Using Live ID for authentication in a Silverlight 4 Out of Browser App

Hi, Is it possible to use Live ID for authentication in a Silverlight 4 Out of Browser App. If it is do you know of any sample code. Thanks ...

Silverlight 4 OOB + Browser HTTP Stack + Client Certificates = FAIL?

I'm having an issue where IIS 7.5 (on Windows 7 64-bit) is failing when I call it from an out-of-browser Silverlight 4 app using SSL and a client certificate, with the message "The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request. (0x800703e3)". The request does make it to IIS. here is a sample fr...

does Silverlight have more graph/charting capabilities than WPF?

In terms of making a decision between WPF or Silverlight for an application does Silverlight have more graph/charting capabilities than WPF? Would this be a factor (in terms of additional cost/effort with WPF to build/buy charting components) ...

windows application that launch out of browser silverlight application and do other work

i wanna create an exe that check the running processes on the windows and launch my xap file i wanna close it if another software was running I read the silent install scripts but yet still confused how can i use them examples will be appreciated Thanx ...

(Silverlight OOB) How to get the normal width and height of main window to save and restore them

I have a small out-of-browser app, and want to save and restore its window width+height+state between sessions using IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings. I'm trying to save settings like this (on Application_Exit): IsolatedStorageSettings appSettings = IsolatedStorageSettings.ApplicationSettings; Window mainWindow = Application...

XAP Caching in Out of Browser (OOB) Silverlight Applications

When a Silverlight 4 application is installed and run out-of-browser (OOB), is it possible to have the application automatically recognize updates to the .xap file (and either automatically install or prompt the user to update)? If you access the application from it's original web URL, you are automatically given the latest & greatest (...

How to install dynamic loaded xaps together with the main silverlight application?

I have an application that loads some xaps dynamically according to the user permissions. Is it possible to install the shell application (OOB) and also the dynamically loaded modules so the user doesn't have to download them every time? I would like to combine the advantage of the thin shell (fast initial loading time) with the out o...

Silverlight window.external.notify() securityproblem?

Hi, in my silverlight application I am using the webBrowser control. I call following javascript function on the page i'm navigating to. function notify() { window.external.notify("Close"); } The weird fact is that it only works when I am navigating to the page by using: this.Browser.Source = new Uri("http://local...

Cancel Silverlight OOB Application Exit?

When the user closes my application I'd like to be able to prompt them with a confirmation if they have unsaved changes, and cancel the application's closing if they indicate to do so. The Application's Exit event does not allow cancellation. Is there any way to do this? ...