Silverlight 4 and WPF Compatibility

Question

Hello,

So if I created a silverlight app, can I take the markup + code and put it in a WPF app? I was just curious if we decide to use silverlight, whether I could also take advantage of WPF windows clients too.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You could always make your Silverlight application run Out-Of-Browser, just keep in mind you have a security sandbox which you dont have with WPF. Also Silverlight would be able to run on Macintosh without use of Mono which could be a benefit.

Answer 2

This MSDN article may be a good reference as to where SL4 and WPF4 diverge:

WPF Compatibility