The provided URI scheme 'file' is invalid expected 'http'

Question

I created a small Silverlight 4.0 / RIA Services application and tested it. I developed the app on a machine at home and needed to move it to the production domain at work. I did this by pushng it to the source repository and then cloning it to a dev machine at work. It builds without an error in both locations.

The problem occurs when I attempt to debug in the new location. At the first 'Load()' method on the domain context I get the following error:

The provided URI scheme 'file' is invalid expected 'http'

I get that the debugger is attempting to run with file based URI rather than an HTTP URI. But, why? And how do I fix it?

Searching through SO returned some similar errors regarding invalid URI schemes, but non of them helped me with this specific issue.

Thanks, Jim

Answer 1

I am pretty sure you are supposed to reference a server side file, not a local file. Additionally most Silverlight applications are not allowed to access local files.