silverlight-4.0

Using embedded resources in Silverlight (4) - other cultures not being compiled

I am having a bit of a hard time providing localized strings for the UI in a small Silverlight 4 application. Basically I've put a folder "Resources" and placed two resource files in it : Statuses.resx Statuses.ro.resx I do have an enum Statuses : public enum Statuses { None, Working } and a convertor : public class Statu...

Debugging a performance issue on ListBoxDragDropTarget (Silverlight Toolkit)?

I have a complex project using SilverLight Toolkit's ListBoxDragDropTarget for drag-drop operations and it is maxing CPU. I tried to reproduce the issue in a small sample project, but then it works fine. The problem persists when I remove our custom styles and all other controls from the page, but the page is hosted in another page's S...

Error Cannot create an Instance of "ObjectName" in Designer when using <UserControl.Resources>

Hi All, I'm tryihg to bind a combobox item source to a static resource. I'm oversimplfying my example so that it's easy to understand what i'm doing. So I have created a class public class A : ObservableCollection<string> { public A() { IKBDomainContext Context = new IKBDomainContext(); Context.Load(Context.GetIBOpti...

What is the return type for a anonymous linq query select? What is the best way to send this data back?

This is a basic question. I have the basic SL4/RIA project set up and I want to create a new method in the domain service and return some data from it. I am unsure the proper easiest way to do this.. Should I wrap it up in a ToList()? I am unclear how to handle this anonymous type that was create.. what is the easiest way to return this ...

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....

Silverlight 4: ToolTipService

I can't scroll to my scrollviewer, it disappear when I move the mouse. Was it because it was just a tooltip? If yes, is there a way to scroll the text in my tooltip? <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Style="{StaticResource TextBlockWidthStyle}" Text="{Binding ExtendedDescription}" ...

Silverlight: TextTrimming

Hi! Is there a way to identify if TextTrimming is triggerred? for example in my first row, text is not trimmed because its only 20 characters, in my second row text are 1500 characters and it trims the text, is there a way to identify it, like IsTextTrimmed property? <TextBlock TextWrapping="Wrap" Text="{Binding test}" TextTrimming="W...

Drag and drop between HTML 5 and Silverlight 4

Hi - Is it possible to drag an HTML 5 object, e.g. an <a draggable="true">, into a Silverlight 4 control and accept it? We've attempted to build a simple prototype using an HTML 5 example and a trivial Silverlight control but the cursor changes to the no-entry sign whenever we hover over the Silverlight control. We do, however, get drag...

Optimize loading an XAP file with an asp.net website

I've been developing a game using Silverlight 4 and silversprite (http://silversprite.codeplex.com/) This game is HEAVILY content dependent, using a lot of audio and images. My content folder is around 90 mbs worth of stuff. And because of that, my XAP file is around 60 MB, and takes 5 minutes to download from the website before any us...

Using 3D photos in silverlight?

Hi all. I want use photos captured by 3D cameras in Silverlight 3 or 4. I want use that photos like in maps.google.com. Is it possible to do with silverlight and if yes is there any book, tutorial, video or anything alse, from which I can learn how to use tham. Thanks. ...

How do I change the visual style of a listitem based on its bound value?

I have a listbox (here's the xaml): <ListBox MinWidth="300" ItemsSource="{Binding Relationships, Mode=OneWay}" SelectedItem="{Binding SelectedRelationship, Mode=TwoWay}" SelectionMode="Single" HorizontalAlignment="Left" > <ListBox.ItemTemplate> <DataTemplate> ...

Silverlight Assembly.Load() only works with the full/strong name

Apparently the implementation of Assembly.Load() in Silverlight needs a full/strong name. E.g. this works: Assembly.Load("MyAssembly, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=..."); while this will fail even if MyAssembly is already loaded: Assembly.Load("MyAssembly"); Is there a workaround so that it's possible to use the...

Silverlight 4 business application themes

Hi, We are starting a new SilverLight 4 Business Application project and are looking for theme. All we can find on the web are Navigation Application themes, which when applied to business application project, don't work. Most even have compilation errors. Is there a place on the web to get theme specifically for that project or is th...

VS2010 asking to upgrade SIlverlight??

I'm running the absolute latest versions of Silverlight and Visual Studio 2010 Professional and built a solution that contained a WPF project. From there, I added a SketchFlow project (based on Blend 4 RC) and I can run each project within the solution just fine by setting whenever I switch between them as startup projects. From there,...

A viewmodel's role beyond databinding?

I'm a bit confused as to what a viewmodel's role is beyond databinding. I have a menu built in silverlight. The menu has x number of menu items which is determined at runtime. One of the features I would like to add to this is that each menuitem has a different text colour when hovered over. Is it the role of the view to have a colour s...

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...

how can i remove the default mouse over color on grid

hi, i am using telerik1:StyleManager.Theme ="Office_Blue" now by default i can see the gradient orange color been show on grid on moving mouse over the row ,on grid column headers ,and even on the scroll bar. i need to remove this color ( i mean to say even on moving mouse overthe grid i dnt want to show any color on gridview ...

Getting MVID for a DLL in Silverlight

Hey people, Anyone know how to get access to a DLL's MVID in Silverlight? I'd like to do this without loading the DLL. Thanks, Steve ...

issue whiling creating an custom theme in telerik

Hi, I just followed the above article. http://www.telerik.com/help/wpf/common-styling-and-appearance-creating-custom-theme.html to create custom theme Here you can see the my screen shot of the error and the way I have created my theme and the structure image mytheme code public class MyTheme : Theme { public MyTheme() { ...

Use a resource dictionary as theme in Silverlight

Hello, I have developed an application which allows the user to switch between themes. I'm doing this by including the xaml file as a resource in my project and using the following code: MainTheme.ThemeUri = new Uri("SilverlightApplication1;component/Themes/[ThemeName]/Theme.xaml", UriKind.Relative); This worked well, untill I found ...