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A general term describing applications which use client side web-standard technologies to create a desktop application. Synonyms include [tag:RIA].

A general term describing applications which use client side web-standard technologies to create a desktop application. Synonyms include .

Typically, these applications use technologies normally employed within websites, such as HTML and JavaScript. They could be used via a browser instance, but due to requirements (desire, design, offline access, etc.) are developed so that they can be used without the need of the browser. They typically offer better cross-platform support than typical desktop development environments.

Examples of web technologies used outside of a browser include Microsoft's Silverlight and Compiled HTML Help, Adobe Air, and JavaFX.

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Can a Silverlight 3 out of browser application (OOB) host a html area?

Is it possible to include a html area in a Silverlight 3 out of browser (OOB) application? Due to the fact that no html/dom bridge is accessible the DIV overlay does not work as far as I know.
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Does a Silverlight 3 out of browser (OOB) application support Bing Maps or Virtual Earth Maps?

Is it possible to use any Microsoft Map component / control to integrate a map in a Silverlight 3 out of browser (only) application?
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SL5 OOB: Enable Drag 'n Drop for TreeVIewItem

I am trying to get drag 'n drop working to be able to drag files on to my SL5 OOB app. I have gotten it working with a TextBox, but can't get it to work with TreeView/TreeViewItem. Here's the xaml:
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SL5 out-of-browser app, controlling the containing window

In SL5 you can create multiple windows. This package allows you to use a window modally, and not have it constrained by the parent window: http://slmultiwindow.codeplex.com/ Is there any way to control the containing window's background or…
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SL5 out of browser main window size - preserving minimum

We allow the user to resize the out-of-browser application, but we want to preserve a minimum size. We handle the SizeChanged event like this: if (e.NewSize.Width < MINWIDTH) { App.Current.MainWindow.Width =…
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Deliver a WPF Browser Aplication as out of browser?

Is it possible to deliver a WPF application to an end user but display it out of browser when it gets there? I've tried setting an option to allow the application to run offline but Visual Studio has blanked out that option for me...
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Silverlight out of browser/in browser (or any browser delivered platform) which can talk to Windows Mobile devices?

I'm attempting to write a browser delivered app which can talk to Windows Mobile, preferably in C# and using the RAPI2 library. Is this at all possible?
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Accessing data from Silverlight Out of Browser

When Silverlight runs in Out of Browser mode and off line, can it get the Sql Server Data from a DataBase located in the local disk by means of an ADO Entity Data Model?
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NavigationService not working in Silverlight

I'm trying to change the loaded page in my OOB Silverlight application. I've added reference to Navigation assembly, but still, when I tipe NavigationService. and ctrl+space, I can't see any of the methods or properties that i should. Here's that…
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Silverlight application SSL WCF Self hosted Service Works in browser but not out of browser

ssl, silverlight, wcf and local install I am having this exact same problem but I cannot find a resolution to it?.. Anyone have any ideas?? My app works fine in browser, but not out of browser. I'm using a self hosted WCF service over SSL (using a…
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Does silverlight 5 out of browser application run on Windows XP and similar doubts

Does a OOB app built on Silverlight 5 work on a Windows XP machine? I have read that .NET 4.5 apps don't work on Windows OS-es before Vista, so considering Silverlight 5 is a recent release, just wondering if such apps can run on XP machines. Can a…
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Silverlight zoom in Out of Browser

Is it possible to use Zoom functionality of whole Silverlight application (CTRL+MouseWheel / zoom in browser) in Out of Browser mode?
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Html from Silverlight (not out of browser)

I am trying to open HTML file from the local URI which I use as XML Editor, to edit xml data that come from Silverlight application, then close browser window and return back edited xml data to the Silverlight application. I tried to use…
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How can I slide my Silverlight 5 Window onto the screen?

I have a Silverlight 5 OOB app. I want to create 'toast'. I don't want to use NotificationWindows because of the limitations. I've tried creating an S5 Window and sliding it onto screen. [Crude, but it's a start.] If I use one button n my main…
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Silverlight Out of Browser Host

What is hosting the Silverlight application when running out of browser? I can imagine on Windows it uses some very thin IE host but what is it actually running for Windows and Mac machines?
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