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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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Silverlight 4 OOB Updating

I've built a silverlight 4 app that is soon to be deployed but I'm having some trouble with the updating. The versioning number system I'm using is Major = year Minor = month Revison = day Build = build number for the day. Which is updated to the…
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Silverlight OOB App Won't Install on OS X

I've built an Out-Of-Browser application using Silverlight, which if right-clicked while running in-browser gives you the "Install BlaBla Application onto this computer" option. This works just fine on my Windows 7 machine and I get the icon added…
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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…
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Silverlight window.external.notify() securityproblem?

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…
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event handler on silverlight out of browser uninstalling

I am writing an application using silverlight technology. Using the CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompleted method I can let the sdk handle automatically the update of the client. I also see the installed "application" in the control panel. I can…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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How to create a certificate for signing a Silverlight xap

I have a silverlight app that will be installed OOB with full trust and hence i want to create a certificate to sign the app. Since I'm going to have full control of the clients where the app will be installed I don't need to buy a certificate,…
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Exit Silverlight OOB application

I've built a small Out-Of-Browser Silverlight 4 application on which I have an exit button. Clicking on this button is supposed to deliver the same behaviour as clicking close (X button) on the upper right corner - close (exit) application. But I…
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Problems with debugging in Silverlight 4 using Out of Browser and WCF RIA Services

With Visual stuido 2010, it's simple to set up SL4 to debug with an out-of-browser installed app. I followed the instructions from here and everything seems to set up fine. Debugging from the browser runs the program just fine, but running from…
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How can I close an out-of-browser Silverlight window?

I want to be able to close a Silverlight window when running out of browser. I know it is possible to do this in the browser.
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Would a Silverlight full trust in-browser application on the Internet work?

I am developing a Silverlight application which needs to run with elevated trust, because of what it does and how it works. I have duly obtained a Certificate from COMODO and signed the application with this certificate. Next, in Visual Web…
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SL5 - OOB - animating the main window

I need to grow the size of my Application.Current.MainWindow (when running OOB, of course). Is there any way to do it in a Storyboard? I can do it programatically: private long timerCntr = 0; private void OpenBtn_OnClick(object sender,…
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Open page in silverlight out of browser

Is there any way to open a page in the browser by clicking the app in out-of-browser mode? Thank you
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