Questions tagged [out-of-browser]

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 3 Out of the Browser Updates

I have a few users that are using a silverlight app that aren't recieving updates when a new release is published. Isn't this suppose to be automatic or perhaps I'm missing an option somewhere? I was also starting to think that maybe the XAP file is…
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Debug silverlight out of browser apps by pressing play

I want to make my startup app the silverlight application and make it run by pressing play. The problem i have is that I use https and I need the web services to use IIS. How can i do this?
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Silverlight 5 - Out-of-Browser Window Positioning

I have a method which saves my main window's position using isolated storage. Another method is responsible for loading the position. Easy. I call the "save" when closing the main window and the "load" when opening the window. Easy But when the…
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Silverlight OpenFileDialog appears behind the browser

In my Silverlight App, I have a button that opens up an OpenFileDialog. OpenFileDialog oDlg = new OpenFileDialog(); oDlg.Multiselect = true; oDlg.Filter = "Image Files (*.png, *.jpg)|*.png;*.jpg"; if…
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How to restart my Silverlight application?

I need to restart completely my Silverlight 5 application, is there any way to do it, without having to reload the webpage ? If the application is out-of-browser, I don't know how to do it...
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Reading a Picture from a folder on a Silverlight (Out of browser application)

For reading a picture from a folder with my Silverlight application, I Set the source of a Bitmap image with the stream of the file. See the code below: string path = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments),…
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Corrupted File when I save a Bitmap image on HardDrive

I have a Silverlight Out-of-browser application and I want to save pictures on a specified directory. In the application, I have the picture loaded in a BitmapImage and I wish to save it on the HardDrive (in jpg if possible). My code : private void…
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Silverlight Out of Browser without installing?

Is there any way that I can have the user run my silverlight application with the use of sllauncher.exe and the emulate option from my server? This is what I currently have: sllauncher /emulate:"Prog.xap" /origin:"http://domain.com/Prog.xap" The…
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AutomationFactory - Information Needed

I am interested in using the AutomationFactory namespace but I cannot find any documentation on what I can use for a sepcific COM. I figure it's because I do not know what terms I should actually be looking up. Does anyone have any resources? In…
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Silverlight out-of-browser vs multi-targeting WPF

I'm starting a new project that is primarily a silverlight web application. However, it also needs to run as a stand-alone desktop application. I'm planning on basing the project on Prism 4.0. It provides guidance around sharing code between…
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how to set silverlight out of browser application in windows startup

Hi I have one silverlight application which I have set for Out of browser application so that user can installed on their machine. Now my question is "Is there any way or configuration or programmatically possible that when my silverlight…
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Fails to load moonlight out or browser application in ubuntu

I have implemented a out of browser feature using silverlight 4 and it is working fine in Microsoft environment. While i am testing the same page in linux (ubuntu) environment, the out-of-browser application installed perfectly in linux env but…
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Missing credential from request in OOB application

I'm writing a simple Silverlight application in which I have the following code, which I think is pretty standard: WebRequest.RegisterPrefix("http://", WebRequestCreator.ClientHttp); var request = new WebClient(); var cred = new…
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Out Of Browser Silverlight app with local offline database and WCF-RIA

I have the following scenario: We develop a silverlight 4 app for our customers, that will be used as an out-of-browser app. The app is working offline, i.e. app and database are on the users local machine. The app is using WCF-RIA-services to…
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Silverlight: Cannot use more than 1MB isolated storage when running out-of-browser

I'm reading everywhere the running a Silverlight app as out-of-browser allows you to use up to 25MB of isolated storage. I'm writing a 1.6MB file to IS, but get an error saying I've exceeded the storage capacity when it hits 1MB. Yes, I made sure…
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