Questions tagged [silverlight-oob]

Silverlight-based application that provides support for running outside the browser (Out-of-Browser).

Out-of-browser applications are subject to the same security sandbox restrictions as ordinary in-browser applications. Some of these restrictions can be relaxed by configuring the application to require elevated trust.

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Custom installer for out of browser (oob) application. The update does not work

I want to create a custom installer for oob applications for Windows and MacOS. For Windows, I used the following method - https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/179756/Installing-Silverlight-OOB-Application-using-a-Set For MacOS, the following…
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What is involved in converting a Silverlight application to run "Out of Browser"?

What is involved in converting a Silverlight application to run "Out of Browser"? We have an established application and would like to know what kinds of things we need to be aware of if we decide to make this change.
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Silverlight localization from database, not resx

I have a Silverlight 4 OOB application which needs localizing. In the past I have used the conventional resx route but I have been asked to follow the architecture of an existing winforms app. All the strings are currently stored in a database - I…
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Possible to access clipboard (copy/paste) in Silverlight (even 4 OOB?)

Is it possible in Silverlight (I can use SL4 OOB if required) to copy/paste into my application? It appears I can only copy/paste text (from what I read)?
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Disabling JavaScript errors in WebBrowser control in Silverlight

I'm developing Silverlight OOB application and I need to show web pages in it - I would like to do it through out WebBrowser control, but during page load I get lots of MessageBoxes with JavaScript errors. Is there a way of hiding those…
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Silverlight Update Feature, this feels oh so wrong. Where is ReportProgress or a separation between CheckForUpdate() and Update()

I've created a line of business Out of Browser Application. I need more control over the update process. I would like to initiate an updating screen, on start-up when the download of the update has started, and deactivate the app. But as far as…
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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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Edit Title in Silverlight 4

We are developing an out-of-browser Silverlight 4 application and want to change the title after the application loads. Example: public partial class MainPage : UserControl { public MainPage() { InitializeComponent(); …
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New Silverlight version - trouble : automatically update in OOB mode

I have a signed XAP (Silverlight version 4.0.50401.0) installed with elevated trust in OOB. Each new version of XAP was successful installed in OOB mode (automatically download and ...) - all work as expected. Now I installed latest Silverlight…
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Open Silverlight OOB on url, if installed

Is there anyway to make the OOB version of my Silverlight app open(if installed) when i go to http://mydomain.com/silverlightapp <--- where the Xap is loaded. Just like a irc client opens when i go to irc://servername but instead of prefix can my…
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Silverlight - Prevent OOB

I would like to deactivate the right click in my app that offers the option to install the app on the desktop. How do I do such thing?
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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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Why would WebClient.OpenReadAsync return a e.Result of zero length if download is successful?

Using the following code (from a Silverlight 4 OOB app) I'm getting a result stream with a size of zero even though it takes the time to download the whole file (900+MB) and no error is reported. Fiddler also says the whole file was downloaded. The…
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In a Silverlight 4 OOB App how to restore the Window Size and Position without jump

I cannot not find any way to restore the Saved Window Position without seeing the Window jump from its initial default Position to the Restored Position. The problem is that the first time I get access to the Window its already visible to the user.…
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Silverlight 4 OOB App with elevated trust and signed cert does not update? Need to re-install?

I have a OOB app that did not require elevated trust and was not signed. Many people have downloaded it and use it OOB. I then needed to use elevated trust features, so I bought a legitimate certificate from Comodo and I now sign it. Everything…
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