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XAP is an XML-based declarative framework for building, deploying and maintaining rich, interactive Ajax powered web applications.

XAP is an XML-based declarative framework for building, deploying and maintaining rich, interactive Ajax powered web applications. XAP aims to reduce the need for scripting and help solve the development and maintenance challenges associated with large scale JavaScript programming.

Simple login screen:

<xal>
    <dialog>
        <horizontalBoxPane>
            <label text="Username"/>
            <textField id="username"/>
            <label text="Password"/>
            <textField id="password"/>
            <button text="login"
              onCommand="login-url"/>
        </horizontalBoxPane>
    </dialog>
</xal>

XAP is a complete framework for building Ajax applications. Whether you're building a large application with many screens or you simply want to enhance an existing website with Ajax, the XAP project can help get your project done quicker and easier.

More information available here.

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Can you load a XAP from a byte array in Silverlight 4.0

I know that MEF currently supports downloading XAP files from a URI (which is awesome!), but does anyone know if it's possible to have MEF load a XAP from a byte array? Thanks!
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Embedding Silverlight App into ASP.net webpage for smoother transition

Currently I have a pure silverlight website with navigation. Im worried about the customers that are hitting the website and are leaving straight away because they are have to have the SL plugin installed and they also have to wait for the 1.5 meg…
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How do I include XML data in a Windows Phone xap deployment?

I'm working on a WP7 app. The app will have a couple of XML files. Some are read-write, a couple are read-only. What are my options here? IsolatedStorage? Embedding as resources? I'll also need to know... How would I load the XML into XElements…
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Silverlight: how to handle standard assemblies (part 3)

When Silverlight4 application is build the 'Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Silverlight.dll' assembly is not putting into a separated file zip-file, it is in the XAP-file instead. To be consistent, here are links to previous questions of the 'How to…
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Install xap file on windows phone

I'm create simple aplication and get .xap file from visual studio 2015 (Apache cordova). How install this app on windows phone before transfer on windows store. Now when try install get error: Cannot install company app on windows phone 8.
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silverlight .xap packaging bug (references of reverenced assemblies)

I encountered this strange issue and was lost for several hours before i found something interesting about how the .xap is packaged. among several things, i came to know that if my project was named "References", it would not be included in the…
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Web Application + Silverlight project in TFS, .xap file keeps being checked in, can I avoid it?

When I look at my ASP.NET application that hosts a Silverlight project, it has a Clientbin folder, inside of which there is a .xap file, the one being compiled from my Silverlight project. This file keeps being checked into TFS. Is there a way for…
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WP8.1 SL Xap couldn't be detected on WP8.1

I create a windowsphone silverlight app package -> Blah.Xap Then I place it in my phone. In theory, in 'MainMenu'->'Store'->'...' there should be an option like: 'Install local apps' But it didn't show up. That option shows up when I place *.appx…
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What would cause my Silverlight .xap to quadruple in size suddenly?

I've been working on a Silverlight application. I just noticed that the .xap file is now four times as big as it was, what could have caused that? Here's some other info: there seems to now be many more language settings in the bin/Release…
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Silverlight: How to load and run another silverlight .xap file

I want to know whether is it possible to load and run another xap file in a xap file. If its possible please tell me how to do that with code. Thanks in advance!
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How to take advantage of browser caching of XAPS

I have a Silverlight Application that currently downloads XAPs on demand using Package.DownloadPackageAsync() from the System.ComponentModel.Composition.Packaging namespace. As far as I can tell this circumvents any sort of browser caching of XAPS…
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How to Deploy .xap using command prompt

I want to deploy xap to windows phone emulator 7.1 using command prompt and i have been following the msdn article http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsphone/develop/ff402565(v=vs.105).aspx#BKMK_commandline i am able to build the project…
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background Agent works fine in local environment but failed after app submission to app store

I have an wp8 app using PeriodicTask background Agent. The task update the information of multiple live tiles, using POST Client to get title and image url from my server to update the live tile. Background agent works just fine in debugging and…
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DeviceNotFoundException when executing XapDeploy

I have just registered a developer account to deploy and execute apps on my Windows Phone device, and I have the following exception when I start the Xap Deploy Application : Exception of…
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Error Signing Windows Phone XAP file -> SignTool Error: This file format cannot be signed because it is not recognized

I've just got my certificate to sign Windows Phone Apps and when I try to run this command: XapSignTool.exe sign /v C:\Temp\MyApp_Release_AnyCPU.xap I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Express. I get an strange behavior: The following certificate was…
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