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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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Launch Silverlight Out-of-Browser from browser post-installation

I am building a prototype application in Silverlight 4 Beta and I am using the Out-of-Browser (OOB) functionality. I need the OOB functionality to be able to access the local file system, and I would like to avoid writing an ActiveX component or…
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Disable resizing out of browser Silverlight 4 Window

Possible Duplicate: How can I prevent the user from resizing the silverlight out-of-browser window? Is there any way to actually remove the ability to maximize/resize the out of browser window since I want my application to be of a certain…
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Out of browser silverlight application vs a traditional desktop application

If I understand correctly, Microsoft Silverlight is a lightweight .NET implementation meant to run on the client side, inside a browser. So now I hear about "out of browser" silverlight applications and I'm confused. What is the advantage of an "out…
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Silverlight 3 - Can I run Out-of-browser inside another application

The new Silverlight 3 beta includes the ability to run Out-of-Browser applications. The demos so far show this only inside a special frame. Does anyone know how I can run Siverlight 3 controls inside a (WPF) application?
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Access host or URL info in Silverlight out-of-browser

I'm building a Silverlight app which will be deployable to different websites easily, and from within the application, I need to access the domain/host that the Silverlight is hosted at. So, I know for apps within the browser window, this code would…
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Isolated Storage, OOB, and Removing the App

What happens to the files created by Isolated Storage when the OOB app is removed? Do they remain or are the files also deleted? From what I can deduct the files would be maintained so they can be accessed by the same app in browser. Right?
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Distribute Silverlight Out of Browser with GPO, launch from virtual SSO desktop?

We have a Silverlight 5 app, with in and out-of-browser versions. The out-of-browser version is used to provide elevated rights, where accesses to local resources are needed. Now we are facing installing the out-of-browser app in typical hospital…
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Uninstall out-of-browser silverlight application programmatically

How to uninstall out-of-browser silverlight 4 application programmatically instead of using the contextmenu (e.g. if I want to replace the context menu)? Edit I have found in "Installing Silverlight applications without the browser involved" how to…
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Pass command line arguments to OOB Silverlight 4 application

I need to launch a Silverlight 4 OOB app through an existing WinForms application (using System.Diagnostics.Process to execute sllauncher.exe). I was hoping there would be some way to make sllauncher.exe accept and pass on command line args to the…
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Silverlight 3 - Out of browser HtmlPage.Window.Navigate

Silverlight 3 allows you to run your application out of the browser, which installs a link on your desktop/start menu. The problem is we are currently using System.Windows.Browser.HtmlPage. Window.Navigate(new Uri("http:///"),…
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F# and Silverlight 5: out-of-browser with elevated trust?

Currently, I'm using Daniel Mohl's "F# Web Application (Silverlight)" extension to create a Silverlight app entirely in F# (Visual Studio 2010). I need to do local file I/O (which obviously requires elevated trust), and I'd like to run the app…
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Silverlight 4 Out-Of-Browser issues: app displays blank (white) screen, no exceptions thrown, no breakpoints hit

I'm having issues with Silverlight 4 Out-Of-Browser, as specified in the title. What I did: Update project settings to enable Out-Of-Browser. This enabled OOB, but when I ran the app in this way it just displayed a white screen. What I have done to…
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XAP Caching in Out of Browser (OOB) Silverlight Applications

When a Silverlight 4 application is installed and run out-of-browser (OOB), is it possible to have the application automatically recognize updates to the .xap file (and either automatically install or prompt the user to update)? If you access the…
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Silverlight 4 OOB + Browser HTTP Stack + Client Certificates = FAIL?

I'm having an issue where IIS 7.5 (on Windows 7 64-bit) is failing when I call it from an out-of-browser Silverlight 4 app using SSL and a client certificate, with the message "The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an…
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Silverlight 4 launch a trusted application into the browser?

I just lost 5 hours looking for a answer which i haven't been able to find :p First, I'd like to force a trusted application (i need to access the file system) to display into the browser. Based on what i found on google a trusted application must…
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