I was watching http://live.visitmix.com (check out the day 1 keynote recording, definitely a must see) the other day when they announced Silverlight 3 and I was just really excited about the things that were coming.You can head down to http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx to see a list of the features you can now play with. I wanted to try out the Out Of Browser feature which they call “SLOOB”, on my Piss Off application (the only app I know how to build :p) Whats’s great was that i didn’t have to change any part of my code except the ApplicationManifest.xml. Here’s what it looks like:
Things to note, I added the EntryPointAssembly and the EntryPointType (LiveSearch was the name of my project), and Filled in the <ApplicationIdentity /> I wanted to use custom icons for my app so I added this to my project and set the build types of the icons to “Content”. When I published my app on http://www.badgorilla.net/pissoffline and right click on it, I now see the option to “Install Piss Off onto this computer”:
When I click, I have the options to either create shortcuts on the Start Menu or the Desktop:
When i clicked ok, I can now see the app running, complete with my custom icons!
Sorry about the name, this app can’t really run offline right now since it pulls from the Live Search service. I’ll think of some offline functionality for this application and put it in soon. 🙂
If you want to find out more about Silverlight 3, start with Laurence Moroney’s free e-book of First Look: Microsoft Silverlight 3 then get your tools from http://silverlight.net/getstarted/silverlight3/default.aspx
Happy SLOOBing!
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