How to enable Silverlight 3 to run out of the browser

Prior the release of Silverlight 3, the way to enable Silverlight to run out of the browser meant to edit the AppManifest.xml file and add this XML.   

 <Deployment.ApplicationIdentity>
    <ApplicationIdentity
        ShortName="Out of Browser Application"
        Title="This app is out of the browser!">
      <ApplicationIdentity.Blurb>
        Sample Out of the Browser App
      </ApplicationIdentity.Blurb>
    </ApplicationIdentity>
  </Deployment.ApplicationIdentity>

Now that Silverlight 3 its being released, is much easier than that.

Go to the Silverlight properties then the Silverlight tab, there is a check box called Enable running application out of the browser, you can enable that and a new button called Out-of-Browser Settings will appear to set how you want the application to look.

A new file will show up under properties called OutOfBrowserSettings.xml

The XML generated will look like that:

<OutOfBrowserSettings ShortName="Application" EnableGPUAcceleration="True" ShowInstallMenuItem="True">
    <OutOfBrowserSettings.Blurb> Application on your desktop; at home, at work or on the go.</OutOfBrowserSettings.Blurb>
    <OutOfBrowserSettings.WindowSettings>
      <WindowSettings Title=" Application" />
    </OutOfBrowserSettings.WindowSettings>
    <OutOfBrowserSettings.Icons />
  </OutOfBrowserSettings>

You can change the values on the file or use the UI to do so.

Happy coding.

Cheers

Al

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