Silverlight 4 in Action

Chapter 5. Integrating with the desktop

This chapter covers

• Running Silverlight applications out of the browser

• Using the elevated trust mode

• Lighting up on Windows with COM automation

• Displaying the notification toast

• Controlling the out-of-browser window

• Running in full screen

• Storing and retrieving local information using isolated storage

Silverlight started as an in-browser technology, primarily used for media and simple games. It later evolved into a more capable business technology and added some useful but basic desktop integration with additions such as isolated storage and the OpenFileDialog. With version 3, Silverlight gained the ability to run outside of the browser as a sandboxed desktop application. Starting with Silverlight 4, the sandbox ...