Silverlight InitParams case

2013-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, I have two Silverlight 5 projects in the same solution using the same versions of everything. After lunch, one app crashed reading values out of the element in the object tag. I changed the case to InitParams and it started working. An hour or so later I received another crash and had to ch

Re: JS to WinService

2013-08-27 Thread Niaz Rana
Hi & Thanks, basically the client is restricted within network to access this web app, although its not access able outside of network/province. so i was thinking to make a JSON WCF webservice and call from jquery blah blah, but we can't host at IIS, restriction from Leader, :( (i don't know why fr

Re: JS to WinService

2013-08-27 Thread Sam Lai
So you're going to distribute the web app to every client and make them run an instance of it locally and access it using their browser? Effectively, you have just converted your web app into a Windows app. You might as well create a quick WinForms window for it with a WebBrowser control so they ca

Re: JS to WinService

2013-08-27 Thread Niaz Rana
Dear Sam, You are 100% right, App nature is that I must run within Network/Lan but its Web App,...A what can I do if I have to follow. thanks for your support Guys. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Sam Lai wrote: > So you're going to distribute the web app to every client and ma

Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
Folks, I'm getting a weird conflict running Silverlight 5 apps on Windows 8. In the Metro shell's browser it knows I don't have SL5 installed on the first visit and asks me to install a file (with x64 in the name). It then flips over to the old shell and installs the file okay. Now SL5 is working i

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Stephen Price
Greg, Windows 8 IE browser (the full screen metro one) does not support plugins. So no Silverlight, no Flash etc. It's more commonly known as a Silverlight Coup de grâce. Enjoy. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Greg Keogh wrote: > Folks, I'm getting a weird conflict running Silverlight 5 apps

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Bill McCarthy
I thought it does support flash |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price |Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 11:31 AM |To: ozDotNet |Subject: Re: Silverlight on Windows 8 | |Greg, |Windows 8 IE browser (the fu

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Joseph Cooney
Yep. Supports flash but not Silverlight. On 28 Aug 2013 11:40, "Bill McCarthy" wrote: > I thought it does support flash > > |-Original Message- > |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- > |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price > |Sent: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 1

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Greg Keogh
> > Yep. Supports flash but not Silverlight. > Jumpin' heck, I must have missed that news. That's really weird, surprising, irritating and it's bad for business. I actually wanted to see my SL5 app running in Win8 metro to find out if it would inherit the flat appearance, but of course I never rea

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Bill McCarthy
Yep just checked on my Surface RT, and flash works both in the modern UI and desktop versions. Silverlight will not install at all on Windows RT |-Original Message- |From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet- |boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Joseph Cooney |Sent: Wednesday, 28

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Stephen Price
Seriously? What happened to the "No Plug ins" ??? Wow. Microsoft, you really know how to do a number on your tech. You want something gone, you don't mess about. The smoking gun is still in your hand! On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Joseph Cooney wrote: > Yep. Supports flash but not Silverligh

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread David Kean
At release, only certain sites were allowed to use flash. They backed down on that and opened it up to all sites based on telemetry. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Stephen Price Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2013 8:10 PM To: ozDotNet Subject:

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Scott Barnes
Did someone say "Microsoft pile on" :D Notes so far: * Silverlight strategy shifted away from breadth to depth (Windows 8 only). Thus discontinued. * Blend discontinued and strategy shifted back to depth developer ONLY engagement models. Assume any designer integration for future lifecycle devel

RE: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Katherine Moss
If .NET dies, then I'm leaving. See you over at Novell HQ. LOL From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Scott Barnes Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 12:36 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Silverlight on Windows 8 Did someone say "Microsoft pile on" :

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Scott Barnes
I'm wondering should developer relations sour further what it would take to move .NET horde over to Mono? is it tooling that's holding everyone back? .. i'm also wondering how gaming solutions like Unity3D etc after a few more evolutions will also add value to the whole discussion (is it a game eng

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-27 Thread David Richards
Greetings all, I don't mean to resurrect this thread (especially since I already have my new keyboard) but I just saw this post which was an interesting coincidence: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/08/the-code-keyboard.html Thought some of you might be interested. David "If we can hit th

RE: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-27 Thread Nathan Chere
If it was wireless and had an option for other keys (eg Cherry blue) it would be near perfect. Or at least if not wireless, have a built-in USB hub... but would definitely prefer wireless. As it stands it really isn't bringing anything overly compelling to the table which isn't already done els

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread Michael Ridland
I've been doing alot of work with Xamarin and MvvmCross, in a multi platform world this is one of the best solutions right now. Javascript is not ready yet but it's moving fast. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Scott Barnes wrote: > I'm wondering should developer relations sour further wha

Re: [OT] Developer keyboard

2013-08-27 Thread mike smith
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:30 PM, Nathan Chere wrote: > If it was wireless and had an option for other keys (eg Cherry blue) it > would be near perfect. > > Or at least if not wireless, have a built-in USB hub… but would definitely > prefer wireless. > > ** > What's the real benefit to w

Re: Silverlight on Windows 8

2013-08-27 Thread mike smith
The answer is appoint a dev to replace Ballmer. David, are you keen on applying? (I can't believe I did that) Mike On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Katherine Moss wrote: > If .NET dies, then I’m leaving. See you over at Novell HQ. LOL > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com