Category: Microsoft Silverlight

This issue relates to Internet Explorer only. This problem does not affect Chrome or Firefox.

First, try this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2608523

If that does not work or you get an error stating permission issues with AgControl.AgControl, then try this:

1. Run regedit … Read the rest

(The initial discussion was for Silverlight 2.0 Beta 1)

Step #1

Create a dummy textbox for your initial SL XAML and set the following properties as follows:

Opacity="0" IsReadOnly="True" TabIndex="0"

Step #2

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Private WithEvents mylogonService As NewsrLogon.IwcfLogonServiceClient

Error:

Could not find default endpoint element that references contract
‘SilverlightApplication.srLogon.IwcfLogonService’ in the ServiceModel
client configuration section. This might be because no configuration file was
found for your application, or because no endpoint element matching … Read the rest

Add the following to the app.xaml.vb:

 Dim mainUI As Grid = New Grid()

In Private Sub Application_Startup

 Me.RootVisual = mainUI

Add sub:

 Public Sub GoToPage(ByVal nextPg As UserControl)
      Dim app As App = CType(Application.Current, App)
      ' Remove the displayed page
      

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As noted this is using the html page rather than the aspx page as the startup. Make sure that you are testing with a xap that is large enough to display the splash screen. You can add a large file … Read the rest

Need to find a simple way of passing data from the Web Client portion of your solution to your initial Silverlight control? By using the InitParameters inside the main *.aspx document of the Web Client, you can.

Here is an … Read the rest

Using the ‘Canvas.RenderTransform’ in your base Silverlight XAML, along with some resizing logic in the base Silverlight .vb class, the controls within your browser will resize as you change the size of the browser.

In this scenario, the App.xaml Application_Startup … Read the rest

The Textbox in Silverlight currently does not support masking the text when entering for an example a password. This may be supported in the future, but for now a work around was needed. By using a couple event handlers in … Read the rest

Isolated storage location is under

C:Users*username*AppDataLocalLowMicrosoftSilverlightis

To handle error logging in Silverlight, create a clsIsolatedStorage.vb

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.IO.IsolatedStorage
Imports MyApplication.clsApplicationGlobal
    Public Class clsIsolatedStorage
        Shared Sub ErrorHandler(ByVal mMode As String, ByVal Procedure As String, ByVal e As Exception)
            

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If you have an unhandled error sometimes Silverlight will just disappear from IE and leave a blank screen. In the App.xaml.vb under Application_UnhandledException add

e.Handled = True 

SAMPLE:

Private Sub Application_UnhandledException(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ApplicationUnhandledExceptionEventArgs) Handles Me.UnhandledException
    

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