What does XAP stand for? is it an acronym? I know what silverlight XAP file contains but dont know what it stands for.
Silverlight Application Package
http://www.sharpened.net/extensions/file/xap
http://forums.asp.net/t/1277554.aspx
The X doesn't mean anything. I've asked, too.
From what I can tell, they didn't want it to look too much like *.ZIP or *.SAP.
I would guess XML Application Package.
When a Silverlight Application is compiled a .xap file is created that contains the application.
A .xap file is basically a compiled Silverlight application. The file is actually a .zip file that contains all the files necessary for the application. Just rename the .xap file to have a .zip extension and then you can open it up to see its contents.
Anatomy of XAP file
Perhaps *XA*ML *P*ackage --
It means "Silverlight Application Package" and "Xact Project"
Other meanings without silverlight is http://www.acronym24.com/xap-meaning/
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I need to deploy a WinForm application and I need to generate just 1 .exe file.
I tried with ClickOnce but it generates also a manifest file, so I can't use it,
and I can not use the Release folder content because there aerseveral files (eg. strings resources)
Thanks a lot!
There's a little tool called ILMerge.
With this it is possible to merge several dlls and exe into one exe.
I don't know if it is possible to integrate resource files as well, but i don't think so.
Have a look at:
ILMerge Best Practices
Is it possible to access or get file list in xap file through desktop application.If possible please let me know how to do this.
Thanks
Dinesh
XAPs are just ZIP files.
You can use any ZIP library, such as the ZipArchive class in .Net 4.5.
Can anybody suggest a tool to convert Silverlight xap files to Windows executables? I googled and got this this link but it does not work.
Edit: The Silverlight application has been compiled without the out-of-browser switch and I want to know if there is a solution which does not require me to open the project and recompile with out-of browser mode on.
A XAP file is just a Zip file that has a different extension. You can easily use libraries like SharpLib or DotNetZip to extract the contents of it. You can also manualy change the extension of a .xap file to .zip and then extract it in a folder. When extracted, you would get all the assemblies that were bundled as part of the .xap file.
Everything is clearly explained in the following link,
Extracting Assemblies from a XAP File
This link might be of interest:
http://www.amazedsaint.com/2010/05/how-to-create-offline-installer-no.html
It describes creating an installer that installs silverlight on machines where it is not present, as well as an Out-of-browser silverlight application and start menu links. You can use this installer on machines with no internet connection and no .net runtime installed. So it offers most of the practical benefits of converting it to an exe. I followed that procedure before and found it good.
i want to know that after compiling the file in C# which type of file is generated?
It would have to depend on the type of project. If it is a console application it will be an exe file. If there are multiple projects and one console app then the other projects will be compiled as DLL files. Obviously this doesn't include web projects.
Probably a .dll or a .exe is the answer you are looking for
Basically i want to utilize the Silverlight Video player on Codeplex in another Silverlight application. Is this possible. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to achieve this?
Thanks
J
If you just have a few assemblies of interest, such as those video player .dll files, then you could of course:
Rename the .xap to .zip
Extract the contents
Copy the .dll assemblies into your project
Reference the .dll's
Unfortunately, I'm guessing that you might be wanting to take advantage of the actual video player application - which includes custom handling for init parameters of the control, and just include that .Xap file into your solution. I don't know of an easy way to do that.
adding another xap file to your project, yes. you'll need to manually load the assemblies inside the xap package to utilize it.
Check the downloadable project solution here: http://www.wintellect.com/CS/blogs/jprosise/archive/2010/06/21/dynamic-localization-in-silverlight.aspx
the solution basically has two silverlight projects, the ExternalResources project's generated xap gets created and it's assemblies are manually loaded when needed.