The Template works great with only one project but I added a class library DLL to the solution and now I am getting a security permission exception when trying to access a method in that DLL with the XBAP debug configuration from the main application. I edited the class library DLL project file to contain the same configurations as the template. The app works fine when in debug configuration (Windows).

Previously, in another solution (non flexible config) I had a XBAP solution using a class library DLL built with another solution without security problems.

Thanks for any help,
Jody

I have some questions though.
Is there some way that i can remove the left and right button when i run in standalone app mode?
And is it possible to run the app in maximized screenstate from start? In WPF application i can set this on the window class but not sure how to do this now.

P.S. thx its a great template and save a lot of time

I am new in XAML and WPF. I am trying to use a SQL-SERVER connection in a XBAP I can do it inside a WPF Windows application, but when I try to do the same like Load_Page() ASP.NET I get an error

void mainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)

{

// Connection Fail

}

I had downloaded many good books like:

Applications = Code Markup: A Guide to the Microsoft® Windows® Presentation Foundation

By Charles Petzold

Programming WCF Services

By Juval Lowy

But no body speak about access data from SQL-SERVER database

may be you can help me.

Excuse my English I speak Spanish .

Thank you

Reiner

reinerra@hotmail.com

I am working on a “code generation” project, our goal is to generate framework 3 applications both standalone and xbap that mainly deals with a database and is generated based on the user specifc options, we finished developing the standalone version,we are going to generate all the necessary files(.xaml,.xaml.cs etc..) for the application , the problem is that we want to convert the standalone version to an xbap version entirely from the runtime to save time rather than again developing the generated xbap version again which is mainly the same as the standalone, in other words is there a way to do the steps of converting a standalone application to an xbap application(changing the cproj file,creating the certficate etc..) through code or runtime??

If you have any suggestions that may help in our specific scenario I am happy to hear it

Thank You Very Much

XBAPs require that you sign the ClickOnce manifests. By default, the XBAP project template create a temporary key for you and sets up the manifest signing. If you start with a standalone project and thenconvert it to an XBAP, you have to do this step manually:

1. On the Project Properties pane, select the signing tab.

2. Check “Sign the ClickOnce manifests”

3. Select the desired certificate (creating a test certificate if you don’t have a specific desired cert)

Thanks,
Karen

The code you mentioned seems to be pretty cool for converting the existing applications either for XBAP or to stand Alone applications.

However when I try to convert a stand alone to XBAP by editing the .csproj IDE says that and is required and I could not able to appreciate the conversion.

When I try to Convert XBAP to stand alone application I could able to do that with out any problem,since and are generated with in the XBAP file.

So Please tell me how to resolve this while converting Stand alone to XBAP.

This is very cool reply from you!! I am very thankful to you for the valuable information on the conversion of Stand Alone to XBAP.

Please try updating the version number on the Publish Pane of the Project Properties. That should make all the ClickOnce versioning goodness work as expected when you copy up the XBAP.

Thanks,
Karen

Thanks again, you can see it in action at my site!

Come to think of it, I’ve never created a new project since upgrading to June. I just took the project guids out of my .csproj file so it would open.

Maybe I’m suffering from having installed/removed several previous versions?

For June CTP, they can be found here.

I haven’t investigated yet, but the message tells me the .csproj template has a project guid that my machine doesn’t know about. I have the June CTP installed. I don’t remember the date it came out, but perhaps this template is from pre-June CTP and the guids were different?

Hopefully I can figure it out, but thought I’d make a post here in case someone else has insight while I work on it.

To install the template:

First, find the user template install path:

Tools->Options->Project and Solutions->General
The path for the zip file is in the “Visual Studio user project templates location:”

Second, copy the Flexible zip file into the template location:

Copy the .zip file. Do not extract files. VS is looking for a .zip file.
You can get the zip file from http://scorbs.com/2006/06/04/vs-template-flexible-application/

To start the project:

File->New-> Project
Click on “Visual C#”
The Flexible template will be in “My Templates”
Read the Readme.txt all the way through – there are some issues that will cause trouble if they are not known ahead of time.

For a further reference on VS Templates go to this link:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/01/CodeTemplates/default.aspx

rhogue

There are three main tags involved in making something an “XBAP”:

    <HostInBrowser>True</HostInBrowser>
    <Install>False</Install>
    <TargetZone>Internet</TargetZone>


Other tags are required for the “XBAP” debug experience, etc:

    <EnableSecurityDebugging>false</EnableSecurityDebugging>
    <MapFileExtensions>False</MapFileExtensions>
    <StartAction>Program</StartAction>
    <StartProgram>$(WINDIR)\System32\PresentationHost.exe</StartProgram>
    <ApplicationExtension>.xbap</ApplicationExtension>
    <StartArguments>-debug “$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\bin\$(Configuration)\$(AssemblyName)
$(ApplicationExtension)”</StartArguments>


If you comment out all of the above tags and add…

    <Install>True</Install>


…your app will run as a standalone.

I’ve not experimented with configurations in VS 2005 yet, so this may be a dumb question: Can you retrofit an existing project with the ability to go between XBAP and standalone?

I need to do some memory leak investigative debugging and that seems a little harder in the XBAP model (some tools don’t work with XBAPs). So I’d like my app to compile as standalone.