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Introduction to XAML Browser Applications (XBAP)

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by Nihar Ranjan Nayak
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Basic differences between XBAP, WPF Standalone and Silverlight

Standalone WPF Application

WPF applications are installed on end user's machine.

Appear in Start Menu and Add/Remove Programs.

Applications can be installed via MSI or ClickOnce.

User can be offline and use the application. There is no need for Internet connection.

Newer versions of the application may not be automatically installed in user's machine.

WPF standalone applications can use WCF for communication.

Applications run in its own window as other windows applications.

XAML Browser Application(XBAP)

These type of applications are not installed in user's machine.

They do not appear in the in Start Menu or Add/Remove Programs.

Applications can be automatically deployed via ClickOnce.

Applications are hosted in the browser process.

Can be run only in IE and Firefox.

Newer versions are always installed automatically into the user's machine.

User must be online to use the application.

XBAP is Windows only. We can run the application in Windows operating system only.

XBAPs cannot use WCF.

The user machine should have .NET framework 3.0 components.

Silverlight

XBAP is IE and Firefox only. But Silverlight can run in any browser and platform.

Silverlight is used for creating rich UI web application.

User's machine don't need .NET framework.

Can be embedded in HTML markup and rendered in any browser using the silverlight plug in.

XABP has 99% features of WPF. But Silverlight is just a subset of WPF.

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Title: Mr.
Name: Rubem Rocha
Date: 1/30/2012 8:38:19 AM
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All the figures are not being displayed.

Title: Software Engg.
Name: Amit
Date: 10/22/2010 1:18:54 AM
Comment:
Very good article.
Especially Basic differences between XBAP, WPF Standalone and Silverlight

Keep it up.

Title: software Engineer
Name: Ziaur Rahman
Date: 3/24/2010 7:07:52 AM
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good. I have liked it.

Title: Nice Article
Name: Jagz
Date: 3/18/2010 12:33:47 AM
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Thanks, its really helpful

Title: Mobile Phone Seeker
Name: Mobile Phones
Date: 12/29/2009 12:15:31 AM
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Very nice article and I was searching for such an article.
Please write such articles in future also

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Title: Nice article
Name: Neetu
Date: 8/26/2009 3:23:46 AM
Comment:
Good explanation but please specify some more details on applying controls on WPF enabled application(StandAlone)

Title: thanks may fold
Name: bob
Date: 7/9/2009 7:24:29 PM
Comment:
thanks for this great write up on XBAP, i was in a panic state trying to figure out if i could use XBAP on the WEB and this answered my pressing concerns, now i can sleep!

Thanks Nihar and may great things come your way this year!

Title: Mr
Name: Nihar
Date: 3/18/2009 2:16:51 AM
Comment:
Hello Ithyan,

XBAp apps run in partial trust mode. So they can't use WCF services in .NET framework 3.0. But framework 3.5 has some improvements over 3.0. So in framework 3.5 we can use WCF in partial trust mode for.

Thanks.

Title: Mr
Name: Ithyan
Date: 3/18/2009 12:29:22 AM
Comment:
hi,

i hope XBAPs can use WCF.

am completley taken aback on seeing this."XBAPs cannot use WCF."
please check.

Title: Mr.
Name: Satyadeep Kumar
Date: 3/11/2009 5:37:04 AM
Comment:
Nice, but i'm confused about one line in conclusion: "WPF doesn't require the framework"!!!

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