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294 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010: A Beginner’s Guide
Running Silverlight Out-of-Browser (OOB)
A new capability of Silverlight 3 is running out-of-browser, meaning that users can load
your application onto their desktop without needing to visit the hosting site. T
o implement
OOB, open the Silverlight application properties by double-clicking the Properties folder
in Solution Explorer. You’ll see a window similar to Figure 10-4.
Most of the properties in Figure 10-4 have been covered in previous chapters. What’
s
different is the section on Silverlight build options, which allows you to set the version
and check the box to reduce the size of the *.xap file through caching. However, leave the
option to reduce the *.xap file size unchecked if running OOB because it’s not compatible
Figure 10-4 Silverlight properties