Microsoft has positioned microsoft expression blend as a companion tool to visual studio for the design of. Been messing about lately updating some skills that id let slide over the last 12 months or so. Create a silverlight application named silverlightmefsample. Learn how to leverage the managed extensibility framework, part of the. Feel free to download the power point presentation from here, and the source code from here. I know that mefcontrib does support it, but im not sure mefcontrib will compile with silverlight 5. You can help protect yourself from scammers by verifying that the contact is a microsoft agent or microsoft employee and that the phone number is an official microsoft global customer service number. Whether you need support and consulting for an existing silverlight application, or look to migrate your silverlight project to html5, we can help. Net languages can work with silverlight, provided they can target the silverlight coreclr for hosting the application, instead of the. There is no way for the plugin to push a preferred size back to the browser, so regardless of what size the silverlight content may want to be, its size and position will be wholly determined by the containing web page.
Cory smith, mvp in this meeting cory smith, a microsoft application developer mvp, will give us a handson tour of the managed extensibility framework mef from microsoft. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a. We found a bug in partinitializer thanks to kathleen dollard for finding it. Jul 27, 2012 silverlight 4 tutorial 1 the basics part 1 duration. Silverlight with mef, for dynamic downloading of xap files. Feb 18, 2011 if you have never used mydistrictbuilder on your computer before, you may be prompted to download the latest version of microsoft silverlight. This is a video tutorial to introduce beginners to how to use both mvvm modelviewviewmodel and mef managed extensibility framework with silverlight should work for versions 3 and 4. Video tutorials of mef and siverlight 4 free ebooks. Net 4 and silverlight 4 to simplify the design of extensible applications and components. Its really easy code and 12 lines that are well worth it. In the silverlight project, add a new folder named library and add all the prism 4 assemblies listed above. Silverlight 4, mef and the deploymentcatalog again. It actually simplifies the creation of extensible applications using extensions to develop encapsulated code without any hard dependencies, i.
This catalog adds the key ability of being able to download xaps dynamically at runtime and ask mef to discover and compose the types contained within those xaps into. For more information and code examples, see managed extensibility framework. These tutorials are intended to be read inorder, and help explain some of the core programming concepts of silverlight. Telling mef to compose in silverlight takes only about 12 lines of code. Fundamentals of the managed extensibility framework mef. Simple example of managed extensibility framework mef in. Use silverlight in the 32bit internet explorer process on x64 systems.
To download the complete code for this example, see the simplecalculator sample visual basic. Aug 06, 2014 this tutorial explains how to install microsoft silverlight, which is comparable to adobe flash. Put the cslacs and cslalightcs folders at a peer level. In silverlight 4, you can directly run the silverlight configuration tool. Download source files and setup package from part 1. Dec 02, 2009 we found a bug in partinitializer thanks to kathleen dollard for finding it. Click here to download a completed version of the bing images search version of this sample. I really hope that you enjoyed it and learned something new about mvvm and mef. Since were using xaps to partition the app, we need to use the mef deploymentcatalog to pull the new xaps in as they download. Let me just walk through the steps which i have borrowed from kranthi gullapalli in his article. Jul 20, 2009 mef is a general composition technology in the framework that assembles components pulling their dependencies from a myrida of different sources, including xap files for silverlight apps.
One exciting new feature of silverlight 5 is the ability to create custom markup extensions. I decided it would be a good idea to pick up some basics in silverlight and get my head around the managed extensibility framework mef at the same time. This tutorial explains how to install microsoft silverlight, which is comparable to adobe flash. Part 1 of a series of screencasts looking at the new managed extensibility framework mef in the silverlight 4 beta mef is a framework that simplifies the design of extensible applications and. Which you would achieve by adding an export attribute to the class. This tutorial defines silverlight, answers some frequently asked questions, offers some basic reference material and gives you the ins and outs of silverlight. Click the windows button, click all programs, click microsoft silverlight, and then click microsoft. All the samples in this tutorial are silverlight not wpf based. Part 2 of a series of screencasts looking at the new managed extensibility framework mef in the silverlight 4 beta mef is a framework that simplifies the.
A sample silverlight 4 application using mef, mvvm, and. Mar 06, 2010 this is a video tutorial to introduce beginners to how to use both mvvm modelviewviewmodel and mef managed extensibility framework with silverlight should work for versions 3 and 4. Jul 08, 2011 download source files and setup package from part 1. Mar 07, 2010 this is a video tutorial to introduce beginners to how to use both mvvm modelviewviewmodel and mef managed extensibility framework with silverlight should work for versions 3 and 4. Markup extensions exist to pass information to properties in the xaml that the xaml parser.
Part 1 of a series of screencasts looking at the new managed extensibility framework mef in the silverlight 4 beta mef is a framework that simplifies the. Apr 14, 2011 one exciting new feature of silverlight 5 is the ability to create custom markup extensions. A common challenge with building complex applications in silverlight is the initial download size of the xap file. Net, winforms, class library, etc to make use of external functionality dynamically at runtime without the need for a hard coded reference. We will create a compiled silverlight application containing a mixture of xaml, the mockup language we use to define silverlight user interfaces, and. Mef is a general composition technology in the framework that assembles components pulling their dependencies from a myrida of different sources, including xap files for silverlight apps. Dec 31, 2009 part 2 of a series of screencasts looking at the new managed extensibility framework mef in the silverlight 4 beta mef is a framework that simplifies the design of extensible applications and. Tech support scams are an industrywide issue where scammers trick you into paying for unnecessary technical support services. This catalog adds the key ability of being able to download xaps dynamically at runtime and ask mef to discover and compose the types contained within those xaps into a pluggable application. Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for web and mobile applications. What i have done with this article is simply add mef to it so that we can better control how we want to load our xap. Mar 09, 2010 the silverlight 4 beta came with a version of mef that had 3 catalogs namely assemblycatalog, typecatalog and aggregatecatalog. If the part is in silverlight it must be public, otherwise private is fine. How to run the silverlight configuration tool in silverlight 4.
The second thing we need is the silverlight content itself. Silverlight together with mef brings another level of complexity, due to the fact that the composition is performed not on the. Mar 09, 2010 mvvm with mef in silverlight video tutorial part 2. Mef is not ui specific and can be used both in ui and nonui applications. This is part one of eight tutorials that walk through how to build a simple search client application using silverlight 2. An archive of the codeplex open source hosting site. Of course, some veterans may want to watch as well in case youve missed some of the fundamentals, or have a clever way to do something that you can share. Plugins and metadata in the first part of this series, i demonstrated a very simple project that used mvvm modelviewviewmodel along with the managed extensibility framework to produce a simple screen that toggled between a square and a circle. Most browser plugins including silverlight, flash, java and almost all activex controls only work in 32bit browsers currently. In order to have mef create the part you have to do a few things. Jun 09, 2010 been messing about lately updating some skills that id let slide over the last 12 months or so.
Silverlight together with mef brings another level of complexity, due to the fact that the composition. Dec 31, 2009 part 1 of a series of screencasts looking at the new managed extensibility framework mef in the silverlight 4 beta mef is a framework that simplifies the design of extensible applications and. Thank you to all of you who participated in my sdp session architecting a smart client with mef and mvvm today at crowne plaza hotel, tel aviv. Of course, some veterans may want to watch as well in case youve missed some of the fundamentals, or have a clever way to do something. In mef, anything that has imports or exports we consider a part, which is why the name. Sep 24, 2014 all the samples in this tutorial are silverlight not wpf based. Since silverlight content always runs inside a web page, the object tag is subject to normal css layout rules. How do i use constructor dependency injection in mef.
This article is part two of a series on developing a silverlight business application using mef, mvvm light, and wcf ria services. Mvvm with mef in silverlight video tutorial part 2. If you have never used mydistrictbuilder on your computer before, you may be prompted to download the latest version of microsoft silverlight. Download silverlight 4 tools for visual studio 2010 rtm source download silverlight 4 tools for visual studio 2010 rtm from microsoft softpedia. Download silverlight 4 rtw deployment guide source download silverlight 4 rtw deployment guide courtesy of microsoft. There are many other silverlight based tutorials, but there is a slight edge on the wpf side. As i have provided an insight about the mef concept in the above sections, we will create a demo silverlight application implementing mef now. As such, any development tools which can be used with. To run the silverlight configuration tool in silverlight 4, follow the procedure as appropriate for your operating system. Nov 30, 2009 telling mef to compose in silverlight takes only about 12 lines of code.
To tell mef to compose you invoke a single call, partinitializer. Microsoft silverlight is a programmable web browser plugin that enables features such as animation, vector graphics and audiovideo playback so you can experience rich internet applications. The silverlight 4 beta came with a version of mef that had 3 catalogs namely assemblycatalog, typecatalog and aggregatecatalog. Building the hello mef dashboard in silverlight 4 part i. These include discovery for separation of concerns, metadata for filtering and sorting implementations, and extensibility for highly modular applications.
Autofac doesnt appear to have sl4 mef integration, so we cant simply register types from catalogs in the silverlight code. Creating a markup extension for mef with silverlight 5. Part 1 introduction, installation, and general application design topics. In this case, youll need to run the data portal in local mode. Apr 18, 2018 in silverlight 4, you can directly run the silverlight configuration tool. The bug resulted in the default container that pi creates not being populated with any assemblies from the current xap, which meant your imports would not get satisfied. Whenever you see a notation that starts and ends with a brace, you are viewing a markup extension.
Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the web works. Silverlight 4 tutorial 1 the basics part 1 duration. This video explains clearly how to install microsoft silverlight using internet explorer. Download utility for silverlight video windows 7 help forums. Mef enables us to build composable applications that allows us to build complex composite applications. Download code click here to download a completed version of the bing images search version of this sample. During this large session of screencasts, platform evangelist mike taulty takes you through the fundamentals of microsoft silverlight 4. Plugins and metadata in the first part of this series, i demonstrated a very simple project that used mvvm modelviewviewmodel along with the managed extensibility framework to produce a simple. Managed extensibility framework mef microsoft docs.
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