Mark, Putting the dlls in the XAP is one way to do it. You could also put them into a ZIP file, and in your app download the zip file and use Silverlight's Application.GetResourceStream API to extract the DLLs from the file, and call Assembly.Load on them. However, this is a bit annoying, so we support doing this:
<script type="application/zip" src="foo.zip"></script> <script type="text/ruby">require 'foo.zip/foo.dll'</script> This lets you put files in a zip, and then access them like they were part of the "filesystem". However, I just tried this and I found a bug, so I'll check in a fix and let you know when it's fixed. ~Jimmy > -----Original Message----- > From: ironruby-core-boun...@rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core- > boun...@rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Mark Ryall > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:12 PM > To: ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] using custom controls with gestalt > > In case anyone is curious - I got this to work by putting the > Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.dll and Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.Common.dll > assemblies directly into the DLR.xap file. > > This doesn't seem ideal - the slvx approach ensures that silverlight > applications can avoid downloading command dependencies such as IronRuby, > IronPython etc. once for every application. > > It's functional enough to show how easily silverlight applications can be > created without needing an ide or a compiler. > > Mark. > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:17 PM, Mark Ryall <mark.ry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm preparing some demos of using silverlight+ironruby with gestalt. > > > > It's really impressive but i'd like to show an example using the bing > > map control but can't work out how to make external controls > > available. > > > > Here's what I thought I should do: > > > > * Created a Microsoft.Maps.slvx containing the > > Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.dll and Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.Common.dll > > * Cracked open the dlr.xap file and added <ExtensionPart > > Source="Microsoft.Maps.slvx" /> to the manifest and packaged it up > > again > > > > The browser had cached dlr.xap which confused me for a while but I can > > now see the Microsoft.Maps.slvx is getting downloaded (i'm using my > > own little webserver tool - http://bitbucket.org/markryall/webshare/) > > but none of the classes seem to be available. > > > > Can anyone see what's missing? > > > > I'd also like to demo using silverlight 4 - does anyone know if > > changes are required to the gestalt dlr.js, dlr.xap etc. to use the > > new features (camera control etc.)? > > > > Mark. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ironruby-core mailing list > Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core _______________________________________________ Ironruby-core mailing list Ironruby-core@rubyforge.org http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core
