Dino Viehland wrote: > That's just Application.Current.RootVisual = myCanvas > > Cool - for some reason this didn't work for me the first time I tried it (I must have done something wrong). My minimal IronPython/Silverlight example is now a single Python file (app.py) containing:
from System.Windows import Application from System.Windows.Controls import Canvas, TextBlock canvas = Canvas() textblock = TextBlock() textblock.FontSize = 24 textblock.Text = 'Hello world from IronPython' canvas.Children.Add(textblock) Application.Current.RootVisual = canvas > This is what I've been doing in my own Silverlight experiments, but I suck at > using XAML and Blend :) > Me too. :-) Michael http://www.manning.com/foord > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Foord > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 4:32 PM > To: Discussion of IronPython > Subject: Re: [IronPython] how to use IronPython in Silverlight 2 > > Jimmy Schementi wrote: > >> To load a XAML file and set the RootVisual, you can do this: >> >> Application.Current.LoadRootVisual("file.xaml") >> >> It's how we do it in the python samples on http://dynamicsilverlight.net >> >> > > Suppose you don't want to load a XAML file - how do you do that (but say > set a 'Canvas' instance you have created programatically) ? > > Michael > > > >> ~Jimmy >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Dino Viehland >> *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 11:25 AM >> *To:* Discussion of IronPython >> *Subject:* Re: [IronPython] how to use IronPython in Silverlight 2 >> >> One problem is that XamlReader.Load takes the string of XAML and not a >> filename. But there's something about the XAML that isn't working >> right too. I'm no XAML expert but simplifying it to the code below >> works, you can probably build something up from that. Personally for >> my Silverlight hacking I've just been building up the tree >> programmatically from Python code even though that's uncool J. >> >> from System.Windows import Application >> >> from System.Windows.Markup import XamlReader >> >> Application.Current.RootVisual = XamlReader.Load(""" >> >> <Canvas Width="100" Height="100" >> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"; >> xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml";> >> >> <TextBlock FontSize="30" Text="hello world"/> >> >> </Canvas>""") >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Chu >> *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 9:32 AM >> *To:* Discussion of IronPython >> *Subject:* Re: [IronPython] how to use IronPython in Silverlight 2 >> >> hi Dino >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> But I try my sample (look attachment), It can't run! Is my code mistake ? >> >> *IronPython code:* >> >> from System.Windows import Application >> from System.Windows.Markup import XamlReader >> >> class App: >> def __init__(self): >> Application.Current.RootVisual = XamlReader.Load("app.xaml") >> self.scene = Application.Current.RootVisual.grid >> def start(self): >> # TO DO: Replace this with your application start logic. >> self.scene.message.Content = "Welcome to Silverlight and IronPython!" >> >> App().start() >> >> *XAML code:* >> >> <UserControl x:Class="System.Windows.Controls.UserControl" >> xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007"; >> xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml";> >> >> <Grid x:Name="grid" Background="White"> >> <TextBlock x:Name="message" FontSize="30" /> >> </Grid> >> >> </UserControl> >> >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Dino Viehland >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> wrote: >> >> You'll need to download the Silverlight 2 SDK. After installing that >> you'll get all the necessary components installed into something like >> C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Libraries\Client. >> Also installed is an extremely useful tool called Chiron which you'll >> find somewhere around C:\Program Files\Microsoft >> SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Tools\Chiron. Chiron can take your .py file and >> produce a .xap which includes the IronPython & DLR DLLs using the >> /zipdlr command line option. You can also use it to serve http >> requests and automatically serve up the .xap and let you just edit the >> files. >> >> So once you're ready to make your xap the directory you point at >> should contain a .py file (I'm not sure what the multi .py file >> experience is like, but w/ a single file the it doesn't seem the name >> matters). The simplest thing to put in there is: >> >> from System.Windows import Application >> >> from System.Windows.Markup import XamlReader >> >> Application.Current.RootVisual = XamlReader.Load("someXaml") >> >> You can see this from the Ruby perspective over at >> http://www.iunknown.com/2008/03/dynamic-silverl.html >> >> There's various options on how to deploy the DLLs, and you can get >> into manifest files to deploy additional DLLs, but hopefully that'll >> get you started. >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>] *On Behalf Of *Kevin Chu >> *Sent:* Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:39 PM >> *To:* Discussion of IronPython >> *Subject:* [IronPython] how to use IronPython in Silverlight 2 >> >> Silverlight 2 beta1 tools for VS2008 only create C# code file, >> >> How to create a IronPython code file? >> >> -- >> Once in a Redmoon >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Once in a Redmoon >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
