Thanks for the reply! It seems like the problem was that the SL2 application tried to connect to the DOM during startup. I can find an alternative solution to that so it won't be a problem. I haven't been able to reproduce the problem so I think it's fixed.
Thanks very much! 2009/1/12 Jimmy Schementi <[email protected]>: >> xkrja wrote: >> I have an IronPython app made for Silverlight 2 and I have problems to >> get it to load properly on the web page. There are several JavaScripts >> in the HTML-page together with the SL2 and that seems to cause >> problems. In 30% or so of the times I start up the application (from >> VS Web Dev express and Chiron) the SL2 will not load. The error says: >> >> InitializeError- Invalid or malformed application: Check manifest >> >> As I said, this happens approx 30% of the times I run the web page. I >> assume it is because of the Javascript on the page and since it is >> executed asynchronously I think it might interfere with the loading >> of the SL2 object. > > There shouldn't be an issue loading a Silverlight application with other > Javascript that does things on document.ready. This error seems like > something to do with the browser trying to load the XAP file before Chiron > has a chance to create it. That error message only happens if the there is > something wrong with the loaded manifest file. > >> So now I want to load the SL2 app using JavaScript instead of the but >> I >> can't get it to work. My idea is that if I use Javascript to load the >> SL2 >> app, then I can configure it to be loaded last and hopefully it won't >> interfere with any of the other scripts on the page. Maybe this idea is >> completely wrong so please correct me if you think so! > > I still don't see how it could be interfering with other scripts on the page; > it's just a <object> tag, and if has its own <div> then it won't touch the > rest of the page. Unless your Silverlight app looks at the DOM as well. In > that case, you need to be checking for HtmlPage.DocumentReady (or something > like that). Loading it with javascript will work as well, but how are you > going about doing that? I personally would use the Silverlight.js file in the > Silverlight SDK (c:\program files\microsoft sdks\silverlight), but you could > just do it by hand too. > >> Anyway, my questions: >> >> 1) Do I need to pre-build the application's app.xap file in order to >> load it with JavaScript? I can't get it to load the app using >> Javascript if I just use the "/b" extension in the "start options" >> of Chiron (in VS Web dev express). BUT if I use a pre-built .xap file >> (from another application) it works. > > No need for a pre-build XAP, if Chiron is the web server. When Chiron gets a > request for http://localhost:2060/myapp/app.xap, it looks for a directory > "<rootDir>\myapp\app", and if it exists Chiron does the equivalent of /zipdlr > in memory, and returns the data as the response. When running Chiron /b, does > Chiron log a request of the xap? > >> 2) If I need a pre-built .xap-file, how do I do that properly? I tried >> using >> >> chiron.exe /x:app/app.xap >> >> and it gives me a .xap-file but it doesn't work. All files seems to be >> in it but strangely it doesn't work. > > When you run "Chiron.exe /?" it will tell you that /xap just XAPs the > contents of a folder, while /zipdlr will generate the AppManifest.xaml if > needed, and stick the DLR/Language assemblies in the XAP, if needed, on top > of xaping the directory as well. So, you need Chiron.exe /z:path\to\app.xap. > >> Thanks for any help that can get me on the right track! > > Let me know if you have any other questions. For more Silverlight+DLR > specific issues, you can as on this discussion list: > http://www.codeplex.com/sdlsdk/Thread/List.aspx. > > If you still can't get it to work, please try to create a small reproduction > of the issue and open a bug here: > http://www.codeplex.com/sdlsdk/WorkItem/List.aspx, and I'll investigate. > > ~Jimmy > _______________________________________________ > 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
