Silverlight 3 applications can be installed as local applications on PCs and MACs.
This is a brief 'how to' for enabling, installing, and removing a Silverlight 3 out of browser applications.
1. Use Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 to create a Silverlight 3 project.
2. Open the Silverlight 3 project's properties dialog. Select the 'Silverlight' tab. Check the 'Enable running application out of the browser'. Click the 'Out-of-Browser Settings...' button.
3. The 'Out-of-Browser Settings' dialog opens. Use it to configure your Silverlight 3 application for out of browser installation.
4. Run your application. Right-click a page in your application and select 'Install..' menu item.
5. The 'Install application' dialog opens. Use it to install short cuts to your application.
6. The Silverlight 3 out of browser application short cut on the desktop:
7. Use the short cut to launch the application on the computer. Here's a screen shot of my sample application running locally on my computer:
8 To remove the Silverlight 3 out of browser application from your computer: run it, right-click a page in the application, and select the 'Remove this application...' menu item.
