[IronPython] Silverlight 2 Controls

[Michael Foord]

Thanks Dino, I really appreciate your help.

Dino Viehland wrote:
> Two more possibilities which are little less ugly:
>         1. AddReference to the fully qualified type name including strong name
>   

I'm sorry to be dense - can you remind me how to get this strong name? I 
now have Visual Studio 2008 and the Silverlight tools installed.

I have success with using these shiny new controls from XAML *and* with 
the following code:


xaml = Application.Current.LoadRootVisual(Canvas(), "app.xaml")
something = xaml.FindName('watermark')

import clr
assembly = something.GetType().Assembly
clr.AddReference(assembly)
from System.Windows.Controls import Button

As you say, this is ugly and using the strong names would be better. :-)

>         2. The bits at http://dynamicsilverlight.net/ - I'm told we should recognize the assemblies for you with some changes made there
>   

That is what I'm using. If anyone has success with these binaries then 
let me know what you did!

Michael

> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Dino Viehland
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:52 AM
> To: Discussion of IronPython
> Subject: Re: [IronPython] Silverlight 2 Controls
>
> This is a horrible workaround but I think it should work.  You can create the object in XAML, then get the XAML and find the object, then call GetType().Assembly on it, and then pass that off to clr.AddReference.
>
> I'll follow up with the Silverlight guys on our team to make sure we can do better.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 5:22 PM
> To: Discussion of IronPython
> Subject: Re: [IronPython] Silverlight 2 Controls
>
> Dino Viehland wrote:
>   
>> Importing I haven't actually tried, I've only used those controls from XAML.  But you might be able to do clr.AddReference once it's in your manifest and then be able to import.  If that works I think it's something we can probably make automatic.
>>
>>     
> If I add them to the manifest *and* add the following magic to the XAML
> then I can read them from XAML:
>
>
>
> xmlns:c="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls"
>
> xmlns:e="clr-namespace:System.Windows.Controls;assembly=System.Windows.Controls.Extended"
>
>
> I *really* do want to use these from code though. I tried both of the
> following forms to add references to the new assemblies:
>
> import clr
> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Controls')
> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Controls.Extended')
> from System.Windows.Controls import Button
>
> import clr
> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Controls, Version=1.0.0.0,
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null')
> clr.AddReference('System.Windows.Controls.Extended, Version=1.0.0.0,
> Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null')
> from System.Windows.Controls import Button
>
> Both raised the following exception:
>
> IOException: Could not add reference to assembly System.Windows.Controls
>
>
> Any further suggestions?
>
> Michael
>
>
>   
>> ________________________________________
>> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord [fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 1:09 PM
>> To: Discussion of IronPython
>> Subject: Re: [IronPython] Silverlight 2 Controls
>>
>> Dino Viehland wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> This comes back to the manifest mentioned in the previous question.  You can update the manfiest to contain the additional assemblies which are included w/ the Silverlight SDK.  Those assemblies will get loaded allowing the XAML to parse.
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> If I add the following to the XML manifest:
>>
>>     <AssemblyPart x:Name="System.Windows.Controls.Data"
>> Source="System.Windows.Controls.Data.dll" />
>>     <AssemblyPart x:Name="System.Windows.Controls"
>> Source="System.Windows.Controls.dll" />
>>     <AssemblyPart x:Name="System.Windows.Controls.Extended"
>> Source="System.Windows.Controls.Extended.dll" />
>>
>> (Taken from the Silveright controls examples) I *still* can't import
>> WatermarkTextBox or Button... I know that it is using this manifest
>> because errors in it are reported - or crash IE! :-o
>>
>> Any other suggestions?
>>
>> Michael
>> htt://www.manning.com/foord
>>
>>
>>
>>     
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord [fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk]
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2008 7:15 AM
>>> To: Discussion of IronPython
>>> Subject: [IronPython] Silverlight 2 Controls
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm adapting a Silverlight 2 controls example for IronPython. It is
>>> based on:
>>>
>>> http://silverlight.net/Samples/2b1/SilverlightControls/run/default.html
>>>
>>> It seems that the shiny new controls, like Button, ToggleButton,
>>> WatermarkedTextBox (etc) don't come 'out of the box' with Silverlight2.
>>>  From downloading this example I can see the example includes several
>>> dlls - presumably ones that *extend* System.Windows.Controls.
>>>
>>> As a result XAML that uses elements like these throws parse errors with
>>> not-recognised elements. I have these dlls - how do I add them to my
>>> IronPython project? If I just add a reference to
>>> 'System.Windows.Controls' will it use the new dlls?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Michael
>>> http://www.manning.com/foord
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