[Ironruby-core] using custom controls with gestalt

Mark Ryall
Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:35:47 -0000

Thanks.

That''s excellent - I can easily load gems that way too I guess (adding
foo.zip to the load path).

I got the impression from the "sl back to just text" document that
loading zips wasn''t implemented yet - should''ve just given it
a try.

Gestalt does seem really awesome - providing textmate bundles is a nice touch.

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Jimmy Schementi
<Jimmy.Schementi at microsoft.com> wrote:
> 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">
> require
''foo.zip/foo.dll''
>
> 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-bounces at rubyforge.org [mailto:ironruby-core-
>> bounces at rubyforge.org] On Behalf Of Mark Ryall
>> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 7:12 PM
>> To: ironruby-core at 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.ryall at
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.
>> >
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