Embedding Silverlight control in WPF app - is it possible?

Question

Background:
One of the most attactive feature of Silverlight is PlanProjection because of its ease of use and the stunning effect. Unfortunatelly, it is not available in WPF. I know that similar effects can be achieved using Viewport3D but certainly not with that simplicity.

The App:
I would like to build a Win app designed for dualscreen computer, a bit similar to PowerPoint: 1 fullscreen viewer window for the audience, and 1 regular window to control the app.

The problem: Building the app in SL is not very appealing: Going to fullscreen always requires user confirmation due to (understandable) security reasons. Detecting primary/secondary screens, their positions is only possible with System.Windows.Forms.Screen class (pls, correct me if I am wrong), which is not available in SL.

The odd solution: Would it be possible to write my controls in SL utilizing the fancy and simple PlanProjection features and reuse them within a WPF application? If yes, what impact will I have on the installer? I assume that the installer would need to deploy both .NET framework and SL runtime.

Do you have alternative ideas to facilitate cherry-picking features from the two different worlds?

What I've done is create 2 projects SL and WPF with the same code. — kenny
– kenny, Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 13:54
It is impossible even to add reference to a silverlight class library. But I have a strange idea that you can try a browser or frame control and open xap file inside a WPF application. — vortexwolf
– vortexwolf, Commented Feb 14, 2011 at 14:09

Doug Ferguson · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-14 14:56:22Z

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WPF has rich 3-D capabilities that are far greater than what Silverlight 4 can do so if PlanProjection is the main feature from SL that you require but want to create a desktop application then using WPF all the way would be the way to go. WPF can do everything that PlanProjection can do. Charles Petzold wrote an excellent book on WPF 3-D.

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 14:56

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user256890 Over a year ago

While WPF certainly can do all that SL PlanProjection does, they are in a completely different league as far as simplicity is concerned. Still, I will probably follow your advise using this component: blog.endquote.com/post/710116433/planeprojection-in-wpf

sacha · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-06 14:51:16Z

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Just use Planerator : http://blogs.msdn.com/b/greg_schechter/archive/2007/10/26/enter-the-planerator-dead-simple-3d-in-wpf-with-a-stupid-name.aspx

answered Apr 6, 2011 at 14:51

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