Bruno Silva

I’ve written this demo for a presentation two weeks ago, but I didn’t have a change to show it. I’ll show you how to dynamically generate a Silverlight application. Well, it is just a still image, but this way it is simple enough to show you the main idea.

Here is the look of the application. Each time you load the page it generates some random squares with random colors and positions.

From a common Silverlight application, here is the list of changes you have to do to get it working.

1. Create XAML generator (Page.xaml.php)

Create an PHP file which outputs XAML code. Take a look at this one. It has a function that generates a random RGB color with an Alpha value. It has also a function that generates a rectangle in XAML code based on some parameters. Using these functions the PHP script creates 150 squares with random position, size and color.

2. Change the XAML file reference (CreateSilverlight.js)

In the javascript file where the Silverlight Control is created you have to change the XAML reference to Page.xaml.php.It this CreateSilverlight.js file you can see how it looks.

3. Have some fun (Page.xaml.js)

I added some behavior to this application. When you click somewhere it changes between full-screen and window mode.

Conclusions

This is a simple example, but imagine what you can do. Things like connect to a database and generate some content, create parametrized animations, and so on. Just give it a try. You can download the whole demo here.