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    Question Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Hi all

    I need to convert an application from WinForms to Silverlight App .

    Anyone had an experience with doing something like that?

    thank you

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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Hi there,

    I havent done this but I did convert an application from winforms to a DHTML application using Visual WebGui.

    I found that it was the best way for me to do so. I know that now they have a silverlight beta that will alow this.
    I used it to create a demo app but from what i know of Visual WebGui is that it should be as easy as the DHTMl i used.
    their link is: www.visualwebgui.com

    good luck!

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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Your best bet is to convert form WinForms to Windows Presentation FOundation (WPF) then your forms will easily move into a Silverlight RIA.... for more information on Silverlight cvheck out www.silverlight.net there are a ton of training videos and tutorials for you to get up to speed with Silverlight.

    Happy Developing

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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Expression Design is one tool that comes to mind
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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Here is a link to an app I wrote that you may find useful for converting WinfForms to WPF and Silverlight

    http://www.spiderwan.com/spiderwan/C...FormToWPF.aspx

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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Try LightSwitch, if you have VS2010 Professional...
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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    Quote Originally Posted by dglienna View Post
    Try LightSwitch, if you have VS2010 Professional...
    LightSwitch doesn't convert a WinForms application to a WPF application.
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    Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    I've yet to see a conversion tool for anything that produces target code that I want to use.

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    Talking Re: Convert WinForm to Silverlight??

    A good conversion tool from WinForms to Silverlight has to deal with a lot of complicated issues,
    is not just generated some similar XAML, it has to do with mapping a lot of API calls to pure .NET alternatives, generating WCF services for sending transacted db blocks to the server, and mapping a lot of components like MS FlexGrid to the Silverlight DataGrid.
    The only company that currently provides a real tool for converting from both VB6 and WinForms to Silverlight and even Azure is Artinsoft (www.artinsoft.com)
    You can review my blog at blogs.artinsoft.net\mrojas and search for Silverlight and you will find several posts about Silverlight migration issues.
    But I really think they have the only tool to convert upgrade from WinForms to Silverlight creating nice readable and maintable code.

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