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Application.IsRunningOutOfBrowser Property

Silverlight

Gets a value that indicates whether the application was launched from the out-of-browser state.

Namespace: System.Windows
Assembly: System.Windows (in System.Windows.dll)

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public bool IsRunningOutOfBrowser { get; }

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the application was launched from the out-of-browser state; false if the application was launched from within its host Web page.

Remarks

This property enables you to modify the behavior of your application when it runs outside the browser. For example, when running outside the browser, you can check for network availability and use alternate code paths to support offline mode.

For more information, see Out-of-Browser Support.

Examples

The following code example demonstrates how to use this property. This example is part of a larger example available in How to: Implement Offline Support for Out-of-Browser Applications.

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private void UpdateUI()
{
    UpdateNetworkIndicator();

    installButton.Visibility =
        app.InstallState == InstallState.NotInstalled ?
        Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;

    updateButton.Visibility =
        app.IsRunningOutOfBrowser ? 
        Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;

    isRunningOutOfBrowserTextBlock.Text = 
        app.IsRunningOutOfBrowser.ToString();

    installStateTextBlock.Text = app.InstallState.ToString();
}

private void UpdateNetworkIndicator()
{
    networkIndicator.Visibility =
        app.IsRunningOutOfBrowser ?
        Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;

    bool online = NetworkInterface.GetIsNetworkAvailable();

    networkIndicator.Text = online ?
        "ONLINE" : "OFFLINE";

    updateButton.Visibility = online ?
        Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
}

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