Hosting xbap in a non-asp.net web site?

Question

Since it's a client technology, it seems viable that a xbap could be host in a non-asp.net (such as FreeBSD host)web site only if I added the MIME types. Is this true? How can I do this?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You should be able to add these MIME types:

 

Extension	MIME Type
.manifest	application/manifest
.xaml	application/xaml+xml
.application	application/x-ms-application
.xbap	application/x-ms-xbap
.deploy	application/octet-stream

Answer 2

After I setup these, I could host xbap in a FreeBSD host?

Thanks!

Answer 3

It should work the same as IIS would do it. As long as the client has WPF installed.

Answer 4

Thanks!

 

Answer 5

It seems like .exe also has to be added as a mime type on the server? Otherwise I get:

APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.
 * Browser-hosted application.

ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * An exception occurred while downloading the application. Following failure messages were detected:
  + Downloading http://clientdev/Demos/Dev/test.exe did not succeed.
  + The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

Answer 6

Try creating an application/octet-stream MIME type entry for the .exe.

Answer 7

Yup, creating that mime type on the server worked. However, I now get another error (and I can't seem to resolve this error with the information provided in the appended error log). Any help would be appreciated.

APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.
 * Browser-hosted application.

ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * An exception occurred while downloading the application. Following failure messages were detected:
  + Exception occurred during store operation.
  + Value does not fall within the expected range.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
 No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
 There were no warnings during this operation.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
 No phase information is available.

ERROR DETAILS
 Following errors were detected during this operation.
 * [11/10/2006 1:49:38 PM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentException (ComponentStore)
  - Exception occurred during store operation.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.SubmitStoreTransaction(StoreTransactionContext storeTxn, SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.SubmitStoreTransactionCheckQuota(StoreTransactionContext storeTxn, SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.CommitApplication(SubscriptionState subState, CommitApplicationParams commitParams)
   at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.CommitApplication(SubscriptionState subState, CommitApplicationParams commitParams)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentManager.SynchronizeCore(Boolean blocking)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentManager.SynchronizeAsyncWorker()
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.ArgumentException
  - Value does not fall within the expected range.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.Transact(IntPtr cOperation, StoreTransactionOperation[] rgOperations, UInt32[] rgDispositions, Int32[] rgResults)
   at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.Transact(StoreTransactionOperation[] operations, UInt32[] rgDispositions, Int32[] rgResults)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.SubmitStoreTransaction(StoreTransactionContext storeTxn, SubscriptionState subState)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
 No transaction information is available.

Answer 8

rather than using the exe extention, use the .deploy file type for executables on publish.  This should resolve your issues.

Answer 9

Yes, Jerod's advice is good. Also try running mage -cc to clear the ClickOnce application store to rule out real store corruption.