Local Messaging in SILVERLIGHT 4 - silverlight-4.0

I have to implement Local Messaging in our silverlight4 project.
Please suggest to me some good websites,blogs and video tutorials on local messaging
in Silverlight 4.
In our project we have 7 XAP files.
Regards,
JN

This post is in Danish and contains samples in Silverlight 2 using javascript and in Silverlight 3 using the message system (the one you want!). Let me know if it fits your needs.
http://xamlgeek.net/2009/08/18/kommunikation-mellem-silverlight-applikationer/

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I need to create a RESTful web service in VB.net. I can't find any code examples or information on this that isn't a few years old. What are my options? Are there 3rd party libraries most people use? Should I be using an MVC (5, 6?) project? The only information I can find is from 2010-2011 and I want to use the latest/greatest technology available.
Anything that can point me in the right direction or how to research this further would be helpful.
REST is a very old technique to implement webservices. Not as old as SOAP.
I created a webservice with Java on Tomcat a few weeks ago but had to watch some tutorials. Those are also 4 to 5 years old. You can use these tutorials as well because standards don't change that much.
If you would like to create a webservice in Java (JAX-RS) I can send you some good sites with tutorials. :)

Web API run VB6 COM components in STA mode

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I've few past developed VB6 components that are heavily used in our most of the applications
Now, we want to consume same components for newly developing Web API project.
But, as per this post ,
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/posts/2012/Sep/18/Creating-STA-COM-compatible-ASPNET-Applications
We found strike on Asp.net Web API it might due to we don't have any page in Web API project.
Please tell me correct workaround achieve this.
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Live chat in Silverlight 4.0

I am trying to create a live chat and Video Conference and Video messages in silverlight 4.0. I have tried many code but they are not working for me. I am new in this type of code.how can I achieve this all?
You can use WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) for this. It allows you to build a "duplex"-communication between server and (Silverlight) client(s).
Google for wcf chat duplex silverlight - there are many examples out there.
The other way is to use sockets - it's faster but you have to build it on your own. WCF has many build in standards, so it can save you a lot of work.

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I am new to both Silverlight and WF (both 4.0 version), i was wondering if we can integrate WF4.0 with Silverlight 4.0 in such a way that, when we click on some button in sliverlight UI the workflow should be executed and the output from the final activity of the workflow is displayed in the Silverlight screen. If it can be done then please provide me with some link or any tutorial where i can learn about this and start implementing.
Thanks in advance.
In WF 4.0 you can have workflows started (or progressed) by WCF endpoints. Therefore, if you can call the WCF endpoint from your Silverlight application you should be able to do this quite easily. Lots of information on Microsoft's WF Developer Centre.
Assuming you are using Visual Studio 2010, you can get up and running with a very simple Silverlight -> WF example very quickly...
Create a new project (and new solution) from the 'WCF Workflow Service Application' template. The project will be named DeclarativeServiceLibraryX. This should give you a very simple WorkflowService definition using SequentialService that simply receives the request from a client (with a single integer argument) and sends a response (with the same value). This project is created as a web project so includes a Web.config.
Create a new Silverlight 4 application. You will be asked if you want to host the Silverlight app in the existing web project (created in step #1). Probably a good idea to say yes.
In the Silverlight application, select 'Add Service Reference...', then 'Discover/ Services in Solution'. Service1.xamlx will appear as an option, select it and click Ok.
VS will then generate a WCF service reference client. You could then add a TextBox & Button to capture some data, create the client and send the service call across the wire to the WCF Workflow Service. This Workflow Service could then be modified as necessary (or use these steps to add a WCF Workflow Service to your own web project).
One area that might be challenging is modifying the WCF service bindings to be compatible with Silverlight; perhaps create a Silverlight-compatible WCF service in your server-side project first, then create a WF WCF endpoint and look at the generated code & config to see how to put things together.
The MSDN Endpoint blog is also a useful resource for learning more about WF and WCF (especially with the new style lightweight REST-style 'WCF Web HTTP' bindings, which might be more suitable for consumption by a Silverlight client.
I am assuming that you don't want to host the workflow inside the Silverlight app itself, as WF is a full .Net framework component rather than being Silverlight compatible. I'm sure you could write your own lightweight workflow framework that runs inside Silverlight, but given workflow is generally a multi-user, server-side concern this probably wouldn't be very useful concern.
I found an example with WPF here for these samples. Hope they will help you a bit or at least give a general look at this topic.
Workflow Foundation is not included in the Silverlight 4.0 runtime and thus cannot be used within a Silverlight app. So Silx answer do not relate at all to Silverlight. And James Websters answer is the only solution to make use of WF from Silverlight.
You cant use WF with silverlight.... the only way is , You can call WCF service to access WF as explained by James Webster.

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I'm attempting to create my first WCF service.
I've created the service and now I'm trying to call it from a asp.net (vb) web site and I've tried adding a web reference to it and using the scvutil.exe to consume the service.
So far neither have worked. It's not letting me declare the service in my code. If someone could point me to a good tutorial on how to consume a WCF service in an ASP.Net web site that would be great.
I've found numerous on how to use them with AJAX or silverlight or windows apps but nothing on using it in just a plain old website.
Please see Beginner's Guide to Windows Communication Foundation. It's part of the WCF Developer Center on MSDN, which is full of good resources.
The link above is broken. Some other links I've found while searching for it:
Developing Service-Oriented Applications
Windows Communication Foundation
Conceptual Overview
Getting Started Tutorial
How to: Create a Windows Communication Foundation Client
Basic WCF Programming
Just add service reference, use the service reference as using "reference1.xxxx" and then use the client code.
That's all after the initialization. It works for me. Let me know if you require any help.