Vista - Using Xaml as an Addin model

Hi,

I'm currently investigating the possibilities for using Xaml as a UI
description language for application Add-In's. The idea is let an
Add-In supply a piece of Xaml that represents its UI so it can be
(tightly) integrated into the application UI. At some point the
application should compile the Xaml Xml into actual code. I found the
Xaml compiler (xamlc.exe) that comes with the sdk but I was wondering
if there is a different approach than calling another process and
having to do file based IO?

Thanx,
Marc Jacobi

Marc-
The only public exposure of XAML compilation is through some msbuild tasks
in PresentationBuildTasks.dll.
Using MsBuild APIs, you could invoke those tasks and build new assemblies
that included compiled xaml.

Other options is to make the xaml files totally declarative, and not require
markup compilation.
Using custom controls instead of Page level code can help there.

It really depends on how open ended you want these "Addins" to be.
Thx, Rob Relyea
PM, WPF
http://longhornblogs.com/rrelyea


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> Hi,
>
> I'm currently investigating the possibilities for using Xaml as a UI
> description language for application Add-In's. The idea is let an
> Add-In supply a piece of Xaml that represents its UI so it can be
> (tightly) integrated into the application UI. At some point the
> application should compile the Xaml Xml into actual code. I found the
> Xaml compiler (xamlc.exe) that comes with the sdk but I was wondering
> if there is a different approach than calling another process and
> having to do file based IO?
>
> Thanx,
> Marc Jacobi
>