The WinFX online SDK has a nifty little article that explains how to configure IIS to serve up WPF (aka Avalon) content. At the heart of this article is the fact that the following 5 extension-MIME type mappings need to be made:
| Extension | MIME Type |
| .manifest | application/manifest |
| .xaml | application/xaml+xml |
| .application | application/x-ms-application |
| .xbap | application/x-ms-xbap |
| .deploy | application/octet-stream |
The instructions in the article work like a charm if you’re (1) running IIS and (2) have administrative capabilities on your server.
Since I’m just paying a company in Texas for a bit of space on the web, I am (1) running Apache and (2) only have my little non-privileged user account. But if you are like me, do not despair! Eric, one of the developers on my team, realized that one could do the MIME-type mapping by adding the following lines to his/her .htaccess file:
AddType application/manifest manifest
AddType application/xaml+xml xaml
AddType application/x-ms-application application
AddType application/x-ms-xbap xbap
AddType application/octet-stream deploy
I just tried this out, et voila, now I can deploy XBAPs from my site. If you have the December CTP installed (if not, go get it here), here’s a Hello World for you to try out.
Update 2/9/06 11:45am: One of my co-workers reported that he had to put a period before the extension (e.g. “.xaml” rather than “xaml”) in his .htaccess file to get this working on his server. YMMV.
i just posted on Kenny’s site, and i wanted to tell you what i told him:
i just wanted to send a quick hello. i’m from austin tx, and today at work i was surfing the internet ( not the smartest thing to do at work) and i found some pics that are on your site. Your santorini pics. then after looking at the pics on the site more and more, i just wanted to post on your site and say that you and kenny are my personal heros! you all look like your having so much fun! my hat is off to you guys with the travelling. i’m trying to plan a trip. i would like to go to Japan, but because i’ve never made a trip that far i’m a little nervous. Any tips?
btw, if i freaked you out. i’m sorry :) hahaha
thanks! debbie
I wasn’t able to run the Hello World. It wants WinFX Runtime Components 6.0.5070.0. I’ve got IE7 and .net 3.0, both pretty fresh here.