Resource Page Description
Silverlight.js is a helper file which enables Web sites to create advanced Silverlight installation and instantiation experiences.

Current Release: 3.0.50106.0

This release is compatible with Silverlight release versions 1.0 - 3.

Documentation

• Official MSDN documentation: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc265155(vs.95).aspx
• Whitepaper on optimizing the Silverlight installation experience using Silverlight.js: http://silverlight.net/learn/whitepapers.aspx
• Breaking changes and new functionality in this release: silverlight_js.doc

Members:

This section lists all functions and properties available through Silverlight.js in this release. All members are children of the Silverlight javascript object and can be accessed by calling Silverlight.[memberName].
Core functionality:

• isInstalled
• createObject
• createObjectEx

HTML Generators:

• buildHTML
• buildPromptHTML

Installation helpers:

• getSilverlight
• WaitForInstallCompletion
• isBrowserRestartRequired

Events:

• onSilverlightInstalled
• onGetSilverlight

Error handler:

• default_error_handler

Internal helpers. These members are used by other Silvelright.js functions:

• followFWLink
• HtmlAttributeEncode
• __cleanup
• __startup
• __getHandlerName
• _silverlightCount
• fwlinkRoot

Add-ons

Additional functionality can be added to Silverlight.js by using it in conjunction with the following projects:

• Silverlight.supportedUserAgent.js - adds the ability to determine if the user's browser is supported by Silverlight.