Silverlight Tip of the Day #26: How to Change the Output XAP File Name.

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Don’t like the default name given to your XAP file? Good news! You can change it but there are two steps you will need to take.

Step #1. Right click on your Silverlight application node in the solutions explorer and choose “Properties”.

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Choose the Silverlight tab (default tab opened) and where it says Xap file name enter the new name of the XAP file you want to use.

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Step #2. Open up the web page that hosts this Silverlight control. In my case, Tip26TestPage.aspx. Change the Source to point to the new name of the XAP.

<asp:Silverlight ID="Xaml1" runat="server" Source="~/ClientBin/NewName.xap" MinimumVersion="2.0.30523" Width="100%" Height="100%" />

That’s it, you can now build and run your application under the new XAP file name.

Thank you,
--Mike Snow

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