Hosting a Microsoft Office application inside Silverlight 4?

Question

I know that Silverlight 4 supports COM interoperability through a class AutomationFactory.

dynamic excel = AutomationFactory.CreateObject( "Excel.Application" );
excel.Visible = true;

But this creates a separate window for the COM object. What am I missing here if I can really place an Office document inside my Silverlight application - for example, in ContentPresenter?

Answer 1

You have not missed anything - it is impossible. You can search for converters in Silverlight Office documents such as

• TextGlow for Word (source included by CodePlex ) (2007 [and possibly 2010].
• PowerPoint Silverlight ( , PowerPoint), CodePlex.

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