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copied!<p>It is possible to use the May CTP templates with the October CTP version of F#</p> <p>Create your new project, then unload it and edit the hint path for the FSharp.Core.dll to point to the October CTP,</p> <pre><code><HintPath>$(ProgramFiles)\fsharp-1.9.7.8\Silverlight\2.0\bin\FSharp.Core.dll</HintPath> </code></pre> <p>then reload the project and build.</p> <p>You do have to package the .xap file manually by e.g. using the <code>chiron</code> tool (or just zipping and renaming)</p> <p>The AppManifest.xaml file looks like </p> <pre><code><Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/client/2007/deployment" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml" RuntimeVersion="3.0.40818.0" EntryPointAssembly="astroclock-fs" EntryPointType="astroclock.fs.MyApp"> <Deployment.Parts> <AssemblyPart x:Name="astroclock-fs" Source="astroclock-fs.dll" /> <AssemblyPart x:Name="FSharp.Core" Source="FSharp.Core.dll" /> </Deployment.Parts> </Deployment> </code></pre> <p>where you fill in your own assembly name and entrypoint instead of mine</p> <p>Create a folder in $(ProjectDir) to hold all the files to be packaged and copy C:\Program Files\FSharp-1.9.7.8\Silverlight\2.0\bin\FSharp.Core.dll into it, along with the AppManifest.xaml above</p> <p>Create an empty file null.py in the folder to keep chiron quiet if you are using that tool</p> <p>Add the following post-build steps</p> <pre><code>cd $(ProjectDir) copy /y $(OutDir)$(TargetFileName) [your directory with all the output] "C:\Program Files\IronPython 2.0\Silverlight\bin\chiron.exe" /d:[your directory with all the output] /z:app.xap </code></pre> <p>Create a test page to load app.xap </p> <p>Build project</p> <p>Load page in browser and enjoy</p> <p>ADDED </p> <p>You can make a permanent fix for the hint path needed to find FSharp.Core.dll by editing the template in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplatesCache\FSharp\Silverlight\SilverlightLibrary3.zip\SilverlightLibrary.fsproj (and probably the version of the file in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\ProjectTemplates\FSharp\Silverlight\SilverlightLibrary3.zip just to be certain).</p> <p>And a working proof of concept (source and everything bundled into the xap) <a href="http://www.stevegilham.com/silverlight/astroclock.fs.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>

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