Requirements

Microsoft's Silverlight.net site provides a Getting Started page which references product downloads necessary for Silverlight application development and tutorials for new developers. For the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF, the following items are required:

• At a minimum, install the following set of Microsoft products required to build ArcGIS Silverlight or WPF applications:
  
  
  • Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer Express with SP1
  • Silverlight 3 Tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (add-on)
    • Only Silverlight Version 3 is supported
  • Expression Blend 3 SDK (included with Expression Blend 3)
    
    
• Optionally, install Expression Blend 3 for a true visual design-time experience when building ArcGIS Silverlight or WPF applications.
  
  
• Other products such as Deep Zoom Composer and the Silverlight Toolkit are not required for use with the ArcGIS Silverlight API, but they are do offer significant design and development benefits.
  
  
• Develop a basic understanding of Microsoft Silverlight, Visual Studio 2008 tools for building Silverlight applications, and Expression Blend. Use the tutorials and reference materials on Silverlight.net, MSDN, and the Expression Blend web site to develop your skillset.
  

Important! You can install multiple versions of the ArcGIS API for Silverlight/WPF on the same machine, but the IDE integration features (assembly references, toolbox integration, and templates) will reference the last installed version.

Installation steps

1. Download the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF setup. Download the setup exe to a directory of your choice.
   
   
2. Run the setup to install the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF product. During the installation, the following features may be available:
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Install Feature	Description
   Silverlight	Installs the ArcGIS Silverlight API assemblies. Registers assemblies for the Add Reference dialog in Visual Studio 2008 (if available). Adds design-time components to Expression Blend 3 (if available).
   Expression Blend Templates	If Expression Blend 3 is available, installs a set of Silverlight application templates.
   Visual Studio 2008 Templates	If Visual Studio 2008 is available, the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio have been installed, and either Expression Blend 3 or the Expression Blend 3 SDK is installed, this feature installs a set of Silverlight application templates.
   Visual Web Developer Express 2008 Templates	If Visual Web Developer Express is available, the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio have been installed, and either Expression Blend 3 or the Expression Blend 3 SDK is installed, this feature installs a set of Silverlight application templates.
   WPF	Installs the ArcGIS WPF API assemblies. Registers assemblies for the Add Reference dialog in Visual Studio 2008 (if available). Adds design-time components to Expression Blend 3 (if available).

   
   
   By default, the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF is installed in the 32-bit Program Files directory under the ESRI SDKs folder. ESRI SDKs contains two folders, Silverlight and WPF, each containing the assemblies for the respective platform. The table below lists the assemblies and provides a description of their contents. WPF assemblies are supported in 32-bit and 64-bit operating environments. The Silverlight
   
   

   ArcGIS Silverlight/WPF Assembly	Description
   ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.dll	Core library. Contains map, ArcGIS Service layer, graphics, geometry, and symbol components. Also contains common workflow tasks that support query, find, identify, and geospatial and geoprocessing operations.
   ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Behaviors.dll	Contains a set of behaviors and actions that enable element defined interactivity with a Map and its contents.
   ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Bing.dll	Adds support for using Bing layers and services.
   ESRI.ArcGIS.Client.Toolkit.dll	Contains a set of common controls for navigating and interacting with the map, such as a Toolbar, Navigation controls, and a MapTips control. Source available on CodePlex: http://esrisilverlight.codeplex.com

   
   

Get Started with the API

To get started in Visual Studio 2008, see the Getting Started page at the beginning of this help system.

To get started in Expression Blend 3, see the Getting Started page in the Working in Expression Blend section of this help system.