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Asked: 2026-06-08T05:21:23+00:00

Something weird is happening. My Silverlight applications for CRM 2011 are missing their default

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Something weird is happening.

My Silverlight applications for CRM 2011 are missing their default loading splash-screens.

I can create a simple Silverlight app without setting the RooVisual element…

        //this.RootVisual = new MainPage();

which will create an “endlessly loading” effect. Normally, if I run it via the debugger or host it in an IIS, it’s as you’d expect: I get the typical SL loading indicator. However, if I place it in CRM 2011 web resource (doesn’t seem to matter if it’s a local CRM installation or online) and use that as part of a form, I just get a white rectangle.

Now, so far, all my SL controls are used in local installations, so loading times are non-existent. However, I’m creating a solution which might end up being used on-line, and leaving it as it is, a client could think the application has hung-up or crashed while in fact it is still downloading.

I’ve also tried using a custom splash-screen, with the same results.

What could possibly be wrong? Is this some documented (or undocumented :P) CRM feature that I missed?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve solved it!

    The issue, as it turns out, is naming the CRM resources with a .xap on the end, for example new_mySL.xap.

    I could swear that we didn’t do it in our older projects and that the splash screens worked correctly… as such, I don’t know if there was some CRM update that changed this or perhaps my mind is simply playing tricks on my (quite possibly the latter).

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