With Silverlight 5 in-browser application, will I be able to open a listening post on a client machine so my silverlight object acts as a local web server?
With Silverlight 5 in-browser application, will I be able to open a listening post
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With Silverlight 5 in-browser application, will I be able to open a listening post on a client machine so my silverlight object acts as a local web server?
Silverlight can connect to a socket (normally limited to ports: 4502-453) and when the the app is running out of browser you are free to pick any port.
It is not possible to open a listening socket.
See also: Can we create a Silverlight Socket Server ONLY using SILVERLIGHT and XML's (NO WCF WPF CONSOL APPS)?