# Re: WPF etc

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**Created:** [January 21, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-wpf-etc/126753 "2008-01-21T23:24:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 11:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/re-wpf-etc/126753/1 "2008-01-21T23:24:50Z")

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I think this got swallowed by the list when I replied on Saturday =(  
Sending again …

> Ivan Porto C. wrote:
> 
> In the IronPython samples for Silverlight I can see a really nice way  
> of attaching a python file to the canvas.  
> \<x:Code Source=“myfile.py” Type=“text/python” /\> which for ruby  
> becomes \<x:Code Source=“myfile.rb” Type=“text/ruby” /\> as soon as  
> there is a silverlight refresh I presume.

The next version of Silverlight initialize the ruby/python file  
directly, and then you can load a XAML file from code if necessary. So,  
your above example will not be necessary.

> Doesn’t the current silverlight download not support Ruby yet ?

Nope, the current SL version doesn’t support Ruby, however then next  
release will.

> Anyway my real question is, is such a construct available for WPF as  
> well. When i tried to put it in, it didn’t want to work. How is this  
> done for silverlight? Is that because the silverlight host application  
> extends the code element? Would it be hard to make WPF work in the  
> same way?

Actually, I think John L. has a WPF Ruby app he’s been working on, but  
I’m not sure of its current status.

Silverlight currently defines the x:Code element, which WPF does not  
have a notion of. Also, WPF is essentially code-first, which is what  
Silverlight is aligning to

> I would love to be able to test some of the samples I will have with  
> silverlight as well, does anybody have any idea as to when we would be  
> able to get something?

Well, the Silverlight schedule isn’t public yet, but this guy  
([http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=702](http://blogs.zdnet.com/Stewart/?p=702)) seems to have predictions =)

The next release is a beta, and from then on we’ll support Ruby.

> Thanks  
> Ivan

Hope that answers your questions!  
~Jimmy