GE Plugin in WPF Problems

[campbke]

I'm wanting to have the GE plugin inside my WPF app. The way I've
gone about doing it is inside the WPF app I have a Frame whose source
is an HTML page which has the GE plugin. (Hope that makes sense).
Anyway, if I browse to the html file on my file system and open it
up,
the GE plugin works fine, but as soon as I try to run it from within
my WPF app, the page comes up and it says the the GE plugin is not
installed. Any ideas?

[fraser (Earth API Guru)]

Hi,

AFAIK WPF can't interact with the HTML inside of a frame. This means
that the plugin can't be initalised properly (hense the issue). You
would have to use WPF's WebBrowser control (although this in itself
has other issues...)

F.

[campbke]

thanks for the reply. could you possibly elaborate on the "other
issues" with using a WebBrowser control?

[fraser (Earth API Guru)]

Hi,

Sure, the main issue is that you have to make the class that deals
with the javascript/managed interation COM visible.
I have a small (old) example that uses the WebBrowser control
(winforms) here that covers the main pit-falls.
http://fraserchapman.blogspot.com/2008/08/google-earth-plug-in-and-c.html

Other that that check this blog on intergatring virtual earth in WPF
as it is basically the same process.
http://blogs.msdn.com/dditweb/archive/2007/08/22/using-virtual-earth-in-your-wpf-application.aspx

hope that helps.

F.

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[dp]

The problem may be that you're running the plugin on a 64-bit OS with
the .NET platform target set to AnyCpu. If this is the case, Set the
PlatformTarget to x86 and it should work.

On Mar 11, 12:50 pm, fraser (Earth API Guru) wrote:
> Hi,
>

> Sure, the main issue is that you have to make the class that deals
> with the javascript/managed interation COM visible.
> I have a small (old) example that uses the WebBrowser control

> (winforms) here that covers the main pit-falls.http://fraserchapman.blogspot.com/2008/08/google-earth-plug-in-and-c....

>
> Other that that check this blog on intergatring virtual earth in WPF

> as it is basically the same process.http://blogs.msdn.com/dditweb/archive/2007/08/22/using-virtual-earth-...