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Studio plugin to view contents of XAP file


Has anyone come across a plugin (or similar) for Studio that will allow me to view the contents within a XAP file? I'm just after a way to view the file list quickly rather than having to.. browse to folder, rename to zip and open. (I'm not asking for a xap decompiler or anything like silverlightspy, purely a seemless decompressor)

Ideally, just double clicking the ClientBin\myapp.xap from the solution browser to view the contents.

Rather than writing a plugin myself, I am hoping that someone already has one, or a simple technique to save me the time.

[As background, I like to monitor xap sizes by keeping a close eye on what's being included in the xap]


Solution

  • Jut right click your xap file, choose open with WINRAR or other decompresseor exe you have, don't forget to set it to default. I guess this is the quickest way to accomplish what you want instead of writing some VS plugin yourself.

    Regards, Allen