Tools

If you need to create a XAP file you can do it very easily by using Chiron. Chiron is a tool that produces Silverlight application packages (XAPs) for applications using Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) based languages. The main usage of Chiron is to run as a localhost web-server, and it will automate the XAP file creation with every web-request. Moreover you can manually generate and save XAP file to the disc by running command like:

> Chiron.exe /directory:MyApp\app /zipdlr:app.xap

If Chiron is installed it can be found in the following folder 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v2.0\Tools'.

In order to disassemble the source code of the Silverlight assemblies, you need to download and install the .NET Reflector from http://www.red-gate.com/products/reflector. This useful application was originally developed by Lutz Roeder and later acquired by Red Gate.
You just have to start the reflector and open the Silverlight assemblies located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\<version>.

That's it!