When running a Silverlight 3 application out of browser (OOB) {or SLOOB=Silverlight Out Of Browser} you can enable the automatic download\install of updated versions.

This is not an automatic feature and requires some (simple) coding on the developers part.

In the App.xaml.cs add a callback for the CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompleted event (the example below uses a lambda but you could use a separate method with the signature void App_CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompleted(object sender, CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompletedEventArgs e).

public App()
{
    this.Startup += this.Application_Startup;
    this.Exit += this.Application_Exit;
    this.UnhandledException += this.Application_UnhandledException;

    // Add callback to be executed when the check (and possible download) has been performed
    this.CheckAndDownloadUpdateCompleted += (sender,  e) =>
    {
        if (e.UpdateAvailable)
            MessageBox.Show("Update downloaded, plese restart to take effect.");
    };
     
    InitializeComponent();
}

 Next add a call to check for updates, this can be placed in the Application Startup event handler or you could have a "Check for updates" button in th U.

 private void Application_Startup(object sender, StartupEventArgs e)
{
    this.RootVisual = new MainPage();
    this.CheckAndDownloadUpdateAsync();
}

Now, every time the app start an update check will be performed, and if there is an updated version available it will be downloaded asynchronously. Once download the user will get the message box advising them to restart the app to start using the new version. The download\update just happens if available and there is currently no mechanism to allow the user to opt-out of an update.

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