Once installed on the users hard disk, a silverlight outofbrowser functions more as an application. A set of short screencasts providing a tour of the network capabilites in the silverlight 4 beta. Follow the steps below to install the silverlight plugin on your mac computer. A silverlight webclient alternative with cancellation and timeout support 29 july 20. Open the downloads page and doubleclick on silverlight. Mar 29, 2014 how to extend trial period of any software in 5 minutes 2018 latest trick duration.
Now, support dbcs doublebyte character set encodings only. I also went to silverlight and downloaded it again from microsoft. You have to set request timeout in your nfig file for example. When making web requests in silverlight 2, its easy to start with the simple webclient class. I spent about an hour, and learned some really cool things about the installation process for mac apps packaged as. Close and reopen your browser and try netflix again. Following on from my previous question on post link thank you to martin and mike ive modified the code to do a put. It keeps saying i need to install the silverlight plugin so i did. It supports fast, costeffective delivery of highquality video to all major browsers running on mac os or windows os. Use internet explorer to continue accessing the silverlight portal, or click here to access the nonsilverlight version client axcess using this browser. Or for the first time you can override the timeout function and set timeout. This class will manage the low level getpost work for you including async event handling. If you cannot or choose not to install silverlight, you can access a simplified portal login by clicking here.
Using silverlights webclient class visual studio magazine. This will, of course, change but like with many things in security slowly and over time. Ever since we switched from wcf ria services to a asp. A short screencast showing what its like to install silverlight 3 out of browser applications onto mac os x. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a. An object tree representation forms the basis of the silverlight runtime. My application uses silverlight and telerik silverlight report viewer that gets the data from the reportservice. Silverlight is the browser plugin that allows you to watch tv shows and movies on your computer. The process stops for some time and then gives a timeout. Gets or sets the length of time, in milliseconds, before the request times out. So why not downgrade to the version you love because newer is not always bett. Net based media experiences and rich interactive applications for the web.
Decided to try it in bootcamp with windows 7 and the playback was flawless. Microsoft silverlight is a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin for delivering the next generation of. Apr 21, 2009 a short screencast showing what its like to install silverlight 3 out of browser applications onto mac os x. Before we actually get into code i should point out a few things i learned about out of browser support in silverlight 4.
Nov 30, 2016 trying to use directv now but will not play on my mac mini 2012. In silverlight, both the webclient class and the webrequest class which webclientt uses internally has no timeout property. Use silverlight in the 32bit internet explorer process on x64 systems. Once your download has completed, double click the silverlight. To pass network credentials with silverlight 4 you must use the webclient class. The 2020 microsoft product roadmap redmond channel partner. Public sub postvalue byval id as integer, byval value as sometype end sub.
Locate the install silverlight area in the lowerright part of the window. Manually migrate silverlightwpf apps to html5 using cshtml5. I have called technical support and they referred me here. Why do i keep getting prompted to install silverlight on. Milestone only supports mjpeg to their html5 web client. Silverlight is essentially nothing more than microsofts vision of a crossbrowser, crossplatform plugin designed to be the source of rich online user experiences and to dislodge flash from its current dominant position on the market. Click here for a guide on how to resolve streaming issues with mac os x mavericks in the safari browser. The webrequest does not provide a means for managing request timeouts either. But i want to set the timeout of the request to something lower.
Silverlight not working on my mac microsoft community. Net frameworks builtin webclient class does not have a builtin timeout feature. First, we put together a quick application which draws a chart from a wcf service providin. Net frameworks webclient class, the silverlight version is asynchronous by default since remote service calls can lock up the browser leading to an unpleasant end user experience. However it doesnt appear the silverlight has a builtin timeout or if it does its probably excessively large. This course introduces the basics of creating and hosting silverlight applications, working through many of the important controls, through binding. Cant download silverlight on my mac microsoft community. I have recently taken my mac in to make sure that it is working, and updating properly and they said that it is so i dont believe that could be the issue. Silverlight was proposed by microsoft as another proprietary alternative. Since day one i have had issues with choppy video in silverlight with both netflix and amazon streaming video. Netflix is prompting me to upgrade silverlight on my mac. You will run into timeout issues if you run execute this method on the ui. Clearly, there is some version of silverlight on my computer that i cant see or find that i need to get out of my hard drive in order to make this work.
Of course there could be all manner of other devices between the client and the code on server causing the delay which may intervene and throw a timeout. When a silverlight dialog box opens, select install now. Solved webclient downloaddata downloads very slowly. This automatically rules out internet connection, slow server, bad router, etc. Silverlight for mac is not being recognized or you are. When any users attempt to login to the horizon client, the following message is diplayed. Youll notice that the silverlight project now includes a reference to the microsoft. For safari, the downloads menu is in the upper right corner of the browser. After the download is completed, installation should start automatically. Uninstalling previous versions of silverlight on macintosh. Net web api for supplying data to our silverlight application we have been using the system. In fact, it supports making simple requests downloadstringasync and openreadasync as well as uploading through the class. In this section well find how to create a webclient in silverlight. Beyond the spring release, microsoft is expected to roll out the years second.
Silverlight also provides a webclient class that can be used to make asynchronous calls to a distributed service. Im trying to get silverlight to work on mac os x, any browser would do. I tried to uninstall and reinstall silverlight, and i cant seem to do it. When i have more than records transactions i always get a timeout after about 1 minute. Out of several silverlight 4 titles on my bookshelf this is one of the best. Silverlight would continually prompt to install, but if i ran ie as any other user, it worked fine. Ive already tried replacing armeabi with armeabiv7a. Basically you get two options when you start a silverlight project. Ive used silverlight 4 in action as a trusted reference.
Silverlight is a powerful development tool for creating engaging, interactive user experiences for web and mobile applications. Users on macs with safari or those preferring chrome whose adoption. Alternatively, you can hire us to do the full migration for you, and save on licensing costs and more. Silverlight out of browser oob versions, images, and. Start to launch methods which call webclient, using thread. Manually migrate silverlightwpf apps to html5 using. It comes with several pieces of example code, but also lets you explore the silverlight api and load and save python code.
Aug 14, 2009 for the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration. Using webclient in silverlight in this article explain the step by step creation of a web client application in silverlight 2. Trying to use directv now but will not play on my mac mini 2012. A common way is to take the output htmljs files of your application and make a windowsmaclinux executable out of them. Timeout in silverlight reportviewer with wcf reportservice. The approach you need to take is to use webclient in. If you have a call which uses the async callback pattern, such as with a webclient in silverlight, using await is pretty easy, due to the builtin extension methods. I just thought i would add this in case someone is troubleshooting a similar silverlight issue. Oct 07, 20 prem tinsulanonda international school how to download and install silverlight on a mac.
Silverlight 5 introduces more than 40 new features, including dramatic video quality and performance improvements as well as features that improve developer productivity. When the uninstall completes, rightclick the cleansilverlight. Every time i go to download it from the microsoft website, it just tells me error, cant access page etc. Bi capabilities, workflows, web client and all in one document viewer. Silverlight development framework is currently only supported on internet explorer 10 and internet explorer 11, with support for internet explorer 10 ending on january 31, 2020. Jan 16, 2016 waiting until all the bugs are out really means waiting until the remaining bugs affect too few users for the developer to bother with. Add a user agent header in case the requested uri contains a query. Timeout with webclient help xamarin community forums. Before i start, i just want to mention that this is a very old flame war. For firefox, downloads is a separate window located in the dock.
Covers all of what you need to build silverlight 4 applications. How to use silverlight directv now macrumors forums. The site verified that the program is installed correctly, but the problem persists. Let us know if the site is not updated shortly so we can try to assist in upgrading the site to the latest silverlight technology. Silverlight issues on mac os x mavericks in safari browser. Otherwise, click runtime for mac powerpc next to silverlight 1. How do you get silverlight to work on a macbook pro. Microsoft silverlight will reach the end of support on october 12, 2021. Manually migrate silverlightwpf apps to html5 using cshtml5 silverlightwpf manual migration guide. Clearly organized content and well thought out examples. For the love of physics walter lewin may 16, 2011 duration.
Uninstalling previous versions of silverlight on macintosh to find out how to uninstall the following plugins, visit the removing silverlight controls on macintosh page. Feb 15, 2010 a set of short screencasts providing a tour of the network capabilites in the silverlight 4 beta. End of this article you will get the complete introduction of silverlight. A rich web application is a web application that has many of the characteristics of desktop. How to download and install silverlight for mac youtube. No amount of fiddling with the safari 7 plugins security settings will allow the site to work. To find out how to uninstall the following plugins, visit the removing silverlight controls on macintosh page.
On the official silverlight forums, there was a thread that went on and on, becoming quite ugly with various adhominem attacks, and it eventually got so ugly that thankfully the moderators took the whole thread down. If you are running an intel processor, click mac runtime next to silverlight 3. Standard out is diverted, so that print statements are sent to the debugging pane at the bottom of the screen. This is a quick and simple post to address three very common questions i receive about silverlight outofbrowser oob applications. It uses the javscript editarea syntax highlighting python editor. First, we put together a quick application which draws a chart from a. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity. Ive installed a new version of flip4mac which is supposed to have silverlight with it. I love attempting to resolve obscure issues, and after watching him struggle for a few days i decided to help out. Visualiza contenidos web elaborados mediante esta tecnologia. It is incredibly easy to download and install silverlight on mac pc. Net framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the web works. Nonetheless, the developer community seems to have given silverlight a thumbsup, so expect to see interesting new web apps coming out that use it. Or, theyve bumped the fix over into the next major revision of the os, due to the time elapsed on the revision schedule or the difficulty of engineering a fix in the time available.
Timeout was reached the timeout settings for force disconnect is set to 600, and only a few users within the pool have this problem. Download the current version of silverlight doubleclick on silverlight. I have currently updated my telerik reporting services to the latest version of q3. Turned out that the end user had enabled activex filtering which was blocking the plugin. Media player for instant streaming on windows pcs and intel macs.
Jul 02, 2015 silverlight 5 introduces more than 40 new features, including dramatic video quality and performance improvements as well as features that improve developer productivity. Most browser plugins including silverlight, flash, java and almost all activex controls only work in 32bit browsers currently. Connecting your silverlight applications to web and data. When i call the method downloadfile of the webclient class, sometimes it works well but most of the time i have a problem. A silverlight webclient alternative with cancellation and timeout support 29 july 20 ever since we switched from wcf ria services to a asp. How to install it on mac users just need to head forward to the official microsoft silverlight page, where you will get to know that whether your mac is installed with updated version of silverlight or not. Then finally i ran into a post on the forums by a microsoft employee that helped me fix the issue. How to uninstall and reinstall silverlight for mac mytalk.
The answer, at least in my case was the test webpage that visual studio generates when you create a new silverlight application. How to clean a corrupted silverlight installation and then. So a lot of people suggest this code to solve the issue. Im not getting much success at all so far, nor help from the web. May 17, 2012 a dialog box will appear asking you to save the file, select save file and download the silverlight installation program somewhere you will remember.
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