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