ASP.NET with sliver light

Satish_S

Hi i have given a small functionality of sliverlight based in my website but when the website launched in client system , client system not showing sliver light functionaliy because of sliver light is not installed. i need to know whether user can view the functionality with out installing sliver light.

Jamil Hallal

Hi, This is not possible.

Regards, Jamil

realJSOP

This is officially a stupid question. How can someone possibly view Silverlight content without having Silverlight installed?

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The Man from U N C L E

Not a stupid question, but a reasonably stupid response. I suggest a closer reading of the question before commenting on it. They want to test for Silverlight being installed, and therefore probably show some alternative content if it is not. How many times have we all done a similar test for JavaScript enabled? Admittedly, usually to show a message telling the user to enable it.

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The Man from U N C L E

You can test for it on the client side using JavaScript One way to test is demonstrated here[^]. Basically you test for being able to create the AgControl.AgControl ActiveX Component:

if ((navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Windows') != -1) &&
(navigator.appVersion.indexOf('MSIE') != -1) )
{
try
{
var AgControl = new ActiveXObject("AgControl.AgControl");
agVersion = AgControl.settings.version;
AgControl = null;
}
catch (e)
{
agVersion = -1;
}
}
alert(agVersion);

Alternatively, this guide[^] shows best practice for testing for Silverlight and installing it if it is missing. When referencing the Silverlight.js script you can then test the Silverlight.available property in your JavaScript to see if Silverlight is installed, and follow up with a call to Silverlight.isInstalled(version) to test for the correct version. I can't see any way of detecting Silverlight on the client when running server-side code.

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Satish_S

Hi thanks you understood my question, but i am sorry all if i didnt raised it in a manner.

The Man from U N C L E

Your welcome. It had to be detection of silverlight installed because otherwise the question made no sense. But then we get a lot of questions here that don't make much sense. Glad I could help.

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