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Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

Terry M — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:48:32 GMT

FYI: This workaround did work for me.

I renamed: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Silverlight\2.0.30523.8\npctrl.1.0.30401.0.DLL to .OLD and restarted firefox. My code now works.

Terry

Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

tomtaylormsft — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:49:53 GMT

Sorry for any confusion - Vinoo's suggestion to manually delete the file is a workaround for people that are affected. We expect to fix this in the final release of Silverlight 2.

- Tom

Tom Taylor | Microsoft Silverlight

Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

iamaelephant — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:16:16 GMT

Can someone confirm this is a safe solution? I'm not too keen to go deleting .dll files to fix this problem if I don't have to. Is there an ETA on a new version of Silverlight or a hotfix to solve this?

Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

TeflonDon — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:48:23 GMT

You are asking us to tell clients to delete a dll in the install directory as a solution?

Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

Vinoo Cherian — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:59:59 GMT

Sorry, I meant delete npctrl.1.0.30401.0.dll from the Silverlight install directory.

- Vinoo Cherian | Microsoft Silverlight Development

Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

Vinoo Cherian — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:57:10 GMT

To fix this, delete npctrl.1.0.30401.0UI.dll from the Silverlight install directory.

- Vinoo Cherian | Microsoft Silverlight Development

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

scommisso — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:56:20 GMT

Yeah it's a pretty random problem... I've had it appear and disappear on the same machine without changing browser versions. I'm currently using FF3.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

ccchai — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:43:24 GMT

I am using SL2b2, after upgrading my Firefox to version 2.0.016, the full screen problem gone mysteriously.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

TeflonDon — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:52:57 GMT

Thank you Tom.

But, when could we expect this to be fixed? The problem is, that all our applications out there, even made with SL1, are now not working if the end user downloads the SL2 Beta2 combined with Firefox 2.0.0.13+ ....

We have now many customers calling in...

Manuel

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

scommisso — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:41:12 GMT

Thanks Tom!

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

tomtaylormsft — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:24:35 GMT

scommisso:
Has there been any movement on this? Seems to still be broken in Beta 2 in FF2 and FF3.

Yes, we have confirmed that this is an issue that is affecting some Firefox users. We are able to reproduce it on one of our machines in house and are tracking it as a bug for Silverlight 2.

- Tom

Tom Taylor | Microsoft Silverlight

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

scommisso — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:14:08 GMT

Has there been any movement on this? Seems to still be broken in Beta 2 in FF2 and FF3. For me, the SL app flickers for a split second (the frame never resizes, but you can see the elements resize) and then goes back to normal.

For an example -- load this up in FF2 or FF3:

The Bragosphere

CTRL-click somewhere on the SL app in the middle and choose "Enter Full Screen Mode". The SL app should flickr for a sec and then go back to normal.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

softlion — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:45:11 GMT

I'm using Firebug 1.1b12, maybe it is causing problems.

I run into others bug of latest Silverlight 1.0 (without any 2.0 installed) in firefox only:
- the downloader is at least 10 times slower in firefox than in IE (I tested on a 250Mb file).
- when using image.SetSource in the completed event of a downloader object, and a very short time after / nearly simultaneously using anotherImage.source = "URL" where URL is the url of a jpg file previously completely loaded using another downloader instance, the displayed image (ie: anotherImage) flickers to black before going back to the the jpg file. This occurs only in FF and only if image.SetSource is used in another downloader instance. I will create a short Xaml/js to show this as it is reproductible each time.

- ah a last one, also in FF only: the SL plugin does not initialize itself correctly randomly when refreshing the page. The plugin always starts and renders but the loaded event is not fired. As I attach all the event handlers in the loaded event, the UI stays useless.
Bug found : it is because of the way the HTML host page is build by the silverlight wizard. The wizard creates something like:
<div id="hostId"><script>createSIlverlightObject("hostId");</script></div>

Instead, what works correctly (ie: every time, not randomly as in the version over this text) with firefox is:
<div id="hostId"></div><script>createSIlverlightObject("hostId");</script>

I still get the same bug when I press F5 on a working page though. But I found the cause. The first time the SL object works correctly on the page. Press F5 => the SL js object does not receive the resize event. In my case this is a big problem as my main canvas gets the default size of 1x1 but this size should be 100% x 100% ...

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

tomtaylormsft — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:20:55 GMT

d2consulting:

Hi Tom

Is there any news on your investigations?

I don't have anything that I can share at this point - we are tracking this as a bug but we don't yet know why it affects some people running Firefox and not others.

- Tom

Tom Taylor | Microsoft Silverlight

Re: Re: Re: Re: Problem with Fullscreen and Firefox (SL2)

softlion — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:21:36 GMT

Exactly same problem there.

I uninstalled 2.0 beta 1, reinstalled 1.0, and it's working again nicely.