topic Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�? in ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight Questions

Is an access to internet required to install ???Flex??? and ???Silver????

JamalNUMAN — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:26:30 GMT

Is an access to internet required to install ???Flex??? and ???Silverlight????

I???m wondering if an access to internet required to install and start working with ???ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight??? and ???ArcGIS Viewer for Flex???

Are they working off-line?

Thank you

Best

Jamal

Re: Is an access to internet is required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

PietaSwanepoel2 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:35:40 GMT

With the Silverlight viewer the basemaps reference layers that require internet access. And you can't remove basemaps from application.

What you can try and do is add your own basemap and remove all the other default basemaps. Just read up on how to do that.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Configuring_basemaps/01770000000t000000/

Only ArcGIS Server Cached (Tiled) map services, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap are supported in the Basemap gallery.
Dynamic map services are not supported for use as basemaps.

Re: Is an access to internet is required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

JamalNUMAN — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 10:47:06 GMT

With the Silverlight viewer the basemaps reference layers that require internet access. And you can't remove basemaps from application.

What you can try and do is add your own basemap and remove all the other default basemaps. Just read up on how to do that.
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/silverlight-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Configuring_basemaps/01770000000t000000/

Only ArcGIS Server Cached (Tiled) map services, Bing Maps, and OpenStreetMap are supported in the Basemap gallery.
Dynamic map services are not supported for use as basemaps.

Thank you for the answer Pieta.

After the machine is formatted and the IIS is installed, I installed the Flex and Silverlight but couldn�??t start them and got the messages in the screenshots below:

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20499[/ATTACH], [ATTACH=CONFIG]20500[/ATTACH]

What might be the issue?

Best

Jamal

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

PietaSwanepoel2 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:11:03 GMT

Did you install Silverlight and Flex on the machine? Do it manually. Look at system requirements for each

Alternatively, do you have administrative rights to install and configure. Might need to right-click on icon and 'Run as Administrator'.
The server will need to have internet access

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

AnthonyGiles — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 16:28:15 GMT

Jamal,

Flex does not require any access to the Internet to run, as long as you configure the main config file to look at services on your own arcgis server. Flex does not have the same issues of only using tiled base maps you can add a base map in as a dynamic layer.

You will have to insure that your client browsers have the or react plugin installed though if they do not have Internet access.

Regards

Anthony

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

JamalNUMAN — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:47:53 GMT

Jamal,

Flex does not require any access to the Internet to run, as long as you configure the main config file to look at services on your own arcgis server. Flex does not have the same issues of only using tiled base maps you can add a base map in as a dynamic layer.

You will have to insure that your client browsers have the or react plugin installed though if they do not have Internet access.

Regards

Anthony

Thank you Pieta and Anthony for the answer.

�?� My Flex and Silverlight were installed properly but fail to start.

�?� I have two browsers �??internet explorer�?� and �??firefox�?�.

�?� Flex says: �??cannot create C:\inetpub\wwwroot\flexviewers�?�

�?� Silverlight doesn�??t go through and doesn�??t provide any message

Please, have a look on the screenshot below

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20508[/ATTACH]

Now, I think if I connect the machine with internet access then they might work!

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

AnthonyGiles — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:01:23 GMT

Jamal,

It does not look like you have silverlight installed on your machine so you will need to connect to the Internet to install it.

For your flex problem ensure you have write access to the c: drive and that your IIS is running

Regards

Anthony

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

JamalNUMAN — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:34:01 GMT

Jamal,

It does not look like you have silverlight installed on your machine so you will need to connect to the Internet to install it.

For your flex problem ensure you have write access to the c: drive and that your IIS is running

Regards

Anthony

Thank you Antony for the prompt answer

1. The �??m�?� is the administrator and thus has full privilages

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20519[/ATTACH]

2. IIS is running

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20520[/ATTACH]

3. Silverlight is properly installed

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20521[/ATTACH]

My question now: do I need to be connected to internet when installing �??Flex�?� and �??Silverlight�?�?

What other issues might stop them from running?

My machine is clean! It has been just formatted and all re-installed from scratch

Best

Jamal

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

AnthonyGiles — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:33:38 GMT

Jamal,

No you do not have to be on the Internet to create a flex application. That being said I do not use the application builder, if you take the compiled version of the viewer and place it under your c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder then manually amend the config.xml file in notepad to look at your services then this should work. Have a look at the install guide:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Getting_started_with_the_ArcGIS_Viewer_for_Flex_compiled_version/01m30000004r000000/

I presume Silverlight is the same but I do not use it to be 100% sure. What you must ensure is that you have the correct browser plugin either Flash for flex or silverlight to run the application in the browser. This may mean you need to access the Internet to get it.

I dont think that Installing Silverlight for ArcGIS automatically installs silverlight.

Regards

Anthony

Re: Is an access to internet required to install �??Flex�?� and �??Silver�?�?

JamalNUMAN — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 20:10:51 GMT

Jamal,

No you do not have to be on the Internet to create a flex application. That being said I do not use the application builder, if you take the compiled version of the viewer and place it under your c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder then manually amend the config.xml file in notepad to look at your services then this should work. Have a look at the install guide:

http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/flex-viewer/concepts/index.html#/Getting_started_with_the_ArcGIS_Viewer_for_Flex_compiled_version/01m30000004r000000/

I presume Silverlight is the same but I do not use it to be 100% sure. What you must ensure is that you have the correct browser plugin either Flash for flex or silverlight to run the application in the browser. This may mean you need to access the Internet to get it.

I dont think that Installing Silverlight for ArcGIS automatically installs silverlight.

Regards

Anthony

Very much appreciated Anthony for the prompt help. Finally it did work.

1. �??ArcGIS Viewer for Silverlight 3.0�?� require the two software to be properly installed

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20553[/ATTACH]

2. �??ArcGIS Viewer for Flex�?� requires

a. that the windows user must have write permission on the C drive

[ATTACH=CONFIG]20554[/ATTACH]

b. or that the �??flexviewers�?� to be manually created on the C:\inetpub\wwwroot\�?�

All the best

Jamal