Differences in behavior between the HTML5 and Silverlight viewers

Hello. I'm diving into the html5 viewer for the first time. My first goal is to stand up a "desktop" html5 viewer that approximates the functionality of my existing Silverlight viewer.

One thing I'm noticing is that there seem to be a lot of holes in in the html5 implementation for functions that are common across the platforms. For example (from least to most significant):

1) Silverlight respects the default button on forms, HTML5 doesn't

2) Silverlight respects the default dpi on print templates, HTML5 doesn't

3) HTML5 doesn't give you the option to use a print template using the "Current Extent" option

4) The HTML5 viewer uses the Feature Long Description to populate the Results pane, whereas the Silverlight viewer uses the Feature Description. So now I have to store the info in both places to use both viewers, and it looks messy in the SIlverlight viewer.

5) Reports don't seem to be available in the HTML5 viewer. Seriously? Please tell me I'm missing something!

Anyone else feeling the same growing pains?

Chris

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November 05, 2013 00:55

Hi Chris,

We had issues getting our reports working in the HTML5 viewer too. It turned out to be a case sensitivity problem (worked fine in Silverlight, but HTML5 failed).

This is what is working for us now:

<p><a href="command:RunWorkflowWithArguments?workflowId=VicReport&gisLink={GISLINK}" style="font-weight: normal;">Create Parcel Report</a></p>

I think it was the "workflowId" -- I originally had it as "WorkflowID" and that didn't work!

Hope that helps,

Steph

Differences in behavior between the HTML5 and Silverlight viewers

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