Re: Mathematica 8.01 and the CDF plug-in
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- Subject: [mg117935] Re: Mathematica 8.01 and the CDF plug-in
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 06:41:58 -0400 (EDT)
I thought it was obvious... I tried opening the file with various browsers (at least 4) using the Open File menu and each time something different happened but in no case was it the expected thing. Firefox asked me if I wanted to open the file with some application and suggested one called "Wolfram" (which I assume was the CDF player) but the application would not "load" the file (it reported "loading" and got stuck). Other browsers (Camino) opened the text version of the notebook (or rather CDF file) or seemed to do nothing at all (Safari).
Andrzej
On 4 Apr 2011, at 15:08, Albert Retey wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Yes, I see the reason for my confusion. I never downloaded the
>> CDF-Player and tried to open local .cdf file with a browser.
>> Apparently this does not work with locally stored files but it does
>> work with files embedded in web pages.
>
> I don't think that's the point, the browser plugin does indeed work well
> with local files for me, this is how I did successfully test ("play")
> some cdf-files I generated. My suggestion was rather meant as an advice
> on how you can find out what the reason for your problem actually is: is
> it with the plugin or with the player. The complication is that the
> plugin can also use Mathematica, if that is installed with a valid
> license. Independently of whether the plugin uses the CDF-Player or a
> full Mathematica, there seem to be some further restrictions concerning
> the front end functionality. So I think if you have problems, it makes
> sense to try to separate under which exact circumstances they occur.
>
>> Sorry about that, I guess I
>> should have know it (Although I other formats do not always behave
>> this way. For example, once used to be able to open locally stored
>> djvu files with a browser and a djvu plugin but now I have to use a
>> separate stand alone application while the plugin works only with
>> embedded files.)
>
> The question is, what exactly you did try that did not work?
>
> cheers,
>
> albert
>
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