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Silverlight problems with DataHub WebView and Google Chrome

I am trying to use Google Chrome with DataHub WebView.  When I launch my WebView page in Chrome, I get a notification that Silverlight is not installed, and asks me to install it.  Even after installing it, I see this same error.  What can I do to get WebView working with Google Chrome?

Starting with the release of Google Chrome 42, Google has decided to disable support for NPAPI (Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface) by default, which the Microsoft Silverlight technology is dependent on.

In order to enable this:

  1. Open Google Chrome
  2. In the URL Bar enter: chrome://flags/#enable-npapi
  3. Click the Enable link for the Enable NPAPI configuration option
  4. Click the Relaunch Now Button

Another alternative is to switch to a different browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer.

Google also has plans to completely drop support for NPAPI in late 2015, at that point it will be necessary to switch to a different browser.