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Creo View 3.1 M010: How does Windchill 11.0 M010 and later launch Creo View without the Browser Plug-ins?

Modified: 03-Aug-2020   


Applies To

  • Windchill PDMLink 11.0 M010 to 11.1 M020
  • Creo View 3.1 M010 to 6.1
  • Visualization Services (WVS)

Description

  • Windchill 11.0 M010 will no longer use browser plug-ins (ActiveX, NPAPI based add-on) to launch Creo View 3.1 M010 out-of-the-box (see CS237817)
  • Instead, the new Creo View Agent (pvagent.exe) service is launched on the client machine
  • How is the Creo View Agent launched and integrate with the Windchill server?
  • How does one troubleshoot problems with the launching mechanism?
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