Arabic Text Issue in SharePoint Organization Browser and Media Web parts

In this post , I’m gonna solve Silverlight Arabic Text Issue in SharePoint Organization Browser and Media Web parts.

Arabic Text Issue in SharePoint Organization Browser

In SharePoint I have added an Organization Browser web part on My site, but I had noticed that the Arabic text is not shown properly in e

Solution

• Locate the following 2 files [HierarchyChart.xap] and [MediaPlayer.xap] in [14 hive]\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\ClientBin

• Backup the 2 files first, to allow rollback.
• The [.xap] file is basically a compressed folder (Archive), so open the file using a compression tool like [7-Zip]. (Download from here)
• Open the [AppManifest.xaml] file using notepad, make sure that you open the file from the archive to make sure that the changes will be saved to the archive as well.
• Change the [RunTimeVersion] to [5.0.61118.0].

• Save the [AppManifest.xaml] (Inside the archive).
• Open your browser.
• Make sure that you clear the browser cache.
• Navigate to My Site > The organization Browser should now be displayed in Arabic in the correct manner.

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Conclusion

In conclusion, I have solved Arabic Text Issue in SharePoint Organization Browser and Media Web parts.

Applied To

• SharePoint 2010

See Also

• Search in Arabic in Lookup Table Custom Field is not working in Project Server 2016 / 2013.