Remote Desktop for Mac - issue with JavaFX app

Mikael Osterhed 1 Reputation point
2022-01-03T15:16:55.497+00:00

I have a JavaFX app running on Windows 10 machine in the office which has problems showing (painting/rendering) certain embedded controls such as PdfBox when I connect to it with Remote Desktop for Mac. It shows only a black screen in the app instead of the pdf-document.

When I connect using RDP from my Windows 10 machine at home to my Windows 10 machine at work, the app works just fine (the pdf is shown in the app).
I have the same problems using AnyDesk and Teamviewer.
The app only shows PDFs properly using a connection from Windows 10 to Windows 10 with Microsoft RDP.

It might be a JavaFX issue. Similar issues are described here:
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8239589

However, since I guess Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac is using the same technology as the Windows Desktop client, I would have expected it to work fine.

I have a Mac Mini M1 running the latest OS (Monterey) at the time of writing this post. I am also using the latest Remote Desktop client for Mac.
This problem is not new and was also present in older releases.

The machine at the office has the following specs (which I cannot change nor update)
Edizione Windows 10 Pro
Versione 20H2
Data installazione: ‎10/‎09/‎2021
Build sistema operativo 19042.1415
Esperienza Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3920.0

Anyone else who has seen this problem and perhaps resolved it?
Could it be a bug?

Except for the above issue, the Remote Desktop Client for Mac is working great (not lagging as TeamViewer or AnyDesk) and the user experience is phenomenal.

Thanks.

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  1. Mikael Osterhed 1 Reputation point
    2022-01-04T21:30:24.97+00:00

    I have tried to play around with screen resolutions, both on Host and Client but nothing good came out of those tests.
    Disabled also hardware acceleration in Remote Desktop for Mac preferences but it didn't change anything.

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