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• AlexU XMLHttpRequest not behaving itself in gadgets

  I have encountered some slightly strange behaviour, and I'm wondering if it is related to the fact it is in a gadget, or if it is for some other reason. Basically I have an XML HttpRequest object created as follows: var xmlHttpRequestObject = null; ... xmlHttpRequestObject = GetXMLHTTP(); // function to create object xmlHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = getData; xmlHttpRequestObject.open( "get" , "http://www.myurl.com./myfile. xml" , false ); xmlHttpRequestObject.send(); and the call back function as follows: function getData() { if (xmlHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4) { if (xmlHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { xmlData = xmlHttpRequestObject .responseXML; ...Show All

• Zjivago Questions regarding MFT implementation

  Hi, I have some questions regarding MFT: 1) How to get topology loader enum my MFT I register my MFT in MFT decoder category, but it's not enum'ed when I set a partial topology to media session. 2) I try to get D3D manager as mentioned in previous threads, but I found IMFTransform::GetAttributes is never called. 3) When output format changes, I set pOutputSamples[0].dwStatus = MFT_OUTPUT_DATA_BUFFER_FORMAT_CHANGE and return MF_E_TRANSFORM_STREAM_CHANGE in IMFTransform::ProcessOutput. But no one try to get my new preferred output type. Is there anything I need to take care Thanks in advance. Patrick Hi Becky, I've upgraded my OS and SDK to 5600 version and tried the operations again, ...Show All

• mike_n Multiplexing??

  Hi Folks I've been a Scenarist author for sometime and now want to jump into HD-DVD authoring. Was wondering where to find a third party multiplexing tools once the programming is done Thanks - I'm sure this is the first of many posts here! Eric Workflow is something we are still working on; there are a handful of tools like Sonic's multiplexer but no broadly-available, easily-affordable components for smaller studios just yet. Hopefully there will be more offerings in this market soon. Sorry...I was under the impression we could author a HD-DVD without the use of a program like Scenarist. After Reading this: : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnwmt/html/introduction_to_hd_dvd ...Show All

• sticksnap Controllers

  Anyone knows when other controllers are coming out Like the keyboard, mouse, etc. For the Toshiba players I have no idea. For the Xbox You can probably use the controllers as well as the remote. For PCs Already available :-) ...Show All

• nate-d-o-double-g Force user to the Settings UI window

  I have a gadget that requires some user settings before it can function. I'd like to check the settings and if they are blank, say something like "Click here to change settings". Then when the user clicked the link, I would like to open the settings window just as if the user clicked the little wrench icon. Right now all I can do is tell them to click the little wrench thingie and hope that they know that that means. Unless I'm overlooking something in the Sidebar Gadget Object Model , I don't see a function for this. Does one exist It would be nice to have a System.Gadget.Settings.show() function to launch the settings UI. Donavon I'd put a request in for v2 to Bruce. This issue was raised during the ...Show All

• ramkrishnamca HDi for authored HD-DVD

  Assuming that it makes an Advanced Content disc and not a Standard Content disc (ie, there is an ADV_OBJ folder with a playlist already in it) then yes, you can add your own stuff to the disc. Just create your HDi menus and add the appropriate information to the playlist file (VPLST000.XPL) Note that you just won't be able to multiplex the menus into the EVOB (eg, have a FirstPlayTitle that pre-loads the menu) so make sure all your resources have multiplexed="false" in the playlist. On the other hand, if it is just creating a Standard Content disc, then you can't do anything with it. There is no way to switch from Standard to Advanced even if you are using Scenarist (that feature was removed from the spec because it was e ...Show All

• Fusion54 The 'priority' attribute is not declared.

  In the samples and my own tests I get the error: ERROR: Invalid attribute "priority" at row 13, char 36: The 'priority' attribute is not declared. When running the validator. Is this a bug in the validator Here's line 13 for example: <PlaylistApplication description="Test" language="en" src="file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/Manifest.xmf"> 13 <PlaylistApplicationResource priority="1" multiplexed="false" size="500000" src="file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/Manifest.xmf" /> <PlaylistApplicationResource multiplexed="false" priority="1" size="500000" src="file:///dvddisc/ADV_OBJ/Script.js" /> <PlaylistApplic ...Show All

• Tarana Rotating an object

  Hiya I've had a look thru the spec and can't find anything relating to rotation which i think means I can't do it :( But does anyone know if there is a way to rotate an object I have a png I need to spin 90 degrees. I'd prefer to do it in the xmu but if i cant then doing it thru the js is fine. Thanx Sarah Hi there I actually need it to rotate on screen as a spinning item so flip won't work, The only other way i can thin to do is is to plot a circular path in the java script but this seems like over kill for what is a relatively small piece of menu animation in the background. I don't want to use a series of images either as its a big image. :( Hi there I 'm also a new ...Show All

• Joe Albrecht Reliability Monitor

  Hi all, I'm looking for a possibility to use the ” Reliability Monitor” from Windows Vista for a monitoring gadget. Does anyone know if there are any registry keys or something like that I could use Thanks, Christian. Nobody any ideas ...Show All

• ZopoStyle Layout for gadget

  If I would like to create a layout with a navigation bar on the top for access to 3 different areas/panel of the gadget .... how Can I do this I hope you can help me! Something like the tabs on my Soapbox gadget I did that by creating a binding for a "tabstrip" that exposes an event that tells the container when a tab has changed. Then I create three "panels" (in my case, another binding) that I show or hide depending on what happened in the tab change event handler. Displaying the tabs is simple enough, as they're just list items (<li>) that have been styled via CSS to be "inline" rather than "block". There are some good tutorials on how to make tabs out of a list ( for example ) ...Show All

• Kusok OT: Posts are appearing out of order

  Not sure if anyone else has noticed this, but posts are starting to appear out of order. eg. Bruce's reply here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1145168&SiteID=1 and Menthos's reply here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1149010&SiteID=1&PageID=1 Maybe it has to do with which "reply" button you push I might have replied to my own, immediately-preceding message, instead of the last one on the thread. Even if that's so, its still seems wrong - you can't just scroll to the bottom of the thread to see the latest comments. ...Show All

• totty3478 bug in System.Gadget.Flyout.onHide=null

  I can set the value of Flyout.onHide to a function, but I get a "type mismatch" when I try to clear it. How to I "unset" Flyout.onHide I know there are work arounds that I can do (like checking same variable and returning), but I am interested in clearing onHide, not a JavaScript workaround as it will cause memory leaks if I can't clear it. Here is that I get in immediate mode in VS2005: System.Gadget.Flyout.onHide null System.Gadget.Flyout.onHide=null Type mismatch As you can see, the value is already a null, so I'm not sure why I would be getting this error when I try and set it to null. I raised this one a few months ago, you can't clear any of the events that call functions - only set them. In t ...Show All

• Manuk Gadget redraw delay

  Why when I click outside the gadget to close the flyout window there is a delay to redraw the docked gadget I think the delay duration is like 1 second, but in the other gadgets there is no delay, sometimes when is outside the sidebar there is no problem. No, I'm not using begin/endTransition, is this the problem There is a flash object running on the flyout, maybe this is causing the delay. How long a delay And does the Gadget in question use begin/endTransition after Flyouts are closed ...Show All

• NickNotYet Copyright problem? how did it happen?

  What can I do now Hello, We're sorry but we won't be able to host your submission of Live Messenger Gadget on the Windows Live Gallery website. It looks like there's a copyright problem. We hope you'll give it another shot - just modify your submission, send it back to us, and we'll take another look. If you have any questions or comments, please send them through the feedback link on the Gallery website. This is an unmonitored mailbox, please do not reply to this email directly. Sincerely, The Windows Live Gallery Team Just as a thought, try changing the name. Microsoft probably doesn't like you using the name "Live Messenger" for the title of your gadget. Call it "Instant Messaging Gadget&qu ...Show All

• mcnamaragio Author/View Mode Resizing issue.

  When I'm in author mode (Editing my spaces site) the gadget doesn't resize properly. When I switch to view mode then back to edit mode it works fine.. It also always works fine in view mode. I'm starting to think it's a glitch in the framework, it's driving me nuts. I didn't publish it live.. I registered it using the testing API's published on the spacecraft. // register your Gadget's namespace registerNamespace( "abc.Live.Gadget" ); // define the constructor for your Gadget (this must match the name in the manifest XML) abc.Live.Gadget.xyz = function (p_elSource, p_args, p_namespace) { // always call initializeBase before anything else! abc.Live.Gadget.xyz.initializeBase( this , arguments); var ...Show All