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• SCADirector Background/Start Menu

  I'm having trouble understanding how to set up a basic start menu, which goes away when video is selected (I have the spec now so feel free to refer me to specific sections/pages). Maybe I am going about this wrong but basically I have defined title 1 as not having any video asset. So at start no video plays. Instead you see a background image ("BACKGROUND") and a little menu panel ("TRAY"): <styling> <style id="BTNSTYLE" style:position="absolute" style:backgroundFrame="0" style:width="88px" style:height="88px" style:y="5px" style:x="5px"/> <style id="TRAYTEXT" style:position="absolu ...Show All

• snowmt Can someone test my gadget please?

  I posted my gadget a couple weeks ago and it has gotten a good number of downloads (~1500 atm) but mostly negative response. I suspect the problem is that I developed and tested this gadget on Vista RTM, but the Gallery only lets you choose "RC1" as the newest compatibility level (stupid ). I have not had any problems loading into the Sidebar on any RTM machine. What would really help me is to get a few people try to load it up and make sure it is working properly under a variety of environments (RC1, RC2, Beta, RTM, whatever), so I can figure out what the issue is that people are having. You won't be able to test the full functionality of the gadget because it requires you to have a particular type of webcam to stream video. ...Show All

• yonderstar VS 2005 for Gadget development?

  Hello, I am confused. We have an elegant tool for program development, VS 2005, but it seems that we cannot use it for Gadget development. It is hard to understand why the Gadget development team did not use VS 2005 as the way to create Gadgets. There are Express versions of VS 2005, so even beginners can use VS 2005. Is there a way to create Gadgets using VS 2005 Thanks Tom Cool thanks, i just went to download that, and wondered why it was going so slow, its a 3.7GB Download! Just got the full March Orcas CTP and it does indeed have better javascript intellisense. Ill see how useful it is on my next gadget :) You might try the Orcas CTP that was rec ...Show All

• moncali NamedNodeMap Interface ( usage guidelines)

  Hi everbody The DOM Level 2 Spec (page 44) defines NamedNodeMap Interface but it does not give a method to create a NamedNodeMap. So the only use of NamedNodemap is through the Node interface where we have a member variable : NamedNodeMap atributes; ie the attributes belonging to a node can be assumed to be stored in a NamedNodeMap. ------------------- The questions are : 1. Does all the attributes (specified or non-specified(ie those having default values)) belong to a node's NamedNodeMap 2 . The NamedNodeMap Interface has method item() (Refer Page 44 DOM Level 2 Core Specification ). Quoting the spec : The item() returns the indexth item in the map.If index is greater than or equal to number of nodes in the map ,this returns NULL ...Show All

• Amir_S How to Display and/or Host Microsoft Gadgets for your Website

  I suggest that you download this instruction file in either Word or PDF as the images are not appearing via MSDN forum. Or dig into the code and d/l from the respective servers. Gadgets.pdf Gadgets.doc The simplest way to display any Microsoft Live.com gadget is to wrap it in an iframe on your webpage. I'll explain: First go to http://gallery.live.com and decide which gadget(s) you would like to display on your webpage. Of course it is also quite possible and highly recommended to write your own gadgets as well. Click on the "Add to Live.com" button   Now the next page will show you a link to the manifest XML document, at the top of the page. Copy the link, in this case : http://d ...Show All

• TRID Want to start a beta/debug group?

  Hello, Would anyone be interested in starting a group to help each other with beta testing I have a bunch of users who help me with new versions, but I don't like to get too technical with them. I'd love to have access to other developers who can give me debug ouput and insight. Anyone interested Ty I use the Work in Progress section of AeroXP. Hey, I'd be very interested in this, i have a few people on my contact list who help me out but they don't have much technical knowledge so it can be difficult working out why something doesn't work for them. If you add me on msn messenger: ljames28 [a t] hotmail .com i'd be happy to help out. Law ...Show All

• chas2003 IMFPMPHost help

  http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/ms698995.aspx HRESULT IMFPMPHost::CreateObjectByCLSID( REFCLSID clsid, IStream* pStream, REFIID riid, void ** ppv ); Question: I'd like to understand what this riid & ppv actually return. Supposedly, Media Source is outside PE and the created object is within PE. I don't understand how I can use the return value ppv. I'll infer from your question that you're trying to call this from your Media Source. Most commonly, a Media Source that wants to play protected content will call IMFPMPHost::CreateObjectFromCLSID to get its Input Trust Authority (ITA) instantiated in the mfpmp process. You're correct that (in general) this Media Source will be in the application ...Show All

• Jacco Mintjes Bad Image Error from WMP11 ActiveX Control

  When executing the play command from a WMP11 embedded control from javascript, I'm getting a Bad Image - Error for 99% of my tracks. It only works on one or two, and I can't figure out any specific reason why it would work on those only. The strange thing, is that even with this annoying error the tracks still play fine. Worth noting perhaps: i'm using nVidia nforce3 drivers, which are in alpha so probably aren't signed. After experimenting a little, I discovered something interesting: when I run my application (which hosts the WMP OCX) as Administrator in Vista, I no longer get the "Bad Image" error. If I run it as a regular user, I get the error. Does this tell you anything ...Show All

• Lee Witherington Question: using activex controls on a gadget

  Hi, i am leroy (spydaz) i have recently read the tutorial on windows sidebar gadgets. and the tutorial on sidebar gadgets... Firstly i use VB6 and Ms.Office.2003. i would like to begin building gadgets.. Is it possible to use activex controls on a sidebar gadget. As with regular WebDesign / HTML. ie design the control in VB6 Mycontrol.OCX and use it in a sidebar gadjet. ie: mini Database Form Project... as i saw with the templates available as samples the were all refferenceing then new architecture .net *ExpressEditions. Yes, I also think so.... the important code is in the com, the javascript is not so important, that it should be protected. But I'm new to JavaScript/COM.... I can call com functions i ...Show All

• GinaK Mixing rate sink and rateless sink on a tee node

  I modified the WavSinkSample and inserted a tee node so I could also add an Audio Renderer output node. When I do this, the topology starts playing just fine. But it ends as soon as the WavSink finishes writing the wave file. Is this the intended behavior I would have expected the topology to stop when all output nodes are done processing samples. I tried a bunch of workarounds: - Changing the order in which I connect the nodes. - Set MF_TOPONODE_RATELESS to 0 on the WavSink output node. - Set MF_TOPONODE_PRIMARYOUTPUT to 0 (index of the audio renderer) on the tee node. - Set MF_TOPONODE_DISCARDABLE on the tee node for all secondary node. But none of these worked. Is there any ways to accomplish when I want or is this a bug Also, I tri ...Show All

• BeguiledFoil Windows movie maker shuts down help please!

  Hello, First and formost I am sorry if this is in the wrong thread. I am knew to this forum. I hope you can still help me. I have been having issues with windows movie maker. It seems when I load a movie file on there it will take some time to load, nothing out of sorts, then it will pop that message up saying "windows movie maker needs to shut down" Any idea why Is there some way I can reinstall it Thank you! T ry this newgroup: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community/newsgroups/WindowsMedia/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.moviemaker&lang=en&cr=US ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Wasson, SDK ...Show All

• cisfreak2 imaging experience

  will the imaging experience better with HD DVD and how Sorry, I don't understand the question. Can you please re-phrase it Thanks ...Show All

• iceshadow625 Searching for HD DVD Authoring online training and certification

  Hi friends! I am a SD DVD Author and willing to work on HD, so I need to know how I can learn HD DVD authoring and would like to do certification for the same. Online I am not sure. But sometimes MS do some training session in US and in Europe to learn how to developp and to make authoring of HD DVD. Golgot13 does it mean no as there is no reply Thanx! But how could I know that MS has organised the even ...Show All

• bola shokry how to test Markup

  I want to test all the display elements and attributes defined for the markup in the spec. So i would like to verify the behaviour of each element and its attribute by verifying its expected behaviour in the screen (i.e the UI). Since the total number of style attributes for each display element are large in number. I would like to test the behaviour of say first 10 attributes and then capture the UI (of the markup)as a bitmap. Load next markup and run the next 10 atributes and proceed to capture the UI as a bitmap. Then i can study each bitmap for checking the correctness of elements and attributes. So my doubt is - In the above manner is it posssible to test all the attributes in a single stretch. If this is not possible. Is the ...Show All

• Vaish Saving stream settings

  I'm trying to save streams settings (e.g. audio/subtitle track numbers) on titleEnd system event and what I've noticed that Tosh player trigger this event after loading the new title, so I couldn't use currentTitle to collect settings because it already point to the new one. Can anybody give an idea where is the best place to save these Also for titleEnd you should look at the event's id property. It tells you the title that ended (the current title is the new one). Either way, you shouldn't need to know what the title was; if you look for selectedAudioTrack it should give you the right answer, even if there is no currentAudioTrack that matches. I'm not sure I follow - why are you listening for title_end instead of audio_ ...Show All