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• GWW2007 Adding iHD Definitions to VS 2005

  I decided to make the switch from Eclipse to VS 2005. I'm new to VS 2005 and am wondering if anyone could give me the steps to get 'iHD' intellisense configured. I imagine it is just a matter of pointing to the xsds http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=652683&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• Marimuthu_r Bug #29 g:background image is not rescaled when the Gadget body size changes

  Bug #29 If the g:background image is set to a percentage of the Gadget size, it's not rescaled when the Gadget body size changes Added to the known bugs list , together with a Repro for MS, screenshot and workaround. Quick Question: Can I use HTML to make a gadget ...Show All

• robinjam Changing <gtext>.value doesn't update <gtext>.width

  Add a gtext element: bodyText = bodyBackground.addTextObject("This is some text", "Arial", 20, "Black", 0, 0); Then change the text to something shorter: bodyText.value = "Text"; And you end up with "Text" streched to fit the original width of "This is some text"!  Surely, it should recalculate <gtext>.width to the width of the new value I try to keep track of bugs reported on this forum, but just to be sure, I'd appreciate it if you could send me the list of issues you found - Bruce.Williams@microsoft.com. Well spotted! If you want the Gadget (Polaroid) that sparked off all the issues I've recently reported, head here . In the end I opted to remove all the g: ...Show All

• StievieD JScript

  Hello, I am brand-new to HD DVD authoring so apologies if this is an obvious question. I'm coming from the web development world, and am looking to port several items of "bonus content" from the web onto HD DVD. More specifically, there are several simple applications (mostly games) that I have written in JScript that I would like to repurpose for distribution on disc. But what I have not found is any reference as to what elements of JScript are compatible with HD DVD interactivity. Obviously the browser-based objects (window object, etc.) are N/A, but are there are also specific data types, variables, operators, objects, etc. that are not supported If there's a tut or reference on this anywhere, that would be great. Thank ...Show All

• Bill Cumming Playing ASF files with third part content using WMP 11 / Vista

  Hello, I have generated some .ASF files containing a MPEG-4 video stream. I'm able to play these files with WMP 11 on Windows XP using a DMO without any problems. But when I try to play these files on Vista, WMP shows an error indicating that not decoder is available. (But I still can play them on graphedit using the DMO, so the DMO is registered) The question is: Is it required to convert the DMO to a MFT for being able to play ASF with third part content in WMP Or is just a bug in Vista Many thanks and regards ! /John Fredman     Hi, It is strange, but the DMO contructor is never called, so I logged all the WMP register readings and it lo ...Show All

• Shah Sahil Testing in Spaces and preview?

  How does one test a gadget in Spaces or in preview mode from a local machine I don't see a place to add the manifest URL. Thanks, Ty Some other useful bits of info: Donavon's LiveSide post on Spaces gadget development includes a bit on his Gadget Platform Test Page that shows you all of the different gadget presentations side-by-side in a single page. This is extremely useful when fighting CSS differences across presentations. Once you've loaded your gadget onto live.com or Spaces, you can right-click within the gadget frame and go to the Properties panel. This will give you the URL to the iframe itself, which you can then use on its own. This is a great way to do iterative testing in a live. ...Show All

• vitich restart gadget

  hi every one any one know a code to restart a gadget or force an array to be readed from the file not from the memory please reply fast thanks Assuming this is for a live.com gadget (since you posted in the web gadget section), you shouldn't be reading "files" (no access to disk). If you're having a problem with RSS or XML feeds returning the same data when they shouldn't, you're probably running into Live.com's caching mechanism. There are ways to get around this, but they're not recommended (simplest is to add random numbers to your URL, since live.com caches based on the URL string -- ie, if your feed is " http://www.example.com/something.rss ", you could try " http://www.example.com/som ...Show All

• eexit Elevating privileges for WMI calls in a sidebar

  I'm trying to create a gadget that uses some WMI calls to retrieve "cooked" perf data from the WMI counters. Although the code used to work in RC1 w/o any problem, in RTM the same counter classes seem to need Admin privileges. Is there a way that a gadget can have admin privs for running Thanks. That link explains it perfectly. The strange part is that the counter that I'm trying to read used to work without requiring elevation in RC1. It's changed in RTM. :( Here is some code that requires elevated priviliges to run. I basically need to run this code witihn a gadget and can't do so unless it's elevated. Set objCimv2 = GetObject("winmgmts:root\c ...Show All

• Raja Ramesh How to Save User Preferences on Spaces?

  Can someone explain to me how to save user preferences on Spaces or point me to some instructions If there is a way to determine whether a gadget is on Spaces or Live, that would be good to know too so that I can hide the preference link in Spaces view mode. I got one of my gadgets to save user preferences on Live but it's not working on Spaces. Thanks Thanks, I can see that it even works better! still learning... The code suggested above: if (p_args.module.getMode() == Web.Gadget.Mode.view ) { causes an error ("Object doesn't support this object or method") when previewing the gadget on Live.com. Is there a better way to check whether you are in author or view mode ...Show All

• ahmedilyas Gadget behavior on spaces vs live.com?

  I am still working on my first gadget and noticed things work really different on live.com compared to spaces. If you want to load what I have so far and see what I mean, the manifest can be found at http://www.incendy.com/MyRSS/rssgadget3.xml Basically the css is very different and also the function that rebuilds the list does not really work on Spaces and you have to manually refresh the page to get the new feed. Just curious if others have experienced this and have advice on what I should be doing differently. The function getfeed gets called but the content seems to be cached on Spaces where it works fine on live.com! Thank you Todd0s! That did the trick and generic proxy seems to work, so I we ...Show All

• Neil Tippett This is not a valid gadget package!! grr!

  hey, So i finished creating my gadget, i use winzip to zip it up to mygadget.gadget and then double click to install... However it just says: This is not a valid gadget package The gadget works if i move the folder to the windows gadget directory! Does anyone know how to fix this problem Regards Hi there, thanks for the responce. I have however made sure both were correct (as stated) and this is true. I have a gadget.xml and the line linking to the .html file! It is weird how it WORKS but does not work with the installer! ::(( winrar lets you make zips (and without compression), but thats what im using, and its not working ;) gadget.xml &l ...Show All

• Cygon4 W3 Schools free XML tutorials for beginners

  Hi all, For all those who are just beginning (like me) with XML and other scripting, maybe this can be a good start : http://www.w3schools.com/ Hope it is of any use Can you please edit this and change it to a "comment" rather than a "question" Thanks! ...Show All

• klio Windows Portable Devices SDK?

  Where can we find the Windows Portable Device SDK (WPD SDK) Is it packaged separately from the Vista Windows Driver Kit The Vista Windows SDK Some Windows Media SDK We have found lots of docs on the api online and in the Vista Windows Driver Kit for RC1. However, the docs refer to a WPD SDK and we can't seem to find that. In particular we are puzzled by where the redist files would be for the PortableDeviceApi.dll and its buddies that end up in windows\system32. Are these only bundled with a download and install of Windows Media Player 11 Beta 2 so far From what we've read WPD is supported on Win XP SP2 with WMP 10 - but how In case you never foun ...Show All

• dfl Where can I find "PKEY_Device_FriendlyName" definition?

  Hello, guys I'm trying to compile sAPO property sample project in Vista DDK 5472. But everytime I'm trying to do that, I'm getting the error message which says that "'PKEY_Device_FriendlyName' : undeclared identifier". I already searched all the files in DDK 5472, but nothing was found. Can anyone advise me that where can I find that defintion or can anybody advise me how to solve this problem Thanks in advance. Download the RC1 SDK, it's fixed in there. That key is defined in FunctionDiscoveryKeys_devpkey.h now. Marc Well, I don't know if it is a typo thing or not, but if you use DEVPKEY_Device_FriendlyName and do typecasting forcelly DEVPROPKEY to PROPE ...Show All

• mrshrinkray Need some code samples (Fast Forward, Rew and other)

  Please, I need samples of JavaScript code (some strings) and some comments for following operations: Fast Forward Rew Go To Next Chapter Go To Previous Chapter P.S. I tried to use Player.playlist.fastForward(4); and seen JS error (iHDScript API fastForward: HDDVD_E_ARGUMENT) on this string. Why is "4" incorrect argument I think that 4 is: (normal speed) * 4. I mistaken For Player.playlist.stepForward(); I see following error: iHDScript API stepForward: HDDVD_E_NOTSUPPORTED P.P.S. Sorry, I known that my question is RTFM but I don't have specefication. :( GREAT!!! Thanks bharathi_tunes! I made following code: Previous Chapter: var totalChaptersInTitle = ...Show All