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• Whoisit iHDSim crash referencing unloaded element

  This is both a question and a comment/bug report. Steps to reproduce the bug (iHDSim released 8/29): Load iHD application. In script, after markup is loaded, store a reference to an element on the current page (I used getElementById()). Use the <link> tag in a <cue> to cause a new markup page to replace the current page. Attempt to reference a property of the element stored in (1). The reference attempt is surrounded by try...catch(). iHDSim crashes with a memory reference error. Questions: What is the correct behavior I'm guessing an exception should be thrown. Is there a way to check whether an element exists before trying to reference it's property to trigger an exception It seems that something is getting deleted/garbage ...Show All

• Przemek G. Problems with XBOX 360 HD DVD Player

  I continue to run into issues with the xbox 360 hd dvd player every time I insert an hd concert dvd. I do not have any issues with the hd movies but have had issues with every concert inserted. Does anyone know of a solution I've selected Dolby digital. Think I might try a different USB cable... It seems to me that there is a signal loss between the HD DVD and the console. (I know this is isn't a support forum, but was hoping there could be a software "tweak" to fix it.) Thanks. For testing DVD-R Advanced Content, nothing beats the xbox360 HD-DVD drive...it boots my test discs in 2 seconds vs. the HD-XA1 which takes 30-60 sec. A must have for Devs. I ...Show All

• cdemez XPath - intersection of nodesets

  Is it possible to perform an intersection of nodesets within an XPath And if possible... Is there a somewhat elegant way to do it Seemingly it's not difficult with XPath 2.0, however with the HD spec we're using a subset of XPath 1.0. The most common reason anyone would want to do this -- since elements can have multiple classes, let's say we'd like to select all elements with class('a') AND class('b'). The class() function involves a built-in (which is probably optimized / indexed on DOM load) split() or tokenize() on the "class" attribute string, and it would be hard to mimic this ability looking at @class directly. You are correct, XPath 1.0 (and thus HD DVD's subset of it) doesn't have an i ...Show All

• JavaBoy Digital Signature

  Hi, Sorry if this is a total newbie question. But I am, and I didn't find anything about it in the forum yet. How can we add digital signature to a Sidebar Gadget TIA, Eric Package the Gadget into a CAB file, then sign the CAB. To create a CAB with a directory structure, use (as per this thread ): cabarc -r -p n <GadgetName>.gadget * See this article on how to sign the cab. If Tom's reading this, perhaps he can post all the steps he's used to sign his Gadget's as I'm sure there's an easier way. See this thread It's actually a bit of a pain, if you ask me. I've signed a couple of my gadgets using signtool.exe (i think that' ...Show All

• Jassim Rahma Running Multiple Script Files

  I'm running into a problem when I start to use more than one script file. From the little documentation I could find on this, the player should start with the first script file in the manifest, complile it, and move on to the next and store all the variables and functions for use when they are called. When I try this, the player runs none of the scripts and just plays the audio and video. The scripts were checked and are valid. Does the first script have to initialize the other scripts or am I missing something real obvious here They are listed in the manifest as both script and resource elements. They are not listed in the Application Resource or the Playlist Application Resource because they are i ...Show All

• PiaMaria ActiveX for Sidebar best practices

  I am interested in further exploring the possibilities of using/developing an ActiveX object for use in a Sidebar gadget but havent done anything like this before. What are the best ways of proceeding with this Can i use Visual Studio 2005 to create an ActiveX object i tried using ATL project, i was able to compile it but not to register it You won't be able to run my sample control directly from inside VS 2005, because its not a UI control. (Caveat - there probably is some way to configure it to work, but its not going to be as simple as "F5".) You should instead try running a gadget, web page, or javascript file that uses the control you've compiled. My tutorial gives directions on setting up ...Show All

• KidVB Vector Graphics in Gadget

  I am making a gadget that will be resizeable from the settings menu (when undocked), and I was wondering if the sidebar had any type of native support for vector graphics so I wouldn't have to make and distribute separate background images to maintain a high quality when it is scaled up.  I'm assuming not since it is rendered by IE, but it doesn't hurt to ask.  Thanks. Phew .. new problems arise ... (probably related to Antialiasing) I have created http://thomaslinder.at/temp/Clipboard02.gif As you can see, there is a red border around it. Currently I am using a transparent background image and I'm drawing a round rectangle. When I stroke it, only the borders have some sort of red sha ...Show All

• RedCoat999 namespace support

  Hello Everybody Can some one (from microsoft i suppose) guide about the extent of namespace support they have provided or will provide Thanks Thanks Mr Torr umm...i have a question Does the prefix "style" is bound ("hardcoded" ) to uri "http://www.dvdforum.org/2005/ihd#style" similarly are the bindings "state" :: "http://www.dvdforum.org/2005/ihd#state" and "ihd" :: "http://www.dvdforum.org/2005/ihd" fixed. and the default namespace is always "http://www.dvdforum.org/2005/ihd" or can we do something like this Can i do somwthing like this <ihd:root xml:lang="en" xmlns:ihd="http://www.dvdforum.org/2005/ihd#sta ...Show All

• kiwicoder2 Using System.Gadget.Settings

  Hi, In my gadget I save a value in my VBScript, how do I re-load this saved value I have: System.Gadget.Settings.Write "Record" , dtmSystemUptimeSecs s = System.Gadget.Settings.Read("Record") But this doesn't seem to work If my uptime is big interger should I use the writeString & readString methods Post the whole code, so I can have a look. This is painful! It looks okay to me, does the value get written to the settings.ini file If it's large, you may well need to use readString/writeString What the advantage of Java over VB When should I use readString over read Seems fixed now as ...Show All

• MortenBE Authoring software

  Hi guys.  Please excuse my more basic question that is not about advanced content. I have a SD DVD I need to convert to HD DVD.  I've used the now defunct DVD Maestro to do all my authoring and I am proficient with it.  I need a tool, preferably XP compatible, that will allow me to do some HD DVD authoring with that level of flexibility.  The only thing I know of is Scenarist and that may be a stretch for my pocketbook. Are there any other options   It is important that the authoring process does not do any recompression of the content. Thanks, Scott Got a price from Sony yseterday. 'bout $60,000. Too rich for my one commercial DVD. ...Show All

• William Wong No "Add Stuff" Link?

  Hey, Following the SDK guidelines I went to the live.com page to try and add the sample gadget, but I can't find the "Add Stuff" link anywhere. What am I missing I can't see any link, nor any "tabs". I tried the following link: http://www.live.com/ add=http://localhost/Gadgets/Hello/HelloWorldGadget.xml But it just navigates me to the Live homepage. I solved the problem by deleting all my temporary internet files. After signing in again I had all the personalization features. I am signed in. At least I think so - if I click on the menu on the upper left corner (where it says "windo ...Show All

• Cla82 OT: Suggestions about gallery.live.com

  Several things stand out about this site, now that people are starting to use it. So, here's some suggestions: Implement some sort of language filtering. Although I have nothing against the use of non-English and think it's actually commendable than MS allowing it, I would rather filter out Gadgets that are of no use to me. Alternatively allow multiple languages in the Gadget description, or some form of language translation. Improve Gadget images. It would be great if you could attach screenshots, as well as the 100x100 icon. Do something about Gadget spam. "Vamos Strip Player" springs to mind, I'd hate to think how many times it's posted. Remove the 1000 character limit on the description field, and allow it to be rich text ...Show All

• pdDallas Timing Animations within Script

  One of the problems I am encountering as I put more animations script side, is the ability to have animations occur one after the other, rather than simultaneously. Is there a straightforward way of having animations occur one after the other For example I want the following script to fire in sequence, one assignment after the other, but only after the previous one is completed. document.FOO.style.animateProperty("x","500px",2); // don't turn off display until animation completes document.FOO_BUTTON.style.display = "none"; Is wait(time) supported (iHDSim does not like it)   If so is in sync with the application tick or what The closest you can get to a sleep or wait function is a timer, which will call back to your app afte ...Show All

• bio4ema Any method for MF PVP application fail gracefully if video driver is not PVP signed?

  I am working on an application that runs protected playback with Media Foundation. I've encountered a problem that with some graphics cards, an error dialog box pops up from another process saying " Bad Image: X is either not designed to run on Windows or it contains an error". After repeatedly pressing OK for the same dialog poping up many times, I can see the application hits a debug assertion saying that  ESP is not properly restored. I've read about the following previous thread in this forum and know that this symptom happens because video driver is unsigned and mfpmp.exe failed. "MF_ProtectedPlayback Sample doesn't work for Video on Vista Beta 2: Thread Start ...Show All

• Uncle K Does anybody know how to create wipe effect?

  Does anybody know how to create wipe effect I have a menu page with button animation and would like to create an effect to unmask the buttons from left to right when coming into the menu. I have tried animating width of the button_div, but not working. The buttons shows up as soon as the page get loaded. Even though I set the div width to "0px", without animation, my buttons are still showed on the screen. each button has its own image and x,y,w,h defined, and they are all absolute. Will this be a problem Got it work. My end condition was not setting right. Now it holds. Thank you! I have seen issues using a width of 0p ...Show All