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• Andrea Williams 16-bit DLLs and Vista

  Everytime I see information on what doesn't work in Vista, the 16-bit support issue always comes up w/ respect to the 64-bit version of Vista. However, earlier tech issues never mentioned 64-bit Vista and 16-bit apps/dlls in the same breath and 32 bit Vista was unheard of... So...are 16 bit apps/dlls compatible w/ 32 bit Vista If not, where can I find that info If so, do I have to change settings in Vista to make them work Are there side-effects that I need to know about I just checked with the developers, this is a known bug in Vista. It is currently being corrected and will become available with SP1. More info on the ShellExecute function in Windows Vista: We have also found that a 16-bit C program has the same problem ...Show All

• danflu Blue Screen O-death at install of vista

  When I goto install windows vista release canidate 1 straight from the microsoft download site. In the boot up process of the software install i get a blue screen that says system engine error. I tried the x86 version and the x64 versions same results. Also i ran the windows vista compatibility test and all devices passed. If anyone has a fix for this or maybe something i can try to fix it let me know. Ive also tried disableing devices such as integrated sound and NIC to try to get it to work. Also I tried running the setup from the windows xp pro desktop and it formats the drive then restarts and locks up right after that with a blue screen. For now ive gone back to XP home until i can try further tests. Below is my systems stats. ...Show All

• Maxim Masiutin Information card "reset"

  I'm preparing to enable pluralsight.com to accept InfoCards, and as I do, some practical issues are coming to the surface. Here's the first :) For the multitude of websites who will accept self-issued cards, we need to consider up front what's going to happen when one of our users' machines gets trashed and they lose those their self-issued card. Even if you're a website whose security bar is so low that you can simply email the user her password, that's not going to work with an information card! Regardless of the secondary authn mechanism you're considering (if any), I'm curious to know how you're thinking of exposing this "information card reset" feature to the user. It might be a good idea to have a relatively standard way of ...Show All

• rpmcontrols Difference using WorkflowQueuingService and ExternalDataExchangeService

  Hi Im playing with WWF and wondering what the difference is between using WorkflowQueuingService and using ExternalDataExchangeService I have read alot about why we need all these layers when dealing with workflow data exchange (support for pasivation eg). Ok. i thought that ExternalDataExchangeService solved that problem. No I just downloaded chapter 3 of Dharmas book (Essential Worfklow) wich states: " Although various communication technologies (such as WCF or ASMX) can be layered upon WF, they all must use the WorkflowQueuingService to robustly deliver data to passivated WF program instances " Where does that leave ExternalDataExchangeService regarding pasivation And what is the techinal/implemention wise diffrenc ...Show All

• justin tighe Is that possible build XOML workflow without visual studio?

  we want to build a workflow desinger based on Microsoft WF engin, which allow customer to build some simple workflow using our application. So, is that possible we set make activities, the customer can add states, events, bring then together, and we make a XOML file based on there settings, and then compile it to dll, add to the application can some one provide some material about this Tom, kushals... Help Thanks thank you, i also found OutlookWorkflowWizard in SDK :) Mirricle, Have a look at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480213.aspx There is a lot of freedom to customize the workflow to your specific needs. ...Show All

• JCDS How to create XPS in an application without .Net 3.0?

  Hi, We have an application that needs to run in a .Net 1.1 environment that needs to generate XPS documents from a combination of TIFF files, Word documents, text documents etc. What are our options Hi, Here is an xps library for .net 2.0: http://www.html-to-pdf.net/xps-library.aspx Good luck. We're beginning to see more and more custom solutions being developed to handle just this situation. One option you can try today is to use the Microsoft XPS Document Writer (MXDW) which installs as a print-to-file driver on your system and can be used from any Windows app that has a print feature. It shows up as another printer in the print dialog so just ...Show All

• Mr Pro Tools How to use KSStudio to test the property supportied by USB Camera Driver?

  Hello Everybody!I'm now using the KSStudio to test the API of my USB Camera's driver. The step is as following:1. Open KSStudio and double-click the device name under "KSCATEGORY_CAPTURE Filter Factories" in Filter Factory view.2. Click "Misc. Supported PropertySets" in Object Details view. Right-click on a property, like KSPROPERTY_VIDEOCONTROL_ACTUAL_FRAME_RATE, and click Refresh. Then the Logging Window output:Getting property KSPROPERTY_VIDEOCONTROL_ACTUAL_FRAME_RATE KSPROPERTY_VIDEOCONTROL_ACTUAL_FRAME_RATE get failedI'm not sure if this means my driver is incorrect or my operation is incorrect. Any one who can help me will be greate appreciated! [moving to DirectShow forum] ...Show All

• fredrikt Logic 5.5

  Has anyone tried Logic 5.5 in Vista It still runs smoothly in XP, but I'm not so sure about Vista... Would appreciate to hear your experiences! Thanks very much for your answer, Oliver Lundt! I will certainly try other forums. The vendor nowadays is Apple MacIntosh, so I'm not too sure if they have useful information about this - especcially since this (5.5) is an old version of the software. Which also means that, if I cannot use it in Vista, I have no other option than to switch to an Apple computer. This forum is actually for helping developers get application compatible with vista. You might have more luck in a different forum. However I wanted to give a best e ...Show All

• robydx Can Activities defined in XOML file share data?

  Hi, I have seen an example "DesignerHostingApplication" where we define Prompt and Message activities and create XOML files and run them. My Question is How do we get the activities in the XOML to share data I want the answer for the Prompt Activities to be shared by Message Activity so that I can display the Answer as a part of Message. Please help Activity binding : < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <SequentialWorkflowActivity x:Name="CustomWorkflow" xmlns:ns0="clr-namespace:ActivityLibrary;Assembly=ActivityLibrary, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null" xmlns:x=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml " xmlns=" http://schemas.microsoft.c ...Show All

• Grayson Peddie Problem with activity execution status

  Hi All, I am having a state machine XOML Workflow which has custom activities in it.I have the activity execution status method for the custom activity.When i run the xoml i am able to create the workflow instance but i am not able to get the workflow in the method what i have in custom activity to execute.I set a breakpoint in that method and tried running the workflow.I am not able to execute the custom activity in the workflow.Can anyone help me to sort this out Thanks in advance. Karthick. Hi Tom,    Thank you very much.That solved the problem.Now it's working fine. Karthick. Hi Tom, Thanks for ur reply.I am having a custom activity w ...Show All

• Jean-Pierre Fouche UI.Automation and IE7

  I am trying to understand to what extent I can automate a web app using UI.Automation and IE7. I was expecting to be able to interact with the page however all I see in UISpy are the items like the Status Bar and the favorites etc. Am I missing something obvious Any pointers appreciated. Thanks, -jim I'm afraid I can't provide any useful information about the future. Current IE support is based on MSAA, and UI Automation clients are seeing the objects through the fallback MSAA provider. As a result, you don’t see what you’d see from a browser with native UI Automation support. Thanks, are there plans to improve the IE support Cheers, -jim ...Show All

• tjams Workflow with id "xxxxxxxx" not found in state persistence store ???!!!

    Hi friends: Please Help me !!!  -_-|| I use WWF beta2, StateMachine Workflow When run WWF beta2, I use 2 databases, the name was WorkflowStore and WorkflowTracking, the string below is the connection strings to the 2 databases in web.config <add type="System.Workflow.Runtime.Hosting.SqlWorkflowPersistenceService,System.Workflow.Runtime, Version=3.0.00000.0, Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35" connectionString=" Data Source=ServerName ;Initial Catalog=WorkflowStore;User ID=sa;Password=MyPass;" LoadIntervalSeconds="2" UnloadOnIdle="true" /> <add type="System.Workflow.Runtime.Tracking.SqlTrackingService, System.Workflow.Runtime, Version=3.0.00000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856a ...Show All

• Wahl04 How to register COM component?

  Good day all! I need to register a COM component (IE bar) in Vista. I do this in the following way: regsvr32.exe mycom.dll Of course, I get error "0x80070005 ACCESS DENIED". After some investigation I add to manifest file next strings: <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v2"> <security> <requestedPrivileges> <requestedExecutionLevel level="requireAdministrator" uiAccess="false"/> </requestedPrivileges> </security> </trustInfo> I am logged in like user with "Administrator" account type. When I try to register DLL I am always get access denied error. I go thru code, and found a trouble: ::RegSetValueEx return 5, when add ...Show All

• Blair Allen Stark delay driven event on a state

  I'm sure i'm overlooking this, but how do you put a delay driven event onto a state I'm trying to design a state machine workflow such that if the workflow has been in the State for more than X hours or days, to fire an event (causing a state transition). This is logic specific to the design of the workflow.  Some states might need this, others not, in some workflows, not others. Thanks :) Tom, You suggested: In a timer driven state change, you create a EventDrivenActivity on the state, then add a Delay followed by a SetState (no handleExternalEvent). So...what do you mean: "if you do decide to fire the event" (since there'd be no handle event, and thus no event to fire) ...Show All

• Abe1816 Problem Integrating WF with Visual Studio

  I have just set up a clean installation of Vista Beta 2 64 bit ()build 5384) with the intension of testing out WorkFlow I have followed the instructions to install Visual Studio, the SDK and Orcas. Starting up visual studio I get no WF option in the project types And when I try and install Visual Studio 2005 extensions I get the follwoing error message: Platfor Prerequisites Missing -- Windows Workglow Foundation version 3.0.4125.0 I have checked the WF components are turned on in control panel and it is. "Interestingly" if I create one of the new Windows(winfx) project types I get a load of new WinFX items I can add but they all display as a black window without any tools that can be dragged on... which is m ...Show All