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• Matt Falzon Testing each executable for UI thread problems

  Test Case 32 is about how the UI thread of each application executable handles exceptions. The word "each" is bold and underlined, still: System Services and Command Line applications do not need to have an UI thread. Also, some command line apps may be finished within milliseconds, giving no chance to insert anything. What to do about those Working on getting an answer to this. Sorry about the delay. I have an answer on this now.... Even non UI executables must meet this standard. For executables that run only a second.... The method of testing is to: break the executable into the debugger, grab the thread and attempt to inject the crash into the thread once released by the debugger. In ...Show All

• Daniel Gary WorkflowSubscriptionService

  Dear sir please give ideas about WorkflowSubscriptionService. I am excepting some examples also. Advance thanks to all Regards vijil Bangalore Hallo Vijil, I have found a source code example that illustrates the use of the WorkflowSubscriptionService in the appendix to the following article: Author: Chris Auld Title: Simple Human Workflow This article is located at the home page of http://msdn.microsoft.com/winfx/technologies/workflow Hope that will help you, Iris ...Show All

• Cliff hewett Windows SideBar

  Is it possible to run WPF/E in a Windows SideBar Gadget I was hoping to build a demo of a SideBar Gadget that plays video, but I can't even get a basic WPF/E file to render in the SideBar. Thanks! On the face of it, SideBar Gadgets should be able to use WPF/E, but in my testing I couldn't get it to work. My guess is that there is some prohibition to using the <object /> tag...but I am not sure what they are using to host the gadget. Perhaps someone in WPF/E could chime in, but I think the real answer is to be had over on the SideBar forums. Actually I'm not. :) Windows Sidebar gadgets are made up of html + javascript. So WPF/E would be a great fit (if I could get it to work). ...Show All

• yromanen IDMOWrapperFilter::Init alternatives?

  Do DMOs really have to be registered in order to be used with the DMO Wrapper Filter I suspect the answer is "yes" based on IDMOWrapperFilter::Init. It would be nice if IDMOWrapperFilter::Init could take a pointer to an IMediaObject - that way the DMO could be "compiled into" our executable, it wouldn't have to be registered, and our proprietary algorithms in the DMO wouldn't be available for use outside of our application. (We compile many of our DirectShow filters into our application in this manner and it has worked great, not to mention it makes the installation a lot easier - almost an xcopy!) Are there any alternatives to the DMO Wrapper Filter that could wrap an IMediaObject in this manner I have done a ...Show All

• raz73 Hang with InvokePattern - Invoke

  Hi guys, I'm having a problem with the invoke functionality. I made a small test application which contains one button. The code in the click event is the following: Thread .Sleep(1000); MessageBox .Show( "MSGBOX1" , "MSGBOX1" ); Now from my other application that uses UIAutomation, I click the button with this code: InvokePattern ctrl_invokepattern = ( InvokePattern )control.GetCurrentPattern( InvokePattern .Pattern); ctrl_invokepattern.Invoke(); MessageBox .Show( "Hmmm it doesn't get here " , "MSGBOX2" ); The code to click the button works, but the 'Invoke()' functions DOESN'T return So when the next line would be: click the OK button on MSGBOX1, this doesn't work! I first have to manually click on the ok button of MSGBOX1 ...Show All

• jshtz4 Software submission legal document signing problem

  Hello, I need to submit my software for the Works With Vista logo certification. However, I'm asked to sign some sort of a legal PDF form (which is fine by me). The only problem I'm facing is trying to sign the agreement. Any idea how I can go about doing this Thanks, Bobby. Hello Bobby, see please chapter 9 (on page2 and 3) of the Master Software Logo License Agreement.   You have to mail + fax this the agreement signed to MS to the announced address. At least this is what I did.   Still no answer - also on my follow-up fax. Let`s see what will come out :-) Perhaps some of the officials here can ask for me Erkan YILMAZ You are most welcome pal :-) ...Show All

• Will Merydith Burning A DVD In Vista

  hello to all,....first, forget me if the post is not in the right place. Well, i have a problem in windows vista,....i have a dvd burner (pioneer dvd dvr 110D model) but the windows vista, i dont know why, do not rrecognizes the right speed to burn on my dvd (16x max velocity) some times, is 1x, other times is 4x :S...is in vista only because a week ago, in xp work’s just fine, and i do not have problem with nothing except in xp i have problem with the security, thats is the reason for what i move my sistems files to vista and the second problem is i dont know what program i must use to burn dvd/cd/iso, etc in vista, in xp i always use nero last version, but because the vista directx 10, i cant install nero 7.X because the program forced m ...Show All

• StefanKZVB Error accessing registry when creating ActiveXDLL in Visual Basic

  I'm trying to port some old programs over to Windows Vista. I'm hitting registry access problems when trying to create an ActiveX DLL project in Visual Basic 6. If a create a new ActiveX DLL project and then try and make it I get an error "Error accessing the system registry". I suspect this is also related to a problem when registering DLLs built under Windows 2003. I assume this is a security issue with Vista but my user is in the Administrators group. Anyone any ideas brizie_d, I'm sure you already figured this out, but if you run VB as an administrator it will probably fix the problem. I had the same problem and as soon as I saw your posting, I figured it was security in Vista (since ALL pr ...Show All

• jatwood Tablet for non-tablet PC's

  Hello, I am developing in an environment where there will be an equal mix of tablet and non-tablet PC's. I want to use the Ink API, but getting it to work on non-tablet PC's requires installing the tablet PC SDK. I have two questions: 1. Will .NET 3.0 enable all PC's regardless if they are tablet or not to run tablet ready applications 2. Is there anything small and simple users can install to make use of tablet ready applications other than the entire SDK Thanks, Jon Hatalla edit: Started new thread Regarding question 1: Yes, the Ink API in WPF (.NET 3.0) is available on any computer configuration where .NET 3.0 is installed. Thanks! Hi Jon, ...Show All

• Pavan Battula Credential Provider / User Session Question

  Hi, Is there any way for a credential provider to associate some of the data that is provided by the user at the logon UI page with the subsequent session that the user receives I think the answer is no, since none of the ICredentialProviderCredential methods expose any information about the user's session, but I was wondering if there was some other API that I could use during the ReportResult function to get some form of unique session identifier. Thanks Couple corrections: Even prior to Vista, winlogon could exist in sessions other than 0 (Terminal Services connections, Fast User Switching). Also, WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId returns the TS session id of the session currently bound to the physical di ...Show All

• Daikoku COM Elevation and dcomcnfg

  We have successfully implemented COM elevation for English Vista but are encountering problems on localized versions of the OS. We have been following the steps outlined here . The root cause seems to be that the registration at install time via dcomperm fails. Even trying to set the Access permissions manually through dcomcnfg on both German Vista and XP fails. It seems like “Interactive” is not a recognized name. How do you give the interactive user permissions to the COM object on non-English versions of Windows Thanks You can use a script such as SID2Name or use the APIs to get the localized name for Interactive user account (S-1-5-4). You can then feed it to DCOMPERM ...Show All

• VIJAYMODI_81 streams.h

  I've got some older examples that I'm trying to compile, and I can't find a header with some of the base classes. The source that I have says they are in Streams.h, but I can't find the file among the latest Platform SDK. Help please... Kaychoro Because you should use instead the "Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit for Windows Vista" http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=C2B1E300-F358-4523-B479-F53D234CDCCF&displaylang=en which contains streams.h in the DirectShow BaseClasses folder. This SDK runs also on XP. Streams.h is in the BaseClasses which is in the samples directory of the PSDK. Samples/Multimedia/DirectShow/BaseClasses. You need to add that path ...Show All

• Galin Iliev Timers in a Workflow hosted in ASP.Net

  Hi I'm building a web based workflow application and need to monitor the progress of the requests entered into the application and if a request hasn't been actioned after a period of time; send a notification email. I've read several posts and bloggs that state the Persistence service is responsible for monitoring Workflows that are in an idle state and then responding to delays within the Workflow that expire. I realise that because of the nature of ASP.Net the runtime is unloaded after each call, so I'm confused as to how, if the service isn't instantiated, it can perform this task. Thanks for any help. DB So if that is the case, would I be better off having a Windows Service that would be ...Show All

• RizwanSharp Installing a SCR file

  I have questions about proper installation of a screen saver (SCR) file under Windows Vista. 1. When using an installer, is the proper method to copy the SCR file to the C:\Windows folder and set the registry key Or is better to do something like in #2 below... 2. If you right-click a SCR file, Vista has a popup menu which offers to "Install" the screensaver for you. 2a. Technically, how does this work exactly 2b. Is there a way to get this function to work via the API In other words, can one create a SCR file which when activated on the desktop, calls the self-install methods 1. The recommendation is to use an MSI to install it. 2. The "Install" menu optio ...Show All

• GGardiner Confused, what is the relation between MSDTC timeout and System.Transaction Option?

  What I seem to be seeing is that when I create a System.Transaction with: transactionOptions.Timeout = new TimeSpan (0) but keep the COM+ Explorer MSDTC timeout at 60sec it timesout at 60secs. I don't have have Enterprise Services attribs on my code. What's happening or am I just going mad! You're a star thanks. Pkr2000, Sorry for the confusion. The 10 minute timeout comes from MaximumTimeout property for System.Transactions. For reference see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.transactions.transactionmanager.maximumtimeout.aspx and http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=293621&SiteID=1 The setting from the COM+ Explorer should not influence you ...Show All