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• kinggt4 web.config and state machine workflow problem

  hi, i based a test developpement on the ASPNETStateMachineWorkflow example found on the WWF web site and i'm having a problem. I'm doing something wrong in my web.config file and i really don't know what, even after searching on this forum and other places. I also try to solve my problem by looking at web.config files in other examples, no luck. Here is my web.config file code : < xml version = " 1.0 " > < configuration > < configSections > < section name = " WorkflowRuntime " type = " System.Workflow.Runtime.Configuration.WorkflowRuntimeSection, System.Workflow.Runtime, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35 " /> </ configSections > < appSettings /> < ...Show All

• susantez Repeat processing for multiple users in state machine

  Document review workflow with one to many reviewers. Each reviewer can approve, reject, skip, submit comments, etc. (i.e. several possible events). I am looking for recommendations on how best to implement this facet of the state machine. I am really struggling with parent/child workflow communication. I can start a subworkflow and pass it the parent workflow instanceId. However, I can't figure out how to raise an event back to the parent workflow once the subworkflow is completed. I can't seem to find any method that would handle me the workflow runtime from within an Activity. So when you say "call a service to raise an event back to the parent", I'm really not sure what kind of service to cal ...Show All

• kevlar623 MFC CSocket problem in Vista

  Dear Newsgroup, I've got the problem, that CSocket::Create gets the error 0000273F (german error text: "Es wurde eine Adresse verwendet, die mit dem angeforderten Protokoll nicht kompatibel ist.") if the program uses MFC DLL in a shared library with Vista Beta2 (Build 5384). To reproduce the behaviour: - create MFC project (I've done it with VC6) - use MFC in a shared library (_AFXDLL defined!) - activate Windows Sockets Put the following code into a function: ----------------------------------------------------------------- CSocket *s = new CSocket (); if ( 0 == s->Create ( )) { LPVOID lpMsgBuf; DWORD dwErrorNo = GetLastError(); if ( 0 == dwErrorNo) return; FormatMessage ( FORM ...Show All

• Scott Simms Verifying user's password

  During my install I prompt the user for their username and password. I then try to verify this, but it requires elevated priviledges. The documentation says to add the msidbCustomActionTypeNoImpersonate flag to custom actions, but this flag only works on deferred actions. Does anyone know of another way that I can verify the users password Thanks, Anthony Why do you need to (The reason I ask is because >90% of the time when this question is asked, there is a better solution to the underlying issue than prompting for and handling passwords.) It is designed for a domain environment. Anthony I ne ...Show All

• Xinhai Li persistence problem after host application restart

  Hi,everyone! I'm a newer to WWF. I created a StateMachineWorkflow Application much like the OrderWorkflowSample(lab04),and I added the FilePersistenceservice(in the Sample of "Technologies\Hosting\CustomPersistenceService") for it. It works well while running,and I could get the custom properties's value in my custom StateActivity. The problem I am facing is it lost state information (include custom properties's value)When reload workfloaw instances after host application restart. I has some question: What information does the persistence service serialize where is the workflow instance's state information holden during running How to solve it any suggestion thanks! When the workfl ...Show All

• Sanje2v previewing Video From Capture Devices on a network

  Hello, i want to preview video from a camera via a network ( an analog camera and capture card) with DirectShow Please help me or give some references, actually some quick reference (I don't have enought time) Thank... hey bartek, i have mailed you can you please check your emial and reply me. Thanks Sumit Ghosh Excuse me, can u tell me which example is about the previewing video via a network video device thanks Hi, Some time ago I have made an application which uses DirectShow to preview, capture and stream over a network video from a capture device. If you want to see the demo or get some info about video streaming write me an email: bartheq at poczta dot onet dot pl. Bes ...Show All

• DQM Question about the Tracking Service

  Hello I have a workflow that looks like this, and I have the SqlTrackingService enabled and running for it: Workflow1         SequenceActivity1                 SequenceActivity2                         CodeActivity1                         SequenceActivity3                       &nb ...Show All

• Aleniko29139 TEST CASE 30: Problems with verification on Russian Windows Vista

  Our product has Russian language only, and we test it on Russian localized version of Windows Vista. The behavior during TEST CASE 30. Verify the application is Restart Manager Aware (Req:3.1) is not correct. Let me explain. Our product is not a service and is not designed to restart after shutdown, so to test I used the command: rmtool.exe –p dwPID –S The product does close. When I tested on English Windows Vista, I did get only the Information message (in fact there were three Information messages: Starting session, Shutting down the application, Ending session). But when I tested the behavior on Russian Windows Vista (both 32- and 64-bit versions) I did get the additional 4th message of Warning type, saying that ...Show All

• Kailai How can i execute an activity that’s not on top of a workflow?

  hi, does anybody know how it is possible in a given sequential workflow to "goto" an activity and execute it, for the case that this acitivity is not the first on top of the workflow (e.g. a workflow containing three codeActivities and i wanna be able to execute the second activity first. With other words activity 2 is my entry point) Another option is to create your own custom activity / workflow with the execution semantics you want. In order to have a true goto type activity the parent needs to control this. glasgow1, The ConditionedActivityGroup activity can help you for this case.  - have a look at this forum for this topic http://forums.microsoft.com/M ...Show All

• talha zia Activities with Collection Properties + Undo...

  Hello, I have an activity with a couple properties that are collections and we allow the user to edit these via the standard .NET collection editor. This works great, except that we cannot get edits to these collections to work with Undo\Redo in our rehosted editor. It seems that the serializer used by the undo engine, when serializing specific members, does not serialize collections properly - instead you get the string "(Collection)". Thus making undoing changes to the collection impossible. Note that serializing the entire activity works as expected (the property is marked with [DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)]) Does anyone have any experience with collection properties on activities an ...Show All

• Risker batching : IPendingWork.Commit

  MSDN Says : " The workflow runtime engine calls the Commit method when its semantics dictate that the pending work in the work batch should be committed . When it reaches a commit point, the workflow runtime engine calls the Commit method on each IPendingWork object in its work batch; the workflow runtime engine passes the Commit method the collection of items associated with that IPendingWork object. Either all of the work in a batch succeeds or none of it succeeds. You should throw an exception if any of the work items passed to the Commit method in your implementation cannot be committed. Depending on your implementation, you may want to perform some rollback in your Commit method if it cannot commit its work items. If th ...Show All

• Gravy Synchronous workflow invocation and transactions over workflows

  Hi all, currently we're planning to use Windows Workflow Foundation for the development of our administrative applications. These applications are inherently based on statemachines: users have to fill in documents that can traverse various states. Related documents are in turn put in a 'file', which can also be in various states. To implement this we use the StateMachineWorkflow provided by WF, where each document and file type has a corresponding workflow type. The system we use has the following characteristics: The system is message based: GUI applications post messages containing xml documents at different priorities, which are then picked up by a windows service on a server, that hosts the workflow runtime. This windows service does ...Show All

• AlexBB Why does Windows Defender block my startup program? How to resolve this problem?

  Hello everyone! I have a problem that other people may have as well. I added my program into Windows Startup, the registry entry is locate at CURRENT_USER/.../Run. Everytime Vista starts up, Windows Defender blocks my program. I found that my program hadn't got the signature certification. So as Google Talk, but it hasn't got signature certification too. So, how can I resolve this problem and let me program run at Windows Startup Does anybody have some suggestion or tip Thank in advance. Thanks for your reply! But can I resolve this problem by programming but not only let users resolve it themself Can I resolve this problem by programmi ...Show All

• joeydj While loop only executes once

  Hi I want to use the While activity in a workflow I'm developing, however I have the following problem. The the first time the while loop condition is evaluated it returns true so the contained activity should be executed (I have a code child activity that just writes to the console). However the code activity is not executed. The workflow is persisted and then nothing else happens. I've been looking at the WhileAndParallel sample program to see if I'm missing anything. This runs fine as supplied. However if I move the workflow into my host and execute it there, the same thing happens - the loop condition evaluates to true and then the child activity is not executed. Is there something obvious that I could be doing in my host t ...Show All

• Juergen Lorenz Function Discovery

  Where can I find a working sample of using Vista Function Discovery The sample in the latest SDK does not build. Thanks, Kevin Yeah, I know how it goes. Glad you didn’t give up. J In [Program Files]\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Include I see: Functiondiscovery.h Functiondiscovery.idl Functiondiscoveryapi.h Functiondiscoveryapi.idl Functiondiscoverycategories.h Functiondiscoveryconstraints.h Functiondiscoverykeys.h Functiondiscoverykeys_devpkey.h Functiondiscoverynotification.h Functiondiscoveryprovider.h Functiondiscoveryprovider.idl Functiondiscoveryserviceids.h If you don’t have all of those headers in the include directory, I recommen ...Show All