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• Mateusz Rajca Unable to create XPS doc with A5 pages

  I've been bashing my head against this on and off for days and finally accept defeat! How do you save or print items from an ItemsControl to an A5 page with a transform to fit the page I have 2 separate problems (I think):- 1) The XpsDocument ignores the PrintTicket and defaults to something like NorthAmericanLetter. 2) The items I'm trying to print are part of an existing visual tree. How can I scale and translate an item when writing it to the document without affecting what is currently rendered to the user This is the code I'm using:- public void SaveItems( ItemsControl ic, String fileName) { LocalPrintServer ps = new LocalPrintServer (); PrintQueue pq = ps.DefaultPrintQueue; // Set ...Show All

• albidochon problem with changing ACM codec's format - i am pretty desperate ...

  in my project I need to convert audio files to wav files with codec - specified by user (e.g. u-Law,ADPCM,a-Law) and format also specified by user (frequency stereo/mono etc.) ; the project itself is in C# ,but due to incomplete managed interfaces of DirectShow , I decided to use C++ functions that use DirectShow that I call from C# from DLL by platform invoke; the problem is in IAMStreamConfig interface -> SetFormat method returns VFW_E_NOTCONNECTED error , and I call SetFormat after I connect the graph (either manually or with intelligent connect) . after trying to solve this problem for several weeks I am getting pretty desperate...anyone knows maybe what can be the problem I set the format after ...Show All

• WHats wrong change the text shown when a toolbox item is dragged

  In an earlier thread I have asked this question but nobody could help. I am using the designer rehosting example from http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFDsgnRehst.asp How can I change the text, that is shown, when dragging activities over the designer surface I have tried to change Name, TypeName, DisplayName, ComponentClassName, QualifiedName but none of them helped. If you think, you know the answer, please provide some example code. Which name du you mean The name of the activities that appears inside the boxes The name of the workflow that appears above the activities There is no extensibility point for doing this and I ...Show All

• fulish1 Determining Process Integrity Levels -- windows platform sdk

  Hi, I'm a novice to window programming There are functions in vista-related docs that I'd like to use. eg)  Understanding and Working in Protected Mode Internet Explorer shows how to determine integrity level of a process. void ShowProcessIntegrityLevel() { HANDLE hToken; HANDLE hProcess; DWORD dwLengthNeeded; DWORD dwError = ERROR_SUCCESS; PTOKEN_MANDATORY_LABEL pTIL = NULL; However, the red-colored line produces an error. I found out that you need vista version of windows platform sdk when function information in msdn says that minimum operation systems should be windows vista. eg) ChangeWindowMessageFilter Function Function Information Minimum DLL Version user32.dll ...Show All

• XNA Rockstar WM_COPYDATA and manifest.xml?

  Dear all, As the suggestion from the topic " Drag n' Drop files in Vista RC1 " I write another program to support registry-key writing (for HKCR and HKLM) and use WM_COPYDATA to let two programs communicate. However, I find out that if I add "requireAdministrator" in manifest.xml for registry-key writing program, it can't get the WM_COPYDATA message on Vista. Is this another security issue Best regards, Shuyang This is exactly the same issue. Imagine the bad things you could do by sending WM_COPYDATA messages across security boundaries. ...Show All

• Chimme How do you host WWF 3.0 as a webservice (instead of using ASP.NET as a host)?

  Tom/Vihang/All WWF Gurus, Can someone please provide an example of how to host WWF 3.0 workflows as a webservice, instead of using IIS (ASP.NET) to call and host XOML only workflows Tom has provided examples of ASP.NET hosting and calling XOML only workflows (using tracking and persistence). I need to do the same with a centralized web service. The labs provided with WWF 3.0 are very similar to WWF 2.0 labs. I cannot find any examples that offer samples on how to host workflow runtime services via a webservice that can be consumed by one or more websites (on one or more webservers). MS suggests using a centralized webservice to host workflow runtime services, instead of using IIS. Unfortunately I did not find any code examples (I ...Show All

• ahmedilyas BDD tool (Business Desktop Deployment)

  Hi All, 1.How is BDD tool required in achiving the application Compliance. As per the documentation of the product it say's "it can suggesting best tool for the purpose it provides detailed steps for understanding compatibility issues " 2. IS this tool help full for achiving application porting from previous version of windows to Vista platform. 3.Does this tool help in achiving Logo certification for "Works with Windows Vista" or "Certified for windows Vista". Regards, Ajay kumar Hello Ajaykr, BDD is used for mass deployment of the Windows and Office platforms throughout an organization. It would seem that in BDD 2007, you can test application compatibility and attempt to ...Show All

• Eissing best practices for implementing the application compatibility

  hi, what can be the possible best practices needed to implementing application compliance for vista environment using ACT tool and framework can u provide me with some links regards, divya How to use Standard User Anylizer http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnlong/html/AppComp.asp frame=true#appcomp_topic29 Best Practices for Least Privileged Environment: Helps with Standard User Anylizer tool in ACT http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/accprotvista.asp Application Compatibility Cookbook: Helps with many other issues identified by ACT tools. (Also note the hands-on Lab link) http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsvista/aa904987.aspx ...Show All

• hte Is July CTP working on XP Pro?

  Mybe not, my installation ran into no error(XP Pro+WinFX+WWF +VS 2005 Extension) But when I tried to follow the first sequential workflow example of the "virtual labs", there were only 7 activities in the toolbox namely: "Compensate", "FaultHandler", "Suspend", "SynchronizationScope", "Terminate", "Throw" and "TransactionScope".  The "Code" activity is nowhere to be found.  In the screenshot inside the virtuallab manual, there were tens of activities we can choose from. What could I've missed Thanks for the information.   very stange, indeed; I've faced the same problem a few days ago with the workflow sharepoint sdk; use the following utility to updat ...Show All

• Sam4u2e COM Component Development with ATL

  In recent work, I found some COM components written in ATL cannot run correctly on Windows Vista. Some members of ATL classes which can be successfully called on Window XP return error code on Windows Vista platform. For example, the failure of calling CAtlServiceModuleT.ParseCommandLine() result in unable to register Windows system service. My platform is Windows Vista RC1 build 5483, Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition and Windows SDK Beta 2 build 5483.1.1 (achieved from http://blogs.msdn.com/tomarcher ). I wonder whether ATL is supported in the new platform. If so, what is needed library and how to configure the IDE. If not, is there any other technology to replace ATL I tried to implement an out of process server usin ...Show All

• wenxincao PROMOTING the CUSTOM PROPERTIES Of a CUSTOM ACTIVITY to PARENT CUSTOM ACTIVITIES in a CUSTOM WORKFLOW!!

  Hi all... How can i expose the dependecy properties of a custom acvitity to the parent custom activity to expose it in the main workflow The Scenario is...Have a custom activity "AssignTask" and it has 2 paremeters "Assign to" and "Assign Type".Im using this custom activity in another custom activities "UserTaskAssign" and "SuperviesorTaskAssign".And in turn im using these 2 custom activites in a sequential workflow.But the properties of the "AssignTask"(Child) activity is Locked!So i cant set the properties of this activity in the main workflow. Is there any way to expose or to promote the Dependecy properties of a custom activity in its parent custom activity inorder to get it in the workflow Pls Helpp. THanks in Adva ...Show All

• Bill Charley Just discussing the ExpenseReporting Sample

  Hi, After working on the ExpenseReporting sample code and discovering the Workflow engines and application , I have many questions for modifying the ExpenseReporting project by using a database for storing the reports and reviews. 1- When should I access to my database ( for inserting and updating the database) In which class the Workflow or localservice 2- In this case, is it necessary to keep the reference to the List<ExpenseReport> expenseReports variable in the localservice class, maybe it is more common to access the database to retreive the report state Thanks in advance. Thanks Matt, really helpful PS: I changed My Display Name ...Show All

• AndrewBadera Urgent WF Question - "Instance operation is not valid on workflow runtime thread"

  I really appreciate if you can help with this urgent question, it is really hindering my project progress. Basically, I am trying the change the Workflow when I get some Tracking Event while the WF is running. Basically I have a custom Tracking Service in the Send( TrackingRecord record) method I am trying to change the running instance but I get this error "Instance operation is not valid on workflow runtime thread"! Could please advice if there is any workaround to force the change of the running Workflow in response to a Tracking Event My scenario is that want to change the running WF in response to receiving UserTrackingRecord , any help is highly appreciated Note that I have tried  something like System.Threading.ThreadPool. ...Show All

• Peto_SVK I can't find the workflow items in VS2005

  I have installed .NET 3.0(July),MicrosoftR Visual StudioR 2005 Extensions for WindowsR Workflow Foundation Release Candidate 4, and SDK, but when I click new website in VS2005,I can't find the workflow items. Anybody can help me Thanks! If I remember corectly, that is a for a WCF service hosted in ASP.NET (not workflow) and is part of the development extensions for WCF/WPF. there is no version of this designer for the July CTP, but I think they will be in the next CTP. Matt there is no website project template. You'll need to do a New project and then look under C# or VB for the workflow category. In your case, you probably want to build a workflow library you can reference from your AS ...Show All

• Sheikd Problem with DependencyProperty

  Hi I have this dep. prop. in a Custom Activity public static DependencyProperty SucceededProperty = DependencyProperty .Register( "Succeeded" , typeof ( bool ), typeof ( CreateCustomer )); [ DesignerSerializationVisibilityAttribute ( DesignerSerializationVisibility .Visible)] [ BrowsableAttribute ( true )] [ CategoryAttribute ( "Parameters" )] public bool Succeeded { get { return (bool)(base.GetValue(SucceededProperty)); } set { base .SetValue(SucceededProperty, value );} } In the Execute method i do something like this: Succeeded = true; But i does not seem to have any effect. How come And second. How do I do it right Thanks in regards Anders, DK ...Show All