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• bennykavil MS Office with vista rc1

  I got windows vista rc1 (build 5600) that I downloaded freely from microsoft website.. now the question is: "What version of Office - and how can I get it - that works with this copy of windows " I downloaded Office Technical Refresh but it didn't work. It gave a message which didn't look like an error one, but after then nothing else happend, but anyway it didn't install the programs of office suite is there a beta release that is available in the present time and compatible I can't tell you how much I need to install the Office applications.. please help Hello Mr SheeN, I did a little research and found this posting. http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx PostID=765315&a ...Show All

• robinjam 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

• ssfftt 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 Can I resolve this problem by programming but not only let users resolve it themself Does anybody have some suggestion or tip Thank in advance. Thanks for your reply! But can I resolve this problem by programm ...Show All

• Micael Baerens Vista: Hardware Event Credential provider

  Hi, I try to rewrite our Gina as Credential provider for Vista. Our Gina allows users to log on either by entering username/password/domain or for some of them who do not know their password by using a smartcard. There is no problem with the credential provider in charge of managing username/password/domain scenario but I am facing a problem with the hardware credential provider. Our smarcard does not contain any certificat, it contains employee information, in fact username/password/domain and other usefull infos. To start the development of this cred prov I used the sample given by Microsoft (SampleHardwareEventCredentialProvider) but I think there is something wrong with this sample. Indeed this sample is based on a thread that ...Show All

• Jan Byvaly How to fix the workflow monitor sample

  Does anyone know how to fix the workflow monitor sample program The workflow monitor is failing on this line of the ViewHost class: WorkflowTheme .CurrentTheme.AmbientTheme.ShowConfigErrors = false ; This code can be found in the constructor of the ViewHost class. Using the monitor program I can see the workflow and the activites that have executed. However, I cannot see the actual picture of the workflow in the designer. My version of the VS2005 Extensions is 3.0.4125.0 My code for the workflow monitor lives in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Workflow Foundation\Samples\Applications\WorkflowMonitor All workflow reference assemblies are located in C:\Program Files\Referenc ...Show All

• Rabtok Creating controls without XAML?

  I assume this might be coming in a later release, but it seems like an unecessary restriction to be required to create controls using XAML (i.e. CreateFromXaml). A method that just takes a typename and a namespace might just be more natural for programming against: function Create(tagName[, namespaceUri]); The nameSpaceUri param is optional and defaults to XAML's v1 namespace when not specified. This way I don't have to think in XAML so much and can just think about creating my instance by type and go off an set the properties using JavaScript. Just thinking out loud, Drew Thanks for the feedback, Drew. We may be adding the functionality you describe in the future... we tackled "createFr ...Show All

• deen ManualWorkflowSchedulerService, Event and HttpContext in ASP .Net

  hi, I'm trying to write a Pageflow in ASP .net with a workflow but I've got some issues using the ManualWorkflowSchedulerService. Here is how my program work: -I launch a workflow with a HandleExternalEventActivity -When i click on a button in an ASP .Net page, it sends a ChangePageRequest (my event) - the event is received by the workflow and then a CallExternalMethod sends the url of the next page to the web site. the problem is that when i don't use the ManualWorkflowSchedulerService, when i try to use HttpContext.Current.Response.redirect(url), Current is null. According to this thread: (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=346551&SiteID=1), i must add the ManualWorkflowSchedulerService 1) What i have understood is ...Show All

• chakravarthy_b Writing to Global Shared memory from an Application in Vista.

  Hi all, Global shared memory is created by a service which is used by my user mode application to communicate with the service through global mutexes and events. This as of now works well in Vista RC1. 1) Are there any restrictions that an application should not write to global shared memory already created by service This application does not has any elevated privileges. 2) Can application created global named objects like event and mutex Again the application is running under a standard user privilege and not as admin. 3) Can a 32bit application on a 64bit machine get interfaces to a 64bit Local server COM object Is there any special processing required in the 32bit app or in the 64bit local server COM object. Regards, ...Show All

• KitWest Question on an old 16-bit application

  We have a legacy 16-bit application that we still support. It was originally designed for Windows 3.1 (remember that ) and its architecture requires a "feature" of 16-bit DLLs where different applications could share the memory space of a common DLL. In the example, the central admin.dll stores the state of the logged in user to the application. Other "modules" can then call that DLL and read and update the state. This has worked all the way up to Windows XP. As we know, in the 32-bit world, and the more secure world of application programming, we wouldn't want to allow different applications to "borrow" the memory space of a DLL, so each application gets its own instance of the DLL, but it seems there was ...Show All

• ManjuVijay Capture alpha bitmap for a window / GetWindowRgn under Vista

  GetWindowRgn returns ERROR for a window rendered under Aero Glass, while it returns a region that outlines the rounded window corners with Aero Glass turned off. Perhaps this is to be expected, since it similarly returns ERROR for per-pixel WS_EX_LAYERED windows in XP. But is there any way to obtain a 32-bit bitmap with alpha values for a specific HWND Or if not that, a way to obtain the non-transparent region of a window I basically want to capture the image (following the rounded corners in the titlebar) of a window without the windows that show up behind it. Shunt What version of Vista are you using Was this resoved with RTM version No, this issue was not resolved with the RTM version o ...Show All

• Jan Byvaly CAsyncSocket broadcast problem in Vista

  Hello Everyone: I have wrote some code using MFC CAsyncSocket to broadcast. The program run correctly under Windows XP, but not Vista(). The broadcast packets cannot be captured when running in Vista. Is there some MFC supporting problem for Vista Or other reasons I need your HELP! Thanks a lot. The code is like this: int flag=1; int rflag = 0; int len = 0; CAsyncSocket *s; if( !AfxSocketInit() ) return 1; if( ( s = new CAsyncSocket ) == NULL ) { return 2; } struct in_addr in; char temp[20]; in.S_un.S_addr = inet_addr("127.0.0.1"); strcpy(temp, inet_ntoa(in)); if ( !s->Create(SRC_PORT, SOCK_DGRAM, FD_READ, temp) ) { int i = GetLastError(); delete s; return 3; } if ( !s->S ...Show All

• Alex Dresko (MVP wannabe) Need info on Vista and VS 2005

  I am soon will be upgrading my 32 bits XP Pro to Vista Ultimate possibily 32bit first. I going also to install VS 2005 Pro & SQL Server 2005 Pro on it. The Vista OS has .Net framework 3.0 and the 2005 obviously have framework 2.0. At present, I do not know much about framework 3.0 yet and what can I expect to see when using VS2005 under Vista. My questions are, 1. Is there any conflict installing VS 2005 & SQL Server 2005 under Vista, and what consiquence of try to install older framework version on to OS that have newer version. 2. Can you develop & use framework 3.0 under 2005, or just only able to use 2.0 version. 3. My Existing projects done on XP Pro should be OK to work on Vista, or is it I am properly will ...Show All

• Raulsassaa Graph within a Filter

  Is it possible to create and run a filter graph within another filter I am trying to write a source filter. You will be able to specify the location of a graphedit file in the properties. The graphedit file will contain a graph that has a source and possibly some transform filters within it. My filter will run that graph, get the output and pass it along through my filter's output pin. Right now I am very new to DirectX. I do not understand how to get the data from the last filter in my internal graph so that I can pass it along through my output pin. Any help is greatly appreciated! Any time someone talks about passing data between graphs, I'm going to think about Geraint's GMFBridge. Have you taken a look http://www.g ...Show All

• rf09 Vista & Visual Studio 2005 SP1 build issues

  Hi all, The problem im about to describe occours with both the normal "Visual Studio 2005 SP1" and the new "Visual Studio beta Vista SP1 patch". EAC is enabled and Visual Studio is being run as Administrator. When building my C/C++ project i get the following errors: [code] 4>------ Rebuild All started: Project: transition-fade_cont_bri, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------ 4>Deleting intermediate and output files for project 'transition-fade_cont_bri', configuration 'Debug|Win32' 4>transition-fade_cont_bri : error PRJ0008 : Could not delete file 'd:\.....\source\build\debug_int\RSP0001052708772.rsp'. 4>Make sure that the file is not open by another process and is not write-protected. 4>transition-fade_cont_ ...Show All

• EricBrown event in a workflow

  is it possible that we declare an event for a workflow and write an eventhandler for this event in our Windows form. my problem is that i have declared an event for my workflow, but this event is not visible in my Host class so i cannot write a handler for it. What should i do Hi, Can you please provide more detail Is your goal to communicate between the workflow and the host If so, I would suggest the workflow host communication samples ( http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms742138.aspx ) Thanks, Ranjesh ...Show All