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• nononsense! OrderGroup class questions

  I have a few questions about the OrderGroup classes (ie. Basket/PurchaseOrder) that I was hoping I could get some clarity about: 1.) When I add a variant product to my basket, and I bind the LineItems collection of the basket or PurchaseOrder to my grid, the DisplayName associated is the Variant's DisplayName, which could be something like "Small, Green" where the product family displayname would be "Polo T-Shirt". How can I make the grid always display the product family's name rather than the Variant Displayname 2.) Can one run Pipeline components on Purchase Orders or only on Baskets I ask this because we have requirements that will allow an order processor to add items/modify items/qty/prices... etc.. after an ...Show All

• Romantic_touch #msntb_toolbar_full_name#

  I have the following sign come up on the screen. #msntb_toolbar_full_name# is unable to load config file. If you recently upgraded to a newer version of #msntb_toolbar_full_name # and have not restarted your computer since the upgrade,please try resarting your computer.If the problem persist,please reinstall the #msntb_toolbar_full_name#. I'm currently running WXP Home Edition,IE7. W Defender.This problem only occured after I completed system restore two days ago. Thanks to any person who can help. CEEBEE Hi Everyone, To uninstall the toolbar try this... If the toolbar is not listed in the Add/Remove Programs section of the Control Panel then the next thig to try is the Installer ...Show All

• doveshack Tabbed browsing suggestions

  Hi there, just thought I'd rant about tabbed browsing in Internet Explorer. I've got some suggestions based around the UI and how a user might expect the system to work. I hope this isn't all stuff you've heard before. Was going to post on Microsoft Connect Firstly, it would be nice if Internet Explorer remembered my tab order (not just the arrangement of the tabs in the browser, but which one was last accessed), and returned me to the correct previous tab upon closing the active one. This behaviour is adding an extra click when browsing through lists of links that open in new tabs, as I have to return to the correct tab (that contains the list) before I can click again to the next item. Secondly, I would expect to be able to 'pul ...Show All

• aaryan What's this forum for when there's no SDK?

  i hope i'm missing something. As far as i can gather: there is no SDK/API/Docs yet for WDS3. This means that it's impossible to develop any filters or protocol handlers (or to even know if WDS3 supports custom filters or protocol handlers). So without the ability to develop, what is the "Windows Desktop Search Development" forum for i see people asking questions - like they are developing stuff. i want to develop stuff! How are you developing stuff I feel your frustration -- this is extremely unprofessional (and lame). This product seems all but half-baked as not even these MS guys can tell you where to get non-VISTA WDS3.0 SDK from. The link provided in the response above sends to a lame MSD ...Show All

• kangalert Configuration Wizard (Admin database) fails

  We are currently installing a CS 2007 for a client. I have successfully completed the installation of CS and ran into some problems when running the Configuration Wizard. The log file contains the following [excerpt]: [09:21:14 INFO] Beginning configuration of feature Administration Database (Feature.MS.CS.Admin). [09:21:29 INFO] Database 'MSCS_Admin' exists on server 'SHOP' [09:21:29 INFO] The ComparisonStyle for Database 'MSCS_Admin' is 196609 [09:21:29 ERROR] CSConfig failed during configuration of feature Administration Database (Feature.MS.CS.Admin). [09:21:29 ERROR] Exception occured during feature configuration: Microsoft.CommerceServer.Internal.Config.ConfigurationException: Incorrect syntax near '0x0a0d'. Must declare the sc ...Show All

• megoo80 Windows Code Named Vienna

  Can Anyone tell me how compatible it is going to be with previous versions of Windows. Wasn't VB.Net a totally new start after VB.6 "Totally new start" stuff: http://research.microsoft.com/os/singularity/ " And that Microsoft will 'start from scratch' [with Vienna] because of the clutter Microsoft Windows currently has." After being incredibly successful with VAX/VMS, Digital undertook development of a new operating system code name "Prism" with a matching processor for Prism. The project was going successfully for about two year with Dave Cutler as the lead architect at which time Digital canceled the project. Cutler and ...Show All

• Marlun My creation: Color based object tracker

  Hey guys, I've created a program which uses a webcam to track things based on color. I'll use this as a vision system for some of my robots! Check it out on my blog: http://ashishrd.blogspot.com/2007/01/real-time-color-based-object-tracking.html Ashish Cool, you already did that. Just need more precision :). This + auto paint gun or BB gun (from Coding 4 Fun) = sentery gun. Weehoo, first target, my nieghbor kids. It can recognize an object in any direction. However, it can be fooled if some other object of the same color and size gets in the camera's field of view. :) Ashish I didn't test it. I am not a robot guy. But it seems like a pretty cool stuff. If now, you can record the object col ...Show All

• Teraabb Lookout Problem

  I can load and use Lookout OK in Outlook 2003. But, after closing Outlook the Lookout toolbar disappears. It's not in the list of disabled items. Help! Microsoft made using Lookout with Outlook 2007 deliberetaly impossible. WDS is bloatware. I want Lookout, a neat little utility that is a REALLY USEFULL addon to Outlook slow search. It's also configurable (xml). WHY ON EARTH DID MICROSOFT KILL THIS PRODUCT Yes, the index wasn't "realtime", but that's a no issue. Lookout just performed! Luckely you can still download Lookout: http://www.majorgeeks.com/Lookout_d4808.html It's just a shame that Microsoft punches it to the ground by hardcoding blocking code into Outlook 2007! Please bring it back. ...Show All

• Nightmare_BE Using Vista?

  Good idea Joe! Okay, I'll go first.  I'm using Vista RC1 full time now.  The computer seems quieter--doesn't take so many trips to the hard disk for VM paging.  I find going back to XP an unpleasantry, so I think Microsoft is succeeding here. Glass is nice.  I think the performance is what I expected it to be on an Intel Advanced Graphics card (Dell Dimension 9100).  Office 2007 is also pleasant to use, but they stil have some cleanup work to do on their UI. Who else is using Vista   Brian I have a non-primary computer with specs 512 MB Ram and 2.8 ghz HT, 128 mb graphics, would that have a lag-free full graphics Vista experience Your right. Its probably n ...Show All

• TestEng What language do you prefer?

  Could someone please enlighten me as to what the advantages and disadvantages of the following languages are, in general: C# C++ Visual Basic Also: I read somewhere that C++ was much better for game programming than VB, but why VB is easier to learn and use, so what are the advantages of C++ People here sure talk down vb.net a lot here... ease of use isn't just for "new programmers" after all! I think a person's programming background greatly influences which .net language they prefer. I come from a Fortran and Basic background, so I favor vb. I think most people with a C background prefer C++ or C#. I think the differences are miniscule. That being said, whenever technology branches I always seem to ...Show All

• Bahtiyar Omarov How can we make an ActiveX control interact with a USB controller?

  I am attempting to write an ActiveX control that will play an audio file while accepting commands from a USB-connected foot pedal. The USB foot pedal dll is a unmanaged, non COM-compliant dll that requires p/invoke to be used from .NET. How can I use an unmanaged DLL inside an ActiveX control I need this to work with Vista and IE7. I am replying to my own post in case somebody else has a similar question. To use an unmanaged .dll in an .NET ActiveX control, you must pre-install the .dll to the C:\Windows\System32 directory. COM+ and .NET dependencies will be downloaded automatically. Your ActiveX control will need full trust, so you have two options: Give the containing zone permissions to run full tr ...Show All

• Alanu Image rendering

  I have some line-draw JPG images in a Picture Library. Although JPG images often lose fine detail (like specific lines) when rendered smaller than actual size, I was pleased to see that in the Picture Library they rendered just fine. I also need the items in the Picture Library to display as thumbnails in a Web Part on a Dashboard. To do this, I used Sharepoint Designer and created a DataForm WebPart showing only the URL Path field. I then set the Picture Properties for the first cell in the table to the size that I wanted the thumbnail displayed as. This worked, but doesn't do the fine line rendering that the Picture Library thumbnail view does. Is there a way to turn this on Or is there a better way of displaying Picture Library ...Show All

• GreenStone90 How to replicate the default download process in Internet Explorer?

  Hey there, I would like to know how I can call the default download function of IExplorer. I implemented a custom download manager using the IDownloadManager interface because I needed to get some specific information about the file being downloaded. However, I don't want to override the whole download process. I just needed to intercept it, get the necessary information and let it carry on with the default process. Currently IExplorer is calling my IDownloadManager::Download() function everytime use clicks Save in IExplorer. Can anyone show me how to call the default process, or to replicate it Which means, open the save as dialog, download it and show the current progress dialog if necessary. Thanks a lot!!! Hey Rob, Thanks for ...Show All

• joeydj IE7 RC1 hangs upon open - keeps trying to connect

  I just tried installing IE7 RC1 onto my computer. Symantec anti-virus was disabled upon install. When I open up IE7, it tries to connect, but freezes my system. Tab stuck in Connecting... mode. The internet connection is set to Detect Automatically and doesn't have a proxy sever. I was able to connect previously when using IE6 and can connect without a problem when using Mozilla browser. Thanks for that - sorted me out after doing a fresh install + updates. Yahoo Companion would appear to have auto-installed itself from one of the driver disks. I just un-installed it and all was well again. Cheers Paul I'm having the same problems. IE integrates so much w ...Show All

• RemcoJVG A simple but very useable Perfomance Monitor with all Managed Code.

    This is a simple performance monitor which is made to run all the time on my system. It has a rolling display supporting single core, hyperthreaded and dual-core processors running on XP and Vista (administrator privileges required). It offers contnuous real-time displays of:   ·          Percent processor usage for each core. ·          Percentage of physical memory in use ·          Percentage of available virtual memory in use.     Right clicking on the monitor screen evokes a context menu for setting sampling intervals of 250, 500, 1000 and 5000 milliseconds. It also ...Show All