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  • Uninstall Vista SDK RC1
    by tuds47
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    Last post by tuds47
      • Hi To install the final Vista SDK (6.0.6000.0) I need to uninstall the Vista SDK RC1 (6.0.5536.0).. I have tried this through the add/remove programs, but something did go wrong and it was not uninstalled. In a previous thread i have read that installing the RC1 SDK would resolve this problem, but that is no longer avaliable on the webpage. How do I remove the old SDK or force the installation
  • CreateInstance failed
    by Sudip1
    13 Replies
    Last post by Dan_Mac
      • Here's the situation. I have a XAML only workflow in a C# project (A). The workflow references custom activities (derived from Activity etc) that are built in a separate project (B) in the same solution. The reference is via a namespace reference in the workflow XAML. (...... xmlns:ns0 = " http://ABC/ActivityLibrary ....) Project (A) has a reference to the dll generated by Project
  • Handwriting recognition
    by WoZoI
    10 Replies
    Last post by Eliot - MSFT
      • Hi, A customer of mine ask me to deliver to him a mobile application for tablet PC. In his features list he enumerate many time the need to write comments and that they will be handwriting recognized. I haven't already develop for tablet PC and I currently don't know how the proceed to the recognition. Does someone can : point me to MSDN (or not) articles that emphasis this c
  • copy user profile
    by Bernhard Hobiger
    2 Replies
    Last post by Karl D. Kayat
      • Is it possible to copy a user profile programmatically (e.g. using WMI) thanx in advance Bernhard
  • Cardspace behind a proxy?
    by Francis Shanahan
    14 Replies
    Last post by Rakesh Bilaney - MSFT
      • I'm testing managed cards with an STS hosted on the internet (not on localhost) and my test machine is behind a proxy. The proxy does not require authentication (to my knowledge). When testing from a machine not behind this proxy the claims are brought down no problem and sent to my RP. When testing from behind the proxy Cardspace returns a message "The card contents could not b
  • how to handle multiple validators
    by chakravarthy_b
    2 Replies
    Last post by Tom Lake - MSFT
      • Hi, I have a library of activities. More than one custom validator are available for an activity. At the host side, user wants a particular validator. Host application uses XAML workflows. So is there any way for the user to specify a particular valdiator for an activity through XAML file Regards, Chakri.
  • Workflow Properties provided by an ExtenderProvider
    by Raghu Vempati
    10 Replies
    Last post by R.Kishore
      • Hi, I am extending the properties to a workflow (or an activity) using the IExtenderProvider. The properties I provide are of different types (string, List<sometype> etc...). I am faced with two issues. 1. When I save the workflow to XOML, I cannot see these properties serialized to XOML unless I edit them. If I have any extended properties (attached dependency proper
  • Certified for Vista. Test Case 32.
    by Oleg63
    11 Replies
    Last post by Julien Roger
      • Hello , I've WER implementation from the Winqal Web site ( https://winqual.microsoft.com/help/default.htm#obtaining_a_verisign_class_3_digital_id.htm Developers Guide to WER ) employed in my MFC application, which is working perfectly on XP, but doesn't work at all on Vista. From previous publications I understood, the way to get it working on Vista is the new API only ( http://msdn2.micro
  • Specify TrackingDataItem Values
    by jfkrueger119584
    9 Replies
    Last post by Vegetta
      • Hello, I have created a custom tracking profile and one of the fields tracked is username. When I create the workflow, I pass in all of the parameters for the workflow (including items to be tracked) and the workflow is created fine and the items get tracked (entered into the TrackingDataItems table). My problem is that each step in the workflow posts to the TrackingDataItems table but alwa
  • How to create user-custom Workflow System based on WF
    by Raul.Zhu
    1 Replies
    Last post by Tom Lake - MSFT
      • Hi,all I want to create a workflow system which the users can certainly define their technological process,so i need a Form for users to define their process,i add the ToolBox of WF to my Application,then i can get the XOML.And some actitvities must be code by the deployer but user can not do this,so anyone can give some suggestions to do a user-defined workflow system,thx!
  • saml:Attribute and DisplayToken
    by shatokhin
    2 Replies
    Last post by shatokhin
      • Hi, I created RequestSecurityTokenResponse in which I wrote different value for saml:Attribute and DisplayToken (I modified SimpleSTS). For instance: ... < saml:Attribute AttributeName = " emailaddress " AttributeNamespace = " http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2005/05/identity/claims " > < saml:AttributeValue > viktor.shatokhin@microsoft.com </ saml:A
  • Edit mp3
    by c4p
    1 Replies
    Last post by Chris P.
      • Hello, I developing application which allow user to edit mp3 files. For example: I need to capture sound from micofone and then paste it at specified position in mp3 file. There is no ptoblem with capturing, but how I can paste sound pieces into source mp3 file PS. I'm using latest DirectShow .Net.
  • Adding a DependencyProperty to a State Machine Workflow
    by Chris Dunaway
    7 Replies
    Last post by Mahendra - MSFT
      • I have the following workflow: namespace SaafRequestWorkflow { public sealed partial class SaafWorkflow: StateMachineWorkflowActivity { public SaafWorkflow() { InitializeComponent(); } public string RequestId { get { return ( string )GetValue(RequestIdProperty); } set { SetValue(RequestIdProperty, value); } } public static readonly DependencyP
  • nested workflows
    by rkrishna
    1 Replies
    Last post by Charlie Liu - MSFT
      • Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to have workflows within workflows. for example if user submits a change request containing many changes and assuming that each one goes through a different workflow, can the change request as a whole be implemented as a workflow which will contain one or more workflows and whenever a child workflow transitions into a different state for example &quo
  • Looking for CardSpace Relying Parties
    by Caleb Baker - MSFT
    10 Replies
    Last post by Sebastian Ebling
      • It would be great to have a list of CardSpace enabled sites. I think this would be useful for people who are interested in seeing how CardSpace can be deployed. So if you know of a site, please reply to this post, and IĄŻll start looking into somewhere visible to maintain the master list. IĄ±ll start the list off with some of the sites I know of, please add any others https://info
  • MAJOR displaying differences from XP to Vista
    by tkrasinger
    1 Replies
    Last post by Kayleenw
      • We just built a WinForms-Application under WinXP and just opened it under WinVista. If you use the Class-Windows-Style under Vista, the Application looks as it is supposed to, but if you use the Vista-Design, many things change and the whole design fails. The buttons seem to have a bigger padding, they generally seem to be much bigger. A form built under 1024x768 in WinXP need a space o
  • Are arguments to workflow always passed as VAL??
    by Zulu
    4 Replies
    Last post by Zulu
      • Hi, I have a state machine workflow which has a local service defined for it to fire events and takes UserClassArgs as input. This UserClassArgs has a property Id of GUID type. I'm populating this Id only if some certain conditions are met. But when i access this property in my workflow host after the event has been fired, the Id comes to be BLANK, as if they property was never set which is not t
  • Installing Vista Ultimate from Universal Subscriber download...
    by theLooser
    4 Replies
    Last post by Cheapy
      • Hey All, I have downloaded " Windows Vista (x86) - DVD (English) " from MSDN Subscription. The description on the right hand pane says as shown below: Description This single download includes the following Windows Vista editions: Windows Vista Business Windows Vista Business N Windows Vista Home Basic Windows Vista Ho
  • Restoring a minimized window without repainting it
    by tiomeg
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    Last post by tiomeg
      • How can i tell a minimized window to restore/maximize without repainting it Right now i do like this but this repaints the entire window, which results in alot of flicker, even if dwm still has the thumbnail buffered. Code Block if ( this .originalStatusMinimized) { WINDOWPLACEMENT wp = new WINDOWPLACEMENT (); Win32 .GetWindowPlacement( this .HWND,
  • Unable to connect to STS,unable to run httpconfig
    by istn10
    2 Replies
    Last post by Daniel Bartholomew
      • Hello everyone, I am unable to connect to STS,from the downloaded samples,i am done with installation of certificates,creating managed cards, i tried running SetSSLCertificate.bat from command promt,getting the message HttpDeleteServiceConfiguration completed with 0 HttpSetServiceConfiguration completed with 0 Still i am not able to connect to STS. Can any body tell
  • Testcase 31: Problem with network-printer
    by AlexanderO
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mo Nail - MFST
      • Hello, we are using GridPrintDocument from Syncfusion for page-preview before the user prints the data. Everything works fine till AppViewer. If we try a page-preview with a network-printer as the standard-printer we got an exception while running AppViewer. In AppViewer we also get a log with 6 errors. But this only occours with network-printers. If I use a local printer (tried HP Deskjet 500 )
  • MS Product ID Tool fails to find my .exe
    by CrashDummy
    4 Replies
    Last post by CrashDummy
      • I am trying to start the Vista logo cert process, but the first step of generating a ID with the Microsoft Product Identification Tool fails to find my app.exe (Its a standalone.exe) I tried creating a folder under Program Files containing the .exe to no avail also. A simple [Browse] option would be nice in this scenario. I ran it with the latest version of AppId.msi available v1.10 Any ideas
  • No media error and FormatMessage
    by webcliff
    3 Replies
    Last post by webcliff
      • Hi there, I have two questions regarding to IDiscFormat2Data->get_CurrentPhysicalMediaType() method. 1. What is the best way to determine the "NO MEDIA" case Should I call IDiscFormat2Data->get_CurrentPhysicalMediaType() then check if HRESULT equals to E_IMAPI_RECORDER_MEDIA_NO_MEDIA Or there are other defined types/methods 2. When I got E_IM
  • An application need to send a command to a service...
    by KazhOo
    9 Replies
    Last post by KazhOo
      • Hello I took the ownership of a project The project is a VB6 Service The Service need to be in the system account because it needs to install MSI software (rights story) 2 or 3 applications launched as a different user can send commands to the service. The communication with the application and the service is simple and horrible The service sets in the registry the ha
  • MSAgent Character Sizing
    by Ken Wiens
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mo Nail - MFST
      • On pre-Vista versions of windows I was able to scale an MSAgent Character by changing the Characters Width and Height properties. Under Vista, the character window appears to be changing, but not the character graphics, so the right and bottom get cropped. Any thoughts/solutions