Problems printing maps!!

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    - Features and Improvements for ViaVirtualEarth.com Hi John A couple of things you may wish to consider including in the revamped website. Firstly from my own experience there seems to be two specific groups that use the forum. Developers System Architects, Web Page Designers, Project Managers, Marketing People etc. The important point is that many of the people that fall within group 2, are not programmers, but often play a key role in commissioning a VE project. Their questions tend to be more geared towards what is achievable using VE, and how maps can enhance their business. Perhaps it might be worth having a section that caters for these types of people, who want quick professional answers, or can use the section as an aid when designing, and writing software proposals/specifications. Bridging the gap in effect from an idea, and turning it into reality. Often what I have seen on the web with VE/Google Map implementations is that many of the more advanced uses of a map such as AJAX, polygons, polylines etc aren’t being used to their full extent by any means, even by large high profile organisations. Perhaps case studies on an industry-by-industry basis could also be included where VE developers can submit case studies detailing some of the more advanced features, and issues regarding the development, implementation, and benefits of a specific VE project. In effect a worldwide shop window for VE maps, where new potential VE customers can nurture/develop ideas with confidence in what they are proposing, so that their proposals at the sign off stage are sound, make good business sense, and most importantly of all get signed off. In effect a resource that a person with an idea can use, and within 1 hour can make a decision with confidence, to develop the idea into a firm proposal. The fundamental point here is, if people with ideas don’t know what is achievable, then many a good idea simply remains as an idea, and never gets developed. In converting ideas into business, a geographical register of contractors/software houses I think would be a great idea. Sage have done this extremely well here in UK. Perhaps the criteria to being listed on the register is that a website, or project is submitted for approval as an example of work, to ensure that reasonable standards of competence in developing a VE map exists. Equally specialist areas could also be listed, such as tracking, property marketing, environment, leisure, BI, government national/local etc, so that potential customers could be guided to the right contractor/software house who specialise in that field. I think this could be a great project for the use of a VE map. Whilst I fully accept that your resources may be limited, I would ask you to give the above serious consideration. In terms of cost Microsoft may wish to consider making a contribution out of their marketing budget, as I am sure that they would derive significant amounts of new business. Duncan Garratt Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - trouble with get direction hi, i use the map.getdirection for obtain the path from one point to another and if the command is in the main file (html, php, ecc...) i see the direction, the numbered point on map and the blue line that connect its. but if i insert the same command in another external script when i recall the function i've the same behavior but the system doesn't draw the blu line, anoyone can hepl me please Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - The date is wrong! Look! News and Updates 2007年 12 月4日 23:09:47 DragonWizards and ksh are now friends Upgrading Silverlight 1.0 2007年 12 月2日 7:18:04 Silverlight is growing up! The beta version has now expired, and the release candidate is... Read More... 2007年 12 月2日 1:14:50 DragonWizards and foreverunited are now friends 2007年 12 月1日 22:56:25 DragonWizards and amhaskar are now friends URL: http://www.popfly.ms/Home.aspx Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Constant Server is Busy Error Hi Everyone, Can someone PLEASE help I'm using the following code to link to a live map from our Intranet. It worked flawlessly for a couple of days (up until 2 days ago) and now I keep getting an error: The server is currently busy. Try again later. Can someone please help me figure out what's gone wrong (I've changed the collection ID# in this snippet to keep the data private). Thanks much! Code Snippet <html> <head> <title>Property Map</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <script src=" http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v4/mapcontrol.js"></script > <script> var map = null; function OnPageLoad() { map = new VEMap('mymapdiv'); map.onLoadMap = fnLoadCollection; map.LoadMap(); } function fnLoadCollection() { var veLayerSpec = new VELayerSpecification(); veLayerSpec.Type = VELayerType.VECollection; veLayerSpec.ID = "MYLAYER"; veLayerSpec.LayerSource = "53B50FB7FD5C639E!229"; //Tri-State Buildings map.AddLayer(veLayerSpec); } </script> </head> <body onLoad="OnPageLoad()"> <div><center><b>Northeast Region Accounts</b></center><br></div> <table> <tr valign=top> <td> <div id="mymapdiv" STYLE="HEIGHT: 600px; WIDTH: 800px; OVERFLOW: hidden; POSITION:relative; border: 1px solid;"> </div> </td> <td> <div id="searchresults"></div> </td> </tr> </table> </body> </html> Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Suggestion Req. – how to overlay USA Radar? Nice work Brian! I will definitely be in touch with you next month. Looks like you have a good product there. John. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Icon Hide/Show Status How can I determine in code if an icon is visible or not at any time. I can hide it or show it, and find out its position, but the position is still valid when the icon is hidden. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Virtual Earth Maps Flash API I have posted some code public that allows for Virtual Earth maps including birds eye view to be used in Flash. I intend to futher develop this to allow for at least adding placemarkers next. http://www.flashdynamix.com/blog/index.php/2007/03/05/google-windows-maps-flash-api-v10-as2-source Hope u find it of some use. thanks Shane M Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - SSL & VE5 (Destroying Users Faith in My Application) Spot on Rob! In Mixed security mode where your accessing non SSL content, like the VE API and tiles, you will get the warning message I assume you are talking about. VE does not support SSL and the best solution is to not use it. I would never claim that on mixed page that any part is secure. If the data you are putting on the map has to to be secured I would: a) Run that data within an intranet and restrict access. b) Use Mappoint Web Service to generate static images supported under SSL. The other option we have debated is whether you could setup a proxy service that supplied all the functionlaity of VE through SSL. This would require more thought. John. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Creating add-in with Visual C++ 2005 Express: possible? Hi there, I have programmed in C++ before and wanted to refresh all this by creating an add-in for Live Messenger. I downloaded Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition and started following this tutorial which uses Visual Studio and modified the registry so Live Messenger is ready to run add-ins. However, when I choose Class library from the New Project window, I end up with a bunch of .h and .cpp files and no .cs as shown in the tutorial. I can't find the Assembly name anywhere either. Is this a limitation of VC++ Express I decided it wouldn't be a big deal (yeah, bad attitude ) so I went ahead, added a reference to MessengerClient.dll and added more code to MyAddin.h but I can't get the program to compile (same thing happens when I add it to MyAddin.cpp). It just throws the following error: syntax error : missing ';' before '.' at line: using Microsoft.Messenger; I am a bit lost here as to what IDE I should use and how to get started on this! Can I develop add-ins with VC++2005 Express Edition Any help much appreciated. Thanks a bunch! Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Setting up alerts for my own blog This is not a question about development but there's nowhere else to ask it so.... I have recently set up alerts for my blog ( http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2007/06/25/Get-alerted-when-I-update-my-blog.aspx ). 2 comments about this: 1) I want to go back in and edit some details of the alert (e.g. the message that gets presented) 2) I want to find out who has subscribed to the alert Is it possible this functionality might be included in the future -Jamie Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Basic Live ID question Hi Alex, You are correct. Are you sure that this is not the case currently If you look at the source code for the iframe you should see that it uses the application ID and some cookie checks to determine whether you are logged in or not. Incidentally, to answer your other question about using iframes, in the final release it will be optional (though perhaps not recommended) and you will be able to construct your own Sign in/out links. Thanks. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Adding pushpins at specific altitude in 3D Ok, that was painful as it stopped working for me also. It would appear you need to set a customIcon veshape1.SetCustomIcon("pin.png"); and be running in a proper webserver not from the file system eg localhost/flyingtest.htm Then it works, I should do a video of flying pins...... John. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Tile Server and Security When using one's own tile server, are the images it serves sent directly to the end user's browser, without stopping (say at a MSFT server) along the way For my application, this is pretty important from a security perspective. Thanks. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - why WLM doesn't call CreateTextService? I am programming with WLM 8.1. Now I have a problem that ,in order to get or change input text in IMWindowClass, I hook "loadlibary" and check dll name,if it was named "Riched20.dll", I got CreateTextService function point and load ms riched20.dll. This way is available to msn 7, But it is not available to WLM 8.I hooked CreateTextService ,but WLm 8 seems to not call CreateTextService function. Could you tell me how to solve this problem thank you . Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Map Control position You can put in where ever you like with simple css positioning: < style type ="text/css"> .dashboard { top : 200px!important ; left : 200px!important ;} </ style > The trick is you have to make sure this css is after the build in VE css styles, in FF the "!important" works, in IE make sure this is the last thing in your <head> http://viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/MoveDashboard.ashx John Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - How long does it take to get an invitation or can somone invite me? Started a presentation around PopFly and cannot actually do it as i need to use the actually program to give an insight to the program...if anyone can help or speed the process of inviting me my email is killerdragonlp@hotmail.com Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Best way to store precise 3D views... no problem, glad I could help Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - PostGIS, MSVE and alot pf Polylines/Polygons I have been doing something similar with Oracle Spatial. What I ended up doing was passing in a Select with the appropriate where clause to select a rectangle and then included the convert to well known text function in the Select statement so instead of getting back a spatial object (ie geometry column), I got back a text string with all the coordinates of the polygons. In the .NET world, getstring returned the string with no problem (worked first try). Brian Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Where should I post questions regarding Live Mail Desktop Where should I post questions to find out technical details about the Live Desktop app I would like to know, for example, if it's possible to develop plug-ins for it (like for Outlook) and if so how it should be done. Thanks! Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - app name couldn't modification chinese Hi, I see the reasons for your request, but unfortunately there is nothing that we can do in the timeframe that you need (about one week). I have filed this as a bug and we will get to it as soon as possible. I'm sorry I don't have a more satisfying answer. It looks like a English name for the Activity will have to do for now. Thank you, Gruia Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - SDK Recommendations Hi Guys, I have started on a new contract where the client wants to rebuild their Web Dashboard application. On their home page they currently have a Dundas map that plots out the locations of over 17,000 offices world wide. This is a very ineffective solution for what they want to do. They want to have the ability to mark problems on the map and be able to drill down to the location and be fed the details of the problems. I was looking a Google maps but I see where that is $10,000 min charge for internal non public facing sites + more money depending on number of requests. Then I started looking at Virtual Earth. I have not been able to find much information as to cost and one reference I saw indicated that there was no charge for the service so I wanted verify cost first. The second question I have is, keeping in mind that I want to plot over 17,000 location worldwide would you recommend using Virtual Earth or Map Point Web Service, and if the latter is there a charge for that Thanks Tim Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - LOGO GOES HERE WHATS THE MEANING OF THIS SENTECE HAS WRITEN IN POPFLY IT HAS WRITEN ON A CIRCLE LOGO GOES HERE Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Virtual Earth printing Maps Do you have a resolution you can post Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Stupid question Where does the map run Client side or server For instance, If I want to draw lots of polygons on my map, do all the ploygon points need passed to the client thanks! Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - newbie question: SOLAP, connecting VE to SQL SERVER 2005 for GeoRSS data? Hi, I'm new to using VE and would like to see how people are accessing spatial data in SQL SERVER. Looking for ideas and examples. I'm guessing that through a webservice one could access SQL SERVER (or SQL SERVER with Spatial extensions) and generate a quick GeoRSS file that could be usable by VE to populate a layer. I have not seen any examples of this being done. Or perhaps VE is going to better interface to SQL SERVER in the near future (than just GeoRSS and MS.Live formats) Thanks for any pointers! Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - WPF App using VE maps Hi, I have to create an application using VE maps in WPF, the problem is that I can't get the map images to put them in a polygon. I've tried using the VE maps Control inside a WebBrowser control using interop, but the problem with this solution is that I can't draw WPF shapes on top of the WebBrowser control since it uses a diferent airspace from WPF. I even tried to look at the html generated by the map to see if I could grab the images somehow drawing the control offscreen, but it seems that the control renders with in memory HTML. From what I've seen the SDK only talks about the control, i s there any othe process I can use to get the images Thanks, Bruno Silva Multivector TI Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Route Blue Line - Custom Is there a way to feed route markers into VE's routing methods to have it show the blue route line that actually follows the road instead of a straight polyline between points Thanks. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - How can i restrict pushpins displaying after searching? http://www.geonames.org/export/ http://viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/UseLiveSearch.ashx You get what you pay for John. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - What is channel.htm in contacts control? I got everything working with contacts control upto the last "send selected" click. Then it failed, I put a channel.htm dummy file on the host page directory, but couldn't figure out how to get contacts out of the control to receivedata method. Can someone here answer about the channel.htm file and its contents, how to get data correctly to receiveData. thanks chandra Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Newbie question The basic idea is if your site is non-commercial (that is you don't make money from it) and you use less then 100,000 "transactions" (a large amount so don't worry about it either) you can use the API for free. Find lots of info here and on the community site http://viavirtualearth.com Now if you are going to make money from it or its going to be a massive site then you need to talk to MS licensing. John. Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - Two Weeks - No Answers? Hi Don, We made some significant upgrades to the Facebook block in our last release... so you'll need to make some changes and resave before we can go ahead to work on the original "3 block" problem that you reported for your mashup My_FB_Photo_Albums. Would you have a look Yours, Michael Tag: Problems printing maps!!
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    - multiple routes Greg, I didnt know that V5 has been release. I am told to upgrade our current application on the latest version of map control. As most the forums i visited, said that V5 is yet to released. Can you please provide me a link for getting any information on V5. Also, how can we capture SVG polyline or the array of latlong points thourgh which the routes is traversed. The callback function just return a route object with general information about the route and its itineraries. Well, if MS provides multi-points route feature in thier latest verion..that will certainly help all of us. Tag: Problems printing maps!!

darngar

Hi all

I have problems when I try to print a map with a route drawn on it, in fact, tha problem is in Firefox browser.

It only prints the route and the icons, not the map, it like a transparent div is on the map and this browser can’t print it.

Thanks

Sorry for my bad English!

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Caleb T - MSFT

Are you seeing this problem in your own mashup, or in the local.live.com site If this is in your own site, you have to do a lot of CSS work to get the maps to print well...there are settings you have to make for "print only" output, and it is WAY beyond my knowledge, I'm afraid. Hopefully there is some CSS guru lurking on the forum.

If you are seeing this in the local.live.com site, let me know, and I'll pass it on to that team.

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seshuRao

Hi ,

I am having the same problem. Were you able to find a solution

Seshu

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CSUNRAE

Did anyone find this solution for printing in firefox

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wjcyg

When I first display a map in Firefox, it prints perfectly. If I then move the map (either zoom or pan), the tiles no longer print but the pushpins do. I have not been able to discover a solution.