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  • How do I use an RPS ticket with LiveContacts API?
    by Kevin Francis
    8 Replies
    Last post by covertunes
      • I've managed to get a ticket via Relying Party Suite, but now I've no idea how to use it. The examples available all use DomainAuthToken. Here's the example from Windows Live Data Code sample Code Snippet request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "DomainAuthToken at=\"" + domainAuthToken + "\""); That shows how to add it to the headers for DomainAuth
  • GetRoute multi-lingual?
    by Mikalee
    2 Replies
    Last post by Mikalee
      • Hello, is there any way to retrieve route instructions (route.Itinerary.Segments[ i ].Instruction) in a language other than English Or does this have to be done via mappoint Thanks in advance.
  • Wierd characters in search response
    by oyeah
    1 Replies
    Last post by Nate Buggia - MSFT
      • I am using Live Search API in a webservice Problem: when i search for words some like pizza in yellow pages, I get wierd characters in the output. Here's a sample Papa John's ª¡Pizzaª¢, Domino's ª¡Pizzaª¢ etc. I'm not getting them in some other search strings like restaurant These characters cant be displayed here but they are asian characters if you copy and paste this
  • Distance between two postcodes
    by VBE_programmer
    6 Replies
    Last post by VBE_programmer
      • I am working on UK map postcodes. Every postcode has their MapX and MapY coordinates. I am using MapPoint to caliculate the distance between two postcodes I have doubt like If the difference between MapX betwen two postcodes and the difference between MapY between two postcodes lessthan 1500 then the distance between two postcodes is lessthan 11 miles. for example POSTCODE MA
  • What do I know about those that sign-up using Live ID auth?
    by Jamie Thomson
    11 Replies
    Last post by Jamie Thomson
      • I'm liking Live ID auth but I do have a question about it. Once someone has signed-up for my site using Live Auth, how much of that user's personal information am I going to have access to For example, if I want to send emails to my users I don't want to have to ask them for their email address - as far as they are concerned I should already know it cos they've logged into my site. I'
  • Need help adding onclick event handler to a pushpin
    by jjamjatra
    7 Replies
    Last post by Alexandru Matei
      • I'm having trouble establishing an event handler for the case of clicking on a pushpin in Virtual Earth. From http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=663245&SiteID=1 I learned that the Virtual Earth API does not support this directly; they suggest using document.getElementById and DOM methods and events. My addPushPin function is called inside a for loop and I'm successfully add
  • Custom tooltip on page
    by Bosse G
    0 Replies
    Last post by Bosse G
      • Hi all, maybe not the right forum but... Has anyone an example on how to do the custom tooltips used att the site http://ideas.live.com/ If hovering over the images there is a cool box that apears. /Bosse, swe
  • Mouseover pushpins not working in IE6
    by Ed W412427
    1 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Hi, I have a map with a few pushpins defined, which works fine on a machine running XP SP2 / IE7, however on a Windows2000 / IE6 machine nothing happens when the mouse hovers over a pin - the details window doesn't show. All that happens is "j avascript://pushpin hover" appears in the status bar. Can anyone help My code: <html> <head> <title>Survey facilitie
  • windows messenger live help
    by joshuateather
    16 Replies
    Last post by joshuateather
      • ok i have windows live messenger from this link http://get.live.com/messenger/overview it worked for the 3 months until about a week a go. I also have msn explorer i cant sign in either. I'm wondering if something has blocked my access to msn or any email in my computer or chatting places.the only way way i can read my email is from in the firefox explorer. i cant even read my email of any sort in
  • v4 Would Zoom In/Out With All Markers in View Automatically
    by Rob Cluett
    2 Replies
    Last post by Rob Cluett
      • In v4 when I placed markers on a map it would set the zoom level so all visible markers fit within that zoom level. This no longer happens with v5. Is theire a way to set that Thank you in advance for your help.
  • Create a Mashup in 30 Seconds error failure code: 0x80070057
    by defcon
    4 Replies
    Last post by defcon
      • Hi Popflies, i just tried to build a duplicate of your 30 seconds flickr --> virtual earth mashup, but i always getting this error: ERROR: flickr: Error from getGeotaggedPhotos: Component returned failure code: 0x80070057 (NS_ERROR_ILLEGAL_VALUE) [nsIDOMXPathEvaluator.evaluate] 1. grabbed flickr cube 2. grabbed virtual earth cube 3. change or no change of flickr's filter text 4. connecting the
  • IsBirdseyeAvailable in V5 works correctly only with a timeout. Bug in documentation ?
    by Alexandru Matei
    2 Replies
    Last post by Alexandru Matei
      • Hi, I wanted to check how the map.IsBirdseyeAvailable() function works in V5: After checking the link below: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1085738&SiteID=1 I decided to test this myself. I'm using Internet Explorer 6 with SP1 and Internet Explorer 7. The map is set to 2D mode. I have three observations to make: 1. When
  • Request for the permission of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0
    by SecNav
    4 Replies
    Last post by Mrfine
      • Hi, I created a simple add-in for Windows Live Messenger. All it does is open a connection to a local SQL server and retrieve some information. However, as soon as it tries to open a connection, I get the following error: Request for the permission of type 'System.Data.SqlClient.SqlClientPermission, System.Data, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089' failed I went
  • Windows Live Map
    by LimitlessJunk
    0 Replies
    Last post by LimitlessJunk
      • How can i use live map show me my windows live messager online and xbox live and zune.How can live map the stars and galexy.
  • 'Checkerboard' effect when using road/hybrid mapping
    by todd_bulky
    8 Replies
    Last post by Duncan Garratt
      • About a month ago now I started experiencing a 'checkerboard' effect when viewing Virtual Earth's Road or Hybrid tiles. Every other tile to the north, south east and west is 'missing' i.e. completely blank. This seems only to be happening on my machine (not other clients in my office), and happens whether I'm using my own software to view VE or using a reliable meter like local.live.com. The effec
  • PushPin layer and PushPin Properties
    by ssuing8825
    0 Replies
    Last post by ssuing8825
      • I added a push pin layer using a GeoRss. How can I turn off the bubble for all pins. I added a call back to the Layerspecification and it seems I can access all the pins, but I can set any values. I would also like to set the OnMouseOverCallback ... veLayerSpec.FnCallback = onFeedLoad; map.AddLayer(veLayerSpec); } function onFeedLoad(pins) { v
  • Live Search Collection
    by raxtell
    1 Replies
    Last post by Ashh
      • I am using Live Search as my VE collection and need some help. I am trying to change the url of the push pin properties from ... for a hyperlink to text. Any Idea on the code. I know in html it should be <a href="the_page.html">Click here for more info</a> but this does not work in Live Search for hyperlinks. Thank you for any help. Rob
  • Details regarding licensing and public facing
    by Emma
    2 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • I have a (small) public facing website. I want to use virtual earth to map "personal push pins" and perhaps some custom layers. Would this require a license if I am under 100,000 transactions per 24hrs Thanks,
  • "Ratemynuts" Worm?
    by threehappypenguins
    12 Replies
    Last post by CBRdan
      • Can someone please help me out I received a message from my friend when I signed in that read: "lol, wtf! h t t p : / / ratemynuts. net/nuts.php msn=myemail@hotmail.com" With my own email address replacing "myemail" and there were no spaces (I just didn't want to make the link clickable, just in case). Has anyone heard of this worm I tried looking it up, but I could
  • Access to API
    by Justin Bigelow
    2 Replies
    Last post by Jeff Dillon - MSFT
      • Hi all, My searches for an adCenter API keep pointing me to this site. Since 2006 the API is supposedly private, it's almost 2008, is the API now public If not how can I get an invite Thanks, Justin
  • Problems with LifeCam VX-3000
    by belasch
    8 Replies
    Last post by belasch
      • I tried installing it on new computer running Vista. The software installed, but when it tired to install the USB driver it didn't recognise the installation disk. It also did an online search and told me that no appropriate drivers were available. I then installed the drivers manually from the disk, but an error message stil tells me that it is an inapprorpriate driver, so nothing w
  • Windows live messenger won't open
    by brooklyneast05
    14 Replies
    Last post by vinny9651
      • I can't seem to get windows live messenger to open. Everything was working as usual until it randomly stopped responded and I was forced to end task. After ending task it will no longer open at all, i click on the icon and nothing happens, it isn't running in the task list either. I've uninstalled and reinstalled many times, nothing seems to comes up. Internet is working fine, firewalls are turned
  • Visitors Log
    by HoffmanRon
    1 Replies
    Last post by RobDolin
      • Hey, I've got a very simple question that I've tried to solve over the past few days, I would like to see the entry/visitors log to my space, just a list of the emails/MSN nicks of those who entered my space and viewed my picture. Have you got an Idea Thanks! Ron
  • How to find a street name using latitude and longititude ?
    by vick12345
    1 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • How to find a street name using latitude and longititude Please explain me or guide me to some URL, where i can find some information. All I have is longititude and latitude, how to show them in VirtualMap. Thanks
  • Live Search Webmaster Tools Beta: Nonsense and waste of time!
    by me&amp;#42;
    12 Replies
    Last post by KDye Vertical Leap
      • I got an invitation to the Webmaster Tools Beta and if I try to submit my web site at http://webmaster.live.com/ I always get the following error messages: Sorry, something went wrong. Authentication Error Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again. I got an e-mail from Microsoft with the address of the Connect site https://connect.microsoft.com/site/sitehome.aspx SiteID=