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  • List of available pins
    by infopete
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    Last post by infopete
      • Hi, I've just started with developing in VE. I'm creating an application that takes GPS data from a pda (using TomTom navigator), sends this back to a little server and then displays the direction, location, speed and user on Virtual Earth. I would like to have a different icon based on the direction of travel. Is there a standard set of icons associated with Virtual Earth and, if so,
  • What sort of communication would you like with the VE team?
    by SoulSolutions
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    Last post by Brian_Flood
      • What sort of communication would you like with the VE team Would you like to see Web casts on new and upcomming functionality More questions answered here on the forums by Microsoft team members Interactive feedback mechinism for features and issues Bug tracking Code samples Whitepapers John.
  • How to create/read a collection dynamically?
    by chak
    4 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • http://www.passthepoi.com/ page_id=7 The above link shows how to create a collection using existing UI. How do i create that collection programmatically. The below link shows how to access the fixed ID Collection. I would like to know how to read the collection dynamically http://virtualearth.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2BBC66E99FDCDB98!8240.entry
  • Problems importing collection from maps.live.com
    by IanBlackburn
    13 Replies
    Last post by Keith K (MSFT)
      • This was working fine last week, but it seems that there is a current problem importing a collection from maps.live.com. With the following code: Code Block var map = null ; window.onload = GetMap; function GetMap() { map = new VEMap( 'myMap' ); map.LoadMap( new VELatLong(51.2912242, 0.4121482),18, 'h' , false ,VEMapMode.Mode2D, false ); var l = new V
  • New Birdseye-view functionality and Minimap
    by JeffK_
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    Last post by JeffK_
      • Well, i just noticed, the local.live site got some nice new features, the Birdseye-view without scrolling restrictions, and the new minimap. for the new birdseye-view, i think its a feature that must be implemented by the api, is it available somehow Would be nice to have the minimap implemented in the v4 dashboard, but i think i can do it myself.
  • Are there RSS or other APIs available for Hotmail a-la Gmail ?
    by Anuraag Godika
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    Last post by Anonymous_jerome
      • I am trying to write a Web 2.0 application which will aggregate mail headers from different sources for people with many mail accounts. I could not find anything on hotmail.
  • GDI+ Error
    by SiddharthK
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    Last post by SiddharthK
      • Hi, I am trying to save image which read from file, its gives me GDI+ error while saving the file. Here is the example of what I am trying to do: Image oImage; public static OpenConfiguration() { oImage = Image.FromFile("me.jpg"); } public static SaveConfiguration() { oImage.Save("me.jpg"); } Now when I try to save Image it gives me GDI+ error.
  • Shrinking Images
    by MiCCAS
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    Last post by MiCCAS
      • Hey There. Thought I'd let you know, with the shrinking images (avatars) they go black in the background, or has done for me. I uploaded an image containing the windows vista box, with a white background. Now, once it was shrunk it's black. Regards, Michael.
  • Can I use tabs in the pin's information?
    by abc1234
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    Last post by abc1234
      • Hello I'm writing a program that uses the Virtual Earth Map to show certain items on the map with information about them. I would like to insert tabs into the pin's information window, so when I have a couple of items in the same place, I could nevigate between the details of every one of them (and not see the details of all the items altogether). Is there a way to do something like that
  • Visual C++ Block support
    by Prem Raj
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    Last post by Prem Raj
      • Is it possible for me to create a Block that is written in VisualC++ I want to do some image processing on images and video. I have some functions that I have written in C++ that I woud like to use. I would like to get images from the facebook block and run it through my image processing functions (blocks) and output the processed images to a slide show viewer. Same for video. I would like to ge
  • Permanently Hide Info Box for layer
    by RodMcLeay
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    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • VE 5 Hi All, I have a map with a few layers. One layer has custom icons that are quite small, I dont want to show the info box for that layer at all. It seems that the hide info box only hides an info box that is shown. How can I stop an info box from showing at all for a particular layer. Or all layers if not available layer by layer. I have tried map.HideInfoBox(), but
  • 3D and "AddShim"
    by RedCoat999
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    Last post by SnoopDougEDoug
      • I have an iframe shim that works fine in V5 2D and 3D that now moves to the left side of the screen in V6 and disappears, but remains a art of the screen that you cannot click. So you cannot click to go back to 2D for instance. See what I mean here: http://www.fulhamusa.com/fusamap/membermap.html Switch to 3D and see list "disappear" to the left and hide the dashboard. Thanks Simon
  • printing custom tile maps.
    by kins_z
    6 Replies
    Last post by upgraders
      • Hi.. I am encountering a situation with printing the VEMap and I can not find a solution..so I hope one of you out there knows about this problem.. When I add custom layers (composed of transparent . png tiles containing visual information) from my server on top of the VEMap only the top layer of the map will print. The implementation of my server and client is described here http://
  • Another suggestion for web page builder
    by DravenJW
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    Last post by johnmont
      • When I clicked on the header image in the web page builder and it popped up the editor I wanted to put a tab before the text. Instead of inserting a tab in the text box it went to the next tab stop on the web page (in my case it selected the bold button in the editor.) It would be nice to be able to tab within that text field. Thanks,
  • Block not returning values
    by Balaji_Cuttackam
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    Last post by RealHeartMozart [msft]
      • Hi All, I am trying to create a block that lets people search for videos using YouTube. I created the XML file and the JS file and have uploaded it. When I try to preview in firefox, i get the below message in the console _balaji1982_YT: Calling search("comedy", 25)... Getting data from http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/videos vq=comedy... The call to http://gdata.youtube.com/
  • Windows Live ID Web Authentication Preview Release!
    by Josh Brown - MSFT
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    Last post by leonidnei
      • Windows Live ID Web Authentication Preview Release! I¡¯m excited to announce the limited availability preview release of Windows Live ID Web Authentication ! This new feature enables you to add Windows Live ID authentication to your Web site. It works by sending your users to the Windows Live ID Sign In page by using a specially formatted link. Then, the service directs your user back to your Web s
  • SoapBox video issue
    by Sachin308471
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    Last post by AndyS
      • I've been trying to create a mashup which retrieves top 10 songs from iTunes and gets the videos from SoapBox without any luck. Here's what I've done: 1) Created a block to retrieve top n songs from iTunes: This block works fine, I have tested it by using it in another mashup (iTunesTopSongTiles: http://www.popfly.ms/users/sachiniscool/iTunesTopSongTiles) 2) In my mashup, I added the iTunesTopSong
  • Pushpin Help/Guide
    by Luke Humble
    8 Replies
    Last post by Duncan Garratt
      • Firstly, l am unsure as to whether this is the correct place to post this and if not could anyone recommend the right forums to help me I want to display our member base on MS Maps but the only way l can get the location from our database is based on postcodes. So l need to know how l can convert these postcodes to a usable format to imput into the map. Ideally l want it to read from a csv file o
  • Yahoo Term Extraction
    by Kinlan
    7 Replies
    Last post by RealHeartMozart [msft]
      • I am having an issue with the Yahoo Term Extraction. The basic problem is that I can't get the data that I want out. The key property is always undefined, and the entire block property contains HTML, which can't be passed into any other blocks. How can I get the results out of this block to be used as input to another Kind Regards, Paul Kinlan
  • My 1000th post!
    by SoulSolutions
    5 Replies
    Last post by Ashh
      • Wow, it has come up quickly. This is my 1000th post here. I think a few maybe from other live service forums but 99% would have been here at Virtual Earth. I would just like to say this forum has really grown over the past 15 months. Although we don't always get the answers we want from MSFT, the regular posters here do a great job at answering to the best of their knowledge. And I'm always
  • IncomingTextMessage does not fire in vb.net
    by Egyde
    9 Replies
    Last post by Steven Raybell
      • Hi, I'd like to code a plugin for Windows Live Messenger in vb.net. My problem is that the IncomingTextMessage does not fire. A piece of code is given below. The compilation is ok and WLM seems to initialized the addin correctly. But when I receive a message from a contact, nothing. On the other hand, I get the "outgoing event ok" msgbox when I reply . I used Visual Studio 2005 Exp
  • Custom Pushpin functionality
    by okiiyama
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    Last post by sydneyausguy
      • Is it possible to load my own detail bubble, and also choose which side of the pin the bubble will be on To the right of my map, I've got a form that I don't want the bubble to lay on top, or below in the case of select elements. Also, below my map is a list of properties that the pins correspond to. I would like an onmouseover event to fire and open a detail bubble when rolling over any of th
  • Basic Live ID question
    by phertel
    6 Replies
    Last post by Alex Media
      • Hi, I have a very basic questions about Windows Live ID. Suppose I have two domains www.firstDomain.com and www.secondDomain.com , and users are authenticated at each one by Live ID. If a user visits www.firstDomain.com and logs in, and then subsequently visits www.secondDomain.com , is he automatically logged in there also Or does he have to log in to Live ID twice, once for each
  • Great Work.
    by Ismael Faro
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    Last post by ismaelfaro
      • My name is Ismael faro, and write from spain. I think that this project is a fantastic iniciative, to make more easy create content into the Internet from common users. The concept around the Popfly is very flexible, because the means (the web page) are fantastic. I understand that even she is in a test version, but am sure that when passes to gold state, it will be a new concept of Internet/web
  • Windows live Messenger sending out virus
    by Derrick R
    14 Replies
    Last post by spongebob
      • I mistakenly clicked on a zip file that was suppose to bea picture yesterday from a friend and when I went to run it, there was know picture. Insstead it keeps sending out the same file to everyone on my friends list. I ran avg and its not a virus. It seems like its only effecting window live messenger. Can anyone help me solve this problem.