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  • 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.
  • Disambiguation problem in Firefox
    by James Thurley
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    Last post by James Thurley
      • Firefox displays too many disambiguation links when searching for a location, which makes them overflow from the disambiguation box. In IE, it simply displays fewer links... or perhaps it's displaying the same number but they're hidden when they overflow. To reproduce this problem: - Open Firefox - Go to the the interactive SDK: http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ - Click on
  • Newbie question.. Calling a web service for GeoRSS feed / asp.net web part
    by MarkA_UK
    1 Replies
    Last post by Jared H
      • Hi, I have a fairly simple requirement where I want to present a textbox to the user where they enter their post/zip code, then call a web service which returns GeoRSS formatted XML which I apply to my map to show push pins of services nearby. I have created my web service, which returns the GeoRSS formatted nicely and I have also managed to play around with a map using a static XM
  • How to get DomainAuthenticationToken for our site?
    by mstestws
    4 Replies
    Last post by Yaron Y. Goland
      • We want to import user contacts after the successful login, how do we get DomainAuthenticationToken to call the contacts API webservice
  • Live traffic integration
    by Viral Brahmbhatt
    2 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • hi, can any please let me know can i show the live traffic on my web site using virtual earth thanks in advance.
  • Idea For Windows Live Messenger
    by Idea_maker_1991
    1 Replies
    Last post by Jeroen Bransen - J-Thread
      • Hey i was thinking today about the, how should i put it.... "sameyness" of windows live messenger and i was thinking that we should be able to design skins for the console to jazz it up a bit this should appeal to the over all feel of windows live messenger and make it more fun rather than just being able to change the colour I wasnt sure where to put this post so plz could admins move
  • How to print a file Rich Text Format
    by faraaz_malak_c92eb4
    1 Replies
    Last post by JeffK_
      • hey, Can anyone tell me how to print a file in Rich Text Format
  • The following message could not be delivered to all recipients
    by adorablefaith
    14 Replies
    Last post by 2Bob
      • "The following message could not be delivered to all recipients" I keep getting this error msg everytime i try talking to one of my contacts. It was all working fine until all of a sudden i cldnt communicate with them no more.. Also i'm having the same problem on both windows messenger & Windows live messenger.. can someone pls address this issue for me.
  • Live ID SDK
    by SergioX
    1 Replies
    Last post by Vivek Nirkhe
      • Trevin, would you tell me where could I find the Live ID rich client SDK, or any info about it
  • What's missing in the VE5 SDK Docs?
    by Derek Chan
    14 Replies
    Last post by beerthirty7
      • So far here are some useful methods that I've found have not been documented in the SDK yet: 1) VEShape.Show() - Shows the shape 2) VEShape.Hide() - Hides the shape 3) VEMap.GetShapeLayerByIndex(index) - where index is an integer, you can now loops through all your shape layers to find out exactly what is stuck on the map. If you directly add shapes to the map without using layers, it is added to
  • Welcome to Popfly!
    by Aaron Brethorst MSFT
    14 Replies
    Last post by Nishanth_1980
      • We're very excited to announce the Alpha release of Popfly! Popfly is a brand-new mashup creator for the rest of us built on top of Microsoft Silverlight . If you're interested in joining us on the service, please visit the Popfly website and sign in with your Windows Live ID. You'll be prompted to join the waiting list. In the meantime please visit our Overview site , which will provide yo
  • VE Elevation Data
    by Brokit
    3 Replies
    Last post by Brokit
      • Hi there. Currently I am investigating options to display elevation (height) data for "pushpins". Is there an option to get the elevation info from VE without being in 3D mode Alternativly I have some SRTM2 data for our region. Unfortunatly the decimal resolution of the SRTM2 data is different from the VE lat/long data. Example VE Lat/Long: ===================== 50.873584
  • Phone Number
    by ewroldsen
    8 Replies
    Last post by ewroldsen
      • When I do map.find() I get back an array of VEFindResult which has a description field which contains the address but no phone number. Is there a way I can get this
  • Developing Messenger bot
    by dima_ua
    14 Replies
    Last post by Yuanjie Liu
      • Hi. I'm developing Messenger bot. It will be based on .NET 2.0 and be using DotMSN library to handle messenger protocol. I'm trying to enable activities handling in this bot. Right now I'm able to get data from activity sent using SendData method of Channel. But I need to send data to activity client from my bot. Could anyone help on this I've sniffed messenger packets and it seems tha
  • Embedding a PopFly Mashup
    by .NET Dev Center
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    Last post by pawong
      • When embedding a PopFly Mashup such as the one I created for this example http://www.popfly.ms/users/dotnetdevcenter/Community%20Server%20Theme%20Contest-%20Track%201 when setting the size on a web page, the mashup does not vary in size in which I tried to change it to 643px wide and the height to 295px ¨C I also tried to put the iframe in a cell set to the same width and height and left the ifra
  • page turner resolution
    by Googleman81
    14 Replies
    Last post by Googleman81
      • im trying to do something with the page turner, but i always get quite grainy pictures. does not matter what resolution the input pictures are (or at least it seems like that) and if i try to add a picture that has text in it, it ends up being totally small and unreadable because of the grainyness. Any ideas, suggestions or modifications on how to get clearer pictures with the page turner would be
  • Robot Invaders Contest Winners
    by Todd Biggs - Windows Live
    14 Replies
    Last post by shiny zhu
      • It's time to annouce the winners for the Robot Invaders contest. The contest ran from May 15th to September 15th and in the end 53 Messenger bots were accepted as valid entries in the contest ( per the how to compete guidelines ). Each entry to the contest was judge by three judges separately using the Judging Criteria outlined on the How to Compete page and then the judges scores were averaged
  • Pushpins disappeared when refreshing the page!
    by sarath_mankara
    8 Replies
    Last post by MaxCoder
      • Hi all, I had created a map page and the problem now i am facing is while refreshing the page the entire thing what i had drawn in the page including the pushpins and polylines got disappered. Is there any easy way to solve this issue I just want it like in local.live.com.After adding the pushpins i need it to be there even if we refreshed the page. Any body knows how to solve it please
  • Getting Long/Lat in Birds Eye view mode
    by Woody_In_Sheffield
    14 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Hi, I am currently trying to get the Longitude and Latitude co-ordinates whilst in the Birds Eye view mode but it would seem this is not possible even though you are allowed to set pushpins whilst in this mode... I would have thought if you could set pushpins, you should also be able to retrieve details... Has anyone managed to get around this issue Cheers, Woody.
  • use callback in blocks
    by BlueFonzie
    5 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • Hello, I have a question about using a callback in blocks. I am using an API that requires me to give a callback function. Whenever the result is ready, the API will call my callback function. I would like to use this in a block. So, when the block function is called, I will call the API function. The API function will then call the callback function. The problem is that I would like to give the
  • Map Cruncher vs. AddTileSource()
    by JonnyAJAX
    3 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • You use utalize Map Cruncher to create a map, it requires you includes 3 .js files instead of the normal 1, as well as including an .xml file. However, if you use AddTileSource() to overlay custom tiles you don't need all that map Cruncher overhead. What is the benefits of using Map Cruncher over the AddTileSource() Can you still zoom in further then 19 using AddTileSource() ... Map Crunc
  • Numbering Pushpins in V5
    by Mattymatoo
    11 Replies
    Last post by Keith Kinnan
      • I am adding a customer icon (Pushpin different color) to the map using an XML overlay as below: var geoRssLayer1 = new VEShapeLayer(); var geoRssLayerSpec1 = new VEShapeSourceSpecification(VEDataType.GeoRSS, source, geoRssLayer1); map.ImportShapeLayerData(geoRssLayerSpec1, onFeed1Load, true); function onFeed1Load(layer) { var numShapes = layer.GetShapeCount(); for(var i=0; i &
  • Pushpin to Address, rather than Lat/Long
    by Mattboy_Slim
    3 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • Pushpin to Address, rather than Lat/Long I'm having some massive difficulties in displaying a map with a pushpin set to a specific location. Basically, I have the address information in a database, and would like to show a map to the location with a pushpin. The second step is get driving directions between two locations in the database, but let's tackle issue #1 first eh <script src=&
  • Preprocessing a list of addresses and converting them to LatLongs
    by KedarP
    4 Replies
    Last post by MapMasta
      • In my application, I need to preprocess a list of addresses that are with my client and convert hem all to LatLongs. Later I intend to use these LatLongs directly with Virtual Earth APIs. Is there a way I can use the existing API to perform this kind of preprocessing with out any web UI (a webpage with a map control) involved. Thank You in advance.
  • When I Select Source & Destination Dynamically, Path Getting Scatter Across The Map
    by windows_mss
    3 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • When I Select Source & Destination Dynamically, Path Getting Scatter Across The Map hi, i can able to get the Correct Route and Path for the corresponding Source and destination, like this, map.GetRoute('Redmond, Washington, United States','seattle, Washington, United States',VEDistanceUnit.KiloMeter,VERouteType.Shortest); when i try to do the same dynamically, i fails there,