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  • Does VE mess up PNG alpha for IE7?
    by Harvester
    8 Replies
    Last post by Harvester
      • I've been playing with a custom tile set generated via map cruncher. The tiles are generated from an image with an alpha channel of about 170 on coloured regions, and full transparency everywhere else. When the tiles are generated and loaded in firefox they look great... exactly as intended. IE6 used to be hideous (last month) and now seems to have the transparency handled, but no alpha. I was us
  • Export virtual earth into power point/ms-word?
    by Ashh
    1 Replies
    Last post by Richard_Brundritt
      • hi, in my application i am using virtual earth. i am search one country well information. the search result was displayed on the map.now i want to export that map into MS-powerpoint/MS-word. how possible this help me Thanks
  • Problem Photo Upload Dialog: "THis folder has a new image format. The COnverter is downloading."
    by Dabudsta
    14 Replies
    Last post by hravnaas
      • Does anyone have any insight as to what is causing the photo uploader not to recognize any photos in the My Pictures folder It shows "No photos in this folder" (when there are) and when you change to another folder containing photos it gives a dialog box " There are images with a new format in this folder. The converter is downloading". Well, there are the typical jpg photos i
  • Standard way of showing a dialog box on a map?
    by paulisme
    2 Replies
    Last post by paulisme
      • I was wondering if there's a standard/easy way of showing a dialog box on top of a map, similar to the disambiguation dialog box. I know I can create my own DIV element and add it as a control to the map, but I'd like to have something that's consistent with the built-in dialogs and something that's nicely centered on the map.
  • Humongous Javascript Api File.
    by Dr Z
    10 Replies
    Last post by Dr Z
      • Hi, I am using v4 of the virtual earth control. But each time I open the page to view the map, it takes an age to load. I've used fiddler to detect the file sizes, and it seems the main file with the core script in it is 436,179 bytes, which seems huge. http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v4/mapcontrol.js -- 168 http://maps.live.com/veapi.ashx v=1.3.1115150037.31 -- 436,179 Also the fil
  • Can anyone tell me if it is possible?
    by Elliot Barclay
    0 Replies
    Last post by Elliot Barclay
      • Do you know Messenger Xclusives Whenever I start a conversation with him, he always automatically send a message to me. How can I do this Any reference
  • What is the best way to draw ones movement on a map?
    by DanielVE
    2 Replies
    Last post by DanielVE
      • Hi, I wonder what's the best way to draw ones movement (captured with an USB device) on a map Should I use a VEShape and draw a VEShapeType.Polyline with a couple of Points or is it better using an XML file containing the points What would be the max number of points VE supports Thank you and best regards Daniel
  • Can't Edit Spaces Page
    by jenknippel
    4 Replies
    Last post by ParanoidX2
      • I need to edit my spaces page. I sign in, and don't get the link to edit the page. I can view all my account info and profile, but can't edit my page. The Help was no help, and I don't know what to do. At this point, I would just delete the space if I could and start over, but I can't do that either. I have another spaces page with another account and can access that one with no problem. I d
  • Virtual Earth IP question
    by 5n0wCr@5h
    4 Replies
    Last post by 5n0wCr@5h
      • [If this is wrong thread my apologies, please direct me to correct thread]. Q: If we provide the mapping data points where does the data go i.e. when the mapping data points leave our intranet where does that data go We optimally would not want our proprietary mapping data points to leave our network. And related to that how then do the maps get updated Thank you very much in advance.
  • Isn¡¯t popfly about developing blocks, mashups and sharing/using them?
    by MertSAKA
    3 Replies
    Last post by jianxu
      • I was creating a block using JS and XML. As a newbie, I wrote down the code using Visual Studio 2005 and copy/pasted it to popfly block editor. Then I thought popfly explorer would be much easier then copy/paste method. But I had no idea that it is possible to create projects using C# or VB.NET (the one I prefer) and share my source over popfly. I noticed the project search feature on popfly ex
  • Request to add Birthday and Anniversary
    by yvolk
    4 Replies
    Last post by Danny Thorpe MSFT
      • Hi, Danny! Please add two fields (attributes of Contact) to the Contacts Control: Birthday and Anniversary. I'm planning to use them in my Birthday Reminder application . These fields should be added: - to the " dataDesired " element - and to the "contacts" Argument of " ContactsControl.createContacts " function. Thank you. -- Yuri
  • Simpel App : User Tiles does not show in 3d
    by Jakob S
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mikael P
      • I have a simpel testapplication where I have added my own tile layer (created with mapcruncher). The Tile layer works fine in 2D, but when I switch to 3D the tile layer it is not visible. Any ides Why I do not use custom tile names. The application can be seen on http://demo.3dby.dk/virtualearth/ The Code is below: <html xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml "> <head&g
  • Problem with post codes
    by JamesOwers
    3 Replies
    Last post by JamesOwers
      • I made a quick virtual earth app for a website I was making at work, basically it used the "Show The Directions" refrence from here http://dev.live.com/virtualearth/sdk/ The start point was my works post code and the end point was the persons post code (they entered it in a form). The whole thing worked fine a week or so ago but now it has stopped and I'm positive I didnt change anything
  • map.Find value for the accuracy?
    by jchaney88
    5 Replies
    Last post by RobertoRaimondo
      • Using map.Find - does VE return a value for the accuracy Or does any other method do so I.E. I have a lot of rural addresses I need to georeference and say I have 3 different rural addresses for the same location - can I send the three addresses into VE (using map.Find) and get values back like: address 1 value = weak; address 2 value = weak; address 3 value = strong - so I then know to use the th
  • Overlaying an image to make the map fit a theme
    by minignaz
    5 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • OK, I don't think this falls under the category of Tiles. What I want to do is essentially set a curved border around the map, as a square div doesn't really fit the theme of the site the map will be in. I'm just wondering if anyone can help me figure out what combination of divs are needed to achieve this effect I have the border as a 400x400 gif, the middle of the gif is transparent to allow th
  • Anyone using Mac to manage your Spaces Live??
    by MacTreoUser
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    Last post by MacTreoUser
      • Hi there, I'm actually a Mac user..Trying to manage my Blog and Webpage by Windows Spaces Live..Anyone of there are Mac user who manage the web by using Spaces Live so
  • issue with getroute() ie7
    by allann
    8 Replies
    Last post by TheClansman
      • Hi, i seem to be having an issue with map.getroute() in IE7. when i submit a request for directions to say: manchester to london it works fine, but if i then submit a request to newcastle to london the request is processed as if i am asking for directions from newcastle to newcastle. however this problem does not occur in firefox. The code i am using is as follows: function GetDirec
  • How can i get yourname@live.com email ID?
    by Asif Jamshed
    14 Replies
    Last post by i wanna live.com email address
      • Please help me get myname@live.com email ID. I tried searching every way possible but it's just not working and it feels very dissapointed to see that some people in the inital days have used the javascript and they somehow cheated the servers and made Live.com ID. Infact, they're using those ID's to send and recieve emails as well. That too all for free. So please lemme know from where can
  • Firefox VE3.1 printing problems
    by seshuRao
    0 Replies
    Last post by seshuRao
      • Hello, I am the web development manager in one of the companies in Los Angeles. We are having a problem with our VE maps(3.1) , where we couldn't get the maps printed properly on Firefox browser. I'd appreciate if some is willing to address this problem onsite. thank you, Seshu Rao seshun@hotmail....com
  • Facing IP address block?
    by Stephen2007
    7 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • I can return the local ip of the client but can't figure a way to get the facing ip. Any suggestions
  • Java Applet in Messenger Activity?
    by EvaTroels
    6 Replies
    Last post by EvaTroels
      • I have tried to create a small multiuser test activity using the MSN Messenger Activity SDK. I have successfully created a local XML file for the messenger directory. I have also succeeded in inviting another user to participate in the activity and is redirected to the HTML page deployed on my local web server. So far so good! I want to implement some of the activity functionality as a Java appl
  • More efficient way to draw a circle then this...?
    by JonnyAJAX
    14 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • I got this code form the VIAEarth website... it works great but it pretty slow to use. Does anyone know or have code that can produce the same effect but more efficiently this.circle = function(id, latin, lonin, radius, polygon) { // ref: http://viavirtualearth.com/Wiki/Draw+a+filled+Circle.ashx // returns polygon (if polygon != null) and polyline if not var locs = new Array(); var lat1 = l
  • Custom polygon filling
    by Oleg Ignatov
    6 Replies
    Last post by Virsharma
      • Hello, All! How can I fill some polygon on the map for boundaries of geo location For example for some state of USA. I.e. I want to paint over some state on the map. To understand what do I mean please redirect this page http://www.blogthevote.net/veshapefilec.htm and push Load button on it. Thanks
  • Need HELP!!!
    by randomfreak
    1 Replies
    Last post by Bruce Williams
      • I installed Windows Live onto my hotmail account. To put it bluntly, I don¡¯t like it. How do I remove Windows Live and revert back to the original hotmail format I looked at just about everything and I can¡¯t find a rollback function anywhere Thanks for your help
  • Start bot session from webpage
    by JBrouwers
    6 Replies
    Last post by Bart Riepe
      • Hi, We would like to have some sort of javascript / aspx code to start an Messenger session from a webpage. I know a chatbot is not allowed to start it¡¯s own conversation but in this case, it¡¯s merely to followup on the Addbuddy script: a users adds Yvette to its contact list and Yvette starts a conversation right away and says ¡®hello¡¯. is there a way to do this Regards