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  • msn live messenger, how to make the history check box dissapear
    by diegoariel
    1 Replies
    Last post by father with child
      • Hi, I need some help. I want to set up the messenger to save the history and then lock that option so nobody can uncheck it. Is there any way to do that I tried to do it through the registry but i didn¡¯t find anything. Please if somebody knows how to do this let me know. Thanks in advice
  • .NET 1.1 ?
    by Gabriel Graves
    1 Replies
    Last post by Josh Brown - MSFT
      • I noticed that this works for C++ 2005 because it is .NET 2.0. Does this work for C++ .NET 2003 under .NET 1.1 Please don't leave me/us behind!
  • Call javascript functions from Code behind
    by dhoenig
    7 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • I would like to call the map.LatLongToPixel function from my codebehind. Is there a way to do that using PageMethods Or can I get that code in a .net class (map = new VEMap('myMap')) Thanks, Dan
  • How to change width of info box
    by Mattphil
    4 Replies
    Last post by Jared H
      • I've got my maping lovely. I've used a table in the info box that appears when you run your mouse over a push pin. The data is taken from an XML file. All this works lovely, except that the text doesn't fit inside the info box that appears. Are their any controls that be included in the code to specify the appearance of the info box Specificatly the width TIA Matt
  • My Popfly Block
    by Hugh Neale
    1 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • Hello, LOL, I have actualy finished my block and it's working great! But I have been using varables that I have set and not the user (via the popfly mashup thing). I have three functions: function ukgl_wow () { //dosen't do anything. }; ukgl_wow.prototype.GetCharacter = function(server, realm, character) { var getServer = server; var getRealm = realm; var getCharacte
  • individual Blog posts
    by mtcollins
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    Last post by mtcollins
      • How do I get an individual blog post it's own URL so I can send links to a particular post I did on my blog rather than just the home page of my blog. Right now the titles of my posts are not clickable but I know other blogs can do that. Can you help me please thanks.
  • Virtual Earth not rendering properly inside an initially hidden div
    by uptaphunk
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    Last post by uptaphunk
      • If you attempt to render a map inside a hidden div and then attempt to display it, the map control is messed up. The upper left map tile only shows until you double click the map and then it seems to render properly. This is useful if you wish to view a map on demand like in a pop - up div. However the VE map control does not render correctly. I've tried display:none, display:visibility - which
  • Windows live messenger plug in....help. I've tried everything
    by sparkle2extreme
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    Last post by sparkle2extreme
      • I'm new to vista, I have the latest version of windows live messenger, I FINALLY got that working fine but now my windows media plug in doesn't work on msn. I've made sure that all of the plug ins are checked correctly under options and it still doesnt work. Now what can I do
  • Right-Click Select and Zoom
    by NerdyNick
    3 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Has anyone managed to get this functionality to work. I want to have the ability to Right-Click and Hold anywhere on the map select an area and them zoom into it. I know there is the alt+click and the middle-click but a lot of your average users don't think of these methods. Most will try to use the method I'm trying to work out. I got a good part of it worked out, but I need to figure out how to
  • Dynamically load API JS file kills IE6
    by Yuki Chen
    14 Replies
    Last post by Yuki Chen
      • I'm trying to load the veapi.ashx file dynamically, but I'm having a big problem with IE6, please test the following code out in IE6, you will need to clean your cookies and cache, to do that in IE6 you need to go to Tools --> Internet Options -->Delete Cookies & Delete Files.. and close all your IE, and start IE6 with these code.. <html> <head> <title></title>
  • Error while trying to get msn contacts
    by AhmadSabry
    7 Replies
    Last post by BronwenZ
      • when i try to run the code sample offered on the msn website http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491105.aspx i got the following error Sorry, your Windows Live information can't be shared because of a temporary problem with the service. Please try again later. any clue why this happen
  • IDE disconnects automatically
    by timheuer
    5 Replies
    Last post by Tom Ragle - MSFT
      • when i try to test my project (F5) it connects but when i communicate with it, it instantly disconnects...what gives
  • Code works one day and stops the next !
    by IWD2
    6 Replies
    Last post by Coder_By_Day
      • Hi, I'm having a complete nightmare with code that works most of the time and then stops for no apparent reason; I'm using the v3 code; dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/v3/mapcontrol.js and then I'm simply doing; try { objMap = new VEMap("idMap"); objMap.LoadMap( null , 10, "r", false ); objMap.HideDashboard(); objMap.SetScaleBarDistan
  • RSS + Image scraper + Photoflip locks-up IE7 every time
    by GarethMoore
    3 Replies
    Last post by johnmont
      • I have an RSS block connected to an Image Scraper block and then to PhotoFlip. Whenever I preview this or view it 'live' from my projects page it causes IE7 to stop responding completely (the window stops redrawing and it doesn't respond to any input). I left it 15 minutes one time just to make sure. RSS block is set to 'getItems' on 'http://www.killersudoku.org.uk/rss.php' (but this won't
  • IE7 Crashing because of Windows Live Toolbar
    by SteveTaylorMST
    7 Replies
    Last post by Mikey Pugs
      • Hi All, Not sure if anyone else has seen this. I've got IE7 running on a brand new machine (version 7.0.5730.11) and I've installed Windows Live Toolbar as I've had it installed on previous machines. However, whenever the Windows Live Toolbar is active and visible, if I click to open a new tab in IE7, it crashes. Any ideas anyone It's pretty annoying, and the Yahoo Toolbar that's also insta
  • "Unable to load source file" when loading "empty" GeoRSS XML file
    by jeremyeastburn
    2 Replies
    Last post by jeremyeastburn
      • We are trying to upgrade to Virtual Earth v5 from v4 and we rely a lot on layers, so we have to rewrite some of our code to work with the new method of layering in ve5. Our javascript code attempts to load 5 different XML documents on page load and treat each of these 5 XML docs as separate layers, but sometimes those XML documents may not have any <item> nodes to return (we don't want to pl
  • This application does not know who you are! Click the Sign in link above.
    by Leebesh
    6 Replies
    Last post by Leebesh
      • Hi, i tried to use Windows Live ID authentication in my site www.vatakara.leebesh.com and always i get the message >> "This application does not know who you are! Click the Sign in link above. " seems there some problem with the cookies handling used the asp.net sample supplied with sdk. please advice.
  • Change P4 Window title/Reprovision an Activity
    by Jimmy Zhou
    4 Replies
    Last post by Tom Ragle - MSFT
      • Hi I have a question a about Colloquis SDK. I was said that to change the title, the Activity must be reprovisioned. How to reprovision an Activity Thanks.
  • SetCustomIcon pointing to local image file does not work in v5
    by Lonifasiko
    7 Replies
    Last post by E Renken
      • Hi, I'm using Virtual Earth maps inside a Winforms application. My C# application, everytime that receives a new lat/long position, writes dinamically a HTML file in the user's "temp" directory. This HTML file containing the map specification is loaded into a webBrowser control. Untill today, I have no problems with Virtual Earth V4 API. I could draw pushpins with custom icons without pr
  • How to get rid of the "bird's eye view" message?
    by JonnyAJAX
    1 Replies
    Last post by Keith Kinnan
      • I'm using a css display:none hack to get rid of that anoying message but I still saw it come up once. Is there a better way to NOT display that message on startup
  • API V3 SSLException - unable to find valid certification path to requested target
    by shriny
    5 Replies
    Last post by Ludo-R
      • Hi, Has anyone successfully updated to adcenter API V3, it seems there is new certificate for the url adcenterapi.microsoft.com added to the certificate, I imported the certificate into my keystore but was getting the following error. PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException : unable to find valid certification path to requested target
  • User Shared Block Descriptions
    by Nels
    3 Replies
    Last post by Gordon Watts
      • It seems that it would be helpful if upon mouseover of a block in the mashup creator, one could see a long description of the block, it properties, and intended use, especially for the user shared blocks that do not have any description at all aside from the name of the block. Nels.
  • MSN email Work offline feature?
    by jeremieh2005
    0 Replies
    Last post by jeremieh2005
      • Hi I was just wondering if some people had advice on this. I was trying to do this over the phone for a friend. Here is the issue. Two different PC's with similar software, both using MSN email, and dial up. When you check the work offline function on the first pc it logs off the dial up and proceeds to work offline. That is what we want, but the second one shows the same thing but it does not act
  • measuring distance
    by waters_boy
    2 Replies
    Last post by Derek Chan
      • can someone please explain how to measure distances between two points on a map thanks
  • Can VE be used offline?
    by JonnyAJAX
    2 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Anyone have any info