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  • Get number of new incoming e-mail and address book
    by luisalberto
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    Last post by luisalberto
      • Get number of new incoming e-mail I¡¯m building an application and I want that each user can have the number of new e-mail in your inbox folder. How can I do this I have to do the same with their address book Thanks all
  • how to manage pushpins
    by HumaMunir
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    Last post by HumaMunir
  • Extra lines in search results
    by rbunn83815
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    Last post by rbunn83815
      • Hello Everyone, I got the devlivesample running, but for some reason there seems to be a blank line between the title and description and the description and url. This is unnecessarily wasting a ton of space on the result page. Does anyone know how to get rid of some of these blank lines I've searched the code pretty thoroughly and can't seem to locate the place in the code that would cause th
  • 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.
  • Issue with Digg block
    by cooldyood
    5 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • hi, I'm trying to use the getPpularStoriesByTopic method in the Digg block and am getting the error "root has no properties" consistently. I don't have any other block in my mashup yet. It seems like a bug to me. Any thoughts or suggestions
  • MSN Live Messenger webcam problems
    by Huryt
    14 Replies
    Last post by Kaitiff
      • Hello.I have problem in viewing others people webcams.I shows that connection is established but still i can see it loading it on the screen.and This loading doesn't stop.What is the problem
  • Typing text in an input over the map
    by pcoulter
    4 Replies
    Last post by pcoulter
      • I've tried to put a basic text box in a div that I popup over the map. However, when I try to type into the text box, no text is entered. Instead, if I hit certain keys (like a, r, or b) it changes the map view. How do I turn off the hotkeys while in the text box and instead get my text into the textbox
  • How to modify line style of a polyline in v5?
    by Dmitry Gaenko
    8 Replies
    Last post by Ashh
      • Hello, How to modify line style of a polyline (polygone) in v5 thanks..
  • Live Messenger turns off my laptop
    by ss_salah
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    Last post by ss_salah
      • I have been using live messenger for a long time with no problems. Now whever I sign in in Live Messenger my laptop turns off.If any other user signs in everything is normal. If i sign in on live messenger with a different ID everything remains normal. Only when I sign with my authentic e-mail address and ID mcomputer is turned off immediately. Any similar cases or advise Thank
  • Using Filter to refine RSS results
    by dcy2003
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    Last post by dcy2003
      • Hello, I am very new to Popfly and I'm having some trouble. I'm having trouble with the following step in a multi-step process. Pipe an RSS feed to a filter that allows user input for a search term. In other words I'd like to be able to receive a search term from a user, and return only the results from the RSS feed that match the search term. Anyone know how to go about this Any help would be g
  • Custom HTML
    by Greasy Guide
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    Last post by Greasy Guide
      • Has anyone used the custom HTML feature yet Also I was trying to create a flickr mast up that would update ever 5 seconds with new photos I got it to update but it just keeps adding the same photos over and over. Is there a way to have it have new photos as the update.
  • Webcam does not work on Windows Live Messenger? Problem "displaying " Web Cam Sponsored by"
    by sjdzmn
    14 Replies
    Last post by sjdzmn
      • I am using Windows Live Messenger ver 8.1 and Win XP. My web-cam is correctly installed, as I am able to use it correctly BOTH with Windows Live Messenger as well as Yahoo Messenger. Problem is that on Windows Live Messenger, I am not able to view the webcam of other person. AFter the other person authorizes my request for Starting Webcam, a box open but it keeps on displaying " Web Cam Spons
  • line and fill settings in georss
    by AJim
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    Last post by ssuing8825
      • Is there any way to define the line and fill settings for polygons in a GeoRSS file Thanks AJ
  • Manuelly assoicate file type to Windows Live Photo Gallery
    by Matt86
    2 Replies
    Last post by VB05Coder
      • A BIG mistake the programme did not assoicate .jpg and .hdp for me!!! It will goes to thumb mode when manuelly choose Windows Live Photo Gallery open it. So i need the code likes in Photo Gallery (rundll32.exe %ProgramFiles%\Windows Photo Gallery\PhotoViewer.dll, ImageView_Fullscreen) or Picture and fax viewer (rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\System32\shimgvw.dll,ImageView_Fullscreen) to assoicate file
  • upoad the files through webservice to particular server.
    by Navya Jeevan
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    Last post by Nate Buggia - MSFT
      • Hi, I am creating one windows service and WebService. when any changes made in particular file,The windows service upload the file to the server through web service(I already added the web refference and uploaded to one server).The webservice is running in the server .My problem is,"I have 3 servers, all the three servers having same web service.I want to upload the file to partyicular
  • http://local.live.com/WiFiIPService/locate.ashx blocking china?
    by Jeroen Bransen - J-Thread
    6 Replies
    Last post by Duncan Garratt
      • Hi all, I use http://local.live.com/WiFiIPService/locate.ashx to retrieve the visitors location. This seems to work pretty good, but somehow we don't get any visitors from china at all. Do you know anything about chinese visitors being blocked by VE, or maybe the other way around And would there be any fix to this (or do you know a better way to retrieve the visitors location ). T
  • Zooming to fractional zoom levels
    by bhowden
    8 Replies
    Last post by bhowden
      • This is really two questions. What I started out trying to do was zoom to a given bounding box. I ended up calculating the center, the width in pixels, projecting my bounding box to a projection in meters and calculating the required m/pixel. From that, it is easy to get the zoom level that will include the bounding box. Is there a more obvious way and the second question is how do you get a fract
  • Msn Live "HOW TO CHANGE BACK TO SMALL BUDDY ICON" on contact list
    by brownguy200
    7 Replies
    Last post by Paige89
      • hey guys i was wondering how i can change the BUDDY ICONS back to the SMALL THUMBNAILS on this new version for some reason i can't find it under options/ personal/ or message where can i find the option to change it back from LARGE BUDDY ICON THUMBNAILS to small.
  • Event Handler Not catching
    by KungfuJoe
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    Last post by KungfuJoe1110
      • So. My addin has an event handler for outgoing messages. It builds successfully. When I debug it (with a breakline inserted at the event handler), activate my addin, and send a message, the breakline doesn't kick in, and my addin doesn't do what it is supposed to. This leads me to believe that the event handler isn't catching the event. Here's a chunk of my code Code Block publ
  • Windows Live Messenger hangs
    by Fardad
    13 Replies
    Last post by leojdpa
      • I have installed windows live messeneger 8.1 and worked with it for a while with no problem. Then the messenger did not start when windows started eventhough the setting was to run at windows startup. Today I applied the latest updates through microsoft update (VS2005 SP1 and etc...) and now it does not run at all. I checked the process list and I see that the process is loaded (msnms
  • How can the VE Code Wiki be improved?
    by JonnyAJAX
    5 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • From SoulSolutions: What do you think we could do to make the WIKI better It was suggested that people prefer to have a reference to show that they contributed, I actually ripped all the login stuff out to make it easier. The suggestion is to put another field in where you put your name as the contributor. What do you think Also the ViaVE site has become a target for spam so I put a Ca
  • How do I get the Lat and Longitude of a pushpin from Virtual Earth
    by Jenp [MSFT&amp
    1 Replies
    Last post by johnmont
      • Trying to do something simple like connect a location (pushpin) from Virtual Earth to the WeatherBug Block.. Is there any chance of simply putting in the pushpin permalink in as a parameter for the weatherbug and/or could someone point me in the right direction for getting lat and long from Virtual Earth thanks jenp
  • panning and zooming in MWS
    by polynaux
    2 Replies
    Last post by polynaux
      • Hi Guys, How can it be that my panning and zooming is just working once e.g clicking on N for north will re-render the map showing everything a-bit-more-north but when clicking again nothing happens. It this a limitation when MapView is declared as ViewByBoundingLocations Moreover does Microsoft plan to provide/add a pushpin popup or tooltip property like the geoDisplayBalloon (Map
  • Page Layout and master layout for wide screens
    by figuerres
    1 Replies
    Last post by johnmont
      • Hi, with the wide format monitors becoming more common I see some issues here and other places. 1) do not assume that the users screen is 1024x760 or 1600x1200 -- test for and allow for screens like 1680x1050 and other wide screen / HD formats. 2) use CSS and DIV's to put the "footer" at the bottom of the display when the content does not fill the screen. here is wha
  • Add multiple event handlers to a pushpin
    by mohammedsk
    6 Replies
    Last post by Bryan Higgins
      • Hi, I have added a shape event handler (onclick) for a pushpin, when the user clicks on the pushpins it will center the map on latitude and longitude associated with that pushpin. Code Block map.AttachEvent("onclick",ShapeInfo); Code Block function ShapeInfo(e){ shape = map.GetShapeByID(e.elementID); sn = shape.GetDescription().split(",");