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  • Required / Optional Fields for AdCenter API
    by simplex
    9 Replies
    Last post by Strohm Armstrong - MSFT
      • I'm a bit new to using MSDN documentation, but looking through the " AdCenter API Programming Reference ", I do not see where it defines which fields are required and which are optional. For example, is AdCenterOrderItem.SubstParam2 required for a new OrderItem What about AdCenterOrderItem.BroadMatchAmt Is this documented anywhere, or do I just need to use trial and error to see which service cal
  • Pulling images from SharePoint Picture Library?
    by immy79
    10 Replies
    Last post by kltye
      • Hi there, I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to create some sort of slideshow based on iamges taht are stored in a SharePoint picture library. I'm using WSS 3.0, so I have the integrated RSS feed fo rthe library. And I've turned on the feature to include file enclosures. I jsut can't seem to get it to pull any of the iamges out. Any ideas Thanks. Jimmy
  • VE_MapDispatch_SymbolLib is null or not an object
    by Vingro
    3 Replies
    Last post by Vingro
      • Hey, I'm developing a winform app with Virtual Earth integrated (webbrowser control, .NET). I'm trying to read locations from a database and then draw them on the map. This is how I do that (for every point): Code Block var xto = new JSXmlToObject(); var dataView = xto.Deserialize(xml); var latlong = new VELatLong(dataView.lat, dataView.long); var pushpin = n
  • Place VE Tiles onto sphere
    by Wildert
    3 Replies
    Last post by Wildert
      • just as a side project, I'm trying to place virtual earth tiles onto a sphere made in WPF. I am using the 4 largest tiles created as a single PNG. My problem is with placing the texture coordinates, the continents are all the wrong size because I don't know what parts of the tile to match with the spheres latitudes (because I don't know where the latitudes are on the tile). Anyone know to identify
  • account is temporarily unavailable
    by ecreation
    4 Replies
    Last post by Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - MSFT
      • Hi, We have several bots running and with one of them we experience a lot of problems, The status is online, thats because its a provisioned account, but the message can not be delivered. We think that someone is trying to hack the password,. We tested it with an another account and when you try to login 12 times with a wrong password the system goos in somekind of lockdown. The stra
  • SharePoint Authentication with Windows Live ID
    by Francisco Merizalde
    13 Replies
    Last post by Leif Sunesson
      • Can anyone point me to a code sample using Windows Live ID for Authentication into a Sharepoint 2007 site Thanks, Francisco
  • Georss HTML formating Question
    by CharlesD
    4 Replies
    Last post by CharlesD
      • If you look at my map I have a GeoRSS layer and also a search box off to the left. What I would like to do is take that search box and put it inside the popup info bubbles, so I can get directions to my points. I would like some pointers on how to format the GeoRSS to accomplish this. Thanks
  • I've been awarded VE MVP
    by Derek Chan
    4 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • Hi everyone, A big thanks goes out to SoulSolutions (John O Brien) who helped post up my articles and filled in on those empty months when we had dozens of forums posts and nobody answering except mostly the two of us. Hoping to see you at the next MVP summit John. Also thanks goes out to you the posters for catching a great deal of Virtual Earth bugs and also providing the primers for the VE arti
  • WebSearch API restrictions and conditions
    by _Timo_
    2 Replies
    Last post by Yu-Ting Kuo - MSFT
      • Can I manipulate and display web page results I get from the api in any manner I desire providing I only use results from the api and do I have to display and sort of microsoft logos or microsoft provided ads I am all for displaying microsoft ads if I can display web results in the fashion I see fit. Also, what are the restrictions (if any) as far as the amount of content I can retrieve and displa
  • Embed not working
    by lrobe52993
    1 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • I have created two simple mashups. Both work in preview. I saved both to My Projects, shared them, went to Mashout and copied the Iframe code. I copied the code into an html page and uploaded to the server. Neither project works online. Both display the following error message Any help would be appreciated. ERROR: Unable to get data from 'http://search.yahooapis.com/NewsSearchService/V1/newsSearc
  • 600kb uncompressed.... jeebus
    by CVertex
    6 Replies
    Last post by Earthware
      • Howdy Via Virtual Earthers, I've used VE on 4 sites up until now and my experience with it has been smooth and more importantly fun. Alas I have a few niggles with Virtual Earth: Virtual Earth clearly has more features than google maps, but is there a way MS can perhaps divide up the javascript into more reasonably scripts. I'd consider 3d, bird's eye view and maybe even sattellite views to
  • Downloading Silverlight for Popfly
    by websmythe
    7 Replies
    Last post by websmythe
      • Seems like Popfly automagically figured out that I don't have Silverlight installed. But when I click da button to install it my anti-vious software says it has a virus.Any thoughts
  • getting latitude and longitude
    by tech_tantra
    2 Replies
    Last post by SoulSolutions
      • I am making use of MS Virtual Erath Interactive SDK for displaying map and directions information. Is there any way , by which I can make use of the SDK to fetch latitude and longitude information, which I can pass to the VELatLong() method.
  • An Agent with Multiple MSNs
    by Carl J
    7 Replies
    Last post by Carl J
      • If I have an Agent that connects to multiple MSN accounts at the same time, is there a way to determine which MSN account/end point the user contacted Thanks
  • Remove Infobox
    by JoeBloggs
    2 Replies
    Last post by JoeBloggs
      • This is probably a simple one but I just can't find the answer. I want to add a pushin to the map and have no infobox. At the moment when the pushpin is added it get a infobox containing "untitled item". This is code I'm using Code Snippet <script src='http://dev.virtualearth.net/mapcontrol/mapcontrol.ashx v=5'></script> <script type='text/java
  • Read RSS feed from SOAPBOX
    by jneyens
    12 Replies
    Last post by Gruia Pitigoi-Aron - MSFT
      • I'm familiar with consuming RSS feeds in BuddyScript. The current task is somewhat more complicated. I want to call http://soapbox.msn.com/rss.aspx userId=469324002549308322 to retrieve a list of all videos for the specific user. Then I want to "sort" this list based on the vidAt:rating node (highest rating first). The sorting has to be done in BuddyScript since the SoapBox RSS A
  • map.ShowMiniMap();
    by barnettr
    2 Replies
    Last post by barnettr
      • I get a default MiniMap display . . . but it will not render the same way it appears on the interactive SDK as well as "maps.live.com". Both of these views show a centered map with a white 6 pixil border with a 1 pixil #cbcbcb stroke around that. The MiniMap that renders on my page is right justified and almost blends into the main map behind and shows 12 pixils of white on the left.
  • IE crashing when adding pushpins to my site in 3D mode !
    by rcheli.dk
    14 Replies
    Last post by rcheli.dk
      • I can load my page in 2d mode with pushpins on, but when I change to 3d mode the IE crashes, any ideas on way this is happening, I can load the map, but when I have the pins on it¡¯s not working in 3d. Her is the some of the code for adding the pushpins, it¡¯s about 50 pins. var pin = new VEPushpin(pinID, new VELatLong(xpos, ypos), iconpath, title, description, 'defaultPin' , '' , '' );
  • VE Version 6 Wish List
    by Duncan Garratt
    10 Replies
    Last post by FOD
      • There is no better test for an API than developers writing real world applications, to that end as a VE developer I would wish to see enhancements to the VE API, and I am sure other developers are of the same view. Below I have listed what functionality I would wish to see in the next version of VE, and I would encourage other developers to post details of functionality they would wish to be inclu
  • 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
  • Authenticating and retrieving contacts with PHP
    by ergimantas
    1 Replies
    Last post by YuanYuan Yu - MSFT
      • I managed to make authetntication and i get back the token, but I dont know how to retrieve contacts list, because you need to add request header. If anyone managed to do this with PHP, please post it here. Thank you.
  • Windows Live Mail Desktop BETA Syncronize problems
    by TXboyinAK
    14 Replies
    Last post by dn2004
      • Hi, I'm having problems with the desktop beta. It says I must sync and it give me the address: http://ideas.live.com and to join the notification list. I went there and I cannot find it. I'm computer illiterate when it comes to things like this. Everythign I find directs me to the forum for it, but nothing directly says how to syncronize. Can someone please just say how to do this in dumbed down t
  • Two Weeks - No Answers?
    by DonG2
    14 Replies
    Last post by AndyS
      • [Moderators: I wasn't sure which forum to post these issues in, so feel free to move the topic to the Bugs forum if you'd rather have it there.] Task: Display all photos from all the photo albums in my Facebook account. My Shared mashup: My_FB_Photo_Albums Bug When I try to add a third Facebook block to get my Facebook account Name , using the getUserInfo fun
  • map.GetRoute loses metric unit after user selects from amibiguous location
    by Jean581393
    3 Replies
    Last post by Jean
      • Hi guys, I'm trying to return directions in kilometres and the current code works fine when the user enters a disambiguous location, but, when an ambiguous location is entered and the user selects one from the subsequent list of possible locations, the corresponding directions returned and in miles. It seems like the handler for ambiguous locations doesn't remember the parameter fo
  • Limits of Site: scope operator
    by puneetspeed
    3 Replies
    Last post by Yu-Ting Kuo - MSFT
      • Hey All, I am trying to use the site: to scope the results from the particular site domains. ex: "media reporting" (site:bbc.co.uk OR site: cnn.com). I want to know is there any limits on the site: scope operator. As in max number of applicable scopes. I know that the first 10 words are used as keywords for the search. Thanks, Puneet.H