Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • Validator prevents compile of Activity Library
    by Chris Dunaway
    5 Replies
    Last post by Tom Lake - MSFT
      • I've been reading the book "Essential Windows Workflow Foundation" by Dharma Shukla and Bob Schmidt. I have downloaded the code used in the book and attempting to add an activity to the library. One of the activities has a Validator attribute and when I compile, it seems to run the validation. Why would it do this when I do not have a workflow in the project anywhere How can I just comp
  • [UAC]How to make CreateFile() fail?
    by Wong Shao Voon
    2 Replies
    Last post by Wong Shao Voon
      • Hi guys, I am using CreateFile() to test whether my user files can be saved in the folder. CreateFile() fails for root directory, eg, C:\ and the Users directory, eg, C:\Users. But it passes for the C:\Windows and C:\Program Files by creating my files in the virtual store. I tried to use notepad to test its behaviour but notepad's CreateFile() fails for C:\Windows and C:\Program Files when I tried
  • How to show image on a button without losting VisualStyle view?
    by UnitUniverse
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    Last post by UnitUniverse
      • Hi everyone: I need to put a bitmap or an icon on a button, Unlike text buttons, the button lost its theme view, no mater it is a image style button or a normal button proceeded custom-drawing messages. I don't want to add any theme manager APIs explicity. The GUI is designed for both XP and vista. How can i solve it Any suggestions
  • The threads...
    by Bowljoman
    5 Replies
    Last post by Bowljoman
      • So, I have a question about the threading. Is it true, that typically there is one thread, for example, a push source CAMThread, that chases the mediaSample all the way down to the renderer Or, is there a hand off, often implemented in another filter
  • what are all the dll's and api getting changing from windows XP to windows vista
    by Sureshxlnt
    1 Replies
    Last post by Mo Nail - MFST
      • Right now we are using XP and we are planning to migrate XP to Vista. My application is developed in vc++, my application is client server based one. the server side is developed in c++ and client side is developed in java. In server side we used to run the vc++ application as custom service. so here my doubt is there is any api are dll of windows is getting change or not
  • IE compatibility test tool
    by divya mittal
    2 Replies
    Last post by divya mittal
      • hi, can anybody tell me that how to fix the "CSS fixes" issue that come in the IE compatibility test tool in ACT when we open various sites. thanx in advance divya
  • Error while loading any WWF Project
    by Mayur Khare
    7 Replies
    Last post by AndyHock
      • Hi all, I get the following error while creating a new Workflow project and opening up the designer, version of the dll files in GAC (micr.workflow.vsdesigner etc) is 3.0.03203.56, same as in SDK folder. your suggestions are most welcome!!! : Method 'get_CheckTypes' in type 'Microsoft.Workflow.VsShell.Helpers.VSWorkflowCompilerOptionsService' from assembly 'Microsoft.Workflow.
  • Welcome to the Windows SideShow forum!
    by Dan Polivy - MSFT
    2 Replies
    Last post by DGSA
      • Welcome, everyone, to the first forum dedicated to answering all of your Windows SideShow development questions! Whether it's gadget related, driver related, or firmware related--if it's about Windows SideShow, we're here to help. So, ask away!
  • ASP.NET State Workflow
    by Paul Phillips
    2 Replies
    Last post by Paul Phillips
      • Hi, I am new to WWF and would like some help (pretty please). I have an asp.net application that I want to call a workflow(state) but because it's an ASP application I need to execute a workflow and wait for the instance to complete before return the context back to the browser. Thanks Paul
  • Control Vista Media Center with a sideshow device?
    by cw-kid
    9 Replies
    Last post by cw-kid
      • Hello When will it be possible to use a Smart Phone or PDA with Windows Mobile OS to control your Vista Media Center I.E. View the music library play albums, add to the queue, schedule recording of TV programs and such. I have seen the Ricavision Sideshow remote controls and I am hoping we will be able to do something similar on our own existing hardware Thanks.
  • Suspend the execution of an Activity
    by GiriKrishna
    1 Replies
    Last post by Matt Milner - Pluralsight
      • Hi All, I have a couple of custom activities that perform long running tasks. I have used the well defined pattern (i.e. delegate the task to an external service which after completion would enque to the WF queue on which the activity is listening on) The reqt is that it should be possible to suspend these running activities by the user and then resume them at a later point in time. I
  • Workflow designer control
    by ksona
    5 Replies
    Last post by anshulagarwal
      • Hi , I am trying to host the workflow designer on a web page. I have made a winform Control that hosts the designer. When i rehost this control on a winForm it works fine. When i host this Control on a webpage it doesn't show on the page. Can anyoneguess what might causing the problem Is there some example on the web that shows how to do this I have a feeling that security is not an issue because
  • DirectShow and C#
    by br_other
    5 Replies
    Last post by br_other
      • Hello Everyone, I¡¯m new in C# and I have several questions, and I hope you to help me to find the answers. I would like to make some simple capture of audio and video for personal purpose. As I understood, the right way to do it is using DirectShow. But there is something which confuses me. The description of DirectShow says: ¡°The MicrosoftR DirectShowR a
  • when I build a filter graph programmatically and publish in the ROT, my custom property pages do not display...
    by __SAW___
    2 Replies
    Last post by __SAW___
      • ... when I open the graph "remotely" through graph edit. The default pin properties display through
  • Recorded Video File Has no Length
    by rgalgon
    3 Replies
    Last post by LGS
      • Working on Windows Mobile 5.0 Using as a base the sample "CameraCapture " from the PocketPC SDK. My code below. I call the function to start recording video. It creates the asf file specified but that file is unplayable on the phone. Windows Media Player (latest version and a few older versions I tried) cannot play it. Nor can VLC. When I look at the file in AVICodec (multimedia file ana
  • Hyper-Threading and WM ASF Writer
    by WMF SDK
    8 Replies
    Last post by Chris P.
      • Hi! I have one problem, please help me! I developed DirectShow filter for network broadcast like a WM ASF Writer. My filter and WM ASF Writer produce same fps - 20 when Hyper-Threading is turned off. But when I turn on HT th e n with my filter I have old 20 fps but with WM ASF Writer I have 25 fps and CPU usage less than CPU usage when I use my filter. I think the proble
  • The UAC Nightmare
    by Jorge Coelho
    14 Replies
    Last post by MattAus
      • I'm beginning to reach the conclusion that the current implementation of the UAC in Vista is, IMO, a nightmare that creates more problems than it solves. If Microsoft wants developers - and users - to embrace the UAC (instead of just turning it off altogether) then it better come forward with a LOT MORE information and support than it is currently providing! If it doesn't, I will begin to suspect
  • New USB Devices not recognized in Vista
    by Jim Lenz
    14 Replies
    Last post by Loepie
      • I have run into a strange problem that I need some help. I am running vista ultimate on a ibm t43p laptop. All of my current usb items including keyboard, camera, printer and others work fine. When I try to install a new usb device plug and play is not recognizing properly. The found new hardware wizard comes up and tries to install the driver. When searching it cannot find the driver and does
  • I need to read the XPS spec, but I dont want to install .Net 3.0
    by John C MCSD
    1 Replies
    Last post by nixps
      • Microsoft's site that has the spec download tries to install .Net 3.0, which I really dont want to install. There has to be a word doc somewhere that has the spec, that doesnt require me to install something. Does anyone have a link Thanks
  • Custom Policy Activity update it's own properties at runtime
    by John12
    8 Replies
    Last post by Kavita Kamani - MSFT
      • Hello, How do you get a custom policy activity's ruleset to update a property on the activity instance Thanks.
  • MSDTC inconsistency
    by Mansoor M I
    8 Replies
    Last post by Florin Lazar - MSFT
      • hi Community, I have this inconsistency issue when calling the layer which is inherited from ServicedComponents to insert values into Oracle database. The web server is running on Win 2K Adv server whereas the oracle is running on Win 2003 SE. I hit one of the following error message when I try to insert/update/delete values into oracle db: - The root transaction wanted to commit, but transa
  • New xp pro machine, MSDTC not installed or configured?
    by FergusLogic
    14 Replies
    Last post by TonyST
      • Hello everyone, I purchased a brand new shiny development machine last weekend (one of the new dual core 2 processor machines...two thumbs way up!). The operating system on the machine is XP Pro. I am coding a C# 2005 winforms application which requires MSDTC and after opening my C# project and running it I noticed that MSDTC is not installed on my new machine. I thought MSDTC was installed on eve
  • searchfilterhost.exe using up to 35% of CPU
    by fulci
    14 Replies
    Last post by Vlad the Impaler
      • Hello, I just got the retail version of Windows Vista business. I quickly noticed that my system was sometimes experiencing extreme slowdowns, so I went into the task manager and found out that the CPU load was always at 100% when this happened. I then opened the ressource monitor and expanded the CPU bar. Much to my surprise I found out that a process called searchfilterhost.exe was using between
  • Playing back Video - locks file?
    by Matt555555
    3 Replies
    Last post by Thore Karlsen
      • Is there a way to avoid having the video file locked When i try and open it to write some additional data onto the end, I get a file IO exception. Is this possible at all thanks
  • Remote workflow tracking
    by Barry Kwok
    2 Replies
    Last post by Dave Green - MSFT
      • I've a windows service which running the application and workflow host, and clients connect to the server by remoting. I'm trying to display the workflow tracking data to the client, but the classes in System.Workflow.Runtime.Tracking is not marked as serializable. How can I serialize the tracking data and send it to the client side Thank you very much!