Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • Orcas WF Designer unusably slow compared to VS 2005
    by Michael_Giagnocavo
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    Last post by Michael_Giagnocavo
      • The Orcas WF designer is sadly slow. I used the Order state machine sample as a test between the two. In VS 2005, it opens just fine, and you can quickly go into different EventDrivens, right click states, etc. When I open the same SLN in Orcas, the WF designer goes much slower. For example, selecting and right clicking a state that's not currently selected takes about 4 seconds (P4 2.8G
  • OpenFileMapping and token
    by erbere
    8 Replies
    Last post by Shamirza
      • I try to run an application as a standard user but I still have these issues with the applicatioon verifier: <avrf:message>Access was restricted to trusted users only.</avrf:message> <avrf:formatmessage>OpenFileMappingW: Section (\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\windows_shell_global_counters) only grants requested &apos;READ_CONTROL&apos; to &apos;NT AUTHORITY\
  • issues with Remote desktop (mstsc crashes on vista rtm ultimate)
    by KarthikNarasimhan
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    Last post by KarthikNarasimhan
      • Hi, I am trying out an application works across terminal services from client to server and according to the procedure I have created a clientdll.dll and registered it. When I am trying to open mstsc.exe and connect it to a terminal server, surprisingly mstsc.exe crashes.I have made sure that the PChanneLEntry structure has been filled with vaild fucntion pointers and the fucntion call to
  • Error with using window.open() to access web URLs
    by AprilSULeo
    9 Replies
    Last post by Ajay Dwivedi
      • Has anyone run into the issue in IE7 on Vista that an error is thrown in the window.open method when you are referencing an external URL function WWW(url) { var urlWindow; urlWindow = window.open(url, "New", "directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes"); } If the value of url above is http://www.msdn.com and you
  • need help, cant hear audio in youtube or other sites
    by Kennylocodude
    2 Replies
    Last post by jayboardy
      • i need help to hear audio i cant hear them in sites like youtube or myspace need help plzzz
  • Help! Cannot read GraphEdit log :(
    by gazette
    0 Replies
    Last post by gazette
      • I've some problem to read the GraphEdit's log file because no editor show it properly. It looks like UNICODE text, but I don't know which code page should I use to read it..
  • Problem Changing Capture Filter Frame Rate using IAMStreamConfig
    by iamdon
    12 Replies
    Last post by Add Palmer
      • Changing Capture Filter frame rate using IAMStreamConfig doesn't work. Even if IAMStreamConfig.SetFormat returns S_OK the frame rate ramains unchanged. If i'am using Capture Pin Property Page frame rate changes are persistent. Any idea why IAMStreamConfig.SetFormat doesn't work
  • [RTM Vista] - Problem binding an ssl certificate to an ip:port, nothing works :-(
    by Marzullo
    12 Replies
    Last post by Todd West - MSFT
      • Look this link. I'm running on Windows Vista RTM as an administrator. The certificate has been crafted with makecert for developing purposes. I'm getting error 1312 while registering it to whatever ip/port. I need this certificate to authenticate a WCF metadata exchange through https. I tried to logon myself using "net use" but nothing seem to happen even when "net session" co
  • How to resolve Font to file name?
    by BlaineZ
    3 Replies
    Last post by Bob Lan
      • When creating an XPS Document, one must embed the Font resources in the document. I am struggling with how a "real world" application is suppose to reliably map a user selected font to the actual font file name and am hoping someone who has done this can give me some advice. Assuming that the application will have to provide the end-user with a GUI to select a Font (such as System
  • SqlTrackingService and SqlWorkflowPersistenceService in a State Machine Workflow
    by PeterTheHorrible
    5 Replies
    Last post by jdw - MSFT
      • Hi everybody! I am developping a workflow prototye for our new application - it's a simple state machine doing nearly nothing, more or less just doing the transitions. The persistance service is essential. Until now I'm quite satisfied, for everything seems to run fine - including persistence. But now I have added the SqlTrackingService to build the fundamentals for a workflow monito
  • How to play DVD video in two windows?
    by Alexander.Zolotarev
    11 Replies
    Last post by Alexander.Zolotarev
      • I want to play DVD video in two windows. As I know, recommended approach is to use Infinite Tee DirectShow filter which will split source stream into two identical streams. But IDvdGraphBuilder::RenderDvdVideoVolume doesn't use Intelligent Connect and I should insert Infinite Tee filter manually along with other filters (DVD decoder, audio filters etc.). What are the best solution in this ca
  • Exception in Workflow removes instance from database
    by rahulmanasa
    3 Replies
    Last post by Dave Green - MSFT
      • Hi, I am using StateMachine Workflow. and SQLStatePersistance services. If any exception comes into Workflow, it removes workflow instance from InstanceState table of SQLStatePersistance. I call Unload on Idle. Please suggest me how could I handle this situation. Thanks, Rahul Jain
  • PostMessage from higher privilege process to lower privilege processe
    by Woden99
    1 Replies
    Last post by Eric Perlin - MSFT
      • My program does PostMessage from a service process to a UI process. The service is running in System context, but the UI is running under User context. They are in different security context. 1. Will the PostMessage still work in this situation 2. If it does not work any more, will ChangeWindowMessageFilter help I read a Microsoft article in the following link, it confuses me: htt
  • Why can't Vista receive Multicast from IP address 0.0.0.0, but XP can?
    by Andy McQuatt
    14 Replies
    Last post by Andy McQuatt
      • I previously posted an item on this forum asking why Vista couldn't receive multicast packets but XP could. This was http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1092653&SiteID=1 . This was escalated to a case with Microsoft, but no solution has been found, as yet. Since raising the case, I have done some further experimentation and have discovered that the problem is more spec
  • I have IIS 7.0 on my Vista Home Premium Laptop. Problems with local .asp pages
    by Col-2007
    1 Replies
    Last post by Andreas Johansson
      • Hi, I need help here asap. Trying to load a .asp script on my laptop after installing Oracle and IIS 7.0. Apparently, IIS 7.0 only supports asp.net whereas older versions supported .asp and asp.net Anyone know where I can directly download the asp plugin I looked all over MS and have found nothing so far. Thanks for any help. Col
  • Error to import a manager Card - An incoming identity could not be validated
    by Elche41
    6 Replies
    Last post by Elche41
      • Hi,First, I want apologize for my poor EnglishSo, I need to create an Java-Based .crd file generator. I done mlot of the work and I obtain a crd file who look than the other good one. But, when i attempt to import the card, I got the following error : An incoming identity could not be validated. Impossible de controler la signature.Additional Information: a System.Environment.GetStackTrace(Excepti
  • Using mixerGetLineInfo in Vista?
    by Wooger
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    Last post by Wooger
      • Is the mixerGetLineInfo function compatible with Vista, because when I use it it can't seem to find the microphone that I have hooked up to my computer. Is there another function that I should call to do this
  • Elevating an IE7 toolbar to Integrity Level: Medium
    by traimo
    28 Replies
    Last post by traimo
      • Hello, I have an IE7 toolbar that needs to write to an Access DB that resides in the Program Files directory. However, because IE7 runs in Protected Mode, the toolbar does not have access to write to the Program Files directory. So, I tried to move the Access DB to the ProgramData directory. Now, I don't get the Access Denied error, but the toolbar doesn't write to the DB that is in the Program
  • Starting System Services
    by FlamboyantinTokyo
    2 Replies
    Last post by FlamboyantinTokyo
      • Hi, I am trying to write a program to start a windows service automatically... attached is a snippet of my code: SC_HANDLE schSCManager = OpenSCManager(NULL, NULL SC_MANAGER_ALL_ACCESS); char *s = "WebClient"; SC_HANDLE serviceHandler = OpenService(schSCManager, (LPCWSTR)s, SERVICE_ALL_ACCESS); the OpenService function returns an error which is ERROR_SERVIC
  • Design Question
    by Nitton
    11 Replies
    Last post by Nitton
      • Hi, I am trying to create a activity which connects to a server to locate a file, if the file exists download it to a local drive otherwise try again in another 30 minutes (with a maximum of 3 attempts for the same duration). 1.Are there any best practices or a design pattern to achieve this, I am sure this is a pretty common scenario and must been encountered by many develop
  • Web page control not able to open file on client.
    by skeeter2
    6 Replies
    Last post by skeeter2
      • We support a website using a reliable third-party image control to resize and upload images. This has no issues on XP & win2000 but a user can't get uploads to work on her new machine with Vista. The control uses a filesystem dialog for the users to choose the files they want to upload, this list is passed in and then it flips through them one at a time to resize, saves them to the syst
  • LogonUI killing my thread
    by Nathan Going
    1 Replies
    Last post by Poidl
      • I have created a thread to poll for a change in my hardware. the problem is after the user is verified, the credential provider begins unloading, it interrupts my thread. None of my destructors even get called. Then i receive the following error: "Windows Logon User Interface Host stopped working and was closed." If i don't create the thread i have no problems, all works as
  • web service exposed workflow
    by mpco
    6 Replies
    Last post by Leela
      •   static void Main( string [] args)         {                         lh.Workflow1 ws = new lh.Workflow1();             string sid = ws.Step1( "P-MMMMM" );
  • WIA compatibility with Vista / where is IWiaItem2 declared
    by Rosh K Mathews
    2 Replies
    Last post by Rosh K Mathews
      • Hi experts, I am using IWiaItem interface in WinXP for detecting WIA devices. Now i want to migrate the same to Vista OS. I saw that now i have to use IWiaItem2, IWiaDeviceMgr2 etc for proceeding further. On going thru the documentation on IWiaItem2, it is stated that the same is declared in Wia.h but i couldnt see any declartion for the same. I implemented in the source code and it is throw
  • Crash in Imapi2 after erasing disk
    by BobN77
    5 Replies
    Last post by Grigory - MSFT
      • I have an app that uses IMAPI2 in a "minimal" fashion. I obtain access to an optical drive through IMAPI2, and do most work by sending MMC commands through : IDiscRecorder2Ex->SendCommandGetDataFromDevice, etc. There is a rare crash that occurs, maybe once in 30 times or less. This crash seems to be inside of IMAPI. The crash occurs during my code to erase a disk. This code