Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • VB6 SendKeys doesn't work
    by Stephan M
    14 Replies
    Last post by techrep50
      • Why does the VB6 function SendKeys not work under Windows Vista Beta2 Build 5384 Does anybody know, if this will be fixed in final version
  • Possible to play WMV from a certain frame?
    by Zhiguo Yang
    8 Replies
    Last post by Zhiguo
      • Is it possible to play a WMV video from a certain frame In my webpage, I use the following code to embed a WMP to play a WMV video. <OBJECT CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" TYPE="application/x-oleobject"> <PARAM NAME="CurrentPosition" VALUE="12.34"> ... </OBJECT> I use parameter CurrentPosition to play the vid
  • Activities operating on shared data
    by Visual Martin
    1 Replies
    Last post by Angel Azcarraga - MSFT
      • Hi, I want to create a special workflow class (for document manangement purposes) that holds shared data classes on which the actions operate. I want the actions to be able to access this data classes in a user friendly manner, so that a workflow designer is also "aware" of those underlying data. What I understood so far from all posts here and the examples is, that one must use dependen
  • Unidentifed program wants access
    by PAP UK
    14 Replies
    Last post by sudhech
      • I am testing the installation and running of a vb6 program. The program installs okay. The program is signed with a test certificate created using makecert/cert2spc/signcode. It requires administrative access when it is run and this is stipulated in it's manifest. I have put the Root Agency into the Trusted Root Authorities Store and put the publisher/signer into the Trusted Publisher
  • Custom tracking Service
    by himo
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    Last post by SonaliC
      • I want to ask About workFlow Foundation : now i want to create Custom tracking and i use two methods : private TrackingProfile createprofile() { TrackingProfile profile = new TrackingProfile (); ActivityTrackingLocation actLoc = new ActivityTrackingLocation ( typeof ( Activity )); actLoc.MatchDerivedTypes = true ; actLoc.ExecutionStatusEvents.Add( Act
  • OpenFileMapping fails in global mouse hook while cursor over IE7
    by Rusty Trawler
    5 Replies
    Last post by George Ashe
      • Hi, My application uses a global mouse and keyboard hook to detect mouse gestures, various mouse click combinations, cursor location hotspots and keyboard shortcuts. My major problem is that when the cursor is over an Internet Explorer window running in protected mode, my hook functions can no longer access my memory mapped file which is required for both communicating with the host applicat
  • Reducing response time
    by RolfWiki
    3 Replies
    Last post by Angel Azcarraga - MSFT
      • I've created a custom composite dialog activity with a HandleExternalEvent activity inside. All works fine. But the response time of a input form for example depends on the number and complexity of the activities following the dialog activity until the workflow reaches an activity which unload the workflow instance (Delay or HAndleExternalEvent for example). Can I force the the unloading of the wo
  • Where is DirectShow
    by akira32
    4 Replies
    Last post by Michel Roujansky
      • I download DirectX SDK Feb 2007. I cann't find the DirectShow and Its sample. Someone tells me the DirectShow move to the PlatformSDK. So I install VC++.Net 2005 with its PlatformSDK,but I also cannot find the DirectShow in directory "D:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\PlatformSDK". I want DirectShow's samples and MSDN. Where is the DirectShow sample Whic
  • Starting a service in Vista
    by Blake W
    7 Replies
    Last post by IanD
      • Is there any way to start a service in Windows Vista programmatically without having admin privileges (UAC turned on) When our main menu of our product is started up, it checks to see if our database service is running. If it isn't, the main menu would silently start the service. This worked fine on 2000/XP. Now I need to get admin privileges in order to start it. This won't work for our customers
  • Vista 'Sleep' Issue
    by Anmol Ranka
    5 Replies
    Last post by Mo Nail - MFST
      • Hi All, I am facing a issue with 'Sleep' mechanism in Vista. I am doing certain asynchronous I/O operation on my device when I receive 'PBT_APMRESUMESUSPEND' through 'WM_POWERBROADCAST' message. 'PBT_APMRESUMESUSPEND' is the message we get from Window's when it comes out of sleep mode. But while doing so I receive 'ERROR_IO_PENDING' error. Are anyone facing similar problems I did not face a
  • Function Discovery
    by Kevinmac
    14 Replies
    Last post by Kevinmac
      • Where can I find a working sample of using Vista Function Discovery The sample in the latest SDK does not build. Thanks, Kevin
  • ActiveX OCX / Registry call fails
    by Jerry West
    2 Replies
    Last post by Jerry West
      • I have an ActiveX OCX that runs in a web page. It works fine except when run under Vista. The call that fails is RegConnectRegistryW. The return error is 1346. Meaning "Either a required impersonation level was not provided or the provided impersonation level was not valid". This call fails when attempting to return any hive handle --even a local hive handle. Obtaining hive handles via a
  • How to Loop on File Stream using Pull Model Filter
    by BobK
    2 Replies
    Last post by Geraint Davies
      • I have a Pull model parser-like filter which I would like to modify to continuously loop on a file being played. I added the Seek code and tried invoking it in the Filter's Receive method after it detects and processes the last frame. I can't seem to get the seek working without getting EndOfStream. Am I doing the Seek in the wrong place Obviously I could have implemented something incorrectly bu
  • put_MultisessionInterfaces return 0xC0AAB156, Burning blank Disc(CD-R, CD-RW) by MultiSession fail
    by Caijx
    4 Replies
    Last post by cjx_rabbit
      • Hi all, I am trying to write a program to burn data to blank disc(CD-R or CD-RW) in recording multi-session on Vista Ultimate, but I had a problem in calling put_MultisessionInterfaces, which always return 0xC0AAB156 error at the first time, I refer to IMAPI2 header file "imapi2fserror.h" , this error is as follows: [ imapi2fserror.h] // MessageId: IMAPI_E_IMPORT_SEEK_FAILURE
  • Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed happens intermittent
    by Harald Hedlund
    14 Replies
    Last post by Bruce Brown
      • Windows XP SP2 and SQL Server 2005. I have two different servers: one running SQL Server Express and one running SQL Server Standard Edition. I have the following settings for MSDTC on all clients and servers: MSDTC on both Server and Client : a.Network DTC Access - Checked b.Allow Remote clients - checked c.Allow inbound and Allow outbound - checked d.No authentic
  • LoadDesignerLayoutFromResource Serialization Trouble
    by bebel
    5 Replies
    Last post by bebel
      • Hello, I have crete a StateMachine Workflow and when I try to use the LoadDesignerLayoutFromResource to better present the layout of my workflow, I receive the following error: {"Could not deserialize member 'Location'. Could not set value '30; 30' on member 'Location' of type 'System.Workflow.Activities.StateMachineWorkflowDesigner'. 30; 30 is not a valid value for Int32."}
  • WMI on vista, whats equivalent of root\\CIMV2\\Applications\\MicrosoftIE namespace
    by RahulM
    5 Replies
    Last post by Anatoly123456
      • I need to find out programmatically whether a machine is behind proxy.. The WMI ( Windows management instrumentation ) API in Win-XP had MicrosoftIE namespace which allowed me to detect IE LAN settings using which i could find out if any proxy is set for IE. How do i achieve this in Vista the MicrosoftIE namespace doesnt exist on vista. Please reply me on rahul.mundke@gmail.com as well. Thanks. Re
  • Ask
    by himo
    5 Replies
    Last post by SonaliC
      • i want to ask about Workflow Foundation I use StateMachine WorkFlow : one state i drag and drop Eventdriven in it . in the EventDriven i Draged SomeActivities and the workFlow worked Perfectly but when i dragged DelayActivity and build the solution ...error Raised so i want to ask : why error Raised when i use Delay Activity in the state machine plz an
  • Using regedit to modify Vista registry
    by Engineer2007
    14 Replies
    Last post by johnmn
      • How can I use regedit to modify protected registry keys in Vista Business Specifically, how can I use regedit to delete keys in HKLM\system\CurrentControlSet\Enum\USB Here is what I have done so far: Logged in as admin Opened regedit with "max" access using [Ctrl][Shift][Enter] Attempted to change permissions on a key under Enum\USB to 'full control', but failed (at this p
  • CreateProcess from services
    by Yatzikatzi
    4 Replies
    Last post by Josue Gomes
      • Hi, I'm trying to start a process from a service (kind of an on-demand process) on Vista using the code bellow: if (!CreateProcess (szTunnelExePath, const_cast<char*>(lpTunConf.c_str()), 0, 0, false, CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE | DETACHED_PROCESS, 0, 0, &sui, &tun_proc_)) { return 0; // No exec = no tunnel } The code above works perfectly on Windows XP, but on Vista even though Cre
  • Windows Vista Network Crash Under Heavy Load
    by caboos_rules
    3 Replies
    Last post by caboos_rules
      • I am currently using build 5744 When i have a large amount of network trafic such as torrents or when i am on a windows XP pro system and i try to copy relatively large files from the vista machine it seems that the nforce network controler shuts down i dont get past the default gateway. the only way to fix it is by rebooting....but it keeps hapening. any help would realy be nice! thanks,
  • Major bug in Vista File Sharing (Peer-to-Peer)?
    by jchurch
    14 Replies
    Last post by gonzorr
      • Major bug in Vista File Sharing (Peer-to-Peer) Description: Microsoft Vista will lockup when more than one Vista workstation attempts to access the same file in a shared folder at the same time. Steps to reproduce: 1. Install a new copy of Vista (Does not matter what version) on two different computers. 2. Install a new copy of MS Office 2003 each computer. 3. Share the Public folder on o
  • VMR9: mixing videos with alpha channel
    by Anton__
    4 Replies
    Last post by Anton__
      • Hello I'm using VMR9 interfaces to mix and play 2 videos. Everything is good so far, but one of my videos contains an alpha channel. Though in the output the alpha channel is not accounted - I see a black rectangle instead of the background video. The transparent is in quicktime format. So my question is: how to play videos containing alpha channel correctly And how to apply an alpha mask to the v
  • Adding Activities to SequentialWorkflowActivity during Initialize
    by soccerdad
    2 Replies
    Last post by soccerdad
      • I have a class derived from SequentialWorkflowActivity that I'm using as the type for the call to WorkflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow. Because the runtime constructs this class during "runtime.CreateWorkflow(typeof(MyWorkflow))", I can't do work in a non-default constructor. What I need to do is analyze some information I have and add activities based on this information to my workflow class:
  • Increasing smoothness of ink Stroke
    by paulergiker82
    14 Replies
    Last post by paulergiker82
      • Hello everybody, I was just wondering whether there is a possibility to 'transform' mouse data into Ink data if entered. The trigger of my question is the rather low sampling rate for a mouse input device. I would like to have more 'smooth' lines (just like the smoothness of Ink data). I thought about calculating additional points between those captured in a Stroke, but I don't know how to upd