Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • Cannot set
    by gemino
    3 Replies
    Last post by Patrick William
      • Hi, i have tried to implement a simple workflow which reacts on an external event. I have already done this once and it worked, but now - i don't know what changed - i cannot choose the InterfaceType in the graphical designer anymore. My interface simply doesn't show up. I have a Visual Studio solution with two projects: one contains the workflow and the runtime and the other the interface and the
  • ASP.NET form to design Workflows
    by chakira
    1 Replies
    Last post by Ranjesh - MSFT
      • I have a situation where a non programmer may have to configure the application with DO WHILE loops and several drop downs within the loops which he selects. Would it be possible to program the WF rules using a form as a declarative UI If not, is there any way to make it declarative enough for a non programmer Thanks. Chakra.
  • Urgent Help for "Communication with the underlying transaction manager has failed. "
    by chinmayp
    7 Replies
    Last post by Jesse - MSFT
      • hi All, I'm using DTC(Distributed Transaction Co-Ordinator) Service for Transaction support. My configuartion is as follows: Server machine config Windows server2003r2 with SP2 Visual Studio 2005 Client machine config Windows server2003r2 with SP2 Visual Studio 2005 DTC configured to allow network access 1. Client and Administration Options [Allow Remot
  • Vista Logo Test Case 18: Is an Upgrade Table Entry Necessary for a Brand New MSI Install?
    by ProModeler
    6 Replies
    Last post by hongheng
      • We have a product for which we are developing an .MSI installation for the first time. In test case 18, it states, " The Windows Installer package contained UpgradeCode, ProductVersion (VersionMin and VersionMax) property tags in the Upgrade table...This means the application properly prepared for upgrade to address the previous package..." Our question is: do we need to have an
  • Mysterious XPS Essential installation failure
    by Michael Herman - Parallelspace
    14 Replies
    Last post by XPS_fan
      • The install runs for a long time and then when the progress bar is 80% complete, the following error message is displayed: "XPS Essentials Pack Setup Wizard" "There is a problem with this Windows Installer package. A program run as part of the setup did not finish as expected. Contact your support personell or package vendor."
  • Set Initial Directory for a FileOpenDialog
    by Luke R
    2 Replies
    Last post by Yongyi Chen
      • I am experincing the following issue when using the VistaBridge SDK Sample within a VB.NET Windows Forms project.  The issue occurs when the FileOpenDialog is opened using the following code (the VistaBridge sample has not been modified - simply added to my project):   If Environment.OSVersion.Version.Major > 5 Then ' Dim OpenDialog As CommonOpenFileDialog =
  • Control Panel does not start
    by AppBuilder
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    Last post by AppBuilder
      • I'm testing an app developed on XP on Vista. From time to time I need to look at my app and other things via the Control Panel. Sometimes when I try to start the Control Panel it does not start--I get the outline of a window and the Vista "something's happening " circle, but then the window outline disappears and the Control Panel does not display. The problem is intermittent and is fixe
  • Declarative Rule Condition Problem
    by adajos
    9 Replies
    Last post by Jason Bolstad
      • I've got a custom activity which has a public property exposed. It's a boolean property, and it's named "Complete". My custom activity is called derivedActivity1 in my Workflow, which is called Workflow1. When my derivedActivity1 executes, it sets the value of the Complete property. The next activity in my workflow is an If/Else. On my first If/Else branch I've created a Declarative R
  • Writing DirectShow Filter to use Frames in Memory
    by Incarcerus85
    3 Replies
    Last post by Thore Karlsen
      • Hi, I need to create an AVI stream ( which can be sent to a Render filter in a filter graph ) from individual frames created in an application. I thought of writing a source filter - however, there's no way to take the input frames from the application. So I thought of using a File Source Filter - but it seems the file needs to be on a disk or taken from a URL - not from memory. Can anyone give so
  • CallExternalMethod Activity do not run on the second time
    by Queen of the desert
    3 Replies
    Last post by Or
      • Hello, I'm runing a composite Activity that execute 2 CallExternalMethod activites (same one twice in a diffrent context), the first Activity is runing fine but in the second one is not . I see that it is doing the "OnMethodInvoking" twice but the method itself never invoked. (The debugger do not stop inside the method) Any suggestions Thanks Orna
  • Problem with Custom action reading the commandline parameters
    by mahalax
    11 Replies
    Last post by leecs
      • Our project needs a database which will be created as a part of the installation process. I have added a custom dialog box to the setup project and get the server details where the database has to be created. When running the setup with using D:\>msiexec application.msi this allows complete user intervention in getting the required details via the installer's UI. However, when trying t
  • Windows Workflow Foundation Roadmap
    by Le Minh
    4 Replies
    Last post by Kavita Kamani - MSFT
      • Hi all, I'm a newbie to WWF and i need to develope a solution that use WWF so i want to know the roadmap of WWF. Anyone can help me Thanks a lot!
  • Vista has handwriting recognition for tablet PC¡¯s
    by pKulandrei
    5 Replies
    Last post by Stefan Wick - MSFT
      • Hi, I'm a newbie to tablet PC programming. Microsoft Vista has handwriting recognition for tablet PC¡¯s. Is there a way to attach or activate a WordList as part of the handwriting recognition in Vista I need to do this in C#. Thanks in Advance!
  • Error in WebApp working with WindowsWorkFlow
    by pradeep990
    2 Replies
    Last post by Angel Azcarraga - MSFT
      • when i tried to call a method using callExternalMethod activity from workflow to my app. it enters to that method and after returning from that method i kept a code activity and given a message in that as "TicketCompleted" ,after that i kept set stateactivity pointing to statecompletion. now my problem is even though my debugger is not entered to code activity my work
  • Retrieving Device Instance ID from UMDF host process
    by Ben Englert
    1 Replies
    Last post by James Woodall
      • I'm attempting to write a SideShow device driver that retrieves the device's IP address (as enumerated by PnP-X) and uses Winsock 2 to deliver information. Before I can do that, however, I need to know the device's "device instance id" - these are explained at the bottom of this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms791083.aspx#998b4565-9479-4d9d-b3d1-fd0c947829c5
  • Running multiple task using parallel activity
    by Nitton
    6 Replies
    Last post by Nitton
      • Hi, I am using parallel activity to run multiple tasks. These individual sequences consist of (FTP Download -> Decrypt -> Unzip). I am having forty of these sequences inside one workflow. My problem is: workflow runtime exits without completing the rest of the tasks, if any one of these sequence fails... Is there any way can you run these forty seq
  • Register dlls in Vista
    by Thornsdale
    8 Replies
    Last post by Thornsdale
      • I am using a much modified version of the VB6 P&D wizard, calling DLLSelfRegister in VB6stkit.dll. Under Vista this fails to register the dlls unless the user turns off UAC before running the installer. How can I code it to get the OS to prompt for a temporary lifting of UAC or elevation of status
  • My software doesn´t show on windows vista :S
    by Reinsouled
    2 Replies
    Last post by AndyCadley
      • Hi I¡¯ve developed a simple LAN messenger with Visual C 6.0 SDK It works as a service in windows Nt/2000/2003/XP and in Vista But in Vista my application just DOESNT SHOW any window at all. In the previous windows my application listens to port 50000 and whenever it receives a command shows a window with the message sent. it runs same port on vista ( i telnet it and it is open, also saw
  • transactions in a state machine workflow for a web application
    by rkrishna
    4 Replies
    Last post by rkrishna
      • Hi, in my state machine workflow, I have some transient states for example when a change request is submitted, the request goes from "initial" state into "created" state and subsequently into "pendingaction" state for the approval group to approve the request. later on when an approver assigns the request to himself, it goes into "assigned" state and whe
  • Workflows dont travel with site templates
    by Hamez
    2 Replies
    Last post by Hamez
      • After I customize a site with a workflow with SharePoint Designer, save it as a template, and then create a site with it, the workflow is no longer there. Can anyone help with this
  • Pixel Aspect Ratio
    by AnonymousKing
    3 Replies
    Last post by makc.the.great
      • Hi All Am in great confusion about how to get the pixel aspect Ratio of a video stream using directshow APIs in win32 platform. Am using IMediaDet to extact frames from a media file, it works fine but i can't found any way to get the Aspect Ratio. Thanx in advance cyw
  • Windows 2008 SDK, Windows 2000, and sockets
    by small_mountain_0705
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    Last post by small_mountain_0705
      • Hey, I am trying to build a ~2 million line C++ MFC application on the Windows Server 2008 SDK (actually indirectly via VS 2008 Beta 2). This application defines WINVER and _WIN32_WINNT to 0x0500 because our customers have not told us we can abandon Windows 2000 yet. Now, the release notes for the SDK say it is for targeting Vista, XP, and Windows Server 2003, but the compiler is
  • Persisting values in Workflow State Machine
    by tomtomde
    4 Replies
    Last post by tomtomde
      • Hi, I created the following basic StateMachineWorkflow: - InitialState - StateInitialization - MyCustomActivity1 (has one dependency property called MyString) - SetStateActivity (to FinalState) - StateFinalization - CodeActivity1 - FinalState And I've overridden the Execute method of MyCustomActivity to set the value of the property "MyString" Code Block prot
  • Loading multiple instance of the same usb device. (DDK Question)
    by BlueIceair
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    Last post by BlueIceair
      • Here is my problem. i have two usb bluetooth dongle with of course the same constructor id and the same product id. When i plug the first one the device run correctly then i plug the second the pnp manager then dont load the device driver for it since it's was allready loaded. do you know if it's possible with a customized setup of the INF file to let the pnp manager load a second instance of this
  • CryptEncrypt AES128 problem thanks
    by rech
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    Last post by rech
      • hi , create a AES_128 key from CryptGenKey ,and the returned AES handle is OK.I can export the AES key from this handle. As my knowledge, BLOCK size which AES_128 can encrypt by once is 16byte. But ,the problem is when I use this handle to encrypt 16byte data using CryptEncrypt ,it always fails with ERROR msg "More Data avaible".And the returned len from CryptEncrypt is 32.