Software Development for Windows Vista

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  • Convert XPS Document to PCL
    by Madhuchhanda
    6 Replies
    Last post by XPSer
      • Hello, How can I convert a XPS document to PCL format I know that the XPSDrv model provides a way to convert XPS to GDI format automatically whenever the target print queue does not have a XPSDrv Driver. But I found no references regarding conversion of XPS format to PCL format. Any pointers regarding XPS to PCL conversion is appreciated. Thanks,
  • Admin Only Application modification on Vista
    by tumistry
    2 Replies
    Last post by tumistry
      • Hi, I have gone through the Application UAC Compatibility document on Microsoft site and also studied the three models of re-designing admin only applications to migrate to Vista. The models are: Admin Broker Backend Service Admin COM object model Now my question is if I have a desktop application with features that required admin privileges, Why should I breake it to two exes (A
  • Workflow Monitor RTM Version
    by jamba8
    3 Replies
    Last post by Marcelo Ferrer
      • I have installed the Release Version of Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 and the WF Extensions for VS 2005. I also have the Windows SDK for a older version of the WinFX Framework. In this SDK the Workflow Monitor was included. This version although, does not work with the Release version. I always get the Error "Exception in GetWorkflows". Could anyone send my the newest version of the
  • Help in State Machine Human Workflow in ASP.NET
    by Sathya
    2 Replies
    Last post by wouterc
      • hi all, can any of u send me an asp.net web application implementing a state machine human workflow. bcoz i have some problems in implementing my web application using state machine. my project is having 1. a request page 2. login page for the reviewers and approvers to login 3. a page which displays the request details that are raised by other users and the managers have t
  • callNTpowerinformation()
    by THD
    4 Replies
    Last post by THD
      • Greetings, I'm using a power tool that is currently working on Win XP when I trired to use callNTpowerinformation() on Vista when POWER_INFORMATION_LEVEL= ProcessorPowerPolicyDc or POWER_INFORMATION_LEVEL= ProcessorPowerPolicyAc or POWER_INFORMATION_LEVEL=ProcessorPowerPolicyCurrent I'm including some sample codes that I'm using on Vista for demo: PROCESSOR_POWE
  • Factoids with +, -
    by gdearment
    1 Replies
    Last post by Stefan Wick - MSFT
      • I am trying to use a factoid that includes all Uppercase Alpha-Numeric values (A-Z 0-9), and the following characters: + - / With just Alpha numeric values the following line works fine: hintNode.Factoid = @"(A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z|0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9)"; however when I try to add the + - and / as follows: hindNode.Factoid = @"(A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M|N
  • transaction only on proxy
    by yaronn01
    4 Replies
    Last post by cornel - MSFT
      • Hi My proxy has 2 operations and I would like to call them in the context of a transaction. However between these calls I want to do something outside of this transaction. Is it possible to do something like this: TransactionScope trans = new TransactionScope(); proxy.Transaction = trans; proxy.OperationA(); DoSomethingOutsideTransaction(); proxy.OperationB(); trans.Commit(); It is important to m
  • Graphedt works but doesn't show the graph
    by OrfWare
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    Last post by OrfWare
      • After installing the Vista SDK I started coding a new DirectShow application. At the point where I needed GraphEdt in order to check the graph I was building, I discovered GraphEdt don't show my graphs... I can find the graphs in the remote graphs list, but when I select a graph and press OK nothing is shown. The funny thing - well, funny... - is that GraphEdt actually connects to the remote graph
  • Installation Problems
    by GriFF87
    1 Replies
    Last post by Bruce N. Baker - MSFT
      • I brought a new laptop about a month ago and have had problems installing software since day 1. The first thing that didnt work was the wireless adaptor i brought, it would only install the hardware, and never started the second part of the installation, because of this i have to sit downstairs with an ethernet cable connected to the modem. recently i have tried installing a couple programmes (Alc
  • FASTOEM=1
    by RexH
    6 Replies
    Last post by ErikTsarko
      • Test case 26 requires us to run: msiexec /I testapp.msi /qn FASTOEM=1 However, this is what I got from the log: MSI (s) (F8:F8) [00:07:54:339]: OEM-mode installation supports only per machine installations. === Logging started: 1/11/2007 0:07:54 === MSI (s) (F8:F8) [00:07:54:339]: Note: 1: 1708 MSI (s) (F8:F8) [00:07:54:339]: Product: xxxxxx -- Installation operation failed. MSI (s) (F8:F
  • Laptop close lid, and re open lid, Vista wont resume, screen is off/black
    by Sarosh79
    28 Replies
    Last post by Sarosh79
      • I'm having a problem with Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit edtion on my HP laptop, when i close the lid but i have set up what windows does when i close the laptop to do nothing, but when i close the lid, and re open it, the screen is off/black, cant shutdown it properly and must do hard reboot. Laptop is HP Pavillion dv9000nr AMD Turion 64x2 Nvidia GeForce GO 6150 1gb memory
  • Cancelling Workflows Spawned From InvokeWorkflowActivity
    by CharlieDigital
    8 Replies
    Last post by CharlieDigital
      • It seems like there must be some way to cancel workflows spawned from an InvokeWorkflowActivity. I currently have two sequential workflows set up such that one workflow performs a set of intialization activities and then at some point, in a ReplicatorActivity, I execute an InvokeWorkflowActivity for a given number of times. The InvokeWorkflowActivity operates asynchronously such that as soon
  • Need help setting up SqlWorkflowPersistenceService with WorkflowServiceHost..
    by tplummer
    1 Replies
    Last post by Khalid Aggag - MSFT
      • Hey guys, I'm trying to configure SqlWorkflowPersistenceService to work when using WorkflowServiceHost. I see no way to do this programatically against an instance of WorkflowServiceHost (no AddService method exist here). My next move is to try the declaritive approach. A. Defined right under <configuration> <HostingWorkflowRuntime Name="Hosting"> &
  • SetLocale no longer changes GUI language in Vista
    by Bill Cumming
    14 Replies
    Last post by Bill Cumming
      • I have an MFC app that includes 10 languages. If you run the app on a Windows OS, the GUI defaults to the base language of the OS. This also appears to be true in Vista if you install a Language Pack on top of Vista English and switch the OS GUI to that language (i.e. on Vista English, if you switch the Vista GUI to Italian, my app defaults to Italian). However, starting in Win2k and also in WinX
  • XPS to GDI conversion
    by Abhishek bhadouria
    6 Replies
    Last post by Jo0815
      • Hi i want to use XPS to GDI conversion path for GDI based printer. From MSDN i came to know that The XPSDrv model also provides a converter for XPS to GDI format so that Win32 applications can print XPS Documents. Can anybody help me how can i get a postscript as an output from a XPS printer Driver. Regards Abhishek
  • Removing Recent Documents from start menu
    by LKrogsgaard
    2 Replies
    Last post by boogy_mann
      • Okay. I have purchased a new computer with Windows Vista Home Premium installed on it. Right now I am trying to remove the Recent Documents from the Start Menu, but I simply cant find out exactly how. I have followed the Windows Help online, and have been using google, but none of these options gave me an useful answer. So I wonder, would you describe me how to do this - I would be glad if the des
  • Preview Host
    by srikanth r
    1 Replies
    Last post by srikanth r
      • Hi, Windows Vista has preview handlers which are used by outlook and explorer to show preview of applications. Is it possible to write my own applicaiton which will show preview similar to outlook and Explorer There is documentation and sample on how to write preview handler, but i could not find anything on writing hosting application. Please point me to some source for this. Than
  • Using wimgapi.dll with VB6 - WimApplyImage causes VB6 IDE to freeze?
    by Dean Claxton
    14 Replies
    Last post by wrecklesswun
      • I'm writing some code to use the wim imaging api wimgapi.dll with VB6. The code works 100% on capture, with the callback function correctly getting progress information and updating my form with progress bar etc. This works fine when run from within the IDE or from the compiled .exe. The apply image code is a problem though - the WimApplyImage code locks up the IDE part way through. When run
  • problems with ImpersonateSecurityContext on Vista
    by Jean-Philippe Monfort
    10 Replies
    Last post by Eric Perlin - MSFT
      • I have a service that impersonates a client in one of two ways depending on the connection method: - with ImpersonateSecurityContext or - with ImpersonateLoggedOnUser Both work well under previous versions of Windows but in Vista when the process uses ImpersonateSecurityContext, it is denied access when trying to open a file for writing in one of its directories, even if I try to grant Everyone
  • Two instances of the Video Control (MSVidCtl) can't seem to coexist
    by Harold Wadleigh
    1 Replies
    Last post by Harold Wadleigh
      • I am developing a television-based application, and am using an instance of MSVidCtl for the television display. I'd like to add PVR-like pause/rew/ff. Of course, to do that, there's SBE. However, the Vista SDK says that it ought to be possible to avoid constructing the second filter graph explicitly by simply creating a second instance of MSVidCtl and hooking them up the right way (see http://msd
  • Visual Studio 2003 hangs on Vista Build 5472
    by MReynolds
    12 Replies
    Last post by Dr. Eamonn Lavery
      • If I try to use the "Find in Files" feature of VS 2003, it just hangs VS and you can only kill the process. This happens when you select search in Entire Solution or Current Project. Note: I have launched VS to run using Administrator. This did not happen on Vista Builds 5342 or 5308. Is there any workaround
  • How to install an AddIn when installed using RunAs - My Documents location
    by DavidThi808
    3 Replies
    Last post by AndyCadley
      • Hi; Ok, how do we handle the following scenario: The user of a computer does not have admin rights. The setup program therefore has to Run As an admin user to install our AddIn. We have a bunch of sample documents. Since we don't know the user's My Documents we cannot install them there. This computer is used by 30 different people, all of whom use Word on it. Only 1 user need
  • Dynamic change of meta property in root activity
    by slein
    1 Replies
    Last post by Tom Lake - MSFT
      • Hello, Since it's not possible to update values of meta properties during runtime, there's the following solution for non-root activities: "The only way to do this is to replace the original activity with an activity that has the new value for the meta property." (see this thread ). But how can I accomplish a dynamic change of meta properties in the root activity , e.g. change the Com
  • Using ValidationOptionAttribute makes property read only
    by Chris Owczarek
    5 Replies
    Last post by Tom Lake - MSFT
      • I've created a custom activity with a dependency property that must be set at design time. I have therefore applied the ValidationOptionAttribute which works in that I get compile time errors for any occurrences where the property is not set, however when I attempt to set the property value in the property window it is read only. Why is it read only How can I now set the property value public
  • Can't Open XPS
    by Kevin1969
    14 Replies
    Last post by moorpipe1
      • I'm frustrated that I can't find an answer or solve this one. I have 2 machines running XP2 SP2, both running IE 7 and I've installed .NET framework 3.0 on them. I can create .xps documents just fine, but when I attempt to open them, I get the simple message in IE saying "cannot open the webpage". I have 2 other machines where the reader is working fine. I can't figu