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  • Visual Studio 6.0; VB6 GetAllSettings function does not seem to work in Vista RC-1
    by hjachter
    7 Replies
    Last post by roylow
      • Visual Studio 6 seems to come up correctly however when testing stable VB6 application the following line: varFiles = GetAllSettings(ThisApp, FileKey) produces "Run-time error '5'; Invalid procedure call or argument. Both procedure call and arguments from this working program are valid. This project is completely stable on WinXP machines and below. I have not seen this error unt
  • StateActivity Initialize overload executed when not in state?
    by Chris Dunaway
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    Last post by Chris Dunaway
      • I have created a class derived from StateActivity. I have overloaded the protected Initialize method and added some code to it. I then added an instance of this activity to my state machine workflow. It is not the initial state. However, I have noticed that the Initialize method is executed as soon as the workflow is created but *before* the state is entered. Is this by design It m
  • idl compiles in 2005 but won't in Orcas
    by Mike Barry
    2 Replies
    Last post by Sdi
      • We have a DCOM application that hosts many objects. The idl size is 600 or so KB. This IDL compiles fine in visual studio 2005, but will not compile in Orcas. When midl gets run against it a MIDL2379 error is generated: The compiler reached a limit for a format string representation. See documentation for advice. We don't have a single include in our idl, which is the reccomended fix
  • Local Session Manager Service
    by MarcGBeauchamp
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    Last post by MarcGBeauchamp
      • I would like to understand the use and nature of this process. It's been started by WinInit and runs under SYSTEM. The reason why i'm interested in this process is that I have noticed that the memory usage (private bytes) keeps going up while my application is running. The private bytes also does not come down after the application exits. My application is written in C++ and uses the Media F
  • How to use Multiple Business Objects as Facts When Excuting Rules
    by Kevin A Parkinson
    3 Replies
    Last post by Sentient
      • Hello There:We are looking at possibly using the Rules Engine part of Windows Workflow in the future. I have been looking at the RuleSetDialog which is a part of the API and I see that it only allows you to specify one business object for a fact that the rule engine will use to execute your rules (of course, let me know if I am wrong about this). This is extremely limiting as a lot of the time you
  • Matching up Workflow Instance with Custom DB Field
    by rgalgon
    3 Replies
    Last post by rgalgon
      • Hi all, I've got the standard persistence and tracking tables in my db. I want to deal with a custom id rather than the workflow instance id from my ASP pages. Every instance has an "Order Id" property. I know that I can get the Persistence service and iterate over all of the SqlPersistenceWorkflowInstanceDescriptions to get all of the WorkflowInstanceIds. However how
  • Error using SmartCard and STS Sample
    by Vítor
    14 Replies
    Last post by Rakesh Bilaney - MSFT
      • I am trying to use smartcard with STSSample with no success. I created a sample certificate using makecert tool. So I installed it in smartcard. When I put the smartcard on the reader appears a dialog to confirm certificate installation and installs the certificate in CurrentUser\Root and CardSpace cannot find it because seems me that CardSpace only find in CurrentUser\My (Personal) . If I copy
  • Infinite Pin Tee + AVI Muxer Woes
    by JCipriani
    4 Replies
    Last post by Thore Karlsen
      • I am attempting to create a DirectShow graph that loads a video from a file, and then displays it on the screen while at the same time transcoding it to a new output file. I can create this filter in the Graph Editor by starting with a file source filter. I connect that to the input of an infinite pin tee. Output 1 of the tee goes to a video renderer. Output 2 of the tee goes to an AVI mux filter
  • Activity Queues in Parallel
    by Rick1138
    7 Replies
    Last post by Rick1138
      • I have a custom activity that sets up and uses activity queues I want to place two or more instances of this custom activity on a work flow in parallel to each other I have my host using logic to decide what queue to send to but the work flow waits untill i send something to all the queues on the parallel activity I want the work flow to continue executing after only one of the activitie'
  • Rulesets that define/build ASP.NET GUI
    by The Rhino
    2 Replies
    Last post by Constantin Mihai - MSFT
      • I have been playing around with Workflow for a few days now and really like what it provides so far. Right now I am trying to find out if I can build a ruleset that will add buttons, checkboxes, etc to my web page. I have seen the example with the RulesDrivenUI, but they are just enabling and disabling fields. Is it possible to add new controls to the webform through rulesets Thanks,
  • Windows SideShow .NET Framework components
    by Prasanna Padmanabhan - MSFT
    4 Replies
    Last post by Sean Liming
      • Hello, A while back we posted the beta of the Windows SideShow .NET Framework components ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=06fa2ace-a42d-4117-821c-bce80786f1c4&DisplayLang=en ) that allows developers to easily develop gadgets for Windows SideShow in managed code. We are planning to release the final version shortly and as part of that, we are interested to hear a
  • Move form should move video as well
    by Lews Therin
    5 Replies
    Last post by Lews Therin
      • Hi, My application is a simple mediaplayer, capable of playing two video files (shown in two UserControls on a Mdi child form in aTableLayoutPanel, Dock.Fill) at the same time. When I move the Mdi parent or child form (with its two UserControls) the video output does not move as wanted (part of the video is cut off). What I've done: If the Move event is fired (mdi child form), then the followin
  • Package Load Failure after installing VS Extensions for Workflow
    by JPR7
    14 Replies
    Last post by ElifOn - MSFT
      • I saw this problem during the WF betas, but now I have a new machine with a clean install of VS2005. I installed the ".NET Framework 3", "Windows SDK for Vista", and then the "Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation" (in that order). After installing these components, I receive the following error when I open Visual Studio: Microsoft Visual
  • Problem with SetTokenInformation (cannot set session id information)
    by MainSoft
    8 Replies
    Last post by Eric Perlin - MSFT
      • Hi, I have a service that works fine under XP and that needs to launch a process in a given session (not necessarily 0). No communication needed, I just have to launch (inject) the process in the user's session. This is done as follows: OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess(), TOKEN_QUERY | TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_ADJUST_SESSIONID | TOKEN_ADJUST_DEFAULT | TOKEN_ASSIGN_PRIMARY
  • sideshow control missing in control panel
    by Coopers Thomas
    6 Replies
    Last post by DrFlick
      • Hi, I'm running Windows Vista Home, and trying out the DevX article on the sideshow simulator, and the Sideshow Control in Control Panel isn't there, it doesn't appear where it does on my other computer, running vista home premium. I looked in Windows Features to try to install it, it's not there. Any ideas Also Installing the sideshow simulator (VirtualSideShow.exe) resulted in "clas
  • Enabling visual styles (CommonControl V6) in ATL UI
    by Jayanta Dey
    2 Replies
    Last post by Jayanta Dey
      • Hi, I have an ATL UI (dll) which has lots of check boxes and image lists. This UI dll is embedded in C# 2005 application. Till sometime back, we were using manifest file to direct the application to use CommonControl V6 and everything was working fine. But recently we removed the manifest and added Application.EnableVisualStyles() in the C# application code. After this the checkboxes and imagelis
  • can an application will be shared among multiple standard users while it is installed by administrator
    by ashuurs
    1 Replies
    Last post by Oliver Lundt - LN
      • In windows vista when a new software is installed it asks for the permission of the administrator. can multiple standard user will be able to use this application.
  • Vista issue
    by Padan Fain
    1 Replies
    Last post by FrankWatza
      • My brother got a new computer today. We installed a wireless addapter to get him online. Soon as we got online Windows and McAfee started the updates. The computer rebooted and went to a black screen all it said was "Missing operating system" with a blinking cursor. He has a new Dell with Vista Home Basic. Any ideas how to get this fixed
  • Capicom: Encoding issue.
    by govindpandey
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    Last post by govindpandey
      • Hi Can somebody please confirm that CAPICOM.signText encodes a string using "UnicodeLittleUnmarked" before signing it. I have come across this claim quite a few times on the Internet. Thanks Govind Pandey
  • Windows Contacts Error
    by classic_sidhu
    0 Replies
    Last post by classic_sidhu
      • Hi, Whenever I try to create a new contact in Windows Contacts in Windows Vista, I get an Error "Windows Explorer has encountered a problem and is searching for a solution" Then it says "Solution not found, Windows needs to close the application" Please suggest some solution as even I try to save any contacts using MS Works 8.5 in same OS, I get the same error.
  • Unique/repeatable identifier for a given AutomationElement?
    by dev_
    3 Replies
    Last post by jayakhanna
      • We try to locate an AutomationElement on a given UI (dialog) based on an identifier we captured from previous invocation. At first we tried to use the id returned by AutomationElement.GetRuntimeId(), an int [], from previous invocation, and attempt to find it in new instance of the container as following: PropertyCondition cond = new PropertyCondition ( AutomationElement .RuntimeIdPro
  • Slow internet connection on Vista?
    by jigsaw-ols
    14 Replies
    Last post by Quattro Sport
      • We use WinInet to send HTTP request and get response. On Windows XP, it works fine. However, I got timeout error on Vista. The timeout occur when calling InternetReadFile(). I tried many times. Sometimes, It works; Sometimes does not. My Vista version is RC1 build 5600. I am not sure this is a Vista bug or we did something wrong. Please help.
  • Is it a bug of socket on vista?
    by wuyueduzun
    3 Replies
    Last post by serg_lvov
      • my program's work flow: my program have two part: server and client client(vista) broadcasts packets(255.255.255.255) to discover server, then server reponses some information to client. If the server(not vista) is in the same network section with client, it sends unicast packet to client; and if in different section, it broadcasts(255.255.255.255) inforamtion to client. they works very well when
  • single state, multiple events hooked to same event name
    by Steve1999
    5 Replies
    Last post by Saurabh Chechi - MSFT
      • In a single state in a state machine workflow, i have two events. each event points to the same event name + interface. Each event sets the state machine to a different state. What happens in this example Is it possible to use a single event (with a passed in parameter) to the workflow runtime (in order to parameterize the event firing, which, for us, is easier to implement than N number of stati
  • TC 20 - App Verifier error messages
    by wesneon
    12 Replies
    Last post by Bruce N. Baker - MSFT
      • I am performing the following steps for the Certified for Windows Vista Test Case 20 7.Open AppVerifier 8.Attach application¡¯s main executable to AppVerifier including a.Check the LuaPriv check 9.Launch the application 10.View application¡¯s main executable AppVerifier log a.Search log for LuaPriv (Simpilest way to search is to search for ¡°Severity=¡±Error¡±¡±) I'm working on isolating the cause o