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• sertdemiry Installing Win XP Over 5308 Installation

  I don't have any easy means for creating a dual boot partition, and want to know if I can easily reinstall Win XP Pro over my Windows Vista installation, without losing/damaging the data and settings on my C: drive All of my applications and files are stored on D:, but registry things and other elements are of course on C:. I'm not looking to system restore or anything, I just want to know how graceful the "downgrade" is, since this i ...Show All

• Woofwoof Can't find MFC lib files for 32-bit apps in new PSDK.

  I recently downloaded and installed the Windows Server SP1 Platform SDK. I notice that there are MFC include files and lib files in the installation. However, I can't find any lib files for 32-bit applications. As I understand it the library files in the .\Lib\AMD64\atlmfc\ and .\Lib\IA64\mfc\ directories are for development of 64-bit applications. So which libraries should I use when building a 32-bit MFC application Thanks in advanc ...Show All

• WojtekKozaczynski WWF Documentation

  Im considering to write my thesis using WWF as foundation. But before I decide to do it, I need to assure my self that there is enough documentation so I don't have to spend most of my time in forums :) What documentation excist at present state I have the book "Presenting Windows Workflow foundation" and some PDC speaks. But where can I find API and general documentation Does it excist Thanks in regards! ...Show All

• MStrange Hosting state-transition workflow designer: How to add handlers to use the cursor keys to adjust the x,y of a state activity?

  How can I add handlers to a custom hosted WWF state-transition workflow designer (WWF design surface + state-transition root activity ) to use the cursor keys to adjust the position of an activity The default behavior is for the cursor keys to navigate up and down the state-event hierarchy which is not what most business analysts expect.  Like in PowerPoint they expect the cursor keys to adjust the x,y position of the s ...Show All

• Zee83 ChangeServiceConfig2

  I have a exe that contains 3 services using SERVICE_WIN32_SHARE_PROCESS.  I am trying to add failure actions.  I can call ChangeServiceConfig2 with right actions and it succeeds.  however when one of my services exits with a bad error code i call SetServiceStatus(.. SERVICE_STOPPED, err..) and get the event log entry saying my service exited unexpectedly.  however it is not restarted.  if i go into task man and kill the ...Show All

• Tucker2985 "Error when enlisting in a distributed transaction"

  Hi, I'm getting the above error when I set the transaction attribute of my component class to 'required'. It works well when set to 'supported' and I've read through all the related posts here (I think) and elsewhere. They all seem to lead to the conclusion that firewall is enabled between the client and the server. Can you hold your patience and see if my case is any different, 'cause windows firewall is turned off in both the server and the ...Show All

• Luca69 Seeking Suggestions on DirectX - A simple Measuring tool

    Hi there, You don't have any idea how much courage this requires.  I'm very experienced programmer. I'm not the least bit interested in games or shading most of the things that directX does so well (Although Gold wave uses directx in their displays and I think they are superlative and would love to know how to do that.) My needs are very simple and fairly easily stated. I'm updating a beloved Eyedropper program originall ...Show All

• myheadhurts How can i add downloaded activities to the toolbox

  Hello every body, I have downloaded some activities but my problem is how to add them to the toolbox. Thanks If you have the source code, then you can add the project to your solution and add a reference to the activity project from your workflow project. Build and you should get the activity. If you want to reuse the component, build it, deploy it somewhere (or leave it where it is) and then right click the toolbox and cho ...Show All

• Gustavo Valdes It is my understanding that vista relies heavily on XML.

  When you click on view the amount of ram and processor speed you get the windows Activation screen I don't think it is supposed to work that way. It is my understanding that vista relies heavily on XML and I know msn favorites relied on XML. What happens when the XML gets corrupt as it did with the msn favorites to fix it I had to pull it off the server repair it and upload it back to the server. If this may be the case it would be nic ...Show All

• CccF play a stream

  Hi,i have the following problem: My computer(client)is connected to a server using a socket.The server sends an avi stream through the socket.How can the client play this avi stream....without saving it on the harddisk Any ideas....sample codes....anything.Thanks It sounds very useful.it would be nice if the filter would be in C#...because that is what i am using.Anyway...thanks a lot!!! ...Show All

• Michael Hughes WorkflowPersistence simple question

  Hi there, I'm writing my own workflow persistence service to support another database. I have following two save methods to override in my service: SaveCompletedContextActivity(Activity root) SaveWorkflowInstanceState(Activity root, bool unlock) The question is quite simple, how do I find in these two methods when I need to INSERT workflow record in database and when I need to UPDATE workflow record in database I can't find any b ...Show All

• Fred Liang Aborting execution inside sequence

  Hi, I was wondering what would be the best way to have state workflow abort it's sequence execution without terminating the workflow itself We have this document platform that is capable of processing just about any kind of document type through states specified in associated workflow (including document validations, schema validations, document transformations, permission checks... to name a few). We have ran into two problems here (which ...Show All

• BillyD Query for pending Activities with access prvilages for a specific user

  Hi, I'm using RoleCollection to set user restrictions on activities. Is there a prefeared way to query for "pending" Activities with access prvilages for a specific user I'd like to build a web part to show a user his or hers current activities. Thanks     wmmihaa, Using a sink & method invoke, you can build an event handler that can answer this query.  If your activities are all sink-b ...Show All

• mavrick InvokeMethodActivity - how to run in Host thread

  I am trying to find a way to use Local Communications Services to enable a workflow activity to invoke a method that will run in the host thread.  I have tried using an InvokeMethodActivity but the invoked method runs on the same thread as the workflow instance. I have read how the SelectData data activity can accomplish this, but want more control through the Local Communications Services. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. D ...Show All

• Asmenedas Using custom state workflows in a hosted designer

  We are experiencing two major issues in correlation with using custom state workflows/activities within a hosted designer: - we are not able to add/embed activities to custom (derived) state activities at design time o is that a desired behaviour For testing reasons we derived a custom statemachine workflow from the out of the box activity StatemachineWorkflowActivity. As recommended by Visual Studio designer we a ...Show All