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• Fiofio38 Standard MFC toolbars incorrectly sized in Vista?

  Has anyone else noticed that if you create a standard MFC app that includes a toolbar (e.g. just use the wizard in VC++ 7) and give that app a manifest to get the themed look, the toolbar is not tall enough to display its buttons on Vista Any suggestions on how to fix this in a clean (i.e. robust) way It appears that Aero toolbars are gray. The thing in Explorer appears to be a set of command links, not a too ...Show All

• Pickup Vista 5308 Media Center Extender issues

  Does anyone know if the extender function in the Media Center module of the February CTP is compatible with the Xbox Media Center Extender (MCX) I have been attempting to set this up on my test system, and will get as far as the programming the device stage of the extender setup, but at this point the setup will sit there for over an hour without completing. Is there an update that will need to be obtained to allow this to function, or is this ...Show All

• Eray CreateWorkflow with xml reader is giving validation exception

  I have a base workflow that I've registered as a TypeProvider Service. I want to use an xoml file to define the structure. I'm getting this validation exception with no more details. System.Workflow.ComponentModel.Compiler.WorkflowValidationFailedException' occurred in System.Workflow.Runtime.dll how can determine what is wrong here is my xoml contents. < SequentialWorkflowActivity x:Class = " BDW.Workflow.Driver. BasePipel ...Show All

• Antoine Sirianni Embedding Activity Designer, How to load the .cs file? (like Workflow Designer in Lab10)

  My workflow activity file need a cs suffix file. But the lab10 is xoml file, how can i get the cs suffix file and show my workflow in the designer Thanks in advance. Have you tried creating a new project with a SequentialWorkflowActivity with code separation Editing the xoml file with XML editor, Copying and pasting your xaml code to the editor -of course with the appropriate naming and namespace- And in the end, co ...Show All

• Mofoiuk Runtime change in workflow

  can any one tell me what is the meaning of runtime change in workflow can end user change a workflow can you add new states in an existing state machine workflow on runtime without the involvement of developer Regards, Farukh. Thnx alot Matt you are right its really very extensive framework for workflow development even you can configure workflow runtime by using System.Workflow.Runtime.Configuration for many different requireme ...Show All

• k - coro No binding policy redirect found.

  Hi, i am trying to run my application on Vista x64 machine but it is giving "side-by-side configuration" error. i tried sxstrace and here is the output of the sxstrace: /* SXSTRACE OUTPUT - START */ ================= Begin Activation Context Generation. Input Parameter: Flags = 0 ProcessorArchitecture = AMD64 CultureFallBacks = en-US;en ManifestPath = G:\SchedulingService\v2.7.14.1\bin\WinNT.5.2.1_x ...Show All

• CHWu Workflow becomes idle after CallExternalMethodActivity.

  I have a workflow executed from an .aspx page. The workflow looks like this: handleExternalEventActivity1 callExternalMethodActivity1 codeActivity1 (never invoked) handleExternalEventActivity2 I would expect the first three activities to be executed, before the workflow instance become idle on the fourth activity (eventSink). However, the callMethod activity is triggered and it invokes the service method as expected, ...Show All

• Detlef S. going to persistence, inside workflow runtime

  Hi, How is possible to order persisting of workflow state inside wf diagram. I don't want to use delay and external activities for workaround. Is it possible without writing custom pers. service Bojan Thanks Steve! Bojan One way would be to write a custom activity that does nothing in its Execute override and has the [PersistOnClose] attribute. Everytime thi ...Show All

• emiba Vista December CTP Install Problem in Microsoft VPC

  I am trying to install the latest Vista December CTP build on a Microsoft VPC. I have the latest version of VPC with the latest SP. The Vista product key from MSDN works fine. The problem that I am experiencing is that I can not get past the "Where do you want to install Windows " screen where you must specify the hard drive and partition to install Windows. After selecting the unallocated virtual hard drive space, creating a new partition, a ...Show All

• MFZ Can't copy executables ?

  I'm on 5219 (Beta2) as given out at the PDC. I'm a member of the local machine administrators group, but I can't copy executable programs to the program files directroy, or format discs All I get is access denied or permission denied. -- Dan     in task manger you will see a check box that will allow you to show all users processes. by default it is showing just yours. This is because ...Show All

• Steven Galione Re-hosting the Workflow Designer tool

  Vihang, I have reviewed your article http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnlong/html/WFDsgnRehst.asp and was wondering if xoml only workflows with namespace references can be used with it BTW: Have you considered a web based version of this product I look forward to hearing from you soon. Sincerely, John Portnov The x:Class attribute tells the WF Designer about the DesignTime type sys ...Show All

• mr.efish msdtc service on WinXP Starter

  I am not sure if this question has been asked before. I have a WinXP starter machine in Spanish. I wanted to confirm if the msdtc service is supported in starter edition. Also if supported how can I Start/Stop this services. I cannot see this one in Services.msc. Thanks, Kushal. Hi Kushal, It is very possible that Starter Edition doesn't have this service. What happens if you do a "net start msdtc&q ...Show All

• R9 SQLTracking Service and User Data Object Issue

  I have a workflow (using beta 2) which passes a custom data object to the TrackData method of the SqlTrackingService. If the workflow completes successfully then all is fine. I can use SqlTrackingQuery to read the tracking data back out of UserEvent table in tracking the database. However, there are occasions where the workflow may fail (for valid reasons) in this case I have found that no tracking data was being written because the IsTransact ...Show All

• Coolad Multiple event driven activities in the single state

  Hello, I have following problem: there is state machine workflow with two states. State 1 does correlation reference initialization for some correlation parameter values and sets State 2 as active; State 2 has two event driven activities. Their correlation references are initialized in State 1. Event sink activities that are used inside of event driven activities are generated using wca.exe tool. Interface definition is given below ...Show All

• JBS Workflow not connecting to Events?

  I am trying to fire events in my workflow, but the objects I am receiving from the workflow engine do not have their events subscribed by the workflow engine. Any ideas (code below) // obtain a reference to the workflow runtime workflowRuntime = WorkflowWebRequestContext .Current.WorkflowRuntime; // setup communications through the service classes defined in the WorkflowClassLibrary project getTransferRequest = ( HMSWFTransfer ...Show All