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• Whisk Custom EventSinkActivity

  Hi all, I'm trying to create a custom EventSinkActivity. But I'm wanting to define the 'EventName' in the workflow (that the custom activity is going to live in). In my custom (sequential) activity there is a requirement to fill in the EventName property. Upon checking out some of the WWF samples in the SDK - I believe that this causes the runtime to create queues in the names of 'EventName'. My problem is I would like to set this pr ...Show All

• hmrupp SqlPersistenceService and Oracle

  Does anyone know if I can use Oracle for Workflow sqlPersistenceService (and trackingService) and How Thanks in advance! Hi Matt, thanks for the reply. so i have to write a custom persistence service derived from the sqlPersistenceService. do i need to configure DTC for oracle cheers,Sydney Hi Sydney, You probably have the information already, but the class ...Show All

• Beel Entry Point Not Found

  I can't run compiled exe on Win2000/NT cause of "The procedure entry point getaddrinfo could not be located in the dynamic library WS2_32.dll" error. I found how to fix this for for VS 2003, but there are no topics available for 2005. Can anyone help me fix that. The problem is that VC can't read dll's. 'emule.exe': Loaded 'C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Desktop\eMule-0.47a-Export\srchybrid\ ...Show All

• N Thuesen 5270 installation really weird issues...HELLLPPP, i am getting unheard errors

  i am trying to install 5270 ..it is common to have sata problems but i have a 20gb empty ide drive...the installation doesnt see ( sata seagate 120gb )my drives and also doesnt install on the ide either... and it says "WINDOWS SETUP IS UNABLE TO FIND A SYSTEM VOLUME THAT MEETS ITS CRITERIA FOR INSTALLATION..." and when i try to install from xp it says stup couldnt get any info about your disks. Any help I ...Show All

• Raymond Roelands When will this come out to non subscribers?

  Does anyone know when Vista Beta 1 will "come out" for us non subscribers to try out  Thanks No the builds that are out now (5270) is building up to beta2, but beta 2 isn't expected until next year.   Josh http://windowsconnected.com   There have been several avenues to obtain the betas, including attending conferences, MSDN sub, sign up for the beta.   Not sure we w ...Show All

• aarongreenberg custom activity

  hello all, i have tried to create a custom activity, which should be available in the activity toolbox. but i only was able to create an activity, which needs to have following activities in itself (designer shows the activity with the activity name and an arrow below which points to 'drop activities in here'.  is it possible to create a custom activity without following activities in it (i hope you know what i mean...) this is, ho ...Show All

• Kiran Sattenapalli Vista build 5359 Installation problems

  I have a Pentuim 4 2.4GHz CPU with 512MB DDR400 Ram and I am trying to install Longhorn build 5359 on a Seagate 40GB IDE Drive without any previous OS booting straight from the DVD and the following errors come up Inpage Error 'C000009C' Werfault.exe The instruction at 0x2d8ecb74 referenced at 0x0003000a4 the memory could not read How do I solve these installation problems or do I have a problem on my DVD ...Show All

• Gidon Shavit XAMLPad Problem

  I uninstall WinFX Runtime older version use the uninstall tool that Microsoft make. Also uninstall the windows SDK 5270 and orcas older version correctly(visual 2005 was installed of course). I installed de WinFx Runtime 3.0.3906.22 version first, then install the windows SDK 6.0.5383.1.1 version successfull, but I can't run the XAMLPad which very important for me. Last installed the orcas that applied 5/23/2006, and make new project about WinFX ...Show All

• Robert Johnson Problem passing parameters from workflow to custom activity using dynamicly compiled xoml workflow

  We have created a Win Form app that programmatically builds a workflow. It contains one sequential workflow object, and has activities implemented in a separate DLL. The generated workflow definition is then serialized out to a xaml file. We then compile the xaml definition to an assembly, and executes the workflow using dharmas compiler sample. The workflow library is a class library wrapper for the runti ...Show All

• LordActon VS6 C++ Compile error using "GetAddrInfo"

  Hi, Windows XP SP2. Platform SDK recently downloaded. VS6 C++ SP6. I am using the 'GetAddrInfo' function ( DLL Ws2_32.dll) Header ( Ws2tcpip.h) When compiling I get the error "c:\program files\microsoft platform sdk\include\wspiapi.h(45) : error C2265: '<Unknown>' : reference to a zero-sized array is illegal " I believe there is some 'compatability' issue between IPv4 and IPv6 functions !! Not sure how to sort it th ...Show All

• Labi Applications not running

  Hello, I have just installed Windows Vista Beta Build 5112 and I installed AIM and ran it once but then I restarted my computer and now when I try to start AIM, nothing happens.  It is happening with some other programs too.  Is there anything I can do to fix this Which version of Aim are you installing Windows defender balks at installing the AIM Triton Beta as well as the latest install package fo ...Show All

• P&amp;#228;r Hedberg The workflow failed validation

  Does anyone know why the below would occur if I simpily moved it to a different assembly Thanks in advance, Mardo -- Server Error in '/Mimi' Application. Put a try catch block around the call to CreateWorkflow, catch WorkflowValidationFailedException and look at the Errors property. Like below: WorkflowInstance instance = null ; try { instance = workflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow(Type,Dictionary<string,object>); ...Show All

• S_GMAN Error in VS2005 Workflow Designer after fresh install of Beta 1.2

  I am using VS2005 Pro RTM.  I have installed WinFX SDK and Workflow Beta 1.2 (everything is the current, latest version).  When I try to create a new project, or open an existing sample, I get the error listed below: Warning 1 Method 'ElementRemoved' in type 'TypeProviderHost' from assembly 'Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesigner, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' does not have an implementation. This ...Show All

• DanielHac Error in VS2005 Workflow Designer after fresh install of Beta 1.2

  I am using VS2005 Pro RTM.  I have installed WinFX SDK and Workflow Beta 1.2 (everything is the current, latest version).  When I try to create a new project, or open an existing sample, I get the error listed below: Warning 1 Method 'ElementRemoved' in type 'TypeProviderHost' from assembly 'Microsoft.Workflow.VSDesigner, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' does not have an implementation. This ...Show All

• IanHurrell setup.exe breakpoint after pressing 'install now'

  Hi, I downloaded the "en_windows_vista_ctp_february_2006_64bit_checked.iso" from the msdn site. Burned it to disk and started an installation on my pc. After the setup starts and i press the "Install Now" button, it just keeps giving me error windows saying: setup.exe breakpoint 0x80000003 at address 0x78b57378. I can press cancel or retry. but the installation just stops. (already retried burning it to a different disk.. sam ...Show All