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• Patricio Fontecilla Failed to install Vista Beta 2 on MS Virtual server R2

  Hi, I used to run Vista February CTP on Virtual Server R2 hosted by XP Pro. I tried to install Vista Beta 2 on the Virtual Server, but got "setup was unable to find the windows end user license agreement" error message right after I entered product key. I tried creating new virtual disk and manually creating primary partition on it - to no avail. I also tried installing from mapped ISO and real DVD drive, and still no luck. Any idea ...Show All

• Yovav Problem getting started

  I am trying out Windows Workflow Foundation on my VS 2005 Version 8.0.50727.7. I created a new project using the C# Sequential workflow template. When I try compiling, I got this warning message: The "System.Workflow.ComponentModel.BuildTasks.CompileXomlTask" task could not be loaded from the assembly System.Workflow.ComponentModel, Version=1.0.00000.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=71530258abd56239. Method not found: 'System.Object Microsoft. ...Show All

• shido WorkFlow Projects not showing in VS 2005

  I have installed the winfxsetup, winfxSDK and winFX visual Studio extensions on a XP Pro Sp 2.0 machine with .Net 2.0 Beta 2.  I am interested in creating a Windows WorkFlow foundation StateMachine project in VS 2005 but this project type does not show up. The only new project type I am seeing is Avalon types. Can anyone assist me with understanding why this type of Project is not showing up in VS 2005   The workflow developm ...Show All

• loki55 ICredentialProvider

  Did anybody make a successful user logon using the new ICredentialProvider interface My credentials are displayed, but I can't make them to logon. And what worse - after 20 or 30 seconds, the winlogon crashes completely with no recovery possible excepting hardware reset. I thought I basically did something wrong and decided to wait for more detailed documentation or some sample code. But MS doesn't seem to put too much effor ...Show All

• Keith D Problems with Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for WinFX in Vista

  Hi! When I try to install the extensions for WinFX for VS2005, I get an error, that a prerequisite is missing (WinFX Runtime Components). Two issues are strange: - In Vista - according to the MSFT Download Center - the WinFX runtime components are already installed. - When I try to install the components, I get an error message, telling me that a newer version of the components is already installed... What shall I do to get the exten ...Show All

• JameyMcElveen Faulthandler in Statemachine

  I am using Throw Activity in Statemachine WF. but i didn't find Faluthandler in Statemachine. where do we find You can add faulthandlers to StateInitialization, EventDriven and StateFinalization activities inside a state activity. (version beta2) ...Show All

• Angelo_B Installing Vista drivers on XP

  We tried installing Microsoft Document Writer on Windows XP OS.But the driver is not getting installed.Even the printer driver developed by us is not getting installed on XP os. We would like to know the applications or files that are required for installing XPS document writer on XP From the XPS Faq we came to know that microsoft should supply a print processor with XPS document writer.Is the print Processor available for lower level o ...Show All

• Go4More Designtime changed values (by code)

  Hello, I have an other problem with the dependency Properties. I have a custom Designer for some of my custom activities. On DoubleClicking the Avtivitiy a form is shown with wome different inputs for the user. On Closing the form the entered values will be saved in the Properties of the activities. The Problem is first time i change the values everything works correct. But if i try to change the values after reloading the workflow, they don`t c ...Show All

• bijie85 workflow and web apps

  Thanks. I'm running 64 bit windows and have been unable to install the 64 bit version of the SDK. It bombs out about haflway through. Has anyone else experienced this problem Can you share the error that you are seeing   You may need to turn on logging for MSI to get the error.  This MSDN page describes how to turn on MSI installer logging. ...Show All

• axaros Nothing changed in Feb CTP?

  I download the "Visual Studio 2005 Extensions for Windows Workflow Foundation Beta 2(EN).exe". However, it looks like the same as Jan CTP. Do I download the wrong link Or actually there is no change Thanks! For Windows Workflow Foundation, the Feb CTP is the same as the Jan CTP. For more detail click this link . Cheers, Paul That posting is on January 20. This means Feb CTP is just the same as Jan CTP This is just ...Show All

• Aaron Smith Using infocard without installing certificates on the client?

  According to http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=311594&SiteID=1 it should be possible to use InfoCard without installing the service certificate on the client, but if I change the wsFederation InfoCard sample by removing the identity tag from the client endpoint configuration I get the error "The incoming policy could not be validated." (Without this change, the sample works correctly). I want to do this becau ...Show All

• John Lagnese VS 2005 final release vs. Windows Workflow Foundation

  Can anyone (from Microsoft) tell me when a working beta of WWF for the final release of Visual Studio 2005 (8.0.50727.42) will be available Hi Ramadan, I already answered this but perhaps I wasn't clear. We released the update to Beta 1 of Windows Workflow Foundation for Visual Studio 2005 RTM yesterday evening.  This is known as Beta 1.2 of Windows Workflow Foundation. This update will allow you to migrate to Visual Studio 2005 RT ...Show All

• Lubomir Nikolov Uninstall Microsoft SDK

  Hi everyone ! I hope this is a good forum for my question. I didn't find any better. I would like to unsintall "Microsoft SDK Update February 2003 (5.2.3790.0)" I don't need it at the moment and would like to recuperate disk space. The uninstall string is like this: "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\\Setup.exe" "C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDK\Default_Local.htm" The target file (Default_Local.htm) i ...Show All

• Heath Stewart MSFT EventSinkActivity and InvokeMethodActivity

  I have the following activity structure for an EventDriven activity in a State: [EventDriven]    [EventSinkActivity]    [InvokeMethodActivity]    [SetStateActivity] What I want to do is take the data that was recieved by the EventSinkActivity via the EventArgs, and turn around and use that data as parameters in the InvokeMethodActivity. I want to do this without adding data fields to the encompa ...Show All

• cØrwin WorkflowInstanceID

  I am trying to get the workflow instance id of the executing workflow so that I can send it to my declared events. I have tried this.WorkflowInstanceId and WorkflowEnvironment.WorkflowInstanceId but when I get to firing the event I get an exception that says that the event could not be delivered. The inner exception is "Instance operation is not valid on workflow runtime thread" Any suggestions Amanda ...Show All