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• Roger Hsieh Problems with SendInput. It's not working?

  Hi guys, To use SendInput I need to use the INPUT structure. When I use the INPUT structure then compiler complains that INPUT is unknown. INPUT is also not displayed in the drop down Intellisense list box on pressing ctrl+spacebar. Can somebody help. keyb_event works fine. But why INPUT is not being identified. It happened on VS6. OS - Win2000. But the INPUT structure is working in WindowsXP! So INPUT is not seen by the compile ...Show All

• paritosh Welcome to the Windows Vista SDK Forum!

  As they say in all the programming classes I've ever taken, "Hello World" and welcome to the Windows Vista Software Development Kit Forum! Please feel free to post any questions or comments you have about the Windows Vista SDK.  SDK team members are standing by waiting for your questions and feedback so don't hesitate to bring up any issues you'd like.  We are always striving to make the SDK better and would love to hear from you. ...Show All

• Piquet Work on Native Application Menus

  Hi Guys Is there any possibilities to add a menu in native menu list of Pocket PC 2003. I want to add a menu in popup menu list when tap and hold on desktop screen of PocketPC Hi Satish, in this forum we discuss issues around software development for Windows Vista on Mobile and Tablet PCs. For PocketPC issues I suggest posting to http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx dg=micro ...Show All

• henry neo Vista system requirement

  hello!  what's the system requirements of Windows Vista   and if i want to run WHQL test, can i use the same system and is there any special WHQL procedure different than the current WHQL   Thanks!   hannah_logi wrote: hello!  what's the system requirements of Windows Vista   and if i want to run WHQL test, can i use the same system and is there any special WHQL procedure di ...Show All

• Mahendras Exception related to AppDomain

  i am getting exception related to appdomain only when i am clicking the button morethan once. The exception is - cannot create morethan one workflow in the same Appdomain. below is the code. protected void btnTracking_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { WorkflowRuntime workflowRuntime = new WorkflowRuntime (); workflowRuntime.AddService( new SequentialTracking. CustomTrackingService ()); workflow ...Show All

• JA Installing VISTA on a USB Hard Drive

  No matter what I try I cannot get VISTA to reconize a partition on an external USB drive.  The partition is always displayed as UNAVAILABLE.  Even, though I can hit F10 and use DISKPART to create and format it still will not reconize the partition.  Do I need a special driver   Scott Pfaf Yes i have one. there is going too be a good explanation how to do it soon see in youtube serch for install vista on usb ...Show All

• Olafdebree Problem using the SqlTrackingService

  Hi. I'm trying to use the Tracking service on a Win32 application that embedds the workflow, but I'm not being able to get it working... I've installed the database and tried it with the example on the Lab03, and it works fine (I can see it with the workflow monitor). On my application, I simply put this line of code before starting the runtime (like the example does): runtime = new WorkflowRuntime (); runtime.AddService( new Sq ...Show All

• Elisio 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

• ggrater code samples for XPS filters and config module

  Hi,      Since I have heard that the Beta 2 of Windows Vista is delayed and will not be out by Jan/Feb 06.....is there any way that we could get the Beta 2 of the WDK, so that we could look at the API and the samples to write the XPS filters   Can we get an interim release of the WDK with API and samples for the XPS fileters and the configuration module using the MSDN Universal Subsription Or.....does it mean w ...Show All

• Zulo1968 Windows Vista Icons PNG vs. Vector

  Hi. Wouldnt it be better if you could have a vector file saved as a xaml file for each size rather then an image so youd have a 16x16 vector xaml file rather then having to save it as a png Hello, The drawback of this method would be a lack of compatibility with Windows XP icons. Actually the PNG-compressed Vista icon file format is compatible with XP because it includes the small XP image formats (48x48, 32x32, 16x16). To read more abou ...Show All

• Mikeopolo How to duplicate the behavior of StateInitialization activity designer

  I am trying to duplicate the behavior of the StateInitialization, EventDriven and StateFinalization activity designers. The behavior I want to emulate is when you double click on the activity it collapses all parent containers to the top of the designer window, allowing the target designer to open with out cluttering the designer space. Can someone describe how to do this with a custom designer that derives from SequenceDesigner. I assmue tha ...Show All

• SiJP orientation

  I've got a Toshiba Tablet the R15, and I just installed 5308 and I love the new tablet features except it only works in landscape... It won't switch to portrait when I swivel the top Did anyone else have problems with this The automatic orientation-flipping behavior is provided by a utility that the OEMs provide. Since Windows Vista is not privy to such utilities, you don't have automatic orientation-flipping behavior in Vista. Unfor ...Show All

• Frederick R. Sample Problems On Building - Actiivity 'workflow1' validation failed: Property 'DataObject' has invalid value. Field

  Hi, WF Newbie Here. Have got VS2k5, WF Beta 2 I am trying to work my way through the samples in teh book Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation. The second example of a windows app talking to a workflow, won't build. The error(s) thrown are Activity 'waitForData1' validation failed: Property 'DataObject' has invalid value. Field 'data' does not exist. I have downloaded the code from the publishers and it still won't build. A ...Show All

• Pr0ger How much of WWF designer support in VS is managed by the project system?

  Hello, In order to create a new workflow in VS, one normally selects a template from the Workflow node of a C# or VB.NET project type in the New Project dialog.  I tried creating an empty C# project (not of the workflow variety), copying the .cs and .Designer.cs files to this project, changing the namespace, and adding the same references to my empty project system that are present in the one created explicitly from the C ...Show All

• jdevries 2 way Communication

  I am trying to build an application that uses workflow on a server and a client. I want to use WCF in the middle to handle messaging. I need to establish 2 way communication between the client and the server. I used the Expense Report sample as a bases but when I try to hook to an event on the service using remoting I get an error. Saying that the application is not flagged as serialized. Can any one help ...Show All