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• kmp112495 Hierarchical State Machines - Trying to model Statecharts like Miro Samek

  In our projects at work, we have build several complex state machines base on the book "Pratical Statecharts in C/C++" by Miro Samek. I have attempted to re-create some of the sample in the book (Figure 4.3 on page 95 for example), using WF. The Designer inevitable complains that a you can transition to a state that has sub-states. I am asking MS to fix this and to fully impliment the idea of behavioral inheritance for the HSMs. It wou ...Show All

• jomo WWF or Skelta

  I need to design a workflow application. If we set aside the fact that the WWF is still in beta phase, what would you recommend ; skelta or WWF. I think that WWF misses some features like email etc but has a strong support. Skelta makes the work very tedious like mentioning the workflow variables in different xml's, using its own libraries to access database etc. Please give recommendations with reasons in support Thanks in adv ...Show All

• mdickin Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration

  Hi all, can anyone offer any help when it comes to adding Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration functionality into a MFC application i'm unsure of how to do it. i wish to manipulate the network card disable dhcp and add dns servers etc into the network cards configuration, i have used iphelper to add an ipaddress and subnetmask, but i need more functionality than i can find within iphelper. thanks for any help you can offer, Martin :) ...Show All

• _SteveH_ How to program the force feedback for the tablet?

  Can anyone tell me how to program the force feedback effect to the graphic tablet Should i buy the special tablet to program this, or i can program this by using the normal graphical tablet. And how can i get the information to program the graphical tablet. Than you I am not aware of any graphical Tablet that provides this kind of feedback. Thanks - Stefan Wick actualy i haven't buy any graphical tablet, still thinking what ...Show All

• xulei MSI.LIB Not Present in VC++ 2005 Distribution

  I was told by one of the VC++ team members in post http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx PostID=122581  that I should post this message here. The MSI.lib file is not present in the VC++ 2005 distribution (MSI.h is present), either the final release or any of its predecessors.  An issue was filed back in April and nothing was done about it ( http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=0b0da5e9-734 ...Show All

• rpg4msdn Rules which reference Activity properties in XOML only workflows

  Has anyone been successful in creating and executing a rule that refers to an property of an activity which was dropped onto the workflow at design time in a XOML only workflow. In our scenario, we have a hosted designer which outputs XOML only workflows. In the designer, we can drop activities on to the surface and reference activity properties from anywhere on the workflow. HOWEVER, if we write a rule (in a policy or condition) which acce ...Show All

• Ingwanjawa Deploying WWF Beta 2...

  Hi, I've got a problem - my workflows work on the development pc but not on the production server. I'm using WWF Beta 2, both machines are in a very similar hardware configuration. The error message that i'm getting is: "Cannot create more than one WorkflowRuntime per AppDomain". The way that i'm creating WorkflowRuntime object is as follows: public WorkflowRuntime WFRuntime { get { if (_runtime == null ...Show All

• Carl Prothman Backing up Vista installed partition

  Hi, I have installed Vista on one of my logical partitions. I need to back it up so I can go back to that state at any point of time. What can I use to take an image of my partition Most of of the sftw that do that for WinXP doesn't work. Can I use XImage or is that only for Servers Thanks! Wouldn't norton systemworks do as you require ...Show All

• Danny Tsai Beta 2 Installation Problems (Package Load Failure)

  I just finished installing beta 2 of workflow foundation and when I open up Visual Studio I get: package load failure microsoft.workflow.vsdesigner.designerpackage I'm running XP sp 2, VS 2005 pro, and all the feb ctp winfx bits. All the installations completed without error. I tried repairing the orcas dev tools install and the 2005 extensions for workflow install but it didn't help. No i ...Show All

• SammyR. Custom activities to simulate user action and populate web page input fields and submit the page.

  http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/WWF.asp Cool sample and nice tutorial!  Keep them coming :-) ...Show All

• zoggs Linking error

  Hi, I am trying to build a directshow filter in Visual Studio 2005 under Win32 platform. I get the following error : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol "public: __thiscall CBaseFilter I read a few messages on this forum and found that a lot of other people have also faced the same problem.Most of them say the solution is to change the order of the directory paths specified for the include and library files. I have trie ...Show All

• Chris G 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

• campusliving Windows Vista 5308 install problems

  Hi I downloaded 5308 and burned it on a DVD and when I try to install it on my computer via booting DVD i get a BSOD before the GUI loads up (where the Longhorn logo would usually be but isn't there on this build). i get a Stop: 0x000000D1 error, this happens a lot here are my specs: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 728MB RAM 80 GB IDE HD (I want to install vista on this hard drive) Chaintech motherboard w/ Nforce 3 chipset including raid (I t ...Show All

• Sideshow Paul Is WF incompatible with WPF Applications?

  I am trying to host WF runtime in a WPF windows application and getting an InvalidOperationException. The exception message is copied below. To test if we can host a WF runtime in a WPF application I am only creating the runtime in the App class. In order to reduce the chance of error on my part, I am just creating the runtime in the WPF application and not doing anything else, it is still giving this exception public partial class App : A ...Show All

• Andreas Fabri OPM headers/libs?

  In the February 5308 CTP there was an "opmapi.h" header file that had some preliminary definitions for the new Output Protection Manager structures and functions. I couldn't find a lib file to link with though. Now In the latest 5383 version I don't even see header files for OPM. Has anyone had any luck with this or know why these files aren't available ...Show All