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• MatthieuDemoulin HowTO: Create an Event Log Source in code, without the Permission errors

  In the Windows SDK documentation for the EventLog class, there is some sample code that contains the following code snippet: // Create the source, if it does not already exist. if(!EventLog.SourceExists("MySource")){ EventLog.CreateEventSource("MySource", "MyNewLog"); Console.WriteLine("CreatingEventSource"); } However, when I build and run this sample code on the February CT ...Show All

• Henryk Vista download

  I signed up fro beta testing but can someone let me know where to get the beta or the file name I need to download Where can you sign up for the beta at 8elo ta vista So sorry I offended you with a honest question .I will remove my post. Did not know a simple query was spam ! The info is here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost ...Show All

• AdilRaza Win32 Forms in C++

  Hi i can use C++ in the console easily window and ive tried developing proper Win32 apps and you have to do it all by code. Do you just pick up Win32 budiling (ie knowing what all the dll and .h files are and what they contol). can C++ be used like vb when you can drag and drop active X controls...   It took me all of this just to get a form with a new mouse pointer:   //---------------------- ...Show All

• melkonian Activate on External Event

  I know I can accomplish this with some host plumbing, but why doesn't 'HandleExternalEvent' support an activation property like WebServiceInput I have a state machine workflow whose initial state waits for an external event to move it to the next state. Seems logical that I could make this activity 'activating' just like a WebServiceInput activity so that a workflow is automatically created when this external event comes in. Is there a way ...Show All

• Rémi Where is the visual layout state for the state transition root activity stored (and why is it being lost)?

  When you open the completed sample for Exercise 2 of WWF Lab 4 (the State Transitition workflow sample) for the first time, the layout for the 4 activities is lost.  By this I mean all of the 4 acitivities appear one on top of the other in the top-left corner of the design surface. Q1. Why is the visual layout of the 4 activities being lost If I rearrange the activities and save them, close the solution and re-open it, the layout is preser ...Show All

• Codoc ParameterBinding loses Value in EventSinkActivity-derived classes.

  I have a workflow with one activity. The activity class is derived from EventSinkActivity. If I pass a value via ParameterBinding to this activity, I can get the ParameterBinding object by the string indexer in the Invoked event handler, but the Value property of the object is null. If I use EventSinkActivity -- instead of the class derived from EventSinkActivity -- it works fine. Is there anything I need to do in the EventSinkActivity-deri ...Show All

• scardoso How to communicate from a Win app. to the workflow when the workflow is hosted by a console app?

  Hello, I have a workflow that is started from a console application that does some job. Afterwards I want to have access to this workflow from a windows application to approve or reject a document. In the workflow I have a listen activity that is waiting for the approve or reject event described in the interface of the local service that I enclose below [ Serializable ] public class ProposalEventArgs : ExternalDataEvent ...Show All

• Srefae SequentialWorkflow Inheritance (Beta 2)

  In order to create a base seq. workflow class and inherit from it i made the following steps: 1. Created base class Created a Sequential Workflow ( with code ) called Workflow1 that inherits from SequentialWorkflowActivity. Removed "sealed" from the class declaration. Placed a few activities. Changed all private members to protected. (important!) 2. Created Subclass Create a Sequential Workflow ( with code ) ...Show All

• JustDave WMStub.LIB file from Windows Media Format SDK 7.1.1

  Can anybody give me WMStub.LIB. When I compile a sample it need WMStub.LIB from Windows Media Format SDK 7.1.1, but i couldnt find Windows Media Format SDK 7.1.1 from MicroSoft site. and there was no WMStub.LIB, in their latest version Windows Media Format SDK 9.5. Please help me, Anil That's because it's longer longer required in Format SDK 9.0. Remove the file from the link. From the keyprovider.cpp file: " // Windows Media ...Show All

• Jeke WWF in asp.net and beta 2.2

  Hi! I need examples of apps running in asp.net 2.0 using WWF (state machine WF) and the beta 2.2 At least I need some insigths about how to build this app, because all the examples that I found, use a class called WorkflowWebRequestContext that is not present in the beta 2.2 framework My questions (apart from examples are) 1) How should I create the runtime 2) How can I use the instance from a page ... There will be 5 or more pages . ...Show All

• Ralph Lear Stateless Hosts

   I understand that the WWF engine must be hosted in a host.   When using ASP.NET I assume on the page load the workflow is loaded, work is done, and then the workflow is saved and persistated to disk. What happens when you have asyncronous operations   Does the workflow engine stay alive until the async operations are completed Yes the workflow runtime can store a workflow instance to the persistence service and ...Show All

• ken016 WWF Beta 1.2 not installing properly

  Hi, I tried today to install WWF Beta 1.2. However, after starting the setup, accepting the EULA, checking all 3 boxes, and selecting Install the GUI goes immediately to the final page telling me that the installation was succesful. However nothing is installed. I have the VS2005 RTM version/Windows XP SP2. The log file stops at [11:51:45 AM Error] c:\depotsetupv2\private\common\setup\wizard\exe\progressdlg.cpp(1109): FAILED hr = 80070422 = ...Show All

• p4r1tyb1t SqlWorkflowPersistenceService requires separate database per workflow

  Hello: Is it correct that SqlWorkflowPersistenceService requires one database with persistence tables (InstanceState and CompletedScope) per workflow I setup database for SQLpersistence for my one solution, which contained Ordering project and Workflow1 and I added following code as a part of my this project and it worked fine, application stored workflow state in SQL2000 database I just created. SqlWorkflowPersistenceService s ...Show All

• SKumar_Rsk Win32 Error on install

  When i try to install the "Windows 'Longhorn' Professional x64 Edition Beta 1" on my PC I get an "setup.exe is not a valid Win32" error. When I try to boot from the CD, it wont! Just some specs on my PC which may/may not be relevent: Athlon 64, SATA Raid array, Asus K8V-X motherboard. Most probably you are running setup.exe from x86 OS (I received the same error when I run setup.exe of x64 XP on a x86 XP). ...Show All

• TomConner 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