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• Tom Archer - MSFT Workflows and Web Services Question

  I have got a test State Machine workflow that has 4 states and simple transitions from one to the other. In the event driven activities I added the Web Service Request / Response stuff and Set State activities. Then clicked Publish as Webservice. Can see the service and it appears to work. Is there are way to control the WebMethod attributes and the namespace uri of the automatically generated code If not is this by design According to the Pre ...Show All

• parheric Custom ActivityValidator crashes VS.NET

  Hello, I have Jan CTP and I am building a new activity validator for my custom activity. According to several articles I write the following code: public override ValidationErrorCollection ValidateProperties(ValidationManager manager, object obj) { MyActivity activity = obj as MyActivity; if (activity == null) { throw new InvalidOperationException("the parameter obj is not of type MyActivity"); } ValidationErr ...Show All

• Vaughn Friesen Installation of Microsoft Windows Vista

  Perhaps I will sound like a moron. But could the setup of microsoft windows vista have a back and forward buttons, especially when booting from cd. For repairing windows etc. And there was another thing, damn can't remember it right now. Perhaps I can get back on that You will see the UI for setup change significatly from now to production. ...Show All

• Chard-Fi Fixed Needed in ComDef.h in PSDK

  The #pragma for linking comsupp.lib in comdef.h of the PSDK (April 2005) needs to be changed from: #pragma comment ( lib , "comsupp.lib") to: #ifdef _NATIVE_WCHAR_T_DEFINED # ifdef _DEBUG # pragma comment ( lib , "comsuppwd.lib") # else # pragma comment ( lib , "comsuppw.lib") # endif #else # ifdef _DEBUG # pragma comment ( lib , "comsuppd.lib") # else # pragma comment ( lib , "comsupp.lib") # endif #endif as it exists i ...Show All

• Jim Johnson - MSFT ActivityValidator

  Hello, This my first time with custom activity what i want to do is simple am having a property in my custom activity called Text and i want to validate this property  i don't want this property to be empty so i build my validator class [ ActivityValidator ( typeof ( MyValidatory ))] public partial class Activity1 : Activity { public static DependencyProperty TextProperty = DependencyProperty .Register( "T ...Show All

• BenK_123 SQLTracking Service and User Data Object Issue

  I have a workflow (using beta 2) which passes a custom data object to the TrackData method of the SqlTrackingService. If the workflow completes successfully then all is fine. I can use SqlTrackingQuery to read the tracking data back out of UserEvent table in tracking the database. However, there are occasions where the workflow may fail (for valid reasons) in this case I have found that no tracking data was being written because the IsTransact ...Show All

• Narenkumar Improvment to WMP 11? or 12? or... soon hopefully.

  First off, I just want to thank everyone developing Windows Vista, we're over due for a new OS and from what I've seen from people who have downloaded it Vitsa It looks good, hard to say about the whole thing, but I'm excited. Where's the Suggestion box I have a problem with downloading multiple video's inside or out of Windows Media Player, When I try & download huge files it firsts "buffers" it, then once it has enough until it finishes ...Show All

• ScottL Error with Microsoft Beta Client

  I am evaluating the 5270 version of Vista and am unable to send feedback through the beta client. Client version 1.20.2174.30625 has the option to Submit this report to Microsoft now greyed out. Is there a fix for the beta client ...Show All

• Libelula didn't post the entire error message

  Hi everyone, I am having some trouble with the DTC on a client machine and need help to get it working. The problem started while doing some experimenting with the new WCF stuff, but has evolved into a simple client side dtc problem. In a nutshell, I can't get dtctester utility to work. Some interesting points: * I am running winxp sp2 on both client and server * server is running SqlServer 2000 * both computers are in same domain * several oth ...Show All

• BlueMikey Rule Set Editor and Complex Properties

  I'm trying to create a Rule Set which validates the data on our custom data container objects that get assigned to the workflow. One of the rules that I need to write needs to access a .NET property which is overloaded. The property looks like: Public Overrides Property Value() As String Get Return Value(ValueState.Current) End Get Set ... End Set End Property Public Overrides Property Value(State As ValueState) As String Ge ...Show All

• Dmitry Sychov ActiveX Data Objects and Vista?

  Hi, I have an API between our software and general purpose database apps using ADO. I used the 5270 build of Vista and all my code was broken. Is ADO going to be supported in Vista Will it be included or a separate download ...Show All

• Kiran Juikar Uninstalling SDK 5308

  Hi I'v just downloaded SDK Beta 2, WinFX Beta2 etc. So i started uninstalling all the goodies from previous release (Feb CTP). And have problem uninstalling SDK 5308. When i click Remove in "Add or remove programs", installer asks me for source DVD....which i already deleted :-(( 1) Is there any way to perform uninstall without this DVD image 2) If not, where can i download this image. This specific version is not ...Show All

• Vinko Windows Alarm

  Does anyone know if they're going to make a Window's Alarm for Vista I use my computer for pretty much everything...it'd be nice to be able to use it as an alarm clock and it would sound or flash when you set the time to wake up in the morning. It'd be beneficial if you were installing something big, or were doing something time-sensitive where you could set the alarm, go do what you want, and the computer sounds it's alarm to tell you ...Show All

• trayday22 Welcome Tablet PC/Mobile PC users and the world!

  We stand ready to answer your questions! Moderators are standing by! EddieOJ - Screen rotation is dependent on the video driver you have installed. If the adapter is not identified Windows Vista installs the Standard VGA Adapter. You will need to make sure the correct adapter is installed for your video card in order to get rotation to work. To get the screen to rotate, you can use the Tablet Settings control panel component, then sele ...Show All

• Torsten K. Registry Access in Managed Form Application

  Hi, I'm developing a C# .Net 2.0 application that requires read/write access to the registry. I'm using the following code: using Microsoft.Win32; ... regkey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey(@"SOFTWARE", true); regkey = regkey.CreateSubKey("MyCompany"); On Vista the new permissions lock down, I get the registry access denied exception. How do I elevate the permissions level so that the user at least is pro ...Show All