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• pc-coholic help with Shellexecute

  hiyaz i new to this guys and was told to post this here,i'm trying to get shellexecute to run something, just say i wanted to run/open a old text document "C:\test.txt" i would use this ShellExecute(handle, open,"C:\test.txt", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); or ShellExecute(handle, open,"C:\test.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWNORMAL); correct if so it doesn't work.... it complains about the handle part... i'm new to this command so dont know what your me ...Show All

• Devendersys SetState - how to create a Role Based one?

  Hi all, For a current project, I'm wanting to create a Role dependant SetState class (ideally). The situation: 2 roles - user + manager 3 states - A -> B ->C   (for a manager A->C is possible) StateA will listen to the same event (e.g. Approve) for both Manager + User. For Manager - we want to go to C For User - we want to go to B So....my thoughts - wouldnt it be great to have a SetShape that had some Role dependant colle ...Show All

• Kam VedBrat State Machine Workflow Does not subscribe to events

  I have created a state machine workflow. The state transitions are based on event activites, which listen for events similarly to the method described in the Hands On Lab #4. However, when I call the RaiseEvent functions, the events which they are suppose to raise are null, meaning no one subscribed to listen to them. Has anyone had this happen to them Does anyone know what could be wrong Amanda I have chec ...Show All

• Kedhri updates windows defender beta 2

  this comes from the security at home updates and maintenance page, I have been looking high and low for a reason I could not update defender beta 2, now I know why ! "If you uninstall and then re-install Windows Defender (Beta 2) it will not receive new definitions until the next definition update is published on Windows Update. See this Microsoft Help and Support page for more information. " try this url... it wil ...Show All

• kiwilad66 If your computer was made after Compaq was bought ou tby HP~

  Hey, if you bought the laptop after compaq was bought out by HP, the BOM code in the EPROM part of the bios might still contain a tattoo specific to what can be resotred/installed. This has given me errors. Google a link for trying to flash out the BOM code and replace it with a fake one. This might help, might not. I didnt get the same error but a similar one. Also of you cant flash the bios try using a different hard drive, since that same tat ...Show All

• countzero PSH_AEROWIZARD flag and the new UI

  I'm trying to get a wizard application to display the new UI using PSH_WIZARD|PSH_AEROWIZARD flag combination. The application in question is built as a DLL and launched using RunDll32. It loads a manifest dynamically from %windir%\WindowsShell.manifest. The theming works fine but the wizard does not display any adornments expected from a Vista wizard. If I use PSH_WIZARD97, I get the header and the icon. If I use PSH_WIZARD|PSH_AEROWIZARD, I ge ...Show All

• Tpaktop Soundmax Audio Driver and Windows Longhorn Beta 1

  Hi, I have Soundmax driver installed on Windows Longhorn OS. When I use the sound recorder that comes with the OS (in the Startup->Entertainment section) and record through a microphone, my recording is okay. But if I use Wave out Mix as input pin  and try recording from Windows Media Player to the Sound recorder that comes with the OS, it does not record. It changes my setting to microphone when I start recording automaticall ...Show All

• totem_pty StateMachine / Tracking Service / Not Logging Final State Change

  Hi, Using WWF Beta 2 (Jan CTP). In reviewing tracking history for a statemachine workflow, the final statechange doesn't seem to be logged or it's not being returned via SqlTrackingWorkflowInstance.UserEvents with UserDataKey of "StateActivity.StateChange". I'm using the default tracking profile and have tested against a few different workflows. The workflow status itself is completed. One note is that the final workflow does not have ...Show All

• PetBel the labs again: why aren't the new custom activities added to the toolbox?

  Hello again. today i've resumed the hands on labs. on lab02, i've just  created a new activity libary with one activity placed inside it. this activity is on a solution which also has a workflow project. the docs say that when i build the activity i'm supposed to see an ew category on the toolbox. well, it just happens that i don't see anything there! is this a bug i'm asking this because as i sai in previous posts, most of the things that ...Show All

• Matthew Ferguson DiectShow .net on DirectDraw surface

  I reviewed 2 main DirectShow managed libraries( DirectShow.net from thecodeproject + DirectShowLib from sourceforge.net ) but had no luck to write the managed clone of old DirectSDK sample (Summer 2003 DirectSDK release ) DDrawXCL - a sample that plays video on DirectDraw surface, can anyone help me with it note: I dont need to use VMR fileter to pass to d3d object(surface,texture), if possible use it(vmr9 filter) to pass to Direc ...Show All

• LirenZhao Error 2 and 183 while registering a windowe class and creatinga window.

  Hi all when i try to register a new Window Class, I get the Errors no 2 and 183 Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified. Error 183 : Cannot create a file when that file already exists. Following is the Code thats creatting these errors: LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc ( HWND hwnd , UINT iMsg , WPARAM wParam , LPARAM lParam ) { switch ( iMsg ) { } return 0; }   int APIENTRY WinMain ( HINSTANCE hInstance , HINSTANC ...Show All

• michael watson Reloading a persisted workflow instance

  Hello everyone, We are trying to develop a generic workflow host service that can run any workflows submitted to it. The service will use workflow persistence to save workflow instances to the disk whenever the instance is idle (WorkflowRuntime.UnloadOnIdle = true). Now we are facing one problem. We want the service application to be able to resume the workflows in the event of an unexpected service shutdown or even a proper shutdown. From the ...Show All

• Silicon VS 2005 RTM Startup Error after Installing WWF Beta 1.2

  After installing the WWF 1.2 Beta with VS 2005 RTM I now get an error message during VS 2005 startup that read as: The Proper Type Library could not be found in the system registry. An attempt to repair this condition failed because you do not have the permissions to write to the system registry or the type library could not be loaded. This can be fixed by a system administrator running the program once, which will cause the proper file t ...Show All

• PatrickSA Rules Editor Not Loading With Beta 2.2 (XOML only State Workflow)

  Tom, When using a State XOML only workflow, the Rules Editor does not load when I try to create a rule condition for an IfElse activity (in WWF Beta 2.2). Is this a known issue I look forward to your reply. Thanks in advance, John Portnov Tom, Thanks. I am past this problem now. I had to update some code syntax. Sincerely, John Portnov John, When you set the condition inside the IfElse activity, ar ...Show All

• Gerald Gibson Binding workflow parameters with activity properties

  Can someone provide a code snippet to show how to bind workflow parameters with (custom) activity properties. Note that the workflow is to be composed dynamically. I am trying to compose a WF dynamically by stringing together certain predefined activities that have some properties defined on them. I would like the WF to take certain parameters such that they are bound to appropriate properties in the activities (.i.e parameterizing the activiti ...Show All