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• RLG A critical analysis of Vista 5270 Aero & GUI

  Admittedly I know about visual composition and graphics design. When Apple introduced Aqua and OS X in '99, it was the first thing out of the grey vector boxes that computers had been about. Apple introduced "reality", elements that appeared touchable, smooth, Hi tech, and in motion. Glassy elements that looked beautiful to the eye. Progress bars that were 3d, white and blue barberpoles, etc. It was about desireability, touchability and ...Show All

• Mike_Vere VS2005 and directshow

  Hi all Got some problem with the new visual studio 2005 and directshow baseclass project and warning coming from the compiler. I read in several ng on google that maybe the actual psdk (april 2005) could not be full compatible with vs 2005. Is there any date for an update version of the psdk   Please reply as soon as possible... please   Lorenzo Malaguti   One of the problem is when i try to compile the ba ...Show All

• Peter Manse This workflow,how can I present it using WWF?

  I am working with a document approval workflow,when a document is created,it will be submited to serveral departments,these department will always change,how shall I devise this workflow using WWF NO,I don't use Office 12 Looks like a "voting" system, I mean, if you have 5 approvers, 4 vote for approval, and 1 for rejection, then the whole state is Reject, r ...Show All

• Mikkel Haugstrup How to create an .xps file

  Can any one please let me know how to create a Simple xps file. How to start creating an xps file Thanks in advance, Santhosh. option b) above is to use the "Print-to=XPS" driver from the WinFX SDK. I have the WinFX SDK for Beta 2 installed but I still don't see how to find/install/access this driver. Is the driver installed as a result of options selected during SDK installation Do I ...Show All

• Hames How to generate parameters in Custom Designer of workflow

  I am newer. Pls help. If i use customer designer to create new workflow, how to generate parameters in this. I means , i have a web application throw a form package(FormInfo) after requestor submit the form. back-end, how to create a workflow by designer to receive this package and how to use it (i.e. ifeslebranch, rulecondiction). A workflow parameter is just a property that has been added to the workflow class that has a public sett ...Show All

• luigi_loaec 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

• lnielsen Custom persistence service creation - issues

  I am attempting to create a Custom state persistence service. The following are a few issues / doubts that I have related to the task. 1. I have never come across a situation where the LoadCompletedContextActivity and SaveCompletedContextActivity methods are executed, leading to a doubt whether there is any need to override these methods in the custom state persistence service that I am creating. 2. The purpose of UnlockWorkflowInstanceSt ...Show All

• sumit malik Casting property value in activity reference

  Hello, I have two activitites. One exposes a DataSet through a property. A second activity takes a string property. I would like to set an activity reference to the first activity, getting the value of a particular row and column in the dataset. I can use the activity reference dialog to drill down on the Dataset property to get to a particular data value but this returns an object of type System.Object. The property that I'm trying to set on ...Show All

• RAB36 Bug in RuleSet Editor/Parser

  When building a RuleSet from within Visual Studio I'm getting an error when trying to call a method on my Workflow. I'm validating an incoming message, and need to call a method which adds additional information to the incoming message and validates various business rules. When I add a rule action which looks like: this.AddBrokenRule(this.Request.Employee, "First Name is Required", "FirstName") I get the following error ...Show All

• fnaddaf How to create a workflow programmatically?

  Are there any samples that would show how to create and/or modify a workflow programmatically, i.e. from a program, not from VS.NET IDE or a hosted designer  For example, the program would create a new workflow, add a couple of activities to it, and save the serialized workflow definition (in a file or database). I can find examples explaining how to modify a workflow instance at run time, but I need to create  ...Show All

• ScubaSteve20001 Missing Condition Error

  Can someone please offer some insight on the following error Error 1 Activity 'ifElseBranch1' validation failed: Can not find the condition "TotalPriceRouting". Check if condition is defined in the conditions file. The condition should be defined just fine yet I get this error. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks,   Travis After trying to build, do you see an error icon associated with the conditional activity in the des ...Show All

• Benb54 Painting activity with WPF?

  When I design a custom activity, I am able to draw it with GDI+. Is it possible (in the current beta) to do the same thing writing WPF code If not, when will it be possible Any WPF/WWF sample available Thanks, Raffaele Rialdi Really no info about this It would be sufficient a "yes, maybe" or "no, forever" ... Thanks Thanks for your answer, Arjun. I really want to build a user-comfortable designer s ...Show All

• diane martin Wait until time/Persistence & Tracking

  Hello, I have to questions based on waiting/persistence/tracking scenarios: 1. Suposse that I want to wait until a specific day. If I use a delay or something like that I understand that at this point the wf becomes idle and the persistence service writes it down. What happens later if I turn off the runtime engine and I want to start it later. How do I continue with the saved instance without explicit set this Is there any standard solution to ...Show All

• GerryAO How Can I Disabling a specific System Warning?

  System Warning Warning: A problem with the cooling system has been detected. Please turn off the computer immediately, return it for service. I believe this is not a valid message after talking with Toshiba support and changing the CPU fan. Also, I am having no heat issues, pc works fine and fan is running... Thanks for the time and effort ;)- I've got the same problem ...Show All

• Paul Sampson SqlStatePersistenceService troubles

  Hi,  Adding a SqlPersistanceService to my workflow host causes the workfow to abort when it tries to persist.  Unfortunatly the WorkflowAbort events arguments don't realy tell me anything usefull. The database is SQl Server 2000 sp3a and the persistance setup scripts have been executed creating the required tables and sp's. Initialising the SqlPersistanceService instance with a valid connections string causes no errors (indic ...Show All