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• Yaroslav Final state for the satatMachine workflow

  Hi, CompletedStateName is the property of the stateMachine workflow, it is for the final state. Is it ok for a stateMachine WF that doesn't have the final state It will be runing forever and will never be completed. My group leader suggests that I should use stateMachine WF that doesn't have the final state for our project. Is there any problems to do that Thanks Brain You are not required to ...Show All

• Martin_NL How to measure the AVIMix filter output file size?

  Hi there: Is there a smart, simple way to measure the output file size from AVIMIX filter or Anyway to get the output AVI file size real-time (when the graph is running ) What I can imagine is to build a dummy filter that transfer the input to output pin directly and just calculate the passed data size. But it seems a little work need to be done. Is there any simpler way Any comment is greatly welcome! Thanks in advance! Quentin ...Show All

• Dadinos How to use C# to cut and remove part of video out of the whole video ?

  Dear everyone, I have a problem about C# and hope to get your help. I want to use C# to cut and remove part of video out of the whole video. The video may be mpeg, avi ... How could I achieve that Thank you. Regards, David As with the other two responses, I would recommend using DirectShow. For a no cost solution, you can check out http://DirectShowNet.SourceForge.net ...Show All

• jdersch_MSFT SqlTrackingQuery comments and questions

  I've just installed beta 2, and I'm glad to say I find things much more robust in general, and somewhat faster (though the fact that I got a new machine might have something to do with it ). Anyway, I've been checking the new SqlTrackingQuery facilities and I gotta say it's very nice to have something like this; it really seems like it is something useful in building more robust implementations and providing tooling for problem diagnose and stuf ...Show All

• Snehal Ganjigatti Graphics

  I cant seem to get my graphics card to work.  I have a radeon 9000 and it is not supported on the ati website section for the vista update.  I can view alot of the features in vista because of this.  Can anybody help me with this   Thank you ...Show All

• Andy Tso 'Sealed' Sequence or Designable CompositeActivity

  I want to create an activity with several child activities. I do not want the child activities to be modified and I do not want other activities added. I could start with System.Workflow.Activities.Sequence and set each of the child items Visible property to False . But when my activity is placed in the workflow, someone can still drop additional activities onto my own because it derives from Sequence . I want this activity to appear as a logica ...Show All

• s potluri I got only one thing to say...

    I tried to contact mr. Gates for several months, but there was no answer to my letters. I tried as well to contact other's in the Microsoft Cooperation, but with no success. I had and certainly still have some great ideas to combine with the Vista OS... and many more ideas that would probably deal with the open source madness. But, as you know, there are two sides to this war, Microsoft and Google... I assumed Google would be ...Show All

• Gail Erickson [MS] When is parent non-null? / How to get to container activity?

  I am confused as to when the Parent property will be non-null. Based on the compositional model, I would have expected it to give me a reference to my container activity any time my activity is living inside a composite activity, but that doesn't appear to be the case. Is there no way to get a reference to my parent container, other than by name for situations like getting to a parent state when I am a nested state The only time the Pa ...Show All

• Veena WWF and SharePoint

  Will 'Activities' developed using WWF integrate with the current version of Windows SharePoint Services (v2.0) or will they only run under SharePoint vNext Hi Nick... they will only run on vNext. Thanks Dennis ...Show All

• Nguyen GUID and ID for menu group in the Workflow designer

  Hi! I want to insert my custom menu item in the menu group that appears upon right clicking a selection in the workflow foundation. I am guessing the menu group that contains "Generate Handlers" and "Promote Bindable Properties" will serve this purpose. Although I can see that this is part of the Sys.WF.CM. dll, I need the GUID and ID of this menu group to add to my ctc file of my VS package . Could any of the team member ...Show All

• Bert Yu Problems with DataTable as Property

  Hi, I created activity with property DataTable (dependency property) and I want to bind it with DataTable in main workflow, but when I click on properties window on this property I do not have options to bind it. When I change this property from DataTable to string or XmlReader it works, but with DataTable it does not. Any help how to pass from one activity to another DataTables Thanks for any advice. Peter ...Show All

• jhoop2002 When in Dec is BETA2 ?

  Hi, I have seen in previous posts that WWF Beta 2 is due in December, as we are now in December and there arent many shopping days left to xmas, does anyone know the date when WWF Beta2 will be available http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=147736&SiteID=1 Many thanks, David Hi David, The development schedule has not changed but it has been necessary to move the WF Beta 2 public release to January 2006. Regards, Paul ...Show All

• yihect Lies?

  On http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista/downloads/getthebeta/default.aspx Microsoft says: Download the Latest Windows Vista If you are not already a member of the Windows Vista beta program, there are still two ways to obtain the latest public CTP or beta version of Windows Vista. MSDN Subscriptions - If you have an MSDN Subscription (Operating System level or higher), you can download the latest version of Windows Vista. ...Show All

• _nicola How can I access the ExpressionDesigner?

  Hello At designtime I notice that it is possible to access an Expression designer, that allows you to edit a rule (Try adding a While activity, specify a RuleConditionReference condition. Supply a name and press the ellipsis to open the editor in question). I would love to be able to use this in my own code, where I need an expression parsed into the rule format. I cannot find the UITypeEditor to use for this purpose. Any ideas where it is Best ...Show All

• mmmmmm Deployment problem

  Hi all, I create an application using combination of direct show and windows media format video images v2. My application run well in windows xp. But i can't run the program in windows 2000 server. I can't install windows media format redistribution kit on windows 2000 server. anyone can help or any tricky idea to solve the problem I need more details about what is failing and where. Are you missin ...Show All