Recent update: 2008-3-21

WER wish list for developers 8-)

5856 byte By ClausBrod at 2008-3-7
Jason Hardester posted today about some of the decisions made at Microsoft around WER, and concluded with a call to action to collect requirements for WER from a developer point of view. I'm glad to oblige (And thanks, Jason, for your helpful post.)My main issue with the current ...

CRM 3.0 SDK Email Attatchemnt Problem.

10418 byte By ca0mdi at 2008-3-7
I wonder if anyone can help, I use the following code to create multiple attachments in a CRM email, but when the attachment list holds more than 5 attachments and you try and send the email from within CRM, you get the error: Unexpected Error. If I then remove attachments from the list to ...

Odd or even and converting Decimal to binary, octal, or hexadecimal and back.

880 byte By silver6 at 2008-3-7
how do I make an algorithm that asks the user to enter an integer number, then determine whether the number is odd or even. How would you write that in Visual Basic code?Secondly I need to figure out how to convert a decimal number into binary, octal, or hexidecimal. It needs to ask the user to ...

How can I be gold partner

141 byte By Maha_ish at 2008-3-7
Our company is ISV partner. How can we be gold partner. I read all the information from partner website. I need short summery of that.

What significant contribution has Microsoft made to the US Government?

273 byte By Malik05 at 2008-3-7
Hey all...i dont know if this is the proper place to post this but i needed a fast answer... I am doing a report on Microsoft, and i stumbled upon a question that i for some reason cant quite answer...What significant contribution has Microsoft made to the US Government?

Why is it so ?

777 byte By DHON at 2008-3-6
Hi, I uploaded a product map file recently, and one of the exe was having version 7.31.0.0 But, when I go to the Product Rollup page, I can see an event for that exe having version 7.20.0.0 . As I understand, mapping process considers the version of that file also. Can anybody explain why ...

Information required : WOW64

104 byte By VikasAgr at 2008-3-6
What is WOW64? How it helps to run 32-bit applications on 64-bit processor? Where could I get it?

Closeing shared files

549 byte By MariuszGorzoch at 2008-3-6
HelloYesterday I stack with a problem of opening and writing some information to file in AD domainm which was open by one user. I noticed that when someone open a file, then I can not do anything with it untill the time when he will close the file.My question is :Is it possible to close such ...

microsoft need to work on explorer 7

414 byte By compking007 at 2008-3-6
locks up with errors when closing tabs, need to load web pages alot faster, locks up when downloading gif, and any java apps. at start up in explorer 7 always looking for proxy? or connection? the gui interface needs to expand with more tools in browser. microsoft is creating another window me ...

how much

473 byte By guysky at 2008-3-6
I don't exactly understand all MSDN offers... trying to figure if it's worth membership costs, and what that cost is. Wedevelop software that integrates with MS MapPoint, and are looking intodeveloping a solution for inventory/accounting/servicetrends/etc, forwhich our customers would need to ...

meaning of bucket type RADAR_PRE_LEAK_32?

297 byte By nburger at 2008-3-5
While reviewing msinfo32 logs from some of our customers, I see evidence of WER postings with a bucket type of <strong>RADAR_PRE_LEAK_32</strong>. I can't find info about this type in any of our documentation. Could someone point me to a definition? Thanks, Norbert

Introducing our newest forum!

407 byte By MSISVBuddyTeam at 2008-3-5
I'll actually let Michel, the host for this new forum, make the "official" introduction, but I just wanted to welcome you personally since I'm the one you normally see on the ISV forums. Our team was excited when presented with the opportunity to host this forum and I hope that you'll find ...

Need help with Split function in VB 6.0

257 byte By PrashantR.Sheelvant at 2008-3-5
Dim CMArray(),CMLine As String 'CMLine = "I,CM,S, ,90,1;I,CM,F, ,91,1" CMArray = Split(CMLine,";") This gives error Type missmatch. I want to split CMLine with above containts(which keeps changing in size) to be split using ";". Please help.

A question on the ISV/Software Solutions competency customer reference requirements

1136 byte By DmytroL at 2008-3-5
Could you please clarify the ISV/Software Solutions competency requirements for customer references? The “Competency requirements” web page (https://partner.microsoft.com/40012621) reads: “Submit at least three customer references for tested packaged software solutions. The solution must be a ...

CGI Upload

1396 byte By kalikoi at 2008-3-5
HiI'm using the following code for PDF file upload via perlThe code is working.but the file size is zero bytesany suggestions#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w####### Load Needed Perl Modules ###### use strict; # Make HTML/FORMS/UPLOADING easy to deal with use CGI; # Report errors in the browser use ...

Are these valid bucket ids ?

403 byte By DHON at 2008-3-3
Hi Jason, Saar, The reports at my end is having following bucket id : 456012092,455976259, 455999458, 49984945. But these reports are not available in Winqual - atleast I can't see when I log in to Winqual. One of them is as old as 6 days. Others are one day. Could you please, confirm ...

CRM 3.0 "Server might be unavailable".

3024 byte By trep at 2008-3-3
Hi,I'm having an issue with CRM 3.0Clients get this error message where it says "Server might be unavailable".Server is running, services are running, everything looks fine, so i started the Environment Diagnostics Wizard and i get the following:Some of the domain controllers do not ...

Microsoft Access 2002 printer dialog

274 byte By Matt150279 at 2008-3-3
Hi. Is there any way I can bring up the Printer Settings dialog (ie the one where you can choose number of copies, which printer to send to etc) in access 2003 from VBA code, to retain its settings for a piece of code further on in the form? Thanks in advance. Mat

How we can get Exchange VSAPI?

351 byte By AlexanderAlashkin at 2008-3-3
Hi,My company is one of antivirus solutions vendor, but now we don't have AV for Exchange. Since we decided to create this product we need to get VSAPI specification.So, what we must do for it? We have to be certified partner or no? Аnd who is responsible in Microsoft for these things?Please, ...

Using KPIUtil, cannot export KPI from SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services to BSM and vice-versa

1666 byte By SandeepArora at 2008-3-3
I am trying to export KPIs created in Analyysis Services to BSM using KPIUtil.I have KPIUtil installed on my machine which has the following:Windows 2003 with SP1Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0Common Language Runtime 2.0Analysis Management ObjectsMicrosoft Office Business Scorecard Builder 2005The ...

WER wish list for developers 8-)

5856 byte By ClausBrod at 2008-3-1
Jason Hardester posted today about some of the decisions made at Microsoft around WER, and concluded with a call to action to collect requirements for WER from a developer point of view. I'm glad to oblige (And thanks, Jason, for your helpful post.)My main issue with the current ...

CRM 3.0 "Server might be unavailable".

3024 byte By trep at 2008-3-1
Hi,I'm having an issue with CRM 3.0Clients get this error message where it says "Server might be unavailable".Server is running, services are running, everything looks fine, so i started the Environment Diagnostics Wizard and i get the following:Some of the domain controllers do not ...

Updating Hyperlink Addresses in VBA (MS Access)

3954 byte By lewiscobley at 2008-3-1
Hi, I am making a database which uses labels to link to external files. I have the path of the file defined in a table and there is a test box on the form that displays it also. On the form load event the hyperlink address is set to whatever is in that text box: ...

Office 10 \ winword.exe runtime error

364 byte By Kdean6869 at 2008-3-1
I have downloaded the service pack 3 but I'm still encountering the problem when I try to open MS Word. MS Excel, MS Outlook , MS Powerpoint & MS Viso all work fine. Any time I try to open MS word I receice a Box vissual c++ runtime library. This application has requested the runtime to ...

Business Scorecard Manager Alerts

361 byte By DaveJSmith at 2008-3-1
Hi The 'Manage Alerts' button does not appear on the Scorecard Webpart, I've been through the whitepaper on how to get alerts configured, checked and rechecked every option concerning alerts, it's all configured as per the whitepaper but I still don't get teh 'Manage Alerts' button. Is ...

.mdmp files not being created

668 byte By DavidChing at 2008-2-28
Hello, Under what conditions is the .mdmp file created or not? I have written an app that (deliberately) dereferences a NULL pointer, but the generated error report does not have the "Files that help describe the problem" section when listing the report from the Control Panel ...

CRM 3.0 SDK Contact Merge

1592 byte By MattMasotti at 2008-2-28
I'm using the following code, which is pretty much right out of the sdk documentation example: Dim target As New TargetMergeContact Dim mergeReq As New MergeRequest target.EntityId = contactCRM(Pri).contactid.Value mergeReq.SubordinateId = contactCRM(Sec).contactid.Value mergeReq.Target = ...

need help for VBA code(MS Access)

407 byte By nancywhite at 2008-2-28
Hi all,I need your kindly help.My MS Access Form needs a function like this: I have three text box and one button. When I click button first time, the 1st text box will display the current time . When I click button second time, the 2nd text box will display the current time. the same with 3rd ...

MSDN Licensing for a Microsoft Gold ISV Partner

1345 byte By Dan-Teklynx at 2008-2-28
We are currently a Microsoft Gold ISV partner and I have a question as to how the licensing works for the disks that we get as part of our partnership. Specifically the difference between development licenses and internal use licenses. The partner program guide identifes the internal use ...

AppHung in SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)

374 byte By bthumber at 2008-2-28
Good morning, the below is the error I keep getting each time I try to create/connect to a database using Visual Studio 2005. I upgraded from VS 2003 Professional to VS 2005 Professional. My OS is XP. Programming language is C#. szAppName : devenv.exe szAppVer : 8.0.50727.42 szModName : hungapp ...

How to collect users dumps automatically?

188 byte By guemairm at 2008-2-27
Hi All, My question is, if we can recover the users dumps on the winqual server programmatically, to inject them automatically in a bug tracking system for example. Best Regards.

CRM 3.0 SDK Contact Merge

1592 byte By MattMasotti at 2008-2-27
I'm using the following code, which is pretty much right out of the sdk documentation example: Dim target As New TargetMergeContact Dim mergeReq As New MergeRequest target.EntityId = contactCRM(Pri).contactid.Value mergeReq.SubordinateId = contactCRM(Sec).contactid.Value mergeReq.Target = ...

MS Word Option Button Collection

681 byte By Ness22 at 2008-2-27
Hi, I am trying to use option buttons from the control toolbox in a word document.I have set the groupname and they work fine but....I then need to loop through the option button values in the group and I can not work out how to create the array or collection - I have tried the shapes property ...

Can't open regedit

884 byte By Jebat at 2008-2-27
Hai....Why if I want open regedit (run>regedit), and then show message error like thatThe application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005) Please anybody help me... Jebat ...

CGI Upload

1396 byte By kalikoi at 2008-2-27
HiI'm using the following code for PDF file upload via perlThe code is working.but the file size is zero bytesany suggestions#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w####### Load Needed Perl Modules ###### use strict; # Make HTML/FORMS/UPLOADING easy to deal with use CGI; # Report errors in the browser use ...

Are these valid bucket ids ?

396 byte By DHON at 2008-2-26
Hi Jason, Saar,The reports at my end is having following bucket id : 456012092,455976259, 455999458, 49984945. But these reports are not available in Winqual - atleast I can't see when I log in to Winqual. One of them is as old as 6 days. Others are one day.Could you please, confirm whether ...

Live Communication Server 2005 SP1 - Specified backend for the pool is current in use

1291 byte By Jensan_Ahsay at 2008-2-26
Hi, I have installed the Live Communcation Server 2005 SP1 on my x64 computer with Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2. I found that i have given the wrong name for the DNS, and therefore i am trying to re-install it. However, when doing the step "Create/Upgrade Existing Pool", it gives the ...

Auto Initiate Excel Macro

956 byte By Jon77 at 2008-2-26
Hi. I am trying to figure out how to write a macro for Excel that will check the time that the workbook has been idle (i.e. has not been changed) and under certain circumstances, close the workbook.I am currently achieving this by using a 'DoEvents' command that will relinquish control of the ...

Team System for Empower ISVs

1662 byte By ccarpediem at 2008-2-26
Sorry to raise this issue again, but can anyone clearly state the exact process and pricing for moving from my Empower ISV account to having 3 copies of Team Suite and the workgroup version of Team Foundation Server? I hear all kinds of info on misc blogs, newgroups, etc about discounts (20%?) ...

Error On Execution

6784 byte By kalikoi at 2008-2-26
Hi All when i execute the following code i'm getting the error ***************************************************************************­* Content-type: text/html Software error: Malformed multipart POST ***************************************************************************­** ...

.mdmp files not being created

663 byte By DavidChing at 2008-2-25
Hello, Under what conditions is the .mdmp file created or not? I have written an app that (deliberately) dereferences a NULL pointer, but the generated error report does not have the "Files that help describe the problem" section when listing the report from the Control Panel ...

Current CPU temperature API method

415 byte By bluedeep at 2008-2-25
If WMI haven't been exposed special property, how can I get that property? As you know ,WMI gets its objects, by execute privilege instruction in kernel level such as API, how can access these methods? I want to show current CPU temperature by C#.net.Are there any API method which are ...

download a file via internet and save it locally

584 byte By Pardaillan at 2008-2-25
Hi, I would like to have a script that download a file (a word document) from internet (http/https) and save it on local PC. I've already found how to download a file: ************************************************************ Dim WinHttpReqSet WinHttpReq = ...

How can I connect to the Team Foundation server?

497 byte By phamdachoang at 2008-2-25
I installed Microsoft Team Foundation Server for Deverlopers in machine A (server).After that, I installed team foundation exlporer in machine BWhen connected to machine A from B, it cause theres errors here:1. FTF31002 http:\\192.168.10.41- May be the team servername, port number or protocol ...

Error On Execution

6794 byte By kalikoi at 2008-2-25
Hi All when i execute the following code i'm getting the error ***************************************************************************­* Content-type: text/html Software error: Malformed multipart POST ...

Service application crashing without WER dialog

1678 byte By HosseinMirarab at 2008-2-24
I created a C# windows service and to crash my service application I run from elevated console following command: threadhijacker.exe /crash:av /tid:[thread id of service] /debugpriv It inject Access Violation to service and crash it, this cause cpu rich 100% and a dw20.exe process run in task ...

CRM 3.0 SDK Contact Merge

1592 byte By MattMasotti at 2008-2-24
I'm using the following code, which is pretty much right out of the sdk documentation example: Dim target As New TargetMergeContact Dim mergeReq As New MergeRequest target.EntityId = contactCRM(Pri).contactid.Value mergeReq.SubordinateId = contactCRM(Sec).contactid.Value mergeReq.Target = ...

Access and DWGs

109 byte By lewiscobley at 2008-2-24
Hi, Is there anyway to display DWG files in MS Access? I can get it to show DWFs. Thanks Lewis

Microsoft Ecosystems

109 byte By Jules23 at 2008-2-24
Can someone explain the how Microsofts Ecosystem works, and whats in it for Microsoft and the Partner? Thanks

AppHung in SQL Server (SQLEXPRESS)

384 byte By bthumber at 2008-2-24
Good morning, the below is the error I keep getting each time I try to create/connect to a database using Visual Studio 2005. I upgraded from VS 2003 Professional to VS 2005 Professional. My OS is XP. Programming language is C#. szAppName : devenv.exe szAppVer : 8.0.50727.42 szModName : ...