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Downloading Silverlight for Popfly

184 byte By websmythe at 2008-3-7
Seems like Popfly automagically figured out that I don't have Silverlight installed. But when I click da button to install it my anti-vious software says it has a virus.Any thoughts?

PopFly sometimes freezes entire system

412 byte By Anonymous at 2008-3-7
I have noticed that when using IE 7, on two different systems (one a dell laptop with XP SP2, the other an iMac dual-booting Vista) PopFly works fine for about 15 mins and then will totally freeze my system and force a hard boot. The freeze happens in the mashup creator, but is inconsistent in ...

Data reader block

1443 byte By cowchimp at 2008-3-7
I'm trying to create a mashup that will display thumbnail images and have each image link to a different url. I used the image scraper to extract a list of all the images i want to use (i had to create such a page on my web site. meaning a page with all the thumbnails). Then connect it to the ...

Not sure if bug or me...

386 byte By cloak13 at 2008-3-6
I just recieved an error while trying to load an XNA project to Popfly "There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. > Maximum request length exceeded" Sounds like I'm trying to load too much to Popfly but thought it might be an error and that I ...

silverligh

98 byte By jcfogaca at 2008-3-6
Have ocurreded the error 3002, image error, allways when my mashup start. jcfogaca

Hay Soporte en Espa?ol?

77 byte By DAVICO at 2008-3-6
Hola quisiera saber si hay soporte en espa?ol para asi alguien ayudarme.....

Not sure if bug or me...

386 byte By cloak13 at 2008-3-5
I just recieved an error while trying to load an XNA project to Popfly "There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. > Maximum request length exceeded" Sounds like I'm trying to load too much to Popfly but thought it might be an error and that I ...

Why is it necessary to create a code block?

916 byte By PJQ at 2008-3-5
I understand why you might want to use code blocks to create AJAX-like interfaces to XML data streams, but I'm wondering why you don't offer an option to process a pure XML stream that might have been pre-processed by an XSLT file. I recently built some nice mashups of employee population ...

Block Builder issues

541 byte By elmos_lemur at 2008-3-5
I have an idea for a few Blocks but I am stumbling on getting the block SDK up and running. I try to open the .sln file in visual studio as well as the tester.csproj BUT I get that the files cannot be open since they are not supported by this installation. Im using Visual studio Express ...

Not sure if bug or me...

386 byte By cloak13 at 2008-3-3
I just recieved an error while trying to load an XNA project to Popfly "There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. > Maximum request length exceeded" Sounds like I'm trying to load too much to Popfly but thought it might be an error and that I ...

Back to Black?

298 byte By IAP at 2008-3-3
Hi, I am a new user on Popfly, and am really enjoying it. I was fidelling around with the colour schemes, and cannot get back to the black UI scheme - it is not on the list. A tiny UI bug, but it would be great if it could be fixed. Many thanks, Iain

I need help !!!!

181 byte By raouff at 2008-3-3
when cretaing a web page I want to insert images but the creator says me that I don't have uploaded images to my gallery ; so how can I upload images to my gallery ?

Isn’t popfly about developing blocks, mashups and sharing/using them?

1648 byte By MertSAKA at 2008-3-1
I was creating a block using JS and XML. As a newbie, I wrote down the code using Visual Studio 2005 and copy/pasted it to popfly block editor. Then I thought popfly explorer would be much easier then copy/paste method. But I had no idea that it is possible to create projects using C# or VB.NET ...

More functionality for video player block

395 byte By Zitoune at 2008-3-1
It would be extremely convenient to be able to point to sections of videos rather than a complete video to be able to only show Region Of Interest in some videos, rather than having viewers go through the whole video. Also, would it be possible to have the video block output the time position ...

Cool photo images on PopFly Team Site live space

381 byte By CheeLeong at 2008-3-1
Hi, These images on Popfly Team Site that shows the photo of the Popfly team members are really cool. Does anybody know how to create those images using our own photo? Thanks. ...

Connection timing out?

331 byte By AndrewBurton at 2008-2-28
When I try to run the Popfly Explorer in Visual Express 2005 for VB or C#, it keeps telling me the Connection has timed out. I know I'm connected, because I'm posting now; I can get into Popfly without a problem. Could this be because I have VB.NET Orcas installed too? Popfly Explorer ...

Integration with Sharepoint

437 byte By Zitoune at 2008-2-28
I have seen some posts relating to Sharepoint, and while your targeted audience was not a Sharepoint audience initially, I would also like to see a better Sharepoint integration enabling Sharepoint users (Intranet or Extranet) to build simple mashups that leverage content in Sharepoint ...

Boolean output

250 byte By Bahbus at 2008-2-28
I can't seem to figure out how to work with a boolean output. I have two block going into a RegExp block and checking to see if the info matches. But I can't figure out how to set something up if its true, or something else if its false. Any help?

Downloading a project

251 byte By MichaelC.Neel at 2008-2-27
I've just started using popfly and installed the explorer (vs 2005 team dev ed). I can connect okay, but do not see my projects (I created one block and one mashup). Is there anything I need to do to make the project available to VS2005? Mike

Grouping/Catagorizing Blocks

779 byte By cloak13 at 2008-2-27
I've only just recieved access to Popfly and I love it!!! I did have a suggestions, maybe this is already in the feature set and I just don't know about it yet but I think there are two features that jump out in my mind: 1. Grouping or catagorizing blocks in to folders or bigger blocks. I'm ...

Tutorial: Building a Data Driven Mashup with Microsoft Popfly and JSON

787 byte By PeterLaird at 2008-2-27
Great work Popfliers. I like your app. I just blogged about how I built a Popfly Mashup that consumes a JSON data feed. This included a custom built Data Block, the Flickr Block, and the Slideshow Block. Peter Laird Blog Entry - Building a Data Driven Mashup with Microsoft Popfly Comments ...

Downloading Silverlight for Popfly

184 byte By websmythe at 2008-2-26
Seems like Popfly automagically figured out that I don't have Silverlight installed. But when I click da button to install it my anti-vious software says it has a virus.Any thoughts?

Navigation support

481 byte By DanGreen at 2008-2-26
I don't admit to having formed a PopFly mental model yet but it seems navigation of the general site is missing. A breadcrumbs model (or more strictly, a Homeware Path approach http://www.visiblearea.com/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Patterns/Homeward_path) might be worth consideration? Good luck with ...

Rock'n'Roll dancing letters in time to midi

811 byte By Snapafun at 2008-2-26
Thought this idea would be a good tester for Popfly.Take my acronym " Snapafun " and have it dance to rock'n'roll music.A. Is it possible ?B. Where do I go to get started ?Basically, a webpage that is alive and in party mode when you first arrive there.Have access to the mid tune, ...

Not sure if bug or me...

379 byte By cloak13 at 2008-2-25
I just recieved an error while trying to load an XNA project to Popfly"There was an exception running the extensions specified in the config file. > Maximum request length exceeded"Sounds like I'm trying to load too much to Popfly but thought it might be an error and that I would ...

Silverlight error 3001 AG_E_INVALID_FILE_FORMAT

358 byte By virgh at 2008-2-25
Very new here. Silverlight error message Error code 3001 Error type ImageError Message AG_E_INVALID_FILE_FORMAT Block: Seattle Public Library with Carousel The imageURL will not display the book jacket image. I've tried it with every photo display block I can find. Help? Thanks! ...

Facebook Mashup Friends in the Wrong Locations

704 byte By TravelKev at 2008-2-25
Has anyone come across this issue...? 1) I have created a Facebook - Virtual Earth mashup to show my friend's locations. 2) I had no problem generating developer keys and the mashup seems to work fine as friends do appear on the Virtual Earth map. 3) The problem is that my friend appear in ...

new pages on your website

174 byte By achoo at 2008-2-24
If you have a website that you are editing using popfly, how do you get another tab on your navigation to lead to another page, within the same webzite without hyperlinking?

Trulia Block?

337 byte By mdenton at 2008-2-24
Trulia ( http://developer.trulia.com/) would be a great site to have a block for. They have a well defined API, etc., and it would give a lot of geodata. Unfortunately, it's a bit beyond me to build the block. Anyone want to give it a go? M. ...

Facing IP address block?

110 byte By Stephen2007 at 2008-2-24
I can return the local ip of the client but can't figure a way to get the facing ip. Any suggestions?

Downloading a project

251 byte By MichaelC.Neel at 2008-2-23
I've just started using popfly and installed the explorer (vs 2005 team dev ed). I can connect okay, but do not see my projects (I created one block and one mashup). Is there anything I need to do to make the project available to VS2005? Mike

Popfly crashes my computer!

414 byte By Ironick at 2008-2-23
Yesterday and today when I tried to use Popfly it literally crashed my computer (IBM T41 Thinkpad laptop). It actually caused the laptop to power off! No blue screen -- just a dark screen. This happened in both Firefox 2.0.0.3 and IE 6. The funny thing is that I used Popfly last week for about ...

Facebook Mashups

294 byte By AlanLepo at 2008-2-23
I would like to be able to create mashups that finds my list of Facebook friends, and a) puts their profile photo into one of the photo apps (like tiles, or sphere) and 2) places their photos onto a map based on their city. If anyone has a list of steps, or video tutorial that would be great!

Saluti di buona fortuna

226 byte By Giovannibart91 at 2008-2-22
Vorrei salutare tutti quelli che si stanno impegnando in questo grande progetto, ringraziarli e dare loro buona fortuna. Questo progetto mi piace molto! Siete grandi!! <img src="/library/msdn/images/emoticons/smile_teeth.gif">

Screen Sizing Bug?

275 byte By mdenton at 2008-2-22
I've noticed that sometimes when I rip someone else's project some of the blocks are off my screen. I assume that's because my screen size or resolution is smaller than theirs? (I'm on a Dell laptop at the maximum resolution for my screen -- 1280x800). M.

Storing Information

269 byte By cloak13 at 2008-2-22
Is anyone implementing any form of data storage in their blocks? If so how are you going about it. Hopefully this isn't a stupid question <img src=" http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/images/emoticons/smile_regular.gif"> Have a nice day, Tim

Security

82 byte By Luzian at 2008-2-22
I'd like to know if their are security risks in opening other people's projects

Another suggestion for web page builder

352 byte By DravenJW at 2008-2-22
When I clicked on the header image in the web page builder and it popped up the editor I wanted to put a tab before the text. Instead of inserting a tab in the text box it went to the next tab stop on the web page (in my case it selected the bold button in the editor.) It would be nice to be ...

Using Virtual Earth with UK Eastings and Northings

702 byte By Orm at 2008-2-22
Hi All, I work for a Council in the UK and we are looking to use Popfly with our new MOSS 2007 platform. I have got my head round the basics and made a couple of blocks that grab data from an XML containing some LOB info. My problem is that in our orginisaion all our data is geocoded to the ...

Explorer is a great idea

96 byte By R1E at 2008-2-21
<font face="Times New Roman" size=2>I am glad this feature is included in popfly.</font>

Blue connector thingys (do they have a name?)

273 byte By WillThompson at 2008-2-21
How about only showing the blue <em>output</em> connectors for block that actually have an output? And how about indicating that the block has self-render capabilities by changing the colour? Actually, that would be a good inclusion in the icon in the block library too...

User Input in Virtual Earth

249 byte By anonymouse91 at 2008-2-21
How can the User Input be used with Virtual Earth. Whenever I use it, it ends up on the top and you can't click in the boxes. Is there something that can make it ask for the input first before displaying the map or something to separate them?

good

6 byte By WMAX at 2008-2-20
good

Broken link block and blue link bullits

874 byte By Viper® at 2008-2-20
Hello, First I must say I'm using IE 6.0 and there is a warning that experience may vary, so I'm not sure it this issue also occurs on IE 7.0 Here's the thing. When I drag a block on my project design first the red block appears and short after the two blue bullits. When I quickly drag and ...

Facebook Issue

718 byte By TJMartin at 2008-2-20
Hi EveryoneHopefully osme bright spark can help me?!?!?!I am trying to create a mashup using Facebook and the Photosphere - dead easy one would think!I have followed the video tutorial, but there seems to be a discrepancy between the Facebook pages in the tutorial about the developer keys, and ...

Oracs Beta Support

152 byte By Mark.Page at 2008-2-19
Hi guys, Any idea when Popfly Explorer will be supported on the Orcas beta? Great work by the way. Regards, Mark.

Bug: Stock Quote Block: getQuote Behaviour

953 byte By Ticino at 2008-2-19
The Stock Quote block has some rather odd behaviour with regards to the getQuote method. On trying to derive a percentage calculation based on the price of a stock and the change of the stock, the calculator will never return a known value. In fact, if I use the straight output of getQuote ...

Cannot assign to a function result

331 byte By herbj?rn at 2008-2-19
Hi, I keep getting this error message when I'm testing Popfly. I have created a simple block but when I try to build a mash with it I get the above mentioned error message. I cannot find the error in the code. Is there any good way to verify block code and get decent error messages referring ...

Link to download PopFly Explorer

200 byte By WillyDavidJr at 2008-2-18
Hi guys, Where can I actually find the link to download the popfly explorer? I went through the site but I cannot find the link and I am already sign in. Thanks, Willy David Jr

Suggestion: Rename Blocks

542 byte By Ticino at 2008-2-18
I have a project that utilises a lot of calculators in sequence to arrive at a final calculation. As it stands now, each calculator is displayed as Calculator, Calculator (2), Calculator (3) and so forth. It would be nice if there was a way to rename the actual block in question to something ...