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Recent update: 2008-3-21

CMOS Viewer

221 byte By ChauNguyen at 2008-3-7
<font face=Arial size=2>I want to edit my CMOS in windows (windows XP) but I can't do it</font> Does microsoft have CMOS Viewer? I hear that Microsoft has "ROM BIOS Viewer".How can I write it by myself ?

Feature request - Adding post attachments

207 byte By CraigNicholson at 2008-3-6
I would like to be able to use Windows Live Writer for podcasting and to make this a reality WLW needs to be able to link to an online resource (not necessarily upload). Is this feature planned at all?

Easiest way to write a PlugIn installer?

746 byte By MikeStall-MSFT at 2008-3-5
What's the easiest way to write a PlugIn installer, particularly for a single Dll plugin? It looks like I just need to xcopy the one dll to the plugins folder (%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live Writer\Plugins). Is there some "WLW PlugIn Msi factory" somewhere that takes in the one dll ...

Feature request - Adding post attachments

207 byte By CraigNicholson at 2008-3-3
I would like to be able to use Windows Live Writer for podcasting and to make this a reality WLW needs to be able to link to an online resource (not necessarily upload). Is this feature planned at all?

CMOS Viewer

221 byte By ChauNguyen at 2008-3-1
<font face=Arial size=2>I want to edit my CMOS in windows (windows XP) but I can't do it</font> Does microsoft have CMOS Viewer? I hear that Microsoft has "ROM BIOS Viewer".How can I write it by myself ?

Easiest way to write a PlugIn installer?

746 byte By MikeStall-MSFT at 2008-2-28
What's the easiest way to write a PlugIn installer, particularly for a single Dll plugin? It looks like I just need to xcopy the one dll to the plugins folder (%ProgramFiles%\Windows Live Writer\Plugins). Is there some "WLW PlugIn Msi factory" somewhere that takes in the one dll ...

Help on HtmlScreenCaptureAvailable

1097 byte By Mentale at 2008-2-27
Hello, I'm writing a plug in to insert a video in WLW post. I'm trying to follow J.J.Allaire suggestions. For now, my plugin insert a youtube or google plugin (but add another one is pretty easy, it's just a configuration issue), generate a preview image and generate the code according with ...

Invoke exe through web service

112 byte By NavyaJeevan at 2008-2-26
<h5>Hi,</h5>How can i invoke the Exe Through Windows service,Is it possible.Help me.. Thanks justin

Adding support for MAMBO/Joomla sites

352 byte By JuanEN at 2008-2-25
HI!I've been tweaking with the LWL SDK, and after some tests and reading, i saw that it's impossible to add new types of blog applications. i would like to know if there is any method not documented in sdk which points me in the right direction, so i can adapt LWL or the mambo/joomla sites to ...

Windows Live Writer Beta 2

393 byte By Sc?tt at 2008-2-24
The new build is available, details here: http://liveside.net/blogs/main/archive/2007/05/30/windows-live-writer-beta-2-_2D00_-updated-finally.aspx ...

Five months without an update. Is WLW abandoned?

305 byte By PhilWolff at 2008-2-23
I use windows live writer daily, but i'm eager for new features. Is the product abandoned? or does it still have at least one Microsoft employee working on it? is it being rolled into another product? What gives? If you're walking away from development or support, may I suggest open sourcing ...

Any way to get post Title, URL, etc. from within a plugin?

252 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-22
I am writing a plugin for Digg This. I am pretty much finished with it. However, I would like to be able to automatically insert the URL of the post, or automatically specify the title of the post. Is there a way to get this information from a plugin?

SmartContentSource plugin and preset Alignment

820 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-22
I have written a plugin that extends SmartContentSource. I persist the ISmartContent.Layout.Alignment property and later reload it to be my default value. When I create a new instance by selecting Insert Plugin Name from the side panel and the alignment is either Alignment.Left or ...

How to insert the title?

137 byte By PerryIsmangil at 2008-2-21
How do you insert new content from a plugin to the title? The HelloWorld plugin inserts into the body. I want to set the title. Thanks!

Can a plugin do anything before user click "Insert myplugin"

266 byte By gk_r at 2008-2-20
Hi, Can a plugin do anything before user click "Insert myplugin" for example Is there any way to know when user select "New" from menu or toolbar I need that kind of flexiblity for my plugin thanks in advance

Pasting Text into Post

969 byte By AnotherWin95 at 2008-2-19
Hi Everyone, Just built a very basic plug in for WLW today to paste a single snippet of code fo rmy blog posts (to insert the adsense code) for my Word Press based blog. A big thanks by the way to ScottIsAFool for his help. The code is <!--adsense--> and I have it surrounded by ...

Help on HtmlScreenCaptureAvailable

1097 byte By Mentale at 2008-2-18
Hello, I'm writing a plug in to insert a video in WLW post. I'm trying to follow J.J.Allaire suggestions. For now, my plugin insert a youtube or google plugin (but add another one is pretty easy, it's just a configuration issue), generate a preview image and generate the code according with ...

SmartContentSource plugin and <DIV> tag

578 byte By ScottDorman at 2008-2-17
I have a plugin derived from SmartContentSource. It appears that the default when WLW actually inserts the HTML content is to wrap it in a DIV tag. Is it possible to change this so that it wraps it in a SPAN instead? Even though the DIV tag has a style set to "PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: ...

How do I localize or translate Windows Live Writer?

189 byte By deerchao at 2008-2-16
If Word 2007 would upload pictures for Community Server, I'll not be asking this. But since it don't, So, my only choice is WLW. How can I translate it's UI into Chinese? Thanks.

Any way to get post Title, URL, etc. from within a plugin?

252 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-15
I am writing a plugin for Digg This. I am pretty much finished with it. However, I would like to be able to automatically insert the URL of the post, or automatically specify the title of the post. Is there a way to get this information from a plugin?

SmartContentSource plugin and preset Alignment

820 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-15
I have written a plugin that extends SmartContentSource. I persist the ISmartContent.Layout.Alignment property and later reload it to be my default value. When I create a new instance by selecting Insert Plugin Name from the side panel and the alignment is either Alignment.Left or ...

Czech language PROBLEM

158 byte By adzio at 2008-2-15
I noticed some problems with czech language wwhile publish using WLW. Body text OK, but Title goes wrong while using specific czech letter. THX for fixing...

Use Windows Live Writer Plugins in my own program

137 byte By yysun at 2008-2-15
Hi, Dose it violate the license if from my own program, it loads plugin DLLs and uses them? Regards, Eric

How do I localize or translate Windows Live Writer?

189 byte By deerchao at 2008-2-15
If Word 2007 would upload pictures for Community Server, I'll not be asking this. But since it don't, So, my only choice is WLW. How can I translate it's UI into Chinese? Thanks.

Welcome

121 byte By OmegaMan at 2008-2-14
When will the development community see a new SDK? The previous one targets .Net 1 and one of the samples fails to build?

New SDK Version

121 byte By OmegaMan at 2008-2-14
When will the development community see a new SDK? The previous one targets .Net 1 and one of the samples fails to build?

Access HTML

647 byte By OmegaMan at 2008-2-13
I am able to create a basic plug-in to do an insert, but the content I want to *insert* is the actual content currently within the editor that I want to modify.How can I access the current HTML content to modify it and send it back to the editor? Or is that not possible? Update due to the non ...

Using WindowsLiveWriter with SharePoint (WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007)

506 byte By ReSQuL at 2008-2-13
I would like to use WLW with the blogsites created with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007). Does anyone know if this is possible at all and if yes, how to do it? I figured it could be creating a new provider in the BlogProvidersB2.xml, but that's as ...

Five months without an update. Is WLW abandoned?

305 byte By PhilWolff at 2008-2-12
I use windows live writer daily, but i'm eager for new features. Is the product abandoned? or does it still have at least one Microsoft employee working on it? is it being rolled into another product? What gives? If you're walking away from development or support, may I suggest open sourcing ...

Windows Live Writer forum?

374 byte By GabrielLozano-Moran at 2008-2-11
Does anybody know where the Windows Live Writer forum is at? I have a question about why images are converted to a thumbnail when pasting them in the body section? Even if you set the image size to "Original", the thumbnail image will get the dimensions of the original making they ...

Windows Live Writer forum?

374 byte By GabrielLozano-Moran at 2008-2-10
Does anybody know where the Windows Live Writer forum is at? I have a question about why images are converted to a thumbnail when pasting them in the body section? Even if you set the image size to "Original", the thumbnail image will get the dimensions of the original making they ...

How to use Livewriter for non live spaces passport weblog

552 byte By Kotter at 2008-2-10
I am created a blogging platform and metaweblog service that uses passport for authentication. How do I authenticate livewriter users for non live spaces weblogs that need to use passport/liveID? Does the liverwriter client just send username password over https and my server is supposed to IO ...

Use Windows Live Writer Plugins in my own program

137 byte By yysun at 2008-2-8
Hi, Dose it violate the license if from my own program, it loads plugin DLLs and uses them? Regards, Eric

Access HTML

647 byte By OmegaMan at 2008-2-8
I am able to create a basic plug-in to do an insert, but the content I want to *insert* is the actual content currently within the editor that I want to modify.How can I access the current HTML content to modify it and send it back to the editor? Or is that not possible? Update due to the non ...

Comments, Keywords, Trackback fields disabled

158 byte By kuyawsadabaw at 2008-2-7
In the Properties tab, the Comments, Keywords, Trackback controls are disabled. What do I do to make use of those? I'm using a custom metaweblog api.

SmartContentSource plugin, embedding JavaScript, and WordPress

469 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-7
I have written a plugin that encapsulates the insertion of a Digg This button into WLW posts. The problem is that Digg uses JavaScript for its API. I just learned that WordPress strips out this JavaScript. The reason I believe is because WordPress is based on PHP, which will essentially make ...

Czech language PROBLEM

158 byte By adzio at 2008-2-7
I noticed some problems with czech language wwhile publish using WLW. Body text OK, but Title goes wrong while using specific czech letter. THX for fixing...

SharePoint Blog Web Part?

115 byte By IanLindsay at 2008-2-7
Is there a web part that can be added to a SharePoint 2007 site that works with Live Writer? -- Ian

Selecting text and taking an action on it

962 byte By elmogallen at 2008-2-6
Is it possible to create a plugin that lets you select some text and then do something with it? For example, a lot of the current plugins for adding code to a blog are great, but none of them are perfect. Insert Code Snippet looks the best, but it just doesn't work properly because of the ...

Using WindowsLiveWriter with SharePoint (WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007)

506 byte By ReSQuL at 2008-2-6
I would like to use WLW with the blogsites created with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007). Does anyone know if this is possible at all and if yes, how to do it? I figured it could be creating a new provider in the BlogProvidersB2.xml, but that's as ...

SmartContentSource plugin and preset Alignment

819 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-5
I have written a plugin that extends SmartContentSource. I persist the ISmartContent.Layout.Alignment property and later reload it to be my default value. When I create a new instance by selecting Insert Plugin Name from the side panel and the alignment is either Alignment.Left or ...

Any way to get post Title, URL, etc. from within a plugin?

251 byte By LeoVildosola at 2008-2-5
I am writing a plugin for Digg This. I am pretty much finished with it. However, I would like to be able to automatically insert the URL of the post, or automatically specify the title of the post. Is there a way to get this information from a plugin?

Use Windows Live Writer SDK to post message to Live Spaces

101 byte By Juliano.net at 2008-2-4
How can I use Windows Live Writer SDK from my application to post messages to my Windows Live Spaces?

Selecting text and taking an action on it

957 byte By elmogallen at 2008-2-4
Is it possible to create a plugin that lets you select some text and then do something with it? For example, a lot of the current plugins for adding code to a blog are great, but none of them are perfect. Insert Code Snippet looks the best, but it just doesn't work properly because of the ...

HELP Insert too small

390 byte By Wodka40 at 2008-2-4
FirstOfAll ....sorry for my "Inglish"My screen resolution is 1024 x 768When start liveWriter In zone called "Insert" i see only 8 plugin but i have installed 10!How enlarge this zone? or How display a vertical scroll for display all installed ...

writer gallery

77 byte By simonech at 2008-2-4
is it just me or the window live writer gallery on MS site has been disabled?

Using WindowsLiveWriter with SharePoint (WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007)

504 byte By ReSQuL at 2008-2-3
I would like to use WLW with the blogsites created with Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (or Microsoft Office SharePoint Services 2007). Does anyone know if this is possible at all and if yes, how to do it?I figured it could be creating a new provider in the BlogProvidersB2.xml, but that's as ...

LiveWriter and temporary image files

616 byte By TGoodhew at 2008-2-3
I was wondering if there is any way other than watching the process to wait on Writer to finish posting a blog entry?The reason I ask is that I'm creating an application plugin that creates an image from it's data and then launches Writer to blog the image. Currently I create a temporary file ...

SmartContentSource plugin and <DIV> tag

574 byte By ScottDorman at 2008-2-2
I have a plugin derived from SmartContentSource. It appears that the default when WLW actually inserts the HTML content is to wrap it in a DIV tag. Is it possible to change this so that it wraps it in a SPAN instead?Even though the DIV tag has a style set to "PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: ...

how change draft folder

120 byte By starrillo at 2008-2-2
Hi! I don't save my draft and recent post in my documents. I review SDK, but I not find nothing help me. Saludos,

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