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I am trying to make a service application that will run beneath the surface table and detect the counts of human touches on the table. While I have successfully been able to detect the x-y coordinates of the finger with a UI, I cant seem to do it as soon as I make the application a service application [as it doesnt support UIs]. Could someone help me figure out how to detect the x-y coordinates without making the UI? - Tanya

Hi group,we are about to develop an application for an exhibition. And for this we would need a vpn connection to our internal network. Is it possible to establish a vpn connection in user mode?Best regardsThomas

Dear all,I just recive my unit and I am working on it now to learn.Doe this forum is the official one where people will share developpement on the unit or is there some others ?thnaksSergeYour experience is build from the one of others

I have a grid to which I added an event handler in xaml (like this: s:Contacts.PreviewContactDown=".." ) In the ".." event handler I would like to find out the orientation of the contact, but when I try to call the e.Contact.GetOrientation(this) method I get an 'Object Reference not set to an instance of an object' NullReferenceException. Other methods like e.Contact.IsTagRecognized or E.GetPosition(this) work perfectly so I don't understand why this isn't working? It seemed to work perfectly in other scenarios, but can't really find why it isn't working here. Any idea anybody?

Can anyone tell me how to make ScatterViewItem semi-transparent? For example, if ScatterViewItem A totally covers ScatterViewItem B, users can still somehow see the ScatterViewItem B.thanks

I'm new to Surface and Visual Studio and trying to install the development environment and I'm getting this error when I try debugging (F5) the Hello World application from Visual Studio 2008. I can see the Surface templates when I create a new project.  This happens on a couple test applications so I think it is my configuration and not the application code. When I press F5 I get the button in the simulator but when I click it I get this error. System.NotImplementedException was unhandled   Message="The method or operation is not implemented."   Source="Microsoft.Surface.Common"   StackTrace:        at Microsoft.Surface.Input.Common.FrameEventProperty.Deserialize(Byte* bufferStartPtr, Byte* bufferEndPtr)        at Microsoft.Surface.Input.Common.FrameEvent.Deserialize(Byte* pBufferStart, Byte* pBufferEnd)        at Microsoft.Surface.Input.Common.Frame.Deserialize(Byte* bufferStartPtr, Byte* bufferEndPtr)        at Microsoft.Surface.Core.RawInput.Surface.SurfaceInputProvider.ReadInputEvents()        at Microsoft.Surface.Core.RawInput.Surface.SurfaceInputProvider.RunSharedMemory()        at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)        at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()   InnerException: I have installed the sample applications and can run them in the simulator so the simulator is working. Two things about the environment. It is a windows 7 x64 but I've followed the instructions on installing the simulator and forcing apps to x32.  Visual Studio is installed on F drive and SDK is on C: What am I missing? Here is the .cs file using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Data; using System.Windows.Documents; using System.Windows.Input; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Media.Imaging; using System.Windows.Shapes; using System.Windows.Threading; using Microsoft.Surface; using Microsoft.Surface.Presentation; using Microsoft.Surface.Presentation.Controls; namespace SurfaceApplication1 {     /// <summary>     /// Interaction logic for SurfaceWindow1.xaml     /// </summary>     public partial class SurfaceWindow1 : SurfaceWindow     {         /// <summary>         /// Default constructor.         /// </summary>         public SurfaceWindow1()         {             InitializeComponent();             // Add handlers for Application activation events             AddActivationHandlers();         }         /// <summary>         /// Occurs when the window is about to close.         /// </summary>         /// <param name="e"></param>         protected override void OnClosed(EventArgs e)         {             base.OnClosed(e);             // Remove handlers for Application activation events             RemoveActivationHandlers();         }         /// <summary>         /// Adds handlers for Application activation events.         /// </summary>         private void AddActivationHandlers()         {             // Subscribe to surface application activation events             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationActivated += OnApplicationActivated;             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationPreviewed += OnApplicationPreviewed;             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationDeactivated += OnApplicationDeactivated;         }         /// <summary>         /// Removes handlers for Application activation events.         /// </summary>         private void RemoveActivationHandlers()         {             // Unsubscribe from surface application activation events             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationActivated -= OnApplicationActivated;             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationPreviewed -= OnApplicationPreviewed;             ApplicationLauncher.ApplicationDeactivated -= OnApplicationDeactivated;         }         /// <summary>         /// This is called when application has been activated.         /// </summary>         /// <param name="sender"></param>         /// <param name="e"></param>         private void OnApplicationActivated(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             //TODO: enable audio, animations here         }         /// <summary>         /// This is called when application is in preview mode.         /// </summary>         /// <param name="sender"></param>         /// <param name="e"></param>         private void OnApplicationPreviewed(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             //TODO: Disable audio here if it is enabled             //TODO: optionally enable animations here         }         /// <summary>         ///  This is called when application has been deactivated.         /// </summary>         /// <param name="sender"></param>         /// <param name="e"></param>         private void OnApplicationDeactivated(object sender, EventArgs e)         {             //TODO: disable audio, animations here         }         private void uxButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)         {             uxLabel.Content = "Hellow World! :)";         }     } }

For some reason, at 9:00am today my wcf service (located in the layouts folder) no longer worked.  This was the exception:WebHost failed to process a request. Sender Information: System.ServiceModel.Activation.HostedHttpRequestAsyncResult/20082593 Exception: System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The service '/_layouts/CommerceServer/Store.svc' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation.  The exception message is: Could not load file or assembly 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.File name: 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null'   at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHostFactory.CreateServiceHost(String constructorString, Uri[] baseAddresses)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.CreateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.ActivateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath) WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---   at System.ServiceModel.AsyncResult.End[TAsyncResult](IAsyncResult result)   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.HostedHttpRequestAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) Process Name: w3wp Process ID: 5392so i enabled binding logging and now this is my new exception with more detail:WebHost failed to process a request. Sender Information: System.ServiceModel.Activation.HostedHttpRequestAsyncResult/9021196 Exception: System.ServiceModel.ServiceActivationException: The service '/_layouts/CommerceServer/Store.svc' cannot be activated due to an exception during compilation.  The exception message is: Could not load file or assembly 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.. ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.File name: 'CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null'   at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)   at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.ServiceHostFactory.CreateServiceHost(String constructorString, Uri[] baseAddresses)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.CreateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.ActivateService(String normalizedVirtualPath)   at System.ServiceModel.ServiceHostingEnvironment.HostingManager.EnsureServiceAvailable(String normalizedVirtualPath) === Pre-bind state information ===LOG: User = runtimeuserLOG: DisplayName = CommerceMessageManager, Version=6.0.1.0, Culture=en-US, PublicKeyToken=null (Fully-specified)LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/LOG: Initial PrivatePath = C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\binCalling assembly : (Unknown).===LOG: This bind starts in default load context.LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss\VirtualDirectories\80\web.configLOG: Using host configuration file: \\?\c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet.configLOG: Using machine configuration file from c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config.LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/19385bc8/890fe355/en- US/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/19385bc8/890fe355/en- US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/_app_bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/_app_bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.DLL.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/19385bc8/890fe355/en- US/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///c:/WINDOWS/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/root/19385bc8/890fe355/en- US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/_app_bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Inetpub/wwwroot/wss/VirtualDirectories/80/_app_bin/en-US/CommerceMessageManager/CommerceMessageManager.EXE.    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---   at System.ServiceModel.AsyncResult.End[TAsyncResult](IAsyncResult result)   at System.ServiceModel.Activation.HostedHttpRequestAsyncResult.End(IAsyncResult result) Process Name: w3wp Process ID: 1908 For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.Like i said, nothing changed.  Our dev servers are set the same way as this server.  The CommerceMessageManager is located in /bin in all the servers, but according to the event log message its not looking there.  What could cause it to no longer look in the /bin folder?  Thanks for any guidance.Jason

Hello,I've been trying to setup a new instance of Windows Sharepoint Services with Commerce Server 2009 default site and having a few problems.Setup:Windows Server 2003 EnterpriseSQL Server 2005 StandardWindows Sharepoint ServicesCommerce Server 2007 (Standard)Commerce Server 2009 RC1VS 2008 Team StudioI used the configuration wizard to unpack the site with webparts and then I went through the post deployment options in the microsoft 2009 installation guide. After fixing a few permission erros I'm now left with this one:Exception information:     Exception type: MissingFieldException     Exception message: Field not found: 'Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.Internal.Constants.InventoryResourceMajorVersion'.  Request information:     Request URL: http://wspc10173wss:25337/_vti_bin/sitedata.asmx     Request path: /_vti_bin/forms.asmx     User host address: 10.40.24.176     User:      Is authenticated: False     Authentication Type:      Thread account name: WSPC10173WSS\CSRunTimeUser Which occurs whenever I try and load my site in the browser. The admin one works fine and I can access it and chnage stuff no probs,I've also just checked the pup log and found the following errors:Error importing object data for Product Catalog from file C:\Documents and Settings\********\Local Settings\Temp\Product Catalog 80131511:Field not found: 'Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.Internal.Constants.InventoryResourceMajorVersion'.Error importing object data for Inventory from file C:\Documents and Settings\********\Local Settings\Temp\Inventory 80131511:Field not found: 'Microsoft.CommerceServer.Catalog.Internal.Constants.InventoryResourceMajorVersion'.Suspicisions are its soemthing to do with the Resources table in MSCS_Admin!Any ideas?Thanks in AdvanceBen

Has anyone extended the Commerce Server 2009 Web parts by following the instructions in "Adding Extended Web Parts" in the CS 2009 documentation? Were there any gotchas? Have you tried another means of customizing the Commerce Server SharePoint Extensibility Toolkit code, ex. copy and rename classes? What happens when another version of CS is released. Will we have to change modified code? Thanks!

If I use the CS2007 to CS2009 migration tool, what specific tables are altered?If I had customizations in any of the altered tables, what happens to my custom fields?Thanks!

Hi All, We have a necessity to upgrade our databases to sql 2005. I tried to upgrade cs 2002 db to sql 2005 on our development machine. It was successfull but I ran into some problems which I think I can fix. But I heard that Microsoft doesn't support this upgrade. Do you have any experience on this? (Even if our commerce server is 2002, all our codes are in asp. First we started with CS 2000 and later upgraded to CS 2002.) Currently we are assessing CS 2007 and CS 2009. Can you please tell me the difference between CS 2007 & CS 2009. Do we need MOSS for either of these? All your suggestions are wellcome. I really appreciate it. Thanks,Smitha

Hi, For a customer we're working on a proposal to migrate from CS2002 FP1 to CS2009 and I was wondering when multiple order forms will be supported?We use the concept of order forms to split products into logical groups which require different fulfillment needs (using BizTalk). Also, what is the advised strategy when multiple order forms are not supported yet?- Multiple "baskets"; 1 basket == 1 order form?- Extending multi-channel commerce foundation (is it possible)?- Bypassing multi-channel commerce foundation and use the Order System directly?Thanks,Yang

Hi all,         I create a website using visual studio commerce template. I store some catalogs in it using business user tool.Now i am trying to retreive some catalog or betther to say i just want to get my data from my database .so i create catalog commerce entitythen i write commerce query var   categoryQuery = new CommerceQuery<Category>(); categoryQuery.SearchCriteria.Model.CatalogId = "MyOnlineShoppingSite"; categoryQuery.SearchCriteria.Model.Id = "null"; // leave null for root category   // Query for the category's id, name categoryQuery.Model.Properties.Add( Category.PropertyName.Id); categoryQuery.Model.Properties.Add( Category.PropertyName.DisplayName);     operationServiveAgent.ProcessRequest(GetCurrentRequestContext(), categoryQuery.ToRequest())  It shows the following exception at runtime.NullReferenceException Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Can anyone tell me what where is problem.Cause i had given all rights to the current use...this same code works fine if i use it in sample code provided in multi channel commerce foundation by changing it to there corresponding sites(i mean if i am adding catalog id as there site name i mean the name by which it is stored in my machiene...)..i applied all the possible way to make it work but it shows always the same error please help me out coz this is first step to work on commerce entity an i m stuck to this problem since last days....Thanks in advance....   i create GetCurrentRequestContext classthen if i write the line to execute he operation

Is the below pertinent only if I choose to install Sharepoint? Or does upgrading to CS2009 change something from CS2007. From the installation docs, it appears that everything is the same as CS2007 unless you specifically install Sharepoint and/or Multi-Channel. Is this out-of-the box hype dependent upon installing Sharepoint?http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/en/us/Why-Upgrade.aspx>>Personalize your e-commerce experienceWith easy, standards-based design, extensibility, and integration capabilities, Commerce Server 2009 provides the flexibility to create e-commerce solutions that best suit your business needs.>>Easy customizationThe new Commerce Foundation adds more out-of-the-box functionality and presents a new, unified working and extensibility model to allow for quicker customization and integration.

In CS2009, are the product reviews and ratings available without Sharepoint? The below makes you think it is.>>Engage and interact with customers using enhanced Web 2.0 community features>>Use the contemporary, out-of-the-box Web site with built-in product reviews and ratings to interact with customers. Leverage the community functionality in Office SharePoint Server 2007 to further engage your customers through forums, blogs, and wikis.

I have an existing CS2007 site with a lot of customizations.When I put in the installation media for CS2009, should I skip the step to install CS2007? Or are there updates to CS2007 as far as the 64-bit or anything?Should I go directly to CS2009? Will it work with the existing website without messing up my existing data and installation?What steps should I take to update without wiping anything out?thanks.

I already have a CS2007 site, if I upgrade to CS2009, is this new Commerce Foundation pertinent if I don't install Sharepoint or Multi-Channel support?http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/en/us/Why-Upgrade.aspx>Take advantage of role-specific functionality>>Commerce Server 2009 integrates with Office SharePoint Server 2007 through Commerce Services—a benefit for merchandisers and marketers. It also provides improved design templates and commerce Web parts and tools for site designers, while offering a new Commerce Foundation for developers and IT professionals.

Hi all, I have a big problem... I made my old "commerce 2002 site" using "CAPICOM" to encrypt the password of users, but now I have to pass them to the new commerce server 2009, and I'm passing them using a DTS with that I connect the databases and pass all data. But the password encrypted doesn't work... ¿Some ideas to solve this problem? thanks a lot!

If I install CS2009, are any of the more than 30 webparts available if I don't install Sharepoint? Is there anything new with CS2009 that isn't already in CS2007 if I don't use Sharepoint and Multi-channel?http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/en/us/Why-Upgrade.aspx >>Integration with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 With more than 30 new Web parts and controls available, and integration with Windows Live Services, including Microsoft Virtual Earth, Commerce Server 2009 allows you to choose a range of new features and functions. The modular design allows you to quickly add or remove functionality without impacting the entire site.

On the why upgrade hype page:http://www.microsoft.com/commerceserver/en/us/Why-Upgrade.aspxIt says: End-to-end connectivityMicrosoft BizTalk Server Adapters help solve the issues of communication with other line-of-business applications and trading partners, allowing for bidirectional synchronization and orchestration of order, catalog, inventory, and profile objects. Deeper ties with your legacy systemsThe new Commerce Foundation unifies the calling surface so you can easily add third-party, best-of-breed features, such as payment providers, fraud detection, address verification, tax services, and other services, into the unified calling model.Are the Biztalk adapters updated since CS2007? Is there something new if you don't install Sharepoint or Multi-Channel?Is the new Commerce Foundation available without Sharepoint? Or is it tied to a sharepoint install?Thanks.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4BADDAF1-BD01-4131-BBBB-2E7DB80B60D4&displaylang=enWhat does the Commerce Server 2009 Partner Software Development Kit (SDK) actually do?Is it like the CS2007 Starter Site? I imagine I still can't develop on Windows7 and still require a Windows Server for development, right? It's not going to specifically allow me to develop locally, right?thanks.

We have an existing site using CS2007. It is not Enterprise so we wanted to be able to add the Staging features in the Enterprise environment. We had also heard that CS2009 had new and improved Marketing Features. However, we are not interested in Sharepoint or Multi-Channel at this time.We thought if we install the CS2009, that it would handle the staging and the new marketing features, and we'd have the media for down the road if we ever want to use Sharepoint.So I have some questions:1) If we use the CS2009 installation media, and STOP after installing CS2007.    A: Has the CS2009 installation media done anything to the CS2009 installation? Has it changed it to 64-bit, or is it still in 32-bit?    B: If it's in 32-bit will the CS2007 Development Environment Kit still work with the site? Or we do now have the hindrance of having to have a Windows Server OS for our developers?2) Does CS2009 install anything special other than the Sharepoint, and the things to make sharepoint work (like the development and web parts), and the Multi-Channel? Because we don't need Sharepoint or Multi-Channel. Does it do anything with Marketing improvements, or is that just part of the Sharepoint stuff or non-existent?Thanks!

Where can i get a virtual machine of commerce server 2009 up and running? I tried to create one (VMWare based)  as per Microsoft official documentation but still have problems with the commerce server default sharepoint site and business tools which are not working properly.   Are there any books and tutorials on Commerce Server 2009 except the limited documentations by Microsoft? Looking forward to an earliest reply and help.

Is it possible to install CS 09 on Vista/7?  If not, what are our options if that is what we have for development machines?

I'm new to CS entirely. I installed CS2007 and unpacked a new site.I went to MSDN and started reading about CS2007. One of the topics was "How to Create a Payment Method"http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms959127(CS.70).aspxBut my first problem is to create a payment method you must:>>Click Start, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 , and then click Customer and Orders Manager. However, there is no Customer and Orders Manager in my program files.What am I missing?thanks!

As the subject line reads, we would like to use the extensibility toolkit, but we don't have SP.  Is there a blog or something somewhere which shows how to do this?

Hello,I've got a queston about the email confirmation in Commerce Server 2009? And about the 'Request Approval' option for new customersFirst Question;1. Where can I find the order confirmation email when a customers has placed an order. I want to edit this template. The shop and customer must both get an order confirmation email. And what tools must I use?Second Question;If a customer has created an account then I want the account not been active. I want to use the option Approval Request? Can somebody tell me how I do this? Because I want to send an email to the customers when he is allowed to enter the shop... (or something like that)And where can I find the email template for this?Many Thanks!Stefan

When I install the CS2009, does it ask for a database name or have one by default? If by default, what name is the default?Thanks.

When I migrate my CS2007 app to CS2009, the ASP.NET code will remain the same, so does that mean that none of the CS2009 features will be in my migrated application yet? Will I need to specifically go in and utilize those new features? So if I'm trying to figure out what my migrated app is doing, I should be looking at the CS2007 documentation?thanks!

Can someone please explain the Multi-Channel and what it means? What is a channel? I know it has something to do with presentation - web, mobile, silverlight, etc.?With 2009 it has multi-channel support, what does that mean specifically? Nut-shell version is fine.Thanks!

About how long does it take to install a CS2009 instance?Same for CS2007, roughly?thanks.

>>Supporting migration of existing Commerce Server 2007 sites to Commerce Server 2009 by allowing Commerce Server 2009 sites to co-exist with an existing Commerce Server 2007 implementationWhat does this mean? I have a CS2007 site with a lot of customizations. We want to upgrade to CS2009, but not use Sharepoint.What does this coexistence mean? If I were to keep my CS2007 site, and install CS2009, what does that mean for my application? If I'm wanting to upgrade the 2007 to 2009, is allowing them to coexist not a viable solution?Thanks.

I m Facing problem in Installation of Visual Studio 2005 on my PC  have Windows Server 2008 64 Bit Operating System. How can install it ?

Has anybody upgraded a productive CS2007 or CS2009 site from 32 bit to 64 bit? The SQL server is already 64 bit. Does the existing marshalled data (baskets, purchase orders) function OK? Are there any other gotchas apart from third party software, and custom pipelines. Thanks Regards Glen (Software) Smith CS2009 Training, Europe and North America: http://www.software-smith.com/ CS2007 book: http://www.software-smith.com/csbook

First I understand why no one should be storing credit card numbers or validation codes for those credit card numbers. However there seems to be a flaw in the OOTB checkout flow in 2009. The card number is captured prior to the order review page at which point the card number and validation codes are gone. So if I was integrating a .NET component from a payment processor like cycbersource the only place for me to charge the card or do a pre-authorization is at time of entry. This is all done in the name of security however the profile in Commerce Server is freely able to store the card encrypted. Is there anything wrong with encrypting the card using AES symmetric encryption at time of basket entry, storing that encrypted value in the database and once the charge or pre-auth is complete throwing the encrypted value away? I do not want to do a pre-auth before the user gets to the order review page.

Hello, I have tried using the commerce server 2007 api for updating product information in a batch process with catalog.GetProduct(productId).. Product["PropertyName"]=myValue Product.Save(); The problem is that with 8400 products in the catalog this approach is very slow. I tried to work with the multiChannel foundation from commerce server 2009. I managed to make a functional webservice that gets product Info with CommerceQuery. It works faster than the approach above, but it does not update the product info, of course. I was pretty sure that if commerceUpdate will work with Product entitities... (CRUD operations). But i have a feeling that CRUD refers only to a restrictive bunch of Commerce Entities. So, is there any way to update the Product Information with CommerceUpdate, CommerceUpdateRelatatedItem or something like that? If not is there any work-around to make it work? :P If not....is there any faster way of batch updating catalog products? (i thought of a stored procedure that updates directly in sql CatalogProducts table based on ProductID, somehow i don`t see it as a safe version) I also tried to achieve this with the CatalogSearch : public CatalogItemsDataSet SearchCatalog(string catalogName) { CatalogSearchOptions searchOptions = new CatalogSearchOptions(); searchOptions.PropertiesToReturn = "ProductId, Brand, MyPropertyName" ; // searchOptions.SortProperty = "[FreeTextSearch_Rank]DESC"; CatalogSearch catalogSearch = lib.catalogContext.GetCatalogSearch(); catalogSearch.CatalogNames = catalogName; catalogSearch.SearchOptions = searchOptions; catalogSearch.SqlWhereClause = "[ProductId] =N'BRO10160'" ; catalogSearch.InventoryOptions = new InventoryOptions(); catalogSearch.InventoryOptions.PropertiesToReturn = "OnHandQuantity, ReorderPoint" ; int totalRecords = 0; CatalogItemsDataSet catalogItems = catalogSearch.Search(out totalRecords); return catalogItems; }CatalogItemsDataSet searchRes = SearchCatalog("CatalogName" ; foreach (CatalogItemsDataSet.CatalogItem cItem in searchRes.CatalogItems) { cItem["MyPropertyName" ]=MyPropertyValue; cItem.AcceptChanges(); } catalog.UpdateItems(searchRes,true ); It seems that i got the MyPropertyName value, but it did not accept the new value. So i figure that if the property is not built in the CatalogItemsDataSet.CatalogItem object it can only be read, not edited. Is that true? Is there any work-around to edit it? Thank you, Dan Gheorghe

Hi, When using SQL Server Authentication to connect a web server and a db server from two different domains, how do I set the connectionstring to use for each of the web services (catalog, orders, marketing and profiles)? In Commerce Server Manager, I see that the connectionstring I supplied while installing and configuring CS is used for the different resources, but if I want another sql login to be used for the web services, where do I specify this? Brgds Jonas

hello i downloaded the touchpack for window 7 and installed it, and the touchpack sample applications works fine. So i tried to create a touchpack application, but i don't know how. Should i only create a wpf project or an surface project or something else ...(i still created a wpfapplication project and used the controls under the microsoft.surface.touchpack namespace, but i didn't get multitouchevents. Why not????) Maybe this is the way to get multitouch support to my application.and maybe somebody knows some useful links because i googled a lot but didn't found any useful stuff.Thanks for help again.

I started off with the Default Site with Adventure Works.  I added a new Catalog Def, Catalog, a few Categories, and a Product.  I changed the DefaultCatalog to mine and it shows up correctly all the way through to the product list.  I click 'Add to Cart' and it doesn't do anything.  If I switch back to Adventureworks, it adds fine.  I had also added an Inventory Catalog and all different settings with that.  The 'Add to Cart' is still not working.  I tried turning on tracing but the formatted trace log only shows "EventTrace".  I tried profiling SQL, starting before the 'Add to Cart' click, then stopping.  It appears no stored procs have been called.  I'm at a loss, please help.  Thanks.

hello,i have still the problem that i but a view into a scatterviewitem, but they do not size to content if i had canscale turned on, if i turn i of it works, but i want that my controls are scalable. So what i have to do to that my scatterviewitems get the size of the content and are still scalable???thanks for help