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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rotation problem

  With DirectX to rotate my object I'm using D3DXMatrixRotationYawPitchRoll. So it means , it will rotate around Y , X and after Z axis. But if I change the angle of X or Z, it won't turn around X or Z. How could I turn around the right axis I mean for example with 3DS max when you rotate around X/Y/Z axis , you will really see your object are rotating around the right axis. (changing the other value). How can I do this ...Show All

• Visual Basic Working with arrays

  hi, i'm currently working with a function that queries a database for a number of employee id's. i'm trying to save all results in an array and pass then to another function via return. how can i add to an already populated array since i'm using data reader and how can i pass the whole array in return. my code is something like this: dim employee_ids() as string while reader.read ' data for storing to array is reader.GetValue(1).ToString() ' how do i add to the existing array with existing values end while return employee_ids ' how do i pass the whole array in return thanks in advance, dave I don't have my VB here, but I think you looking for something like this: Dim employee_i ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) vNext August CTP and Linq May CTP problem on VS 2005 Team Edition

  Hi When install vNext and Linq at home on VS 2005 Pro Edition there is no problem. But when I intalled it at work on VS 2005 Team Edition the error list is full. It can not recognize something like this from c in db.Categories where c.CategoryID == categoryId select c).ToSequence().First(); it give errors like this ' ; exprected' 'invalid expression term 'in' ' and etc. but when I run the app it works fine!!! there is no intellisense in the query and even not recognize the Model Obejct assembly when I type using NorthwindModel although that there is a reference in the project. Like I said when I run the app it works but how to fix this 10x I have this issue and I have re-installed the May LINQ CTP a few ...Show All

• SQL Server The use of databaseFields in ReportHeader

  Hi, I'm trying to use a database field in my reportheader. Normally this won't work but with the workarround with the 'hidden textbox' it works. But i have another problem. If that textbox is not on the same page as the header for instance, the subreport is two pages. My first page will show the field in the header as the second page won't show. Is there anyone who has another workarround to solve this problem greetz That's idd an option but I'm using a multi-value parameter so I need to specify which of the value's I want to display. So I can't use this method, is there another solution greetz ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Responding To Graphics Device Events

  Trying to figure out where <a href="http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1212399&SiteID=1">my problem</a> lies with recreating/resetting the graphics device and the weird effects, I began to wonder if I had tied into the proper event handlers. So I was wondering if someone could tell me if this is the correct way to set up event handlers for a custom game component:                 graphicsDeviceService.DeviceCreated += new EventHandler(loadAllContent);                 graphicsDeviceService.DeviceDisposing += new EventHandler(unloadAllContent);   &n ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What security model recommendations for outsourcing?

  We are wanting to use TFS for outsourcing projects and internal projects. In some cases we'll have combined development. We don't want to risk exposing all our source code to an outside vendor. Yet we want to be able to easily share selected portions of code between projects. We're thinking that we need an independent VPN connected server that doesn't have have any unrelated internal projects on it. And we'll create a separate domain that has no trust relationships with our internal company domain. Problem is, TFS doesn't support sharing code (with history) between external and internal projects. All you can do is copy/paste/check in (as new). Then manually merge later. Not good! Is there a practical way that we could put all our projects ...Show All

• SQL Server Multi valued parameter to a stored procedure

  Hi, i have created a stored proc as create procedure Proc1 @param varchar(50) as begin select * from table1 where field1 in (@param) end Now if my parameter has multple values, how should i pass eg: proc1 parameter values will be @param='A','B','C' Vivek S Not too sure what your asking here, but if you want to pass three paramteres to a stored proc you need to set up 3 parametres in the stored proc . create procedure Proc1 @param varchar(50) @param1 varchar(50) @param2 varchar(50) Cheers Dave ...Show All

• SQL Server How can I export data to a .sql with insert statements?

  Can someboby help me sith this issue. thanks in advance There's already data in the tables and I would like to become something like this... INSERT INTO Vertices VALUES (-99.6875 , 13.9952516555786, 0, 1); INSERT INTO Vertices VALUES (-46.597225189209, 14.1290817260742, 1, 1); INSERT INTO Vertices VALUES (-34.9146385157818, -8.08516788087916, 2, 1); INSERT INTO Vertices VALUES (-66.7407750757877, -54.3090734484738, 3, 1); INSERT INTO Vertices VALUES (-69.9132614086578, ......... Did you figure this out I have the same question. I am able to use 3rd party tools, but I was hoping to do it with SQL Server Mgt Studio. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Importing a vb6 project I get this error "can't use character device names ..."

  while importing a vb6 project I get a upgrade wizard error "Upgrade failed: Exception occured: can't use character device names in file names" can anyone enlighten me on what this messages says I have reviewed any and all "filename" variables and don't see a problem. thanks !!!! Doesn't the upgrade wizard show where the error is Line number/file or something .NET does not support file names like COM1, COM2, LPT1 etc. ...Show All

• .NET Development reference

  Hi, I have added a web reference to the web service from the client project. The webservice is called ItemsWebService The webservice has two .asmx files i.e. orders.asmx and employees.asmx from the client I would like to call the ItemsWebService. So that the relevant forms on the client calls the appropriate .asmx file. i.e. the orders form in client calls ItemsWebService.Orders and the employees form on the client calls ItemsWebService.Employees At present when I add a web refernce to this webservice from the client I get the two names i.e. orders and employees. I think I should get just the itemsWebService. Am I right Thanks ...Show All

• Windows Forms request password before installatio process

  Hello, I wrote some windows forms applications. I would like to include a password or key request before the application got installed onto the user's computer. any suggestion Well there is a Customer Information dialog you cvan add to the UI sequence, a canned dialog that lets the user put in a serial number. Unfortuanately there's no way to verify it in the UI sequence with code - you'd verify it with a custom action, but these run when the installation is just about finished. The PIDKEY property is where it's stored. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Has anyone thought of making XNA screen savers?

  Now I know XNA is supposed to be for game development, but its ease of use should also allow for very simple screen saver programming. In only a few hours I've got a completely working version of the Windows Starfield screen saver up and running, and I'm sure other people here could come up with stuff that's a ton more creative than that. What would be hard about turning these into completely working screen savers Well, let's look at what goes on with a screen saver: 1) The program gets sent one of 3 switches: /c - which should bring up the Options menu, /p - to bring up the preview window, and /s to actually run the screen saver. These are easy to handle. 2) The program closes itself upon mouse movement or a key press. This is just as eas ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums How many is the MAX number about MSN Messenger buddy?

  How many is the MAX number about MSN Messenger buddy Your question doesn't seem like good english to me, but I guess you are trying to ask "What is the maximum number of buddys you can have in your list ". I think it is 600 at the moment, but I am not totally sure... ...Show All

• Visual C# Datagrid-columns

  How do you assign a default value to a column on the Form_Load event. How do you get the selected value from a column with a combobox, and one with a tick box. Thanks ... Not really, the selected column contains a combobox or a tickbox- under which event and how would I find the value. How would one assign the column default value in the Form_Load event - I want it to work the same for all rows. ...Show All

• SQL Server Union All

  When any changes have been made to the underlying table structure, the Union all reports error and does not automatically correct the error. I then have to delete it and recreate it. Is this a bug Arry wrote: When any changes have been made to the underlying table structure, the Union all reports error and does not automatically correct the error. I then have to delete it and recreate it. Is this a bug I'm surprised that an underlying table change would affect this. Have any upstream components in the data-flow changed as a result -Jamie ...Show All