pfunkmasterflex's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Blue Screen of Death or System Restart

  I have XNA installed on my home computer, and on my laptop, and it happens rather often (a few times a day) that when I try run the project, or click the Save All button, I get a system reboot or a BSOD. It happened once too when I tried to move a file to another folder, in the Solution Explorer. Since it happens on two different computers, I was wondering if someone else has had the same problem. Any known bug/solution Thank you! I'm pretty sure I installed XNA correctly, without any aditional tools. Another detail is that I'm running different versions of Windows on my laptop and on my home computer (Home Edition on the laptop, Professional on computer), so it's very stran ...Show All

• SQL Server How to make others to see OLAP thougth internet explore?

  what should i do Start with doing reports in Reporting services with Analysis Services as a data source. HTH Thomas Ivarsson ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to distinguish between a hardcoded string literal and a public const string ??

  Hi! I was wondering, if there is a possibility for fxcop to distinguish between string literals hardcoded in the program sources, and a public const string members From what I noticed, running fxcop on a dll in my project, with a rule that searches string literals, showed a large number of const strings used as well as hardcoded literals. While the latter case is unwanted, and thus a welcome result of the rule, the former is what we are expecting in the project. For performance reasons, thera are places in the code where consts are used rather than static readonly strings, and the former are substituted during compilation, which results in fxcop seeing them as string literals. Does anyone have an idea how to address this issue Thanks, Krz ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System DoNotDeclareStaticMembersOnGenericTypes (CA1000)

  In general I agree with the rule. However, what about operator overloads   Should they trigger this violation   And, if not, how do you prevent the violation only for operators The usage of an operator generally does not need to specify <T>. I.E.    public class MyClass<T> {       private T x;    // violation CA1000!    public static operator == (MyClass<T> left, MyClass<T> right)    {       return left.x.Equals(right.x)    } } ...    MyClass<xxx> = new MyClass<xxx> A    MyClass<xxx> B;    B = A.Clone ...Show All

• SQL Server "Upgrade" from 2000 to 2005, version still says 8.0.2039

  I just installed 2005 and accepted all the defaults to upgrade the default instance of 2000 as prompted. However, when I open the SQL Server Mgnt Studio, my server shows 8.0.2039 as the version which is 2000, and I can't restore a backup from another 2005 server, because it gives an error message like it still thinks its 2000. The whole installation process went fine including sp1. I looked in Services to see if there was more than one instance of SQL Server, and there isn't. Also, all my database files are still in the old 2000 (mssql\data) directory. Any ideas, solutions Thanks. Michael I did not uninstall anything. I just stopped the 2000 service, then reinserted the CD and reinstalled 2005 exactly a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Copying changing filenames

  Hi all, Firstly sorry for being a noob I am trying to write a program that copies an empty spreadsheet to one location and one with data to another. The bit im stuck on is i want to organise these by dates they come in, so i thought perhaps there is code to break apart the file name (OW_OPOM 2006 09 19 180000) and send them to that folder eg. copy ow_opom20060919180000.csv to s:\ow_opom\ 2006\september\19 If there is any easier way than breaking apart the name like reading the file info date etc please let me know Heres an example of my code so far.. Case "19:29:10" TextBox3.Text = ( My .Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo( "C:\Documents and Settings\Salvatore\Desktop\test1\OW_OPOM_20060919180000.csv&q ...Show All

• .NET Development why couldn't commit the data to database

  why I try to update the data to database. I use the access database and use the command: ordersTableadapter.update(beedataset.orders); beedataset.acceptchange(); but the modified data can be updated to database this should work. Also dont call acceptchanges. What is your update command also make sure you are not overwriting your database file next time you run the application so if the database file is in your solution/project in the IDE, select it and view its properties then set the "copy to output" to "copy if newer" or "never copy". in regards to "never copy" you will need to move the database file to the bin\debug folder (or bin\release if running in release mode) ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions about delete and save question?

  hi there!!! i have a problem regarding delete button and save button.....i made a program and i used wizard to bind into the dbase...i used only datagridview...... it's quite well in adding but when i try to delete a certain row(bindingnavigator)... u can see deleting a row and when i trying to save error occured " Update requires a valid DeleteCommand when passed DataRow collection with deleted rows ." yeah!!! i figure it out...... thanks men....i done this before... then i try it again because this is the easiest way to bound dbase to the tools(textbox, label, etc)... then when i try to update and delete boom...there's an error... i forgot to put some primary key..... thanks men... by the way is there any methods to bound ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem deploying custom report item. Items shows in preview screen in VS, but not in server deployed report

  I have developed a custom report item that works fine in design and preview mode while in Visual Studio. I cannot get it to show up on my deployed reports. Here's what I have done so far: 1. Deployed the report using Visual Studio 2. updated the rsreportserver.config file with the following entry: <ReportItems> <ReportItem Name="PedigreeChart" Type="Uabr.Rap.PedigreeChart.PedigreeChartRenderer, Uabr.Rap.PedigreeChart" /> </ReportItems> 3. Updated the rssrvpolicy.config file with the following entry. <CodeGroup class="UnionCodeGroup" version="1" PermissionSetName="FullTrust" Description="This ...Show All

• SQL Server How to populate parameter2 based on parameter1 selection on report

  I have two parameters on report both will be populated in dropdownlist boxes. How can i trigger parameter2 based on parameter1 selection. but when i fill parameter2 i also need to pass the selected value of parameter1's data. Please i have done this on aspx form using vb.net but don't know here how to do that. haave difficulty in making a search on google, confused to form right words to search. Thank you all very much, fot the information. Hey, 1. You will need to create two datasets. For example, ParameterOneDataset and ParameterTwoDataSet. 2. Insert the stored procedures (or however you are populating the drop down list) into each dataset. Eg: exec prc_ParameterOneDropDownList. 3. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Suggestion for Login GUI

  Just wondered whether MS could add in an option to change the background wallpaper for the login screen, even if they could only be changed to any of the wallpapers in the "wallpapers\vistas" folder, to keep with the general theme of vista... Kinda bored of that blue wallpaper already :P Nowhere i can find to post beta suggestions for vista so ill pop it in here :-) You can Ha i got as far as the downloading of the MS transfer wizard thing, nothing else happened there... And theres no actual feedback place for suggestions, either that or im totally blind lol ...Show All

• Smart Device Development secure device

  how can i setup my pocket pc to accept only programs with the certificate that i have created Hello Ilya, Do you have a practical example you can share with me. I have never done this trick before and new to mobile development. We are thinking about code signing. Is it a good path to take to accomplish our goal for securing both device and application ...Show All

• .NET Development supported runtimes for a studio.net 2003 project

  hello, I'm currently doing a vb.net project using visual studio.net 2003 and I need a class that is implemented only in the .net 2.0 framework. When I tried changing the supported runtimes of my project, Project -> Properties -> Common Properties -> Build, I couldn't find the .net 2.0 framework. I've already installed the .NET Framework 2.0 Software Development Kit (SDK) (x86) and the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86). Does this mean that the studio .net 2003 won't be able to create projects using the 2.0 framework I appreciate the help. Thanks, Aldrin Does this mean that the studio .net 2003 won't be able to create projects using the 2.0 framewo ...Show All

• Visual C# bug tracker?

  is there a bug tracking tool created by MS or others that can be used for tracking bugs and errors for C#.net development You can create one with simple addition of programming to your project. ApplicationDomain.Unhandled exception will help you: See this MSDN example: using System; using System.Security.Permissions; public class Test { [SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.Demand, Flags=SecurityPermissionFlag.ControlAppDomain)] public static void Example() { AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain; currentDomain.UnhandledException += new UnhandledExceptionEventHandler(MyHandler); try { throw new Exception("1"); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Catch clause caught ...Show All

• SQL Server ConnectionManagerOleDb usage in a Script Component

  Hi, I have a need to use a shared connection manager of type OLEDB inside a Script Component. I guess that the right way to get the OLEDB connection is to override the AcquireConnections method, case the shared connection manager to the ConnectionManagerOleDb interface and call the AcquireConnection method. The problem is in the return value of the AcquireConnection method (it’s Object). My assumption is that in case of OLEDB connection usage, the AcquireConnection method returns some OLE DB COM interface. Does some of you tried to cast it to some interface/class exposed by DTS (or some standard COM interface from MDAC) PS I’m aware about the possibility to use ADO.NET connection managers, however it’s n ...Show All