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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Help with lighting effect

  Hi. I am trying to get the below lighting effect. Currently it looks very blocky and does not make a nice circle. I used a point light to try and get the effect. I made the vertices smaller which made it better but still not smooth like below I use mdx 1.1 http://www.mmorpg.com/inc_gamedetails_screens_viewer2.cfm gameId=85&sc=0&screenId=6112&type=2&mode=2 http://www.mmorpg.com/inc_gamedetails_screens_viewer2.cfm gameId=85&sc=0&screenId=9581&type=2&mode=2 Thanks. Below is a small code sample of what i am doing. public partial class Form1 : Form { private Device device; private PresentParameters presentParams; private CustomVertex . PositionColored [] tile; ...Show All

• SQL Server BI Development Studio: Crashes when viewing a Cube in the Browser

  Hello, I created an Analysis Services project, defined the views and the cube itself. After I deployed the cube, I wanted to compare the results with the browser. Everytime I try to open the browser, BIDS starts loading, but after a while it crashes. Is this a known error Thanks in advance! Yes, I do run Office2003 on my machine, btw it is an Acer5102-notebook. I installed the SP2 CTP3, but the error still occurs. Any other suggestions, it is really urgent Thanks in advance! ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. The Need of Power

  Hi, I looked at the FAQ for XNA and I couldn't find the answers to a few of the questions I have regarding it. So if someone could help answer my questions that would be awesome. ^_^ 1. Is it possible to sell games for money (either on Windows or 360) after they are 100% completed 2. How can I find out what shader model my graphic card supports (I want to find out if my computer will be able to handle the sample and starter kits that recommend Shader Model 2.0) 3. Is it possible to make online multiplayer games (Not to the extent of a MMORPG since I doubt it could do that (correct me if I'm wrong on that though), but what about something to the extent of a game like America's Army or something similar ) 4. If the last question ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to realise to check if there is goto or return in the try block;

  Hi all: How to realise to check if there is goto or return in the try block; For Example: try { if (method(12)) goto aaa; else return; } I want to check this condition. I have look at the IL code and managed to find the Try block but I find that If There is return or goto In the try block there have more than one "leave.s" . Can I use this feature to check if there is try block use return or goto Is there any other methods to check this rule Thanks. Hi sammy, Yes it looks like you are going to have to look at the leave and leave.s opcodes to determine when a return or goto is inside a try block. Keep in mind that there will ...Show All

• SQL Server How to set precision of a decimal number

  there is a column which type is float in a table, i want to set the precision of its value, for example if its value is 10.333888, i want to get its value as 10.33, how to complete it in a select Sql thks You can change yourcolumn to numeric or decimal data type, for example, decimal(18,2) or numeric(18,2), which will return 10.33 in your case. You can look up the difference between numeric and float data type from Books Online which covers everything you need for SQL Server. HTH ...Show All

• .NET Development GUI freezes while using TCPclient in VB.net

  Hello everyone, My programm supposed to send commands to an external device(by textbox1) and receive responses from the deivce through textbox2.If I send the command once by clicking button1,I receive the responce once,although the external device should send continuously responses so I added a loop now it responds and refreshes Textbox2 continuously but GUI freezes,I can't exit the programm by clicking button2(Quit)...I am not a programmer I am using VB.net since 70-75 days so I am too confused...I hope someone can show me the right way to follow... Kindest regards, Can my code: Imports System.NET Imports System.NET.Sockets Imports System.Text Public Class Form1 Dim tagid As String Dim tc ...Show All

• Smart Device Development how to build a custom user control?

  Hi All, I am trying to build a numeric keypad of my .NET CF application, the keypad is built based on user control template, the keypad will be added to another form and using this keypad it will enter numeric numbers into the form's textbox. I have problem of carrying the value from the control to the form's textbox..Please someone help me..Thanks     Actually building a custom SIP (that integrates into the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen) is not possible with .NETCF. What is possible with .NET CF is building a control in your applcation that generates events which the rest of your application can handle as your application sees fit. For example, you might have a control with 1 ...Show All

• SQL Server Dates

  Hi, I have date columns in my tables defined as smalldatetime. How do I perform a Select that will retrieve records with dates equal to the date selected in a calendar control as follows: < asp : SqlDataSource ID ="SqlDataSource3" runat ="server" ConnectionString =" <%$ ConnectionStrings:ReservationsConnectionString %> " SelectCommand ="SELECT [TIM_Time], [TIM_ID], [TIM_Valid_From] FROM [Times] WHERE ([TIM_Time] = @TIM_Time)"> < SelectParameters > < asp : ControlParameter ControlID ="Calendar1" Name ="TIM_Time" PropertyName ="SelectedDate" Type ="DateTime" /> </ SelectParameters > I ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development Peculiarity with forms and CSS in IE 7

  I'm not sure if this was something peculiar to my page, or if it is a widely known thing, but I thought I would post it here on the off chance that it might help someone. If you have a <form> tag somewhere on the page other than right below the <body> tag, IE 7 may insert an extra line break before the <form> tag. For example: <body> ...other html and content... <div id="banner" align="center"> <img src="images/TAMUBanner.jpg" alt="Texas A&M Banner" /> </div> <form id="form1" runat="server"> ...other html and content... </form> ...other html and content... </body> IE 7 will put a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Multiple Buttons

  I need heelp creating a command that reacts to multiple buttons. Does anyone know how Can you be a little more specific You could create your command and then monitor your button's Keydown event. When that event is fired you can call your command.. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Events issue

  Hi, i have a shared WithEvents button on a form. now several forms have a reference to that button. mybutton = mainform.mainbutton and then each form has a mybutton_click method. so now all instances that are live are causing their mybutton event to occur if it occurs for any one of the form. how do i get it to only occur for the respective form. should i manually do it or my declaration shared is wrong. what i basically need is that the shared withevents hold only 1 forms ref .. whichever has focus. like static, declared once and instantiated multiple times, hold 1 value at a time. so how do i go about that MadAboutC# wrote: Try child .Validate() child .SupplierBindingSource.EndEdit() chil ...Show All

• Visual C# removing program from startup

  how can I remove programs from my startup menu I don't want them to run when i start windows. But I bet, whatever way he wants, He is master now to do it with any method; whether manually, through programming or through direct Registry Editor Have a nice time ;) ...Show All

• Visual C# How can I load a picture in Image Control?

  Hi, I have an Image Control in my web form app and im retreiving the image from the SQL database and try to store the image into Image Control. does anybody knows how to do it. I know in Win Apps pictureBox.Image is set to MemoryStream. How can I do it in Web forms c onnection.Open(); SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand ( "select [Image] from ImageList" , connection); byte [] image = ( byte [])command.ExecuteScalar(); stream.Write(image, 0, image.Length); Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap (stream); Response.ContentType = "image/gif" ; //----Load picture to Image control--Image control is called "pic" connection.Close(); stream.Close(); Your help will be highly appreciated ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista XPS Viewer - SDK & plug-in interface?

  Hi, is there a plug-in interface/SDK for the XPS viewer that allows third parties to extend the functionality of the XPS Viewer Regards, nixps The xps viewer will be the default application to render xps files on both Vista and XP (at least, that is how I understand it, please correct me if I'm wrong). I'm interested in extending the functionality of that particular application: so that users can use their familiar xps viewer, but with extra functionality that is provided via a plug-in (provided the plug-in is installed, of course). My question: is this, or will this be, possible nixps ...Show All

• SQL Server Replication issues upgrade to SQL 2005.

  Hi Everyone: I am not sure if I should be posting this question in the setup forum. I apologise if this is the wrong forum. My question is simple and straightforward. 1). What are the things that I should consider while upgrading Replication from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 Assuming Case A : My SQL Server 2000 is the Publisher. CASE B: My SQL Server 2000 is the Distributor CASE C : My SQL Server 2000 is the Subscriber. Any documents, whitepapers or KBs or related posts would be helpful. MS SMEs please share your thoughts. Thanks AK You can start with reading SQL 2005 Books Online. Search for "replication upgrade". You should find topics "Upgrading Replicated Databas ...Show All