Cla82's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Multiple XNA Questions

  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

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Spacewar Starter Kit - Fullscreen

  In the Spacewar Starter Kit, how do I get the Fullscreen working on the first run Thanks all Ronan hi, game.IsFullscreen = True;  put the code graphics.ApplyChanges();   that should do it   ...Show All

• Visual C++ CRichEditCtrl Problem

  Hi, This is done in VC++ MFC I have created a vector vector<CRichEditCtrl*>RichEditBox; CRichEditCtrl *r1 = new CRichEditCtrl; r1->Create(WS_CHILD|WS_VISIBLE|ES_AUTOVSCROLL, CRect(x1,y1,x2,y2), p, 1); r1->SetEventMask(ENM_CHANGE | ENM_SELCHANGE ); RichEditBox.push_back(r1); With the above code I get n cricheditboxes on a window . How do I navigate within these boxes using Up Down Arrow Keys Pritha Oh thanks for your reply . Please don't say sorry .I am the trouble maker. Can you tell ,how to call the KeyPress message and it will be called in the View Class, is it Thanks Bye ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Standalone Emulator V1.0 - 320 x 240 landscape mode

  I read that the Standalone emulator V1.0 ships with the 320 x 240 SP image. But, I didn't find it when I installed it. It just has the SP and SP qvga images. Has anybody installed a 320 x 240 landscape mode SP image on the V 1.0 standalone emulator. Also, has anybody successfully installed a MotoQ image with the V 1.0 standalone emulator. You have to give the full-path name for the files, assuming they are not in the " C:\Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0\ " directory. Please let me know if that fixes the problem. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Complex Version Control - or is it?

  Hi All I'm a bit of a NOOB to the Team Foundation Server system and obvisouly have a question that will influence how we use TFS. We've built a core product which is customisable per client - i.e. each client will want their own set of modifcations/functions etc. Can TFS handle this in one solution - For instance, in a simple example - a button on a screen for one customer might display the message Hello Customer 1, but for the other customer it will display Hello Customer 2. Or, do I need two solutions, one for the first customer and one for the second customer Each holding their own modifcations/ changes etc If you need any further info on my question then please get in touch Kind Regards Lee Hm, not sure ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums API (HLLAPI) errors when accessed from VBA.

  Hi, thanks for taking a look at this. I use VBA often to create macros that screen-scrape from a 3270 emulator. (Attachmate Extra 6.7 if important.) I am trying to access the HLLAPI (from Attachmate) from Excel. I am declaring as follows: Public Declare Sub WinHLLAPI Lib "WHLAPI32.dll" (Func%, ByVal HllDataStr$, HllDataLgth%, PsPos%) Public Declare Function WinHLLAPIStartup Lib "WHLAPI32.dll" (ByVal version%, ByVal Buffer$) As Long Public Declare Function WinHLLAPICleanup Lib "WHLAPI32.dll" () As Long Then the first time I call I am using: WinHLLAPIStartup 257, Space(100) I get a runtime error, #53 - file not found. The file is there and the calls are ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Option to stream or download

  Hi, I am wondering if anyone know if a media file can be set to be either streamed or downloadable in WMS. Thanks, crazyDude Try this newsgroup for your question: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/community/newsgroups/WindowsMedia/default.mspx dg=microsoft.public.windowsmedia.server&lang=en&cr=US This forum is about Windows Media Foundation, the new multimedia platform for Windows Vista. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Allowing User to move a panel

  This is the deal: I have a panel with labels, textboxes, buttons, etc... on it and I want to allow the user to be able to move it around on the screen. How do I do this By handling the MouseDown, MouseMove, and MouseUp events for the panel. On a MouseDown you set a flag that the panel should move, on the MouseMove you move it to the location of the pointer on the form, offset by the MouseDown location within the panel, and then clear the flag on MouseUp. Something like the following will work: Dim MovePanel As Boolean = False Dim MouseOffset As New Point(0, 0) Private Sub Panel1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles Panel1.MouseDown ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista copy user profile

  Is it possible to copy a user profile programmatically (e.g. using WMI) thanx in advance Bernhard You can do this by copying user directories in the Documents and Settings (Users in Vista) programmatically - exactly like this is done manually using Windows Explorer. This can be done if both source and destination users are not current user. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3DX10_SPRITE question

  Are there any samples out there that draw a single sprite using the D3DX10_SPRITE struct I'm a bit confused as struct describes the sprite width and height as a vector from the upper-left to lower-right of the sprite. Isn't the width and height normally describes in pixel sizes of the texture, such as 32x32 After a half-hour of messing with this I finally just dropped in D3DXVECTOR2(1,1) and was surprised to see the sprite finally show up. Thanks, Wendy Thanks, that's actually how I got the single sprite to work, but after looking at the amount of code I had to use to get it running compared to DX9, I thought I was doing something wrong. I'm still trying to decide if D3D10 is streamlining things or ma ...Show All

• SQL Server deadlock: could not perform retention-based meta data cleanup

  Hi SQL Replication Gurus: I got some issues in my production environment, so please help me out. The following is the message I got from the replication monitor and I don't what to at this point. Appreciate you help. Yong ========================================================================================== Command attempted: {call sp_mergemetadataretentioncleanup( , , )} Error messages: The merge process could not perform retention-based meta data cleanup in database 'TT'. (Source: Merge Replication Provider, Error number: -2147199467) Get help: http://help/-2147199467 Transaction (Process ID 73) was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as the deadlock victim. Reru ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System migration_settings.xml

  Are the specific tags and attributes for the XML file supporting vssconverter.exe published anywhere I have seen several example files, but no schema or help documentation. Specifically, I'm wondering if it is possible to pass authentication information to the TFS server within the <Settings> tag. The VSSConverter settings file format is documented at the following locations on MSDN: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253161.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms253123.aspx For your specific question - no, you are not able to provide credentials to authenticate to TFS with. The TFS authentication will happen with whatever credentials the process is running as. If you wi ...Show All

• SQL Server ADS Wizard, tutorials and examples - Please Help.

  Hi, I'm new to SQL Server Technology and am trying to learn how to create a Mobile Device application and to sync it with a desktop application that uses Access. I have found a lot of information but some of it doesn't seem to make sense. I found this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlservereverywhere/archive/2006/08/29/729730.aspx which is the announcement of Access Database Synchronizer (ADS) CTP. I downloaded it and installed it with all the prerequisites. This is the part i can't understand: " The CTP setup installs the desktop component required for synchronizing Microsoft Access database with SQL Server Everywhere Edition database on the device." I cannot seem to find the desktop component to try out! The Readme sh ...Show All

• Windows Forms switching between images in a picture box

  I have three radio buttons and depending on which button is clicked I want to change the header picture I can do it in asp.net no problem but i see no path or file name for the image i put in the picture box pictureBox1.Image = Bitmap.FromFile(...); More commonly, you'd store the images in a resource so you won't have to deploy the image files with your app. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Upgrade Help needed

  Dear VB Community, I am a hobbyist trying to help out at work with an old VB6.0 program that we want to move to VB .NET. The one and only VB6.0 programmer we had left along with our VB6.0 compiler. I have Visual Studio 2005 and VB .NET and do not want to start from scratch. Here is the error I get when I run the upgrade wizard: "Visual Basic Upgrade Wizard error Upgrade failed: Exception occurred: Could not load referenced component: MSMAPI32.OCX (1.1.0) You need to install this component before you upgrade the project. It is recommended that you install VB6.0, with all referenced components, and ensure the application compiles and runs before upgrading." Thanks for any help/guidance you can give. ...Show All