mrotoloni's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Software renderer for Managed DX9?

  Is there a fast software renderer that is DX9 compatible I'm looking into Pixomatic and SwiftShader, and while they are D3D9.dll replacements, I am using Managed DirectX from C#. Is is even possible to make Manged DirectX use an external D3D9.dll If so, how would I make it work with either Pixomatic or SwiftShader If it is not, can anyone suggest a good sw renderer we can use We are trying to make a sw version to run on laptops that don't have fast video chips. There is a real pluggable software device available from Microsoft RGBRast: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=57d03491-6c49-4429-bff7-130408b5f410&DisplayLang=en But as ZMan already said the m ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to Connect Mysql to Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator using Visual Studio.NET 2005

  Hello Everyone! i am trying to connect to mysql server using Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator usinc C#.NET. I am using ODBC to connect to the database. The problem is..... same bit of code works fine for all other applications like windows,console etc. When I try running it with Pocket PC..... i get the following error... "TypeLoadException, Could not load type... Microsoft.Data.Odbc.OdbcConnection from assemly".... What you guys think...... thanks, Hassan ODBC is not supported on devices at all. OLEDB is supported, but managed provider is not. Besides, there’s hardly an abundance of device compatible OLEDB drivers for 3 rd party databases, so it would be useless anyway. To sum up, t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) XAML code and C# code kept in sync

  WPF is obviously a step in the right direction in enabling developers to make modern UIs, however Windows Forms still has quite a few advantages, the built in designer for once. Cider does not cut it (yet! ), and far less features then Blend. Blend and Visual Studio collaboration still has a long way to go also. I understand the need for XAML (to enable designers to do the ui without the need of strong programming skills) but for certain people like me developing dynamic UI in c# code is so much more intuitive and easy. Since XAML code is parsed and converted in c# code anyway, isn’t there an option to be able to edit this c# code directly (currently it is generated automatically from the xaml file so the modifications will be lost ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies The database 'mcms_db' is not an MCMS 2002 database

  So I am testing migration from an MCMS 2002 SP2 site to MOSS 2007 and I am running into this error whenever I try to run the Migration Profile tool in Central Admin: The database 'mcms_db' is not an MCMS 2002 database No other message, and no errors anywhere else (that I can find) I ran the assesment tool and I got no errors, but I did get some warnings dealing with extra indexes in a table I couldn't find (queue_messages_<some number sequence>) The warning tells me that the migration will not migrate the extra data, but that's fine with me. Currently the MCMS site still runs perfect, but for some reason MOSS doesn't recognize the database as an MCMS 2002 database. I even attached and tried a completely different database ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Load Test with Web Unit Test Problem

  I'm trying to create a load test that runs a Web Unit Test, but I cannot see the test in the list of available tests. When I remove the HostType ( "ASP.NET" ) attribute from the test, I can see the test in the list. Unfortunately, the unit test is no longer runnable without that attribute. Does anyone have any suggestions Thanks, Kris Unfortunately we do not support running unit tests hosted in ASP.NET in a load test. The amount of cross-process traffic was too high to make these useful, so we decided to not support it (rather than invest the time to fully test the solution). Ed. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Version Control Setup

  Hello! We have setup TFS on our production server very recently. We are now deciding on the best strategy to layout our existing projects in the new repository. 90% of the time, the components used in a given new project are reusable. For this reason, all the components, new or old, are to be placed in the common team project. When new projects come in, a team project is created for the purpose of utilizing all the functionalities of a team project (like share point site, work item tracking). But, any new components associated with this project will be placed in the common Team Project (for future reuse in other projects). The layout will look something similar to this: Common Product1 Component 1.1 Component 1.2 ...Show All

• SQL Server Detecting IIS

  Good Morning, My name is Erin.  When attempting to install SQL Server Express on Windows XP Home Edition Service Pak 2, the installation freezes at "Detecting IIS...".  I have been bopped around Microsoft Support since Monday.  I even opened a case, but I have no success.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to get around this problem   Any help would be greatly appreciated. I made it through the installation of Net.Framework 2.0. with the SDk kit. I've installed the SQLServer, Express without any problems. Now I need to configure the Startup kit for SDK, and Net Framework 2.0. I finally got the configuration wizard, and I am asked if I have the IIS installed on my computer. I don't think I can get the IIS ...Show All

• SQL Server The product level is insufficient for component

  hi, I am very new to SSIS. I have created a small application in which the data flow task contains OLEDB source, derived column and datareaderdest.When i run dtexecui.exe and execute the package i am getting these errors The product level is insufficient for component "Derived Column" The product level is insufficient for component "DataReaderDest" But i am not geeting any warning or error when i debug the solution. Please help me on this. Thanks in advance Wally - check again if SSIS is really installed. The message is displayed only in two situations: SSIS was not installed, only Tools was installed on the machine where package is running You ha ...Show All

• Windows Forms Module msxml6.dll failed to register.

  I have a Windows Forms solution with many managed projects, and a few unmanaged projects. I have a deployment project that works, except that it gives an error "Module (app directory)\msxml6.dll failed to register. HRESULT -2147023782..." If I hit continue, the installation finishes, and the application works fine. How can I get rid of this error The MSXML6.DLL file does not appear in the list of files for Application Folder, although it is a dependency of one of my unmanaged projects. The target machine has the XML6 Parser installed, so I don't need Visual Studio to deploy that file. Dave I believe you should be installing MSXML6 with the proper redist: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions BreakPoint

  Hi ppl, i got the following code i cannot set a breakpoint in that particular if statement inside the for loop why is that. for(index =1; index < 100; index++) { For ( i = 0; i < 20; i++) { for (j= 0; j < 10; j++) { //do some processing if(index == 10) { //do something ----------->Visula Studio says she can't set a breakpoint bcoz of invalid line. } //end of j for loop }//end of i for loop }// end of index for loop will some of help me what this is. cheers arun Hi, thanks for your reply. i actually properly teminated the for loop and with proper spelling. i am confused about wht u mean by actually statement. In this following code R[indexer ]++; g[Indexer ...Show All

• Visual C++ Existing MFC app. Switching from ODBC to OLE DB. ATL or MFC? Can I mix?

  I have an existing MFC app in which I connect to a VFP database using ODBC. Since VFP no longer supports ODBC, I am switching to OLE DB for the connection. Should I be using MFC or ATL to implement this interface Can I mix ATL classes in my MFC application The MSDN library has the following comments that I don't understand: The following example assumes that you are adding OLE DB consumer support to an existing ATL project. If you want to add OLE DB consumer support to an MFC application, you should run the MFC Application Wizard, which creates all the support necessary and invokes MFC routines necessary to execute the application . When I originally created this APP I did run the MFC Application Wizard at that time. B ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro MSCHART AND VISUAL FOXPRO 9

  I am trying to use MSCHART with VFP9 and have some success until I want to set or change Legions, Titles, Colors etc. or to enter data into the second Y axis. Using any of the property / constant names only produces the message "Name Unknown". Any suggestions. CetinBasoz wrote: Wrong. I don't remember I said something about graphs.vcx (and I don't have an idea what it is). The code I posted is missing only 2 pieces: 1) DibApi32.dll - A well known DLL from MS samples. You can get it from http://support.microsoft.com/kb/130804 2) The report form itself. Create a report from sample cursor (before report form line). ie: create report myReport from alias() column modify report myReport Add a grouping ( by ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Copy classes or subclass from a classlib

  I am obviously still learning and making changes in my original classes in my first application. I have a second application which I am developing now. The second application will need to use classes similar to the first application, but some classes will require  minor and others major changes. I'm not sure if I should copy the classlib and modify it for the second application, or sub-class from the first class lib. Also, is there an easy way to copy individual classes from one classlib to another Please keep in mind that the first classlib will be modified heavily in the future. Any ideas for a strategy would be greatly apreciated. If these are un-connected app ...Show All

• Visual C++ Missing MSVCP71D.dll error during deployment

  I've just recently completed a script writing program using several 3rd party dlls and mfc and compiled it. Upon executing the exe, it reported about 2 missing dlls from the 3rd party ones, but i just copied them to the release folder. The thing is, an error stating missing MSVCP71D.dll popped up on the test deployment pcs. I know its the msvC++ runtime library, but is there some setting or configuration in the project properties or tool option that i'm supposed to specify so that this thing doesnt bug users who dont have the ide and compiler I have defined the include, exe, and library paths for every related dll but the missing file errors still popped up. These files which end in "D" are use ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Visual Studio 2005 can't build after upgrading...

  VS.NET 2005 worked fine before I upgrade probably VS.NET 2005 SP1. But, after I upgrade VS.NET 2005 SP1, I can only compile single file, but can't build the whole project. Every time when I tried to build the whole project, the IDE just stuck there and showed "Build Started..." without any improvement. My god... I can't figure out. Can anybody help Thanks JIA Pei Hi I have the same issue where the build sometimes gets stuck. I have to end task and restart the IDE to resume working in the VS.NET 2005 Alain! ...Show All