Ed Jarrett's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. The Unofficial "Hooray I'm Done With my DBP Game" Thread

  When you get done with you game and sumbit it, crow about it here. A little over 24 hours left until the deadline and I'm so amazed I'm done, so much better than college Thanks to ZMan for his help, good luck all. I'll post the source code for my submission once the deadline hits. Bill Well, I've just finished uploading Space Fortress - a remake of Space Zap! from the early 80's.  I've still got a list of things I wanted to add, but that I ran out of time for. The quote about adding people to a late project will make it later is very true.  I'd started with a team size of three - Me, my wife, and my 3.5 year old playtester, Katrina. Feb 27th we added a new team member - Naomi. I'm just happy my wif ...Show All

• SQL Server Repl.Pending Xacts Question

  We have VLDBs running on a SQL 2005 server. Some users have questioned speed and response times. When I investigated the server (W2K3) using the perfomrance monitor, I noticed an interesting questionabel result. The Repl. Pending Xacts showed 44,000,000 transactions waiting to be delived to the distribution databse. Problem is - we do not have replication tunred on on any of the db's on the box. In my research, I have not noticed anyone with a similiar issue. Does this amount of transaction take up space, or is it simply a counter that I don't have to be worried about Please excuse this intrusion. Have you learned any more about this issue We've encountered the same problem; replication is not being used but a HUGE value for that co ...Show All

• SQL Server Autoexist when queying

  Hi all, I think it's a simple question but i can't seem to get it right: I have a parent child dimension, with key Object, and an attribute Type. Every Object has a type, consider this example Object Type -------------------- Top Model Child 1 Portfolio Child 2 PortFolio When i run this query: select time.month.members on 0, objects.object.members * objects.[type].members on 1 from [Dream2007] I get this on Axis 0: Top Model Top Portfolio Child 1 Model Child 1 Portfolio Child 2 Model Child 2 Portfolio How can i het the following result with only the existing combinations : Top Model Child 1 Portfolio Child 2 PortFolio I tried non empty, but that doesn't work because they can be null. I ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom title bar of the Form

  Hello, I want to customize look of the title bar. In a matter of fact i need to add bitmap images to the left and right ends of the title which heights are not equal. What are the "good"/correct/efficient way to do it Thank you. I read this article. The problem here is that i have to redraw my custom image over the menu strip. I did not find any place defining the order and rules of the menu strip drawing. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Why not using UDP as a first class binding (NetUdpBinding) in WCF?

  Why not using UDP as a first class binding ( NetUdpBinding ) in WCF UDP has a better performance compare to TCP and it has been used for DCOM . After all WCF has its own reliability mechanism, so what is the reason for having another level of reliability on the transportation level Regards, Bijan http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/winntas/maintain/dcomtowp.mspx mfr=true says this: "DCOM's preferred transport protocol is the connectionless UDP subset of the TCP/IP protocol suite: The connectionless nature of this protocol allows DCOM to perform several optimizations by merging many low-level acknowledge packages with actual data and pinging messages. Even running over connection-or ...Show All

• .NET Development CompilerResults contains Type in VS, but not in Excel

  Hello all   I'm writing come classes where code is generated and compiled at runtime (i cut the exception handling and so to keep only the relevant code) Dim lsCode As String Dim loCompiler As ICodeCompiler = Nothing Dim loCodeProvider As New Microsoft.VisualBasic.VBCodeProvider loCompiler = loCodeProvider.CreateCompiler() Dim loParameters As CompilerParameters = New CompilerParameters loParameters.GenerateInMemory = True Environment.CurrentDirectory = IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection. Assembly .GetCallingAssembly().Location) Dim lsaReferencedAssemblies() As String = New String () { _ "System.dll" , _ "mscorlib.dll" , _ "System.Management.dll" , _ "Microsoft.Vis ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot convert SQL Server 2005 Database to SQL Server 2000

  Hi all, can anybody tell how to use sql server 2005 database in sql server 2000 i thought it will work easily but its ont working. do i need conversion Please help me. What is your SQL Server edition and version Take a look at these articles. http://sqlserver-qa.net/blogs/tools/archive/2007/04/23/use-import-export-wizard-with-sqlexpress-edition.aspx http://www.ruslansivak.com/index.cfm/2007/2/14/SQL-Server-2005-Express-ImportExport-Functionality ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Combobox of images

  How can I get a combobox filled with thumbnails of images from a directory Thanks in advance Check this project ... ...Show All

• .NET Development Regex behavior

  I have the following regular expression: <%( <one>.+)%>(<%( <two>.+)%>) I apply it to the following: “<%this is one%><%this is two%>” After running the regex, one contains “this is one%><%this is two” and two contains nothing. Without the “ ” at the end, one contains “this is one” and two contains “this is two”. If I use the “ ” at the end and run the match from right to left one contains “this is one” and two contains “this is two”. This is what I expect. I do not understand why using “ ” at the end causes the match to skip the first “%>” and go to the ending “%>”, especially if it works without the “ ” and with a right ...Show All

• Visual Studio VS 2005 SP1 install always fails with corrupt cab file 'PCW_CAB_VS_10260'

  I've downloaded VS 2005 SP1 perhaps 5 dozen times now. Almost always, the .exe never finishes extracting. Very, very frustrating in and of itself! On those very rare occasions when it does finish extracting and begins the install process, I'm ultimately greeted with this message every time: "The cabinet file 'PCW_CAB_VS_10260' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package." If I recall correctly, it's usually preceeded by "Error 1335." McAfee AV is disabled by stopping all its services (I don't have the password to unlock its UI, and the network admins don't know it for some reason). I've varied: browser ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista playing at the same FPS as of the video

  Hi All, I was just trying to write a filter that would be able to decode and playback an H263 frame. I am able to succefully play the video however the FPS is coming down than what actually the video is suppose to be playing in.(Actual FPS of the clips is 30 and i am able to hit a max of 24fps.). Can anyone let me know as to wat are the factors that need to be kept in mind to get the right FPS. Regards Hi Michael, Thanks a lot for the valuable input. I did make a check on the timestamps and i find that they are very much on mark that is difference between any tow consecutive sample is 33.33msec. I am not too sure there are any contraints on the availability of the processor. Any thin ...Show All

• SQL Server Unequal operator with GUID

  Hi, Trying to create a conditional split on GUID. As simple as GUID1 != GUID2. According to BOL this is supported: (Quote) The expression set, expression1 and expression2, must follow one of these rules: .... - GUID. Both expression1 and expression2 must evaluate to the DT_GUID data type. (End quote) However, when I do this, I get yhe following message: (Qoute) The data type "DT_GUID" cannot be used with binary operator "!=". (End quote) So, in BOL it's explicitly possible, the error message says not. Of course I can work around it by converting to string, but I need to use this pretty often and would prefer not to convert to string every time. What's the story here BTW, I am on 64-bit ...Show All

• Visual Basic Can SOMEBODY HELP?

  Dear all, i develop my VB AP,but now i have a trouble.... i want put a new control object in my form (my form already put many control object) when i want add new ....it say its up limits so i can't ad any control object.. how can i slove thos problem thanks a lot . dear sir , i am not means after complie to exe then run it happen. it when i in VB develop stage can u help me how to do u mean setting in VB Software i don't know understand how to do that. thanks you ! ...Show All

• SQL Server flow layout in rs2005

  I have a report that needs to show postal addresses. The address is broken down into several fields. The problem I have is some of the address parts are optional. If they are empty, I'm left with nasty gaps in the address. I'd really like next label to reclaim the space of any empty labels. a quick example A full address would look like this.. customer name address line 1 address line 2 town county post code if address line 2 isnt given, I get: customer name address line 1 town county post code but I want: customer name address line 1 town county post code Can anyone help Many thanks, Paul Anyone know Even if the answer is "sorry, can't do that". Could really do wit ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Eventlog: Inner Exception: Bad UID

  I am trying to setup a STS Service which accepts smartcard authentication. I configured a relying party and STS on 2 different computers, and I started configuring everything on fresh OS installs. I generated Cacert.org certificates, created managed cards for smartcard authentication, and configured the SimpleSTS sample. After being prompted to enter my smartcard, and pressing ok, I get an error in Windows CardSpace, which dumps the following trace in eventlog: An error occurred when communicating with the Windows CardSpace service. Exception of type 'Microsoft.InfoCards.CommunicationException' was thrown. Inner Exception: Bad UID Additional Information: Microsoft.InfoCards.CommunicationExce ...Show All