FredMunro's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Animated Progressive Mesh

  Hi everyone!!! I am quite new to directx programming and for my project i am working with directx9.0 and c#. The project consists of programming a mesh analyser tool. One of the features I must implement is : animate a mesh using LOD. I can animate a mesh(skeleton animation) , play on the LOD using the progressive mesh class. And I was wondering can anyonne give me some advices(or tips) how I can combine both techniques--> animate a progressive mesh. Thanks for your attention. ...Show All

• SQL Server "context connection" and MultipleActiveResultSets ...Can have both at the same time?

  Hi, When I enable MultipleActiveResultSets in the "context connection" (SqlConnection), I get an error: System.InvalidOperationException: The only additional connection string keyword that may be used when requesting the context connection is the Type System Version keyword. Can we have MARS in the "context connection" note: I'm doing this to support multiple open datareaders in a CLR stored procedure. Thanks! Andy Hi Andy! MARS is not available with context connections in SQL Server 2005. Of cause, you can always use out-of-proc connection (where MARS can be enabled) to own server from CLR UDP. ...Show All

• SQL Server Error when browsing processed Cube

  Hi, I get an error after making calculation changes to a cube.The AS solution builds and processes fine, but when I browse to the region of the cube where the MDX change has impacted I get the following error: "An Error 0xE0040200 occurred. No Further information was provided." The popup box is titled as: Microsoft Pivottable List. I've got this same error on my PC running the September CTP, and a development server running the RTM. i.e. if I change the following working piece of MDX in a calc Aggregate( { [BSC Time Dim].[YearID - HalfYearDesc - QuarterDesc - MonthDesc BSC Time Dim Calculations].DefaultMember } * PeriodsToDate( [BSC Time Dim].[YearID - HalfYearDesc - QuarterDesc - MonthDesc].CurrentMember.Level, [BSC T ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Developing Messenger bot

  Hi. I'm developing Messenger bot. It will be based on .NET 2.0 and be using DotMSN library to handle messenger protocol. I'm trying to enable activities handling in this bot. Right now I'm able to get data from activity sent using SendData method of Channel. But I need to send data to activity client from my bot. Could anyone help on this I've sniffed messenger packets and it seems that there is direct TCP connection for data exchange. Is there any docs on that protocol Thanks. i have the same problem initiating an activity invitation from bot automatically using dotMSN 2.0. did u figure it out could you share some sample code ...Show All

• Visual Basic How do I create "code modules" in Visual Studio 2005 Pro?

  Hello all. In Visual Studio .NET 2003 I am able to create code modules via the Project menu | Add New Item command and then choosing the "Module" template. This would create a "module1.vb" file associated with the open project. How do I perform this functionality in Visual Studio 2005 This is making me really feel like a novice, not to mention what seems like one of the first files you'd want to create inside a project seemingly has no counterpart in Visual Studio 2005 Pro. I'm specifically looking for this code module so I can keep my created procedures separate from the rest of the code. Help! Well, that works as far as the code modules are concerned. My problem now is that I am not c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unable to create a new DSL project from Visual Studio

  I have reinstalled Visual Studio and the latest SDK and I start to experience problems while creating a new Domain Specific Language Designer Project. At first, after the project is unfolded I get the error message box saying “ The method or operation is not implemented” . When I press OK, I can work. I still need to run the text template manually because it probably fell before it could complete it. However, the problems are not over yet. When I run the solution, I get an error inside the experimental hive saying: “ The following files were specified on the command line: ..\..\..\Debugging\Debugging.sln. These files could not be found and will not be loaded.” Btw, I have no problems opening DSLs I develo ...Show All

• .NET Development How to throws sql25k reports from ASP .NET?

  Hi everyone, Primary platform is framework 2.0 I was wondering how to launch RDL reports from an .aspx page. Is it possible Either c# or vb as well as any related link would be very appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and your input, You can use ASP.NET ReportViewer control to display a report in your page. Regards Rodrigo ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How can I use a mp3 as a ring when someone call in ?

  thanks This forum is smart device development related. Since your question is not related to smart device development, it's off topic here. If you’re having a hardware issue, please contact hardware manufacturer or reseller. If you having an issue with 3rd party software, please contact respective software manufacturer or reseller. Otherwise please post to relevant forum or news group: http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx Closing as off topic. ...Show All

• SQL Server Dynamic column in the query using SQL 2005

  Hi All,  I am using Micosoft Visual Studio Report Desinger. with MS SQL 2005. I have a table transac table fields are likely, location,date,amount values, USA,01/07/2006,3000 SG,01/07/2006,2500 USA,02/07/2006,6000 SG,02/07/2006,3500 USA,03/07/2006,1000 SG,03/07/2006,6700 USA,04/07/2006,500 SG,04/07/2006,200 Am writing query for date = 04/07/2006 select location,date,amount from transac where date = 04/07/2006 I wanted to add two more column in the query which is a.two days before what is the amount b. From 01/07/2006 to 04/07/2006 what is the amount   The result I want to be Location,date,amount,2daysbefore,uptodate USA,04/07/2006,500,6000,10500 SG,04/07/2006,200 ...Show All

• Windows Forms Remove the maximize caption button...

  Is there any way to remove, not disable, the MaximizeBox caption button on the top of the form Thank you, ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Absolute and relative mouse movement

  Usually when dealing with mouse input you want the data from the mouse in two forms, one is absolute that you might use to draw a cursor or know which part of the window/screen a user has clicked on, and the other is relative where you are only interested in how much the mouse has moved. Currently, the MouseState only seems to report the mouse movement in the absolute form. This means anyone using the mouse to control, for example, a first person camera would find their movement limited by the size of their window/screen. I have tried playing around with the Mouse.IsCaptured property but it doesn't seem to make much difference, quite possibly because I don't know how to use it. Am I correct in thinking that getting relative mouse input dat ...Show All

• .NET Development Question about nextsink of ImessageSink

  Hi Everybody, I want to know that when the nextsink of IMessagesink is called. Do we have to call it explicitly What if we have only one sink and one provider implemented. Will nextsink remain null How to handle it in when SyncProcessmessage of IMessageSink is called Regards ...Show All

• Visual Basic create key/value pair for filename/path_filename to use in combobox.

  What is the best way to create a key value pair for a filename and filepath with filename. 1. Obtain files within a directory for a known suffix (eg. html) 2. Set variable to filename only using GetFileName() 3 Add filename to Listbox, ComboBox, etc. 4. When user selects FileName, use value (path and filename c:/xxx/xxx/filename to use as argument for Process.Start(PathFileName) Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load For Each filePath In IO.Directory.GetFiles(path, "*.html", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories) Dim fileName As String = System.IO.Path. GetFileName ( filePath ) ListBox1.Items.Add( filePath ) Next filePath End Sub Priv ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Displaying textured 3D objects

  Hi there, I've been working my way through the tutorials at http://xna101.spaces.live.com/ , and I am stuck on lesson 16, the first 3D tutorial. The download of die.x didn't work, so I whipped up my own little 3D cube in Blender and applied a simple 64x64 pixel texture to it and saved it in DirectX format as cube.x. I was able to add it to my Project fine, but when I try to compile the program, it has all sorts of trouble understanding any texture I put on the thing. It will say the texture file is not found in the debug/bin directory; or it will give me other error messages about the structure of the texture file. I tried saving the cube as cube.3ds and cube.x3d and whatnot, and none of that worked. (Indeed, the Project didn't even rec ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Plain ContentTypeReader

  Hi I have been reading through the forum for hours now and there is something I do not quite understand: Any class that is required for readers comes from Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline. This library is not available for the Xbox 360, thus leading me to the conclusion that it is currently not possible to write a custom ContentTypeReader for the Xbox 360. Is that correct My other problem is that I do not want to write an importer as I use an application to compile my models. I only want to write a ContentTypeReader to load it into XNA at runtime. Is that possible without utilising the ContentTypeWriter.GetRuntimeReader function cheers Daniel Aren't custom importers only available for Windows is ...Show All