Suman Ghosh's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3D Math

  Does XNA include libraries to help with all the 3D math in graphics programming for instance transforms, clipping, collision detection etc etc It seems a good idea to code all the algorithms into a library, that's what I would do anyway. Is this in XNA wingnut1 wrote: What I meant was, why should developers reinvent the wheel when it should be in a library. I did quite a bit of math at uni level, but trying to figure out these algorithms is just brutal. Sure you need to understand the theory behind the algorithms though... What exactly are you looking for XNA seems to include way more math that MDX ever did. Just glancing thru the docs I see functions for bounding box collision detection ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Visual Studio 2005 Macros and 5744

  Macros in Visual Studio seems to have stopped working in Vista RC2. When attaching to vsmsvr.exe exceptions are thrown when you try to run a macro from devenv.exe. From debugging the disassebly I think it is a access denied message. I also saw a string "Bad IL format" if that helps. Anyone have an idea how to solve this issue without waiting for RTM or going back to RC1 Ok, then I will have to live without macros. It worked back in 5728 so something has changed in Vista RC2. I get the same symtom as you that the maros does nothing. The exceptions doesn't show up until you attach to vsmsvr.exe that is the external process that executes Visual Studio macros. ...Show All

• .NET Development no wsdl file when downloaded from a remote web server

  Hello, Visual studio 2005 I have created a simple web service on my local machine. I added the web reference and everything works fine. However, when i add an web reference from my remote web server it adds the web reference, but there is no wsdl document. From my local machine I have under the web reference the following files: Reference.map, service.disco, service.wsdl. On my remote web server I have the following: Reference.map, service.disco. The service.wsdl is missing. I have always created web service on my local machine, this is the first time from a remote server. Can anyone provide any guidance on how to solve this problem. Many thanks in advance, Steve Steve, I don't think this is a problem ...Show All

• Gadgets OT: Suggestions about gallery.live.com

  Several things stand out about this site, now that people are starting to use it. So, here's some suggestions: Implement some sort of language filtering. Although I have nothing against the use of non-English and think it's actually commendable than MS allowing it, I would rather filter out Gadgets that are of no use to me. Alternatively allow multiple languages in the Gadget description, or some form of language translation. Improve Gadget images. It would be great if you could attach screenshots, as well as the 100x100 icon. Do something about Gadget spam. "Vamos Strip Player" springs to mind, I'd hate to think how many times it's posted. Remove the 1000 character limit on the description field, and allow it to be rich text ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Major compiler Error

  Hi, I am getting the following compiler error, Error 2 The "CompileWorkflowTask" task failed unexpectedly. System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Documents and Settings\jacog\Local Settings\Temp\rsnifrbx.tmp'. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy) at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access) at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempFileCollection.EnsureTempNameCreated() at System.CodeDom.Compiler.TempF ...Show All

• .NET Development Issue with setting A2A bit

  Hi All, I was wondering if these is anyway to set the A2A (Allow to Authenticate Bit) using ADSI script. I’m able to do it when I’m trying to do it under a Domain Admin privilege. But the current production system wouldn’t allow such action performed automatically (Basically a security constraint). And when I tried doing the same using any other role (Low privilege) it didn’t worked out. This is very critical for me. I would really appreciate any help on this. Thanks in advance. Thanks & Regards, Biswa I’m able to do it when I’m trying to do it under a Domain Admin privilege. But the current production system wouldn’t allow such action performed automatically (Basically a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Setting "sharing" and "security" permissions to shared folder

  Hi, I have a small but big problem: I have developed a vb.net application, this one creates a shared folder (calling WMI). My problem is how to set "sharing" and "security" permissions. In fact I would like to set permissions only for administrators and domain users group for security reasons. Another problem is that if Win XP is not in the domain do not set folders to be used as shared; they are enabled only with a manual procedure. Is it possible using WMI or Vb.net. How can I do Any help will be very appreciated. Thank The following link demonstrates how you can share folders in .NET. The example is in C# so if you have problems with any of the example code, post it and I'll help ou ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Webtesting

  1. While recording a webtest, pop up messages are displayed while resetting user password, unlocking a user,etc. But while running the webtest the pop messages are not displayed. Hence i am not able to validate whether the password is changed or not. Please guide me as to how will i be able to validate the pop up messages displayed 2. While running the script for creating a new user, the user is not given appropriate permissions, since when the script reaches the permissions page the Contact Info ID and Account ID are encrypted. However the new user account is created but he does not have any links when logged in with the newly created user While recording and during normal test execution, the new user ...Show All

• SQL Server Left Joins

  My understanding of relevant topics as well as SQL Books Online definition of left outer joins is that each record in the left table will be retrieved and where no associated right record exists then null values will be displayed for records in the right hand table but I've obviously misunderstood and would be grateful if someone could show me how to produce the required effect. My scenario is pretty simple: 2 tables DiningTables and Reservations with columns as follows: DiningTables: TBL_ID and TBL_Location - TBL_ID is the primary key Reservationss::RES_TBL_ID and RES_Diner_Name - RES_TBL_ID is the primary key There are 8 records in DiningTables and 4 records in Reservations and the objective is obtain the following output: ...Show All

• Visual C++ Platform SDK atl libs

  For the lack of a better forum (I was looking for a PSDK forum), I ask here. Why are ATL libs included for AMD64 platform in the PSDK (SRV2003R2), but not for IA64 and x86 platforms There is PSDK\lib\amd64\atlmfc\atl.lib and PSDK\lib\amd64\atlmfc\atlamd64.lib, but no such libs for IA64 and x86. I am looking for some library that exports AllocStdCallThunk. you don't need a lib to use ATL from the Platform SDK. Just follow steps 1 to 4 here: http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/WTLExpress.asp ...Show All

• Windows Forms Setting up Raid 0 issues

  I just installed 2 new hard drives. I installed my first HDD and then ghosted my info from my old HDD. I then installed the second one (both are WD 250 GB SATA). I converted both to dynamic disk and then went to run the set up wizrd to stripe them but when I do I am only able to select simple and not striped. AM I missing something or do I need to go back and redo it all. Disk 0 is NTFS as a simple volume and Disk 1 is unallocated Thanx for any help ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Can't debug workflow when workflow assembly is loaded directly into memory

  I have read through a bunch of other posts on debugging issues but could not find any info on this scenario. In our system, the workflows are executed in a windows service.  However, the workflow assemblies are stored in a database and then loaded directly into memory upon execution.  When running debug mode, the pdb files are also loaded into memory. I can set breakpoints in the code behind and the breakpoints are hit, but the code behind tells me that no symbols have been loaded, breakpoint will not be hit. I am running x86 on windows xp.  I am connecting my workflow project to the windows service, making sure to attach to Workflow Code.  If I copy the workflow dll and pdb files to the applications directory, ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista WWF , BPEL , BP workflows

  Hello, Does WWF support the BPEL Standard dor workflow. My point of view is that it 's difficult or complex to build Business Process with WWF. It's not adpted for this issue. I think it's more generic than BP workflows. Can You help me by some some explainations about this issue. Thanks in advance Thanks Povan for this link, but really I don't find exactly answers for the questions in my mind.or may be I don't understand well . Can you give me more explaination. Thanks ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista July CTP Cardspace problems - Cannot run samples

  I have installed the July CTP on a fresh new machine: 1) The .NET 3.0 Runtime components 2) The Windows SDK for .NET 3.0 3) WF Extensions AFAIK, there is no corresponding Orcas tool to go along with the July CTP. All install well. However, I cannot run any of the Infocard samples. Running the setup.bat gives this errors: The service name is invalid. Apparently, there is no such service "Microsoft Digital Identity Service" installed. What am I missing Bleh, sorry guys. Somehow I ended up with beta 2. I'm getting beta 3 on there now and will retry. /dopeslap self ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Where is WpfPerf (Perforator) on x64?

  Hi, My development machine runs Windows Server 2003 x64. I can't seem to find WpfPerf.exe in the SDK tools. I looked here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Bin and here: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0\Bin\x64 with no luck. Does it get installed on x64 systems Do I need to install on a x86 system, and copy the files Thanks, - Imad Hi Imad I can't commit to a time-frame yet. If you can provide email, I can notify you when it is posted. Jossef ...Show All