Mason Cox's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Some thoughts on XNA Game Studio / Framework

  First of all, I'd like to note that what Microsoft is attempting to do with XNA is commendable. Game development is notoriously hard, getting harder by the month in fact. So Microsoft's goal of simplifying the process, opening it up to a whole new audience of student and hobbyist developers, is a natural one. However, actually attaining that goal is going to take a lot more than XNA. Here's why. The process of game development is difficult for a variety of reasons. When a new programmer first begins to learn game development, the earliest things they will have trouble with are things like wrangling the windowing system into doing what they want it to, reading input, drawing triangles, and loading content into their app. But once they've le ...Show All

• Visual Studio Were is _2_RTL_x86_enu_Visual_Database_Tools_Core.cab? VS2005

  My installation of the MSDN academic version of the Visual studio2005 standard always crashes, because the file cannot be found. It is not on the iso image of the CD. Anyone an idea where I can find the file and how to finish the installation ...Show All

• SQL Server what s wrong with this bcp script pls

  I am using sql 2000. exec master..xp_cmdshell 'bcp mozaikDB737.dbo.SearchOutput1 out SearchOutput1-CSV-File -T -c -Uusrtest -Ppassword -Sinstance'   error: Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Shared Memory Provider: No process is on the other end of the pipe. NULL SQLState = 08S01, NativeError = 233 Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Communication link failure NULL   thanks a lot Hi Tutus From you error message, i am just making guessing (if you are in the Client/server model)that your connection to the server is broken. Just check the connection first or reboot the client system. May help you. Gurpreet S. Gill ...Show All

• Windows Forms Could not load file or assembly 'ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral...

  Hi, while runing a .net setup project i got the following error: Could not load file or assembly 'ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified any idea Thanks, Tarek Ghazali SQL Server MVP I stumbled upon this thread while looking for a solution to (what I assume to be) the exact same problem describe by the original poster. I was going to post my reply to the thread Jason K linked, but felt my response is more approriate to this forum. The problem in a nutshell is that the ADODB.dll is a Primary Interop Assembly that comes with the Framework SDK, but not the Framework r ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Calling CreateProcessAsUser() from service

  According to some MS documents (e.g. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/vista/services.mspx), it should be possible to use CreateProcessAsUser() API in a Vista service to create a process in user session. I am trying to achive this, but the function returns error code 1307 (ERROR_INVALID_OWNER) = "This security ID may not be assigned as the owner of this object." Does it work for somebody Many thanks in advance. Somehow on Vista, when I call WTSGetActiveConsoleSessionId(), I got session 0 and pass this session id to WTSQueryUserToken() and I got error 1008 (An attempt was made to reference a token that does not exist). The above calls were from a localsystem and the login user was current on. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Migrating from VC++6 Pro to VS2005 Standard

  Hi, I just got VS2005 Standard (+ SP1) and I'm migrating from VC++6 Pro. I'm purely only interested in C++, Directx and MFC development. Does anyone know if Microsoft has any migration guide that I could read to help me along the way 4 simple questions: 1) What happened to Class Wizard window VS2005 and how do I go around this in VS2005 2) In VC++6 I had resources tab in my project window. In VS2005 Solution window I don't see resources tab, how can I add it to the solution view Or how do I access the resources tab 3) If VC++6 sometimes I needed to rebuilt by *.clw file as some classes are deleted added to the project, I simply deleted the file and then regenerated it in VC++ IDE. Can this be done VS2005 Or is it even necessary.... 4) I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Setup dependency dilemma

  I have an application that requires 3 text files along with the application.exe. The default target library is Program Files\Company\Product\. By pre programming this path name, the application can easily locate the file, and the application runs without error. HOWEVER, what if the default path is not selected How do you find the correct path and program for it if the default path is not used AnyBuddy else having this problem thx in advance Are you talking about VS Setup project type This forum is to discuss setup issues with Team foundation server. You can try microsoft newsgroups at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx or VS general discussion http://foru ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Information needed regarding the file system

  hi, I want information related to file renaming.Suppose On device, i have images named suppose xyz. Now if i rename this file to ABC. How can i get programmatically tht the file name has been changed. Actually, my appln is related to uploading of the images to the server. So i use MD5 hashed code for the file, so if the uploading breaks, next i check the file with the server already uploaded files and start uploading from where it stopped. hashing takes alot of time, so depending on the filename uploading is continued next time. the problem i m facing is, if in case user changes the filename and later when i check for already uploaded files, i cant get the file that is renamed as already uploaded. How to get the information whether its nam ...Show All

• SQL Server query help

  Here is a simplified example of what I need to accomplish. I have a table that keeps track of plastic balls in tubs.  Based on a bit column the record is either defining balls added to a tub or taken away.  When the record is defined as adding balls to a tub it will say how many and what color, but when the flag says they have been taken away from a tub I only know the number removed and not the color. There are multiple tubs and multiple colors. So say tub1 has 20 balls in it (50% red, %25 green, and %25 blue). Also say tub2 has 10 balls in it (100% red).  This is our starting point. Now on day one, 5 balls from tub two are put into tub one. So we know that 5 balls of 100% red are put into tub o ...Show All

• Windows Forms There is already a command handler for the menu command '5efc7975-14bc-11cf-9b2b-00aa00573819 : 17'

  When I first load my form into the designer it wll works correctly and I can switch to the code view with no problem. After running my program or switching between design and code view I get the following error when I try and view the form in design mode Warning 1 There is already a command handler for the menu command '5efc7975-14bc-11cf-9b2b-00aa00573819 : 17'. 0 0 By deleting the Bin and Obj directories (or closing and reopening the form) I can get rid of this message - but it returns next time I open the form (or compile my program) Any ideas By the way there is no menu on this form. Chris Holland Are you adding commands to the MenuCommand Service somewhere in your code It would look something like: Add ...Show All

• SQL Server Howto use DATEDIFF(); in SQL Express

  Im trying to lern MS SQL Express to my PHP5 websites so now get eyes open for View and i will try to make views in my MS SQL database. Bot this command here i get the rong result SELECT DATEDIFF(yy, '1985/10/21', '2006/10/18') AS Fdag FROM table the problem is im not 21 year old im only 20 bot about 6 days im 21 bot the SQL say im 21 year old so ist can't rember deferind whit the date. i hob i get get help here :) tanks enyway :) DateDiff() is a misnomer IMHO. If you were born on 2005/12/31, you would be a year old on 2006/1/1 using datediff(yy,....). Assuming @start, @end are your birthdate and "target" dates respectively: select ( cast ( convert ( varchar ( 10 ), @end , 112 ) as int ) - cas ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Help Required- List Events

  Hi I'm writing an event to User Information List... Here I'm using some conditions. If they are not met then I have show up an error message and stop the event to complete in the below code I'm using the ItemUpdated Event of the list. In custom code a condition is checked if satisfies then error page should come.... public override void ItemUpdated( SPItemEventProperties properties) { CustomCode(properties); } void CustomCode( SPItemEventProperties properties) { if (alreadyExist) { alreadyExist = false ; properties.ErrorMessage = "error message" ; properties.Cancel = true ; } Now when I run the above code this message is not coming.....my code is working ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development download file error

  Download (open) file error : We are using Portal Document Manager (WebSphere Portal 5103 ) with IE 6.0 ----- For example, there is document with unicode (russian) name: " . 8 ..xls" and we want to download it. The browser ask: "Save or open " If we select "Save", the browser suggest to store file with name: “ + [1].+ +8+ ..xls” It is o.k. But if we select "Open" - we recive error message from Excel: "File not found: C:\Documents and Settings\alexshr\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5\0ZSZST82\%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0% BD%D0%B8%D0%B5+%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81[1].+%D0%B7%D0%B0+8+%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81..xls" But thi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How To Open Window In Internet Explorer When we click on link on any website

  I am developing application which downloads file from internet. I want to know that how to open a window in internet explorer in any website when user clicks on any link. Thanks in advance Regards Ketan Hi, ahmedilyas The links are normal links in any website. For example if we open any website, their are links for download purpose. I hope the idea will be clear ...Show All

• SQL Server Can I automatically see which VIEWS are used for each REPORT?

  Is there a way to see which database views (or tables) were used for each report (For example, I have a report called "Customer Oriented" and it uses 2 views: Customers, and Products. Can I automaticaly pull out this information Thanks, Thanks for your answers. Your answers are still very higher than my knowledge and I don't know how to do them. John: The reason that I need to do this is because we need to change the Views from time to time (to satisfy newer reports needs) so we want to see what reports that we have already made from a particular view might be affected by these changes. I think this is a very lame way, and it's better to create a new view for each specific repor ...Show All