Ruurd Boeke's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Public Properties.. Help

  Hi there. I want to create an application that the user will write down one string in a text box, named strTest, in the first form (Form1) and then will hide Form1. The strTest string of the Form, is going to be handled in another form Form2. I've tried to make public properties or to create a new class, but I didn't managed to solve my problem. What I have to do I would appreciate if you could send me a example code.. I would really appreciate any help of you.Thank you in advance.. create a constructor which accepts a string parameter on your Form2 and instantiate your Form2 passing in your strTest parameter: //*Form1.cs Form2 frm2 = new Form2(strTest.Text); frm2.Show(); //* Form2.cs private ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA 360 Payment Methods

  Hello all, I've been really interested in XNA for a while now and today it's finally released! However... Since I don't have a credit card (and I don't intend to get one) it seems I won't be able to buy it! So obviously my question is, is there any other payment methods besides credit card (ex: Microsoft points ^^) Thanks. Hi I had a question about the way to share games with friends. "Q: How can I share my Xbox 360 game built with XNA Game Studio Express with other Xbox 360 users A: To share your Xbox 360 game with friends, four requirements must be met: The individual you are planning to share the game with must be logged in to Xbox Live and have an active subscription to the XNA ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Validation Rules and Converters - how to refer to a subclass

  Can anyone help me with a quick question I'm creating a Custom TextBox control, by setting up a control template. I want to use Converters and Validation Rules. I have a couple set up and they work well - they're declared in the XAML in this form: <local:SentenceCaseConverter x:Key="SentenceCaseConverter"/> <Binding.ValidationRules> <local:RegexValidationRule Test="test"/> </Binding.ValidationRules> However in my .cs file I've had to set up "SentenceCaseConverter" and "RegexValidationRule" as classes sitting directly in the local: namespace I'm using. What I'd like to do is set them up as sub-classes of my main "CustomTextBox" class, so I can use dat ...Show All

• Visual Basic Beginner in VB needs help ;)?! - LOOPS

  ok for a project i am creating a simple calculator but it has to use loops instead of the actual operators like 3 * 3 = 9 i have to create a loop using the for ... next loop that will instead of multiplying those numbers it will add 3; 3 times to = 9. The user enters a number in N1.text and N2.text then it takes N1 * N2 = answer. I've been doing good up until i had to learn loops and i having a hard ass time grabbing the concept can anyone help me I know the terminology or "syntax" for writing the loops, but it's what is inside the loop and getting it to calculate the right numbers that i am having trouble completing. ...so confused and real frustrated right now. This is what he meant, using the syntax you may be more familiar with: ...Show All

• Visual Studio Need help on help

  I just upgraded from VB2005 Express to VS2005 Pro & now I have a little problem. When working on a program in Express, I could put the cursor on a word & hit F1 & get help on that method or namespace. When I do it in VS Pro it always says Information Not Found. Does the Pro version include built-in help or do I have to install MSDN I am still learning VB so I rely on this help feature a lot. If anyone can help me get this working again I would really appreciate it. Thanks... You'll need to install "MSDN Library for Visual Studio 2005" for this feature to work. Careful, the regular MSDN subscription edition won't work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Server name in Changeset.aspx

  I changed the name of my TFS server in all sorts of places, but there is one left which I can't figure out. When I get an alert email that something new was checked in, I get an email with a link to the changeset. It ends with /VersionControl/Changeset.aspx artifactMoniker=16&webView=true. In there is a reference to a XSL stylesheet, but that reference is using the old, original server name. How can I update that one as well Thanks, David As I wrote, TFSUrlPublic is already set to the full DNS name. But the changeset.aspx does not seem to pick that setting up. Best, David ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Using XNA for a University Project

  Hey all, great community here with loads of great information. I have been considering using XNA for a while, just saving the money to buy a new graphics card for the moment. I'm doing a Game Development degree and have to choose a development framework to use for my next project. The two main choices I narrowed it down to are Quake III and XNA. I guess you would gravitate toward XNA but I noticed there some really smart people here who like a good debate so could you help give me some great advice as to which to choose. I would pick Quake III because its more games industry oriented and would be great experience, also its a complete games engine, with graphics and map editor and AI all built in. For XNA, I would pick it because I'm pr ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build on specific labels

  Is it possible to construct a new Team build type based not on the latest versions of the solutions in Team project, but to drill futher down and specify the specific version of those solutions that should be used for the build If I just follow the New Build Type wizard in VSTE it allows me to select solutions, but it does not allow me to tell which specific version of this solution to use and it always uses the latest versions for the build. There are(and quite often) situations when I would like to use some old labeled versions of the one or two solutions that are included in the build. May be there are some command line ways to specify which version of the solution to use for the build Thank you, Simon Goldshmid ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem with the CData Section while using an Xslt

  Hi, I have an Xml that contains a CData section. This CData section is usually used to store Xml elements of its own, but it was separated so that it would be able to store any kind of Xml (and to keep it general, because in one of the days we may want it to keep anything other than Xml). The problem is when I'm using an Xslt and I'm trying to retreive the data in the CData section. I keep getting it with escaped characters. For example, if my Xml is: <ROOT> <Node1>Value</Node1> <![CData[ <InnerXmlElement>Hello World</InnerXmlElement> ]]> </ROOT> and the Xslt is (without all the headers. ...Show All

• Visual C# Marshaling and Hooks!

  HI, Experts Can you help me with this problem ! I have read an article about using hooks in C# and Here is the Article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb%3ben-us%3b318804 After I read the above mentioned Article I found myself couldn't understand a lot of things: Marshaling: 1-Why the Author of the above article marshal the ( HHOOK ) and ( LRESULT ) as ( int ) not as ( IntPtr ) although he marshal ( HINSTANCE ) as ( IntPtr ).! Hooks: 2-What will happen if I don't call CallNextHookEx Api in the HookProc callback (delegate) 3-What will happen if I call CallNextHookEx in the HookProc callback (delegate) but without returning its result ( I mean the result returned by CallNextHookEx ) a ...Show All

• Visual Basic Embedded VB Compiler

  I recently reviewed a dot.net program that included a VB compiler as part of the program. If you wanted to write custom code within the product, you were sent to an IDE, could add their own code, then compile it before exiting. The code then became available to the program itself. So, in other words, let's say the program is a very simple one providing only the ability to sort the data alphabetically. The programmers developers, realizing that some users may have more advanced requirements thoughtfully included a VB IDE and compiler so that the user can create complex data sorts by first writing the code for their advanced search, then compiling that code, and bada-bing, the program recognizes the object you've created and incorporates you ...Show All

• Windows Forms Derived custom control issues

  I have created a simple control that allows a double to be represented in a Textbox. Basically, it has a value property (of type Nullable<double>) and this is formatted, in text for the user to view and edit. The control works fine when you run it, but the Windows Forms Designer is having a couple of problems with it: 1) The following line of code is generated by the Designer. this.doubleBox1.Value = 45; Again, 'Value' is of the type Nullable<double>. This generates the following warning: Object of type 'System.Int32' cannot be converted to type 'System.Nullable`1[System.Double]'. This also prevents me from viewing the Form on which the control is placed which is obviously a major problem. 2) This problem isn't so severe, b ...Show All

• Visual Basic An Array of Array's

  I know this seems too easy, but try as I may I just can't seem to get this to work in VB.net.  I've searched everywhere!  Can someone give me something to read Maybe I'm just not getting it... Could someone please help me declare the Array needed in the following. xlApp.Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=.Range("A1"), _ DataType:=xlFixedWidth, FieldInfo:= Array(Array(0, 2), Array(25, 2))   Thanks, Ken To continue from my last point, what I dis was load the relevant values into a ListView control on awindows form, then at runtime my program loads these values into a spreadsheet and uses the range holding them to perform the TextToColumns method ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA help section & Printing

  I have XNA installed and working correctly, but for some reason the help section is not too printer friendly. There are hanging problems when I get down to the end of the manual around the Class Library pages. Has anyone had similar problems like this. It just won't go any further in the printing at that stage. Also code blocks are chopped and mangled on many pages unless you are using Landscape paging. I see no need to list my printer hardware since it works fine on other documents. I understand this is not a pdf or an actual book reference but it would be nice to get a good printing, especially since I'm pushing 60 and my eyes are not real great. Thanx Tom Materene Thanks to both replies, ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to make a Timer and ButtonVisibility Question.

  Ok, I just got done with the Alpha and Beta stages of a really simple game I'm making and it's going out pretty good, but I wanted to add more interface so that it would actually be a fun game, so what I wanted to do was after an amount of turns I wanted my Button5 to become visible (I know how to make it visible the only thing I'm having trouble with is how to make it so after five turns it becomes visible.) and once it becomes visible you can click that button for about 10 seconds before it becomes invisible again, but I also needed to know how to make the timer and how to make it so that the time only starts once the user clicks it once. Anyways help would be greatly appreciated and thanks for the MSDN forums, whenever I have a VB relea ...Show All