Anand Raman - MSFT's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Full planet terrain rendering

  So I've downloaded and ran the various terrain code samples and they work fine for a square area with a skybox. Here's the kicker: how would I go about extending this to render an entire planet full of terrain My goal is to recreate, as much as possible, the features of the Frontier (wikipedia.org) game we all enjoyed back in the day. To be clear, I'm just looking for the concept of how to go about this, or perhaps a pointer to an existing project. I'm having trouble wrapping my brain around the kind of LOD you'd need for something so grand (the ability to fly from space down to a planet and land on it). Anything is appreciated! That's a good idea, Fluxtah. That would probably save you a lot of time by no ...Show All

• Visual Basic Using PutEx on an octal array?

  Hello, I'm trying to update the "logonhours" property of an Active Directory user account but I'm not sure of the value to use...and I didn't want to just guess. The below script allows a user to login in at any time...I want the opposite (so they cannot login at anytime). How do I do this 'enable user to login at any time Const ADS_PROPERTY_CLEAR = 1 Set objUser = GetObject("LDAP://cn=ApolloCreed,ou=Management,dc=NA,dc=fabrikam,dc=com") objUser.PutEx ADS_PROPERTY_CLEAR, "logonHours", 0 objUser.SetInfo Thanks, Ivan D Sorry Spidey, but I think your solution is off target according to my question. I just want to know how to fill the "logonhours" property in LDAP thro ...Show All

• SQL Server AcquireConnection error importing dBaseIV files using SQL Agent

  I've got an SSIS package that I've been testing all week and it runs fine in Visual Studio. The package uses an OLE DB connection manager to access the dBase files using the Jet Provider. The dBase files are stored on a remote file share. There are a series of identical files held in different dated folders. I use a ForEach loop to move through the folder list and import the data as I go. When I deploy it to the server and try to run it, I get the following: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "Aloha" failed with error code 0xC0202009. Aloha is the ConncetionManager to the dBase files. I've searched everywhere I can for ideas on how to solve this. I've made the SQL Agent Service is running under the ...Show All

• .NET Development Object expected

  Note: Where the lightbulb is there is supposed to be [ i ] without blankspace. Note: Also on the first link its supposed to be a " followed by javascript: then toggle Hi, I've got some javascript code. It works perfectly in Firefox but not in Internet Explorer where I get a "Object Expected" error message on the line with the link. The funcion closes every div with the class name of "class" and opens a div with the id "id". Here is the code: Function (I've got the function getElementsByClass in my common.js): function toggle(id,class) { var a = getElementsByClass(class); for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++) { a .style.display='none'; } var b = document.getElementById(id); if(b.style.display == 'block') b.style.display = 'none'; els ...Show All

• Visual Studio Cannot access VSS through Plugin

  I've gone through Alin's step-by-step process, Installing and configuring Microsoft Visual SourceSafe for Internet (Remote) access. But, I can't get past step 7.  When I try to access my sourcesafe instance though a browser (just to test it), it continually pops up a 'Connecting to..' security dialog box, and after three tries, fails with this error: HTTP Error 401.1 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials. Internet Information Services (IIS) Now, I've tried entering my domain ID/pwd(which is part of the local admin group on the server) and I've even tried the admin account.  Nothing works.  I've even added NTFS permissions for both of the above mentioned accounts. I've tried all sorts of tiny wo ...Show All

• Smart Device Development c-media ac 97 audio device

  i have tried every thing to get my c-media ac97 audio device to work on my computer but have had no luck so far can anyone help me as im a new user and dont know much about computers. 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 IO Completion Listener Worker appears to be non-yielding on Node

  I am getting this message in the event log "IO Completion Listener (0xe0c) Worker 0x00000000040601C0 appears to be non-yielding on Node 0. Approx CPU Used: kernel 0 ms, user 0 ms, Interval: 15016." Soon after this, the sql server stops. I am using SQL Server 2005 service pack 1 This has happened twice. The during this time the CPU goes very high and after that the sql server service stops. Does anyone know whats causing this Whats the solution for this Thanks Hi I've also seen this error, also on a SQL 2005 with SP1. But I don't know what is causing it. I'm posting extra information, if someone knows a solution, it will most likely also help vjai. It happened during the execution of a m ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Deployment Problem: 1.WinXP and Win2000; 2. Add other folders

  Status: 1.Clickonce(only can use this function) 2.Published one project in XP including setting up Prerequisites(dotnetfx.exe,InstMsiA.exe and KB893803-V2-X86.exe) Problem: 1. I deploy this project in Win2000 . But installation fails. I checked "Add/Remove Applications" in Control Panel. It does not install Framework2.0 and WIndows Installer 3.1. 2. How to integrate folders into Setup Give them a link to the Net 2.0 framework download and let them download and install the framework. Unless you are a guru the installer is really tought to work with. I use Inno. It is very easy to learn and use. http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reporting objects with internal collections

  Hi, I want to report some a object collection that has some property of colletion type. For example: class Student { Property int Years; Property string Name; ... Property MaterialsCollection Materials; Property TutorsCollection Tutors; } class Material { Property string Name; Property int Code; Property float Calification ... } class Tutor { Property string Name; Property string Address; ... } I want to list all the students showing in one row all the materials collection and tutor collection.Something like this. StudentName StudentYear ... Material1Name Material2Name ... Tutor1 ...Show All

• SQL Server Another question about Login failed, but with Windows NT Integrated security for SQL 2005

  Hi, Happy New Year!   I have been struggling with this problem for a while with SQL 2005.   I have never had such login problem with SQL 2000. Here is the scenario:   I have installed SQL2005 standard version on a XP Pro box and I am trying to access it from another XP Pro machine.   I can access it using a SQL user name and password that I set up on the server, but I have not had luck with using Windows NT Integrated security.   When I try to connect to it (e.g. by a UDL file), I get an error saying Login failed for user ‘HP-AMD64\Guest’ where ‘HP-AMD64’ is the name of the PC running the SQL 2005.   I can access the files on the machine without any problem.   I do not understand ...Show All

• SQL Server how to save xml document in database table?

  I have a db in Sql Server Express 2005. Into this db I have a table with an XML field and I want to save an XML document into this field through SQL. Any suggestion to do this operation Thank you Mirko There is a nice article about XML fields and SQL server. http://www.developer.com/db/article.php/3565996 However there is a problem on that article I'll paste the insert statements here: INSERT INTO Document (Description, DocumentStore) VALUES('Bruce''s poem', N'< xml version="1.0" > <Document Name="Poem"> <Author>Bruce</Author> <Text>The cat/is flat.</Text> </Document>') INSERT INTO Document (Description, DocumentStore) VALUES('Code ...Show All

• SQL Server Access DB2 on AS/400 using IBM OLE DB Provider

  Hi, I am using the IBM OLE DB Provider (IBMDASQL) provided with Client Access (IBM) to access a DB2 database on an AS/400 (iSeries). Using an OLE DB Source in the data flow and Access Mode set to "OpenRowset" this works fine (even though I think it is quite slow). However, when I change the Access Mode to "SQL Command" my data flow fails at the OLE DB Source component - not giving me any meaningful error description (only the mysterious "... the error is specific to the component..."). Using and SQL Command to access the data is important to me, since I need to put a WHERE-statement on the rows returned from the source. /Michael PS: I am not able to use the MS OLE DB Provider for DB2 (as far as I know it is only shipped with HIS ). ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions concerning media player

  renee where do I post pause button code It's described here. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1049186&SiteID=1 I'm not the only one making the request. ...Show All

• .NET Development Windbg - "Failed to request ThreadStore"

  Hi, I'm debugging a C# app (that sits on top of an unmanaged c++ app). I've loaded my .dmp file in windbg, and loaded the sos extension. Running the !threads command gives the above error, searching around I can't find any information about what can be causing this I can use the ~ command to see all native threads running. Running the !dumpheap command gives the following: The garbage collector data structures are not in a valid state for traversal. It is either in the "plan phase," where objects are being moved around, or we are at the initialization or shutdown of the gc heap. Commands related to displaying, finding or traversing objects as well as gc heap segments may not work properly. !dumpheap and !verifyheap ...Show All

• Windows Forms Custom Action does not run

  I am setting up my first deployment project on VB.NET 2005, and I'm running into a problem with custom actions. I have a test custom action that puts up a msgbox. I added that to the Commit phase, built the solution, then ran the install. The custom action did not work. Somewhere I read that is a known bug, and you have to also add the same action to the Install phase, but that it is not active. So I tried that, still it does not run. Thinking maybe you cannot show anything to the user with custom actions, I took out the msgbox, and added a file append. Still nothing. The custom action project runs fine if I run it on it's own (outside of install). I have the custom action project in the current solution. A ...Show All