kaynos's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How to draw an arc between two points

  Im trying to make an application in C# to draw an Visio Drawing. The problem is that I dont know how to implement the ElipticalArc statement in the .vdx file. Is there a way to draw an eliptical arc between two points and thru a control point with direct3d Well there are are infinite number of ellipses that go through 2 points so you need to define a 3rd point. I don't know the algorithm off the top of my head but once you have 3 points you can solve for the formula of the ellipse and then you should be able to draw it. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Performace: can't this thing draw any faster?

  I'm certain that I my code must have some critical inefficiency somewhere; I can run my favorite 3D video games at maximum settings, but my little DX app slows down to < 90 frames per second when it tries to draw 100 little boxes. Here's the code in a nutshell: protected D3D.Texture _texture; protected static D3D.Sprite _sprite; _texture = MakeTexture(); // ends up producing a 1x1 white texture _sprite = new D3D.Sprite(graphics); dx_graphics.BeginScene(); for (int i = 0; i < 100; ++i) { _sprite.Begin(D3D.SpriteFlags.AlphaBlend); _sprite.Draw(_texture, new Rectangle(0, 0, (int)500, (int)500), new Vector3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), new Vector3((int)300, (int)200, 0.0f), Color.FromArgb(255, 255, 255, 255)); _sprite.End(); } dx_graph ...Show All

• SQL Server forms in reporting services

  is there a way to put forms in reporting services If so, how would this be done ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to sort a datagridview by two columns

  Most of you are probably familiar with Windows interface. I need help with sorting my datagridview which has the same idea with what Windows Explorer does. When you choose to "View -> Details" then if you sort by "Type" Windows will sort by type and also it will for each type sort by name Example :   Filename                                   Type         (Sorted By FileName) aFile.mp3                       &nb ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB express, "Exclude from project"?

  How does one exclude a file from a project in VB express In the C#and C++ versions a right click on a file in the solution explorer will give the option to exclude a file. In VB express, the only option is to delete it, which will delete the actual file. Am I missing something No. Right-click the Output window, Clear All is all you got. You could use the Console.SetOut() method to redirect the console output to a textbox control in your own program. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to stop automatic Replication Validation?

  Under EM's Replication Monitor/Publishers/pub1/publisher1 there is a "Validate Subscriptions" option on the right-click menu. Since I see unexplained Replication Validation activity I think that the "Validate Subscriptions" option is turned on. But there is no "turn-off" button or way to say "stop." Does anyone know how this "feature" works Thanks I would suggest that you script the publication out and look at it in Query Analyser. It may not be obvious what the parameter is as sometimes the description we see in the GUI is far different from what the parameter might mean. You can always look up the parameters in BOL to make sure you understand them. We have previously used this technique to ...Show All

• Internet Explorer Development Open XLS (excel) file over SSL (https)

  Hi, I have issue with opening xls file over ssl. My problem is: When I want to open xls file from https://www.xxx.cz site I have to again select certificate. Why I select the certificate when I opened the https://www.xxx.cz . When I tried open other files for example doc file, I cannot select again the certificate. The problem is only with xls files. Thanks. ...Show All

• .NET Development how do you clone a hard drive

  I'm tring to write a program to clone and or image a hard drive and put it into virtual pc.I figured it would be a console app. and i need the system::IO namespace but I've never used the iCloneable clone() method before. So i'm looking for some advise on where to begin. icannot use norton ghost or a produce like this, i must come up with this on my own. I'm in my intership for school so any advise would be great. i hope i put this in he right spot. thank you. thank you for the help on this. The info you gave me was great. when you say normal .net api are you refering to system.io.filestream read() ...Show All

• SQL Server Stored procedure resultset doesnt show up as designer fields

  [SSRS 2005] I have noticed that unless I have a very simplistic sproc that simply returns data from a SELECT, the designer is unable to detect the schema of the sproc resultset. If I manually create the fields in the Dataset designer, it doesnt look to be very manageable when dealing with large/wide resultsets. Also, I am afraid its very easy to lose the manually created fields if you ever end up clicking Refresh in the Datasets window. Is there a trick to getting this to work ...Show All

• SQL Server Parameter area in RS2000

  Hi, Is there any way to have some kind of control over the controls in the reporting services htmlviewer parameter area. What i really wan't to do is set a minimum width to the combobox's in that area, or a fixed width,it would be good too. Thanks. To keep it short and simple, no. HTH, jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Windows Forms Can't view "Now Playing" in Windows Media Player 10/11

  It was working fine before until this happened. Whenever I tried to view the "Now Playing" window the message "WMP has encountered an error..." will pop up. The same message oso appears whenever I want to view the plugins in the options window. This is the error signature: AppName: wmplayer.exe AppVer: 10.0.0.3646 ModName: wmp.dll ModVer: 10.0.0.4036 Offset: 00004d8d How do I go about fixing this. I know this has something to do with wmp.dll but I can't seem to fix it. Need a solution to this ASAP. Thx This forum contains questions and discussions about Microsoft's .NET Windows Forms controls and features. These posts should contain programming questions only. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office How to detect if vstor 2005 se is installed?

  What is a right way to detect if vstor 2005 se for outlook 2007 is installed I was using MSI product codes, but just noticed that Product code for vstor 2005 and vstor 2005 se are the same. Since addin is for Outlook 2007, it won't work with vstor 2005. Thanks, Victor I just found an answer on my question in this forum. Check out post by Martin Sawicki. http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=863382&SiteID=1 ...Show All

• .NET Development Problem with registering MSSoap30.dll

  I have a vb 6 .exe file which is calling a .net webservice using MSSoap type library v3.0 . I am in the process of moving the application to production. I have created a VB package to install on the production server. When I run my setup.exe file on the production server the following error occurs: an error occured while registering the file c:/windows/system32/mssoap30.dll Since then I have downloaded a soapsdk.exe file still the same error. I have also downloaded SOAPSDK3.0-KB827257-X86.exe still the same error. Is there any missing steps in my process please advice. Thanks in advance. I have the same problem. Then where should the dll be located if not in the windows/system ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TF30040: The database is not correctly configured - After applying SP1

  I'm using TFS Workgroup Edition, this box was built from the ground up with a virgin Win2k3 Standard installation when TFS went RTM, so it has never had any beta bits on it. Updated: SQL Server 2005 SP1 has been applied to this box. I installed the VS80-KB919156-X86.exe (Visual Studio Team Foundation Server Quiescence GDR) and then rebooted. I then installed TFS SP1 without errors. I rebooted again. I was able to get the latest source but when I go to add a new project or solution, I get the error: "Error TF30040: The database is not correctly configured." dialog. Using SQL 2k5 Profiler, I set a trace to see what was going on behind the scenes. I noticed this command towards the point where I get the error dialog : exec prc_UpdateLocalVer ...Show All

• SQL Server Report pagination for charts

  Hi, We have developed few reports displaying data using chart layout. In the Data tab, we have specified MDX query that will return top 10 records. But now, instead of restricting to just top 10 records, we would like to display all records and go in for pagination. Is there some setting in the chart properties, where in I can display the first n records in first page, and the next n records( if available) in the next page and so on Can I specify the value of n somewhere in the propeties I read through many posts regarding pagination but those couldn't help me much. Please help me in solving this problem. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Thanks a lot Robert! ...Show All