leclerc9's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DirectX Capabilities

  Is there a DirectX utility that can inspect hardware and detail the supported features/capabilities (particularly the video) Thanks, -dn Look for DirectX Caps Viewer“(DXCapsViewer.exe) in the utility folder. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. "Indie" Game Development on Xbox 360 and PC

  (This is my first (technically second, I commented on something else) post on these forums) Alright, as a high schooler looking to get into game development after college (or possibly even nixing the college and going straight in) I was wondering if Microsoft was planning on doing anything at all with the XNA Framework that would support low budget game development. How available will tutorials and books about the code be available How much money will the tools and such cost How easy is this code going to be to learn Will it be easy for people to test on PC and a (normal) Xbox 360 with this code I've questioned Nintendo (through their website) about whether or not they'd be supporting "Indie" development, and I was given an aff ...Show All

• Visual C# Using 3rd party dll

  Do you know why whenever Delvis uses a third party dll, Delvis always get teh following error: static void main(){ ...... Application.Run(new Form1()); // ERROR } ERROR= "Could not load file or assembly "dllname" version = 1.4.0.1.1.111, culture=neuitral, publickey token =d8273827d872838 or one of its dependencies File can not be found" Explanition : dllname is the name of the dll used, version number above is just an example culture=neutral is quoted exactly publickey token="above": is an example series ofnumber All others are exactly repeated Hint: dllname is dotnetCharting and C#Express is being generously used due to its freeness and that Delvis doesn't have much money to afford expensive softw ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Which Vista version for developers

  As a developer, I needed Windows XP Pro (as opposed to XP Home ) in order to get the IIS webserver on my machine. I want to make sure I get the correct version of Vista. Which versions come with IIS installed Thanks !!! To answer your specific question, I'd say either Business or Ultimate include IIS from the articles I've seen on TechNet.  It has to be installed after Windows of course. To be more general, I think the only development environment currently fully supported on Vista is VB6.  Perhaps VS2005 has been fixed by now.  The last thing I read suggested using VS2005 or earlier in a VPC running Windows XP Pro. I'm sure someone can make a more authoritative statement about the subject than I can t ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies How to add an index location in Vista (C++)

  I have tried to add a location to vista's index. I did this by using: pCrawlScopeManager->AddRoot(<path>) pCrawlScopeManager->AddDefaultScopeRule(<path>,FALSE,1); pCrawlScopeManager->AddHierarchialScope(<path>,FALSE,FALSE,TRUE); I can use: pCrawlScopeManager->EnumerateRoots(..) and pCrawlScopeManager->EnumerateScopeRules(..) It appears my path is included. Also pCrawlScopeManager->IncludedInCrawlScopeEx(<path>…) confirms the location is included with CLUSIONREASON_USER . When I use “search” on the machine, items in the path are not found. I go to “Search Tools” -> “Modify Index Locations…” The location is not listed. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Tablet PC Stylus Events using VC++

  Hi Everyone, I'm using Visual Studio 2003 .Net for C++ development. I'm looking for a way to capture a Stylus event under a Tablet PC and hook it up to a WM (Windows Message). There are mouse events such as OnMouseMove, OnLClickButtownDown.....etc. I'm looking for an event from a Stylus like OnSylusDown, OnStylusUp, ...etc. I'm NOT trying to use the Stylus to draw or write, but what I do need is the event that occurs when the Stylus touches the Screen (such an the event that would be caused, for example, when the Stylus is about to write). Ideas Thanks, Jason I think you have found what you are looking for. The stylus acts as the mouse and you will receive Notification through OnLButtonDown(), OnMouseMove() and OnLButtonUp(), amon ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How do you manage unlockable Demo versions?

  Hi, I am a software developer. I tested my application under Windows Vista and it resulted in an error message during the launch process. The error message is displayed by a component that I have included in my application, which component is managing everything about the unlockable demo version of my application (it determines how many days remaining to the trial period, and if the unlock code or activation code is valid). I know the error message is probably due to the UAC denying access to registry or files, because if I "Run the program as an administrator", I don't have any errors. My question is, am I supposed to force the elevation to the admin token for each and every single launch of my application Should I design a new ...Show All

• SQL Server could not deploy the cube

  hi guys, i have a problem in deploying the cube in sql server 2005 ... i had no permission for creating the object in the server... i got a response as..... Hi Lalithak, You would use Manage Roles option in your Analysis Services Database. Good Coding! but i didnt get where will i get this option in server or in client.... lalitha Use SQL Server Management Studio to connect to your Analysis Server. See if you permission to create a database. If not, ask for your server admin for the following: Create a new database for you. Add a new role to the database and grant the role DB admin permissions. Add you as a memeber of the role. How you should be ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System SQL Server 2005 EE on the same machine as TFS

  hi all i have to know, if it's possible to install the sql server 2005 enterprise edition on an separate machine i have to install 3 instances of virtual servers, the first for the sql server, the second for WSS, TFS and CRM 3.0 and the third for SharePoint Portal Server. so, would TFS works when sql is on an other virtual server on the same machine thanks for reply lg riv I think you have the answer here, but you can definitely have TFS, WSS, and RS on 1 VM and SQL EE on a 2nd (same physical computer). As Bruce notes, WSS must be on the same box or VM as TFS. marc ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System WSS alerts not working after TfsAdminUtil

  Hi all, After we have changed domain service accounts with the TfsAdminTool (1 app tier, 1 db tier), we no longer receive WSS alerts. We have done all the usual WSS alert troubleshooting, such as verifying that the App pools are using the same account as SPTimer, we profiled the db looking for proc_MatchSubscriptions but none came, restarting the SPTimer service and verifying that it starts. We put PerfMon on OWSTimer.exe, the cpu is at %0 all the time, but IO Data Bytes/sec spikes about every 20 seconds, so SPTimer seems to alive. We verified the alert settings with stsadm.exe and they seem ok. The app-tier has been booted twice since. There are no errors in the Eventlog on the app-tier, nothing in the SQL Server logs, or any err ...Show All

• SQL Server custom log provider - not recognised.

  Hi All, I have a tricky one for you... 1. I create a custom log provider on machine A. 2. I deploy the signed assembly to the../../DTS/90/LogProviders directory & the GAC on both machine A & machine B. 3. I create a new package on machine A & go to enable logging for this new custom provider: I find it in the drop-down list of providers, and I can add it successfully. 4. I create a new package on machine B & go to enable logging for this new custom provider: I find it in the drop-down list of providers, but I can't add it . I get the following error: '... failed to create log provider...the log provider type "_" specified for log provider "_" is not recognized as a valid log provider ty ...Show All

• Windows Forms Webbrowser control with Flash Website problem - PLEASE HELP

  Hello, I've got a VS.NET 2005 (VB.NET) Winform App that has a webbrowser control on it. I can open a web site just fine with it and can even open websites that utilize flash just fine. The problem is this:  After clicking around for a VERY brief time inside of a flash file within the webbrowser control, the mouse clicks don't seem to work inside the flash movie.  They work for a little while, but very soon after, quit working.  Mouseover events in the flash file seem uneffected.  To remedy this, I must click outside of the flash movie (still inside the webbrowser control) then clicking withing the flash movie continues to work (for a little while) then the cycle repeats. When I say "a little while", I'm talking so ...Show All

• Community Chat Creating APPS for xbox 360

  Hi i just installed xna on my pc and i'm trying to learn how to create games for my 360. So far it is comming along very slow, but wiith enought time spent on it i know i will get there, but i dont want to stop at creating games for my 360. I want to also know if i can create apps for my 360 like my own wallpaper themes. Am i able to do that with xna, and upload it for my 360, or can i only create games I would also know to know if it is possible for me to create a screen saver for my 360, because i would love to see cool screen saver like you would see on windows, or be able to make my own with pictures i save to my 360's hard drive. If all of this stuff is possible please let me know. Hope i hear from some one soon about it, and thanks ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Relative mouse pos

  Mouse.GetState(); Returns absolute position, for x, y and mouse wheel. That is cool But also it should return relative position like DX and DY and DWheel. Like DirectInput does. Kobingo wrote: Then I have to calculate the relative position myself (relativePosition = oldPosition + newPosition). If the mouse cursor already is at X=0, then my game code won't respond to the mouse when dragging it to the left. (relativePosition = 0 + 0) = (relativePosition = 0). You can get the relative mouse movement by reading the mouse position as an offset from the centre of the game window and then setting the mouse position to the centre of the game window. There were problems doing this i ...Show All

• Visual Basic Late binding problem. I've not looked up a defintion but what the code does is.>>

  i have a problem about late binding. highlighted in red. anyway what is late binding Private Sub IP_input_TextChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles txt_IPinput1.TextChanged, txt_IPinput4.TextChanged, txt_IPinput3.TextChanged, txt_IPinput2.TextChanged Dim control As TextBox = CType(sender, TextBox) ' if length is 3 then focus next control If sender.Text .Length = 3 Then Call focusNext() End If End Sub ya i used a masked text box. but since i used a mask of 990, is this right , user can enter like 300 and its still allowed. also, anyone knows of any site or where i can get a list of characters like 9, 0, # ... i can use for my mask. i tried MSDN l ...Show All