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Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Can Xbox360 controller use on PC for XNA Game?
Can Xbox360 controller use on PC for XNA Game I want to write the code about Input.So I need the xbox360's controller. Can I just plug the xbox360's controller into PC and run the XNA Game Or Should I connect to Xbox360 to run XNA Game for input Yes, you can use the controller on the PC (the corded version). Theres an special version of the controller which is boundled with a driver for Windows. This driver are also available to download from Microsoft. Take a look at this sites: http://maximumpc.com/2006/02/xbox_360_contro.html http://mattbrett.com/archives/2005/11/configuring-your-xbox-360-controller-for-windows/ ...Show All
Visual Basic Combobox Dropdown
Hi, I created a form with a datagridview - frmLookup. I'd like to display the frmLookup from the dropdown in a combobox. Everything works fine but I can't stop the combobox dropdownlist from actually displaying, once the frmLookup is closed. Thanks, Camille That did not seem to help either. I am trying to create a multi-column combo box in the vb.Net environment. I am calling a datagridview from the dropdown event. Like I said, this all works fine except I can't keep the drowdownlist from displaying. Any other suggestions ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System FxCop throwing error
Hi all, I just ran an compilation of FxCop rules. It's giving 2 error message: CA0001: Rule=Design Rules#CA5035, Target=Welcome.Page_Load(System.Object,System.EventArgs):System.Void: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. FxCopCmd.exe returned error code 2. The above rule CA5035 when run independently doesn't throw this error but when I ran it with a combination of some 10 rules. It's giving the above error messages. Can anyone tell me what to do with this Please note that the 1st error message is not being thrown when I run the rule CA5035 independently and I've rectified the conditions too. There is no cases of object no being set to an instance( I guess). Kindly advice somebody. Thanks ...Show All
Visual C++ CWebbrowser object and IE 7
I am getting a strange error from the scripts of this object when ran on IE 7.0. When I step into the debugger, I get the message: "Object expected" and I get this listing: <html><head><script src="res://mshtml.dll/objectembed.js"></script> <script language="javascript">var objectSource="http://www.photosphere.fr/sedonline_anim/entree_nor.swf"; </script> </head><body onload="ObjectLoad();" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 scroll=no> <form id="objectDestination"></form> </body></html> With ObjectLoad() highlighted in yellow. This of course works like a champ with IE 6.0 and former. Nor do I have any problem ...Show All
Smart Device Development Question about .NET CF Runtime
Hi there, I'm in the end stage of my first program, and I was wondering if there's a way to deploy a program with the .NET CF Runtime, so that there is no additional file(s) needed to be downloaded. Thanks, Martina all Windows Mobile 2003SE/2005 devices I believe come shipped with .NET CF 1.0 SP3 so you shold be good to go. As for .NET CF 2.0 , I am unsure. I think you would have to include those files in your deployment solution and then execute the .NET 2.0 CF installer you may want to check this out: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=390887&SiteID=1 http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=495930&SiteID=1 ...Show All
SQL Server MsDtsSrvr.exe memory leak?
In our current environment, we are running about 10,000 packages per day on a given 64 bit SSIS server. The MSDtsSrvr.exe (SSIS service) process' memory working set size continues to grow until it consumes the memory on the machine. Some of the packages do use a custom component. Could this be responsible for leaking memory in the MSDtsSrvr.exe process Has a memory leak been confirmed in this process for the "first-party" components anyway More information about the possible memory leak. The packages are run in in a CLR process with calls Package.Execute(), rather than being executed via dtexec or dtexecui or the designer. The reason for this approach is the ability to write a custom event ...Show All
SQL Server Need infos regarding install of SQL Express 2005 SP1
Hi, A little technical question. If I want to install SQL Express 2005 SP1, do I have to uninstall current version first Thanks in advance, Stephane Hi Arnie, Just to be sure. Must I uninstall current version of SQL Express before going on with others listed in previous message Thanks for your help, really appreciated! Stephane ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Optimizing meshes
Basically, I'm building a sort of Isometric Tiling engine in XNA, the same you see in games such as Civilization. Each tile in my 3D world is a mesh (cube), so many cubes form the grid or playing area. As expected, rendering many meshes at once slows down the game a lot. It can handle a 15x15 grid (225 meshes) but going over 20x20 (400 meshes) slows the game down to a halt. I'm not sure how they do it in modern games, but I'm assuming they build the terrain seperately and then represent it as a grid.. so that could be a possibility. I also thought of using sprites to represent the tiles but that (I think) severely affects the 3D stuff I can do, such as panning/rotating a camera or selecting objects. So what sort of optimizations c ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite 180-Day Trial interfering with current VS 2005
I currently have Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer on my PC. I would like to evaluate Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite 180-Day Trial. I am interested in the Team Test features of Load Testing, Manual Testing and Test Case Management. If I download the trial, is it going to mess up my current configuration What happens after the 180 days, will my VS die Is the better way to test this to download it on another PC Ideas are appreciated. Thanks. Hi Dana - I definitely understand your concern, I wouldn't want to reinstall all of those add-ins either. I unfortunately don't have a Trial installation on any of my machines but I *think* that you run Add/Remove Features to get this option. Can you give that a try and let me know If not, ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista How to get(set) cursor position in my service before logon?
Hello, I noticed that an interactive service cannot run in vista any more. This issue is good to security, but bad news for me using an interactive service. My service is simple and needs only 2 functions - one is getting cursor position and the other is setting cursor position. These 2 functions can be implemented through one other user application after user logon. But before user logon, how can I do this job Thank you in advance. Sweating Egg;; Hello Matthew. I appreciate your kind support. I think that in Session 0, the cursor position check API should be allowed for 3rd parties to use. It's primitive and essential. Egg ...Show All
SQL Server How to check whether SSIS is installed
I'm using the import wizard to create a new table from a flat file source. The table gets created but no data gets copied. What's wrong Here's the report: Operation stopped... - Initializing Data Flow Task (Success) - Initializing Connections (Success) - Setting SQL Command (Success) - Setting Source Connection (Success) - Setting Destination Connection (Success) - Validating (Error) Messages * Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Source - inSsrc_txt" (1). (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard) ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System mssql2005 needed?
Hi all. I am trying to install TFS on my server but the installtion fails. It gives me a lot of errors and all of them are concerning SQL server. Does sql2005 has to be installed on the same server or is can i spesify which sql server to use during installation Lars Please Refer to TFS Installation Guide for details on installation and prerequisites http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=E54BF6FF-026B-43A4-ADE4-A690388F310E&displaylang=en ...Show All
Visual Studio Tools for Office Retrieving attached template in a Word Template project
Hi, I have a created a VSTO Word Template Project using a template "WordTemplate.dot". I will be creating several (9-12) .dot templates which will have very similar functionality so I have decided to use a single code-behind assembly and attach it to each .dot template at deploy time (by adding customization via ServerDocument) rather than creating a separate VSTO Word Template project for each template. However, in my code-behind I need to determine what the currently attached template is so that I can display the appropriate form. I have tried using the this.AttachedTemplate property but it returns a Template object for "Normal.dot" rather than for "WordTemplate.dot". I have also tried iterating through the ...Show All
Visual Studio Is there a way to show one Class depends on another without using Show As Assocation?
I'd like to show, visually (with lines) when one Class depends (or uses or 'contains') another class. It seems that the only way to do this is with the "show as association". If I have several properties which are all of a certain class or structure, then I end up with a lot of lines between the classes. I'd just like to show one line for the dependency. Actually what you see in that link is not a new feature added in the upcoming release of Class Designer, unfortunately. I am actually curious how the MapPoint team did that - my guess is that they captured the image and then drew a line using a painting tool. Ramesh Rajagopal. ...Show All
Visual Studio Dynamic Crystal Report in web Export and print
I have created a crystal report which is genetrated dynamically on Web Form. But now when I am clicking on Export/Print or any button on the Crystal report tool bar it is showing nothing. But when the report was a static one everything was working fine. Please help me to find out the reasond and solution for this. Is this new application under the default website If it isn't you need to make a virtual directory to the crystalreportviewers directory. It may also be a permissions issue on the viewers directory ...Show All