PeteJM01's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Magenta sprite color comes up transparent?

  This seems to be a new behavior in Beta 2, is it a feature or a bug When I draw a sprite with SpriteBlendMode .AlphaBlend that contans the color (255, 0, 255) that color shows up as transparent. Is this to allow an easier way to create transparent regions in your sprites Bill I really don't have a problem with this being the default behavior. You need to remember that Game Studio Express is targeted, like the other Express SKUs at the hobbyist. For the serious game developer, they are going to have their own engines built on top of the XNA framework, and would easily override this behavior. It's easier for the hobbyist to create a bitmap with a magenta background than a transparent png or other file format. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Error installing GAX

  I am trying to install June release of GAX on laptop with Vista B2, VSTS 2005 VS is closed but I receive a dialog The installer has encountered an unexpected error installing the package. This may indicate a problem with the package. The error code is 2869. When I hit OK, I get another dialog that is blank with an OK button. Once I hit that OK, the package is uninstalled. The MSIs for the July version of GAX and GAT don't require that you run them from an elevated cmd window as they properly contain their not impersonate bits sets and you should receive a dialog box asking you to authorize the install (if you're an admin) or to either enter admin credentials. HTH, -Victor. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Changing the WS-Addressing values on the client and server

  Hey Everyone, Is it possible to set the WS-Addressing 'Action' and 'To' fields on the client side when the request is being sent and when the reponse is being returned within WCF I'm currently doing this within WSE via the 'RequestSoapContext' field on the client side. Eva There should be; my best guess would be there's now some problem with Actions on the messages... the security channel uses the Actions of the contract description to decide which messages need to be signed/encrypted, and so if you're using a different Action/ReplyAction than that declared on the OperationContract, that could be the culprit. If that doesn't help debug the issue, let me know: which binding are you using, and what excep ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies Is it possible to show a Windows User Control in Sharepoint?

  Hi, I have a website that has a control that is shown in a web page. Is it possible to add this user control in a Sharepoint page Doing it in a aspx or ascx page is easy, but then when I try in Sharepoint I get an empty control. Any help is greatly appreciated. Xavier Chris is on the right track. Wrapping it in a web part also allows you to set properties on your control through the personalization engine.. something to think about when you build the we part. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Released.

  We did code complete of documentation compiler ( code named "Sandcastle") on June 15th and currently we are testing the tool building our .NetFramework documentation. We would like to release the CTP version of Sandcastle in Microsoft download center by next week. The perf in our testing has been great as we are able to build the entire framework content in less than 1 hour. I am in the process of going through final check and code signing required to post this in our download center. Please expect the CTP in the next week or so and I will provide an update here as soon I post the CTP. Anand.. I think we all are. Don't forget that a Program Managers "desire" to release something is not always met. I think we ...Show All

• SQL Server export data

  A have a simple task: I want to export a table from my sql server 2005 into a excelsheet. If I use the Sql Server import and Export wizard. I perform this task from a local installation of enterprise manger. I keep getting the same error: "The product level is insufficient for component" At first I tought it might be a problem with not having the latest service pack on the sql server. So I updated to service pack 1 and updated so all the patches were uptodate on the server and my local machine. Still no result. I did discover that if I run the wizard on the enterprise manager installed on the server itself it works fine. My question is what can it be that is causing the problems on my local machine (on normal ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Crystal Reports Version 7 and Vista

  16-bit Crystal doesn't appear to work properly using Vista Home Premium. The print job doesn't complete and Customer has related that the only way to get rid of these jobs is to reboot system. Any comments appreciated. ...Show All

• SQL Server Importing Excel "Reports"

  I'm trying to import data which from Excel which has been "prettied up" to make it readable to users. The report has a fixed number of columns and the data itself is well structured, but there are blank lines etc. The problem I'm having is unless the first row of the spreadsheet contains or headers, SSIS fails with error "External table is not in the expected format." and the exception below is thrown. So I thought I'd be clever and create a template spreadsheet with the same number of columns and set the first row to strings - I made all columns DT_WSTR thinking I could extract the numeric and datetime data from the actual rows which contain data and convert using a script. But SSIS simply ignores the numeric ...Show All

• .NET Development sorting by teamID

  Hello, i have a Access database and am trying to create an aspx page from "lis_per" table which should be sortable by TeamID. I have written the following code and when i run it , it gives me "oledbexception was unhandled by usercode" pointing to the statement " dgrdpersons.DataSource = cmdselect.ExecuteReader()" in code. says syntax error in ORDER BY clause System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException was unhandled by user code ErrorCode=-2147217900 Message="Syntax error in ORDER BY clause." Source="Microsoft JET Database Engine" StackTrace: at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextErrorHandling(OleDbHResult hr) at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand.ExecuteCommandTextForS ...Show All

• SQL Server How best to deploy database?

  What would be the best way to deploy a database to customers Execute sql scripts to create the database on the customer's server, or distribute an .mdf file Package as msi Other ideas Hi Jens, There is very little data in each newly deployed database. The customer uses an application front end to populate the database to their own specific requirements. The applicationfront-end will be deployed via MSI as each customer will have multiple installations of it, each pointing at one or more database servers. Having had little to do with MSI packages thus far is it easy to get an MSI to execute the scripts and/or attach a template MDF The way I see it, the database installer will execute under admin account on the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to format textbox

  Hi guys, Greetings! Would it be possible to format the textbox in such a way user can only enter numeric data including one period Just like in Visual FoxPro Where the textbox can be pre-formatted during design time such that when user types in, numerals and period are the only valid character that user can only enter. Is this possible If yes on any how, please help. Thanks, Hi ahmedilyas, Thank you! Another question, if MaskedTextBox is possible for textbox entry, how about if I want it in my DataGridView like I have a column there that user can enter the number of items purchase (I prefer to have number separated with comma) just like the validation on my first question : ) ...Show All

• SQL Server Printing a Linked Report in Landscape

  I have a report that is setup to print landscape. I deploy to Report Manager, print it, and everything works great. If I create a linked report from the deployed report, the linked report prints portrait. Does anyone know of a workaround or am I just doing something wrong Thanks!! BobP I have posted a bug at Connect. Please vote... This is an irritating issue. https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx FeedbackID=253208 Thanks BobP ...Show All

• SQL Server Report footer doesn't export to excel

  Hi, I had developed a simple report, that has header, body and footer. In footer i have copyright. Now the problem is that, when i export it to excel the copyright text i had in the footer doesn't export. any one had any idea. Chinna. Footers always appear in the actual Excel Header/Footer section, not in the report body (as headers do by default). Did you check View -> Header and Footer in Excel ...Show All

• Customer Care Framework Create CCF Adapter

  Hi all... i wanna ask about creating an adapter for any external app. to make any action my first adapter i was created don't work well it just run the constructor ... Please if anybody have a sample code for adapter (for ex. to set "HI" to textbox) send it to me... Thanks for all... In the case of Notepad I used Spy++ to identify the class name of the control, within the process that i was intersted in. Spy++ is included with Visual Studio Matt B- MSFT ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista InvokeWebServiceActivity Inside ReplicatorActivity, how?

  I am struggling with this. I have a custom activity that exposes a property of List<T>. I connect that to the InitialChildData of a ReplicatorActivity. I drop a InvokeWebService Activity inside the replicator. I point the WebService to a service I wrote. The proxy is generated and I pick the method in designer. This method expects argument of type <T>. How do I hook that up Thanks Costas Matt, I have a new problem now. My main workflow (which contains the replicator with the composite activity which contains the InvokeWebService activity ) is also kicked off by a webservice call. It seems that the main workflow works fine but the 2nd workflow (which is supposed to start by the In ...Show All