bongoMaster's Q&A profile

• .NET Development Internal vs. Public

  Sorry if this is simplistic, but is it a viable design choice to restrict visibility of as many type members as possible in a Windows application exe to internal, rather than public This client will necessarily never be consumed by any other class or application. It also suppresses various VS warnings about uncommented members, which are irrelevant anyway in many cases. Thoughts, comments Hmm, I don't think it really matters when these are classes in a .exe. Although it is technically possible for another app to load the assembly for an .exe, this is rarely if ever done or practical. Warnings about uncommented members What do those look like ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Where is the exDream Racer game?

  I'm wondering where that game left... It is not showing up in the templates. Sorry, not available yet ^^ I'm the creator of that game btw .. but I guess it will be available sometime next year like some other new cool content (starter kits, more docs, tutorials, etc.). But I really don't know, I guess Microsoft has to answer that one. In 1-2 days I will release a version of Rocket Commander Xna for the Xbox 360 (just for fun), which is great fun too ...Show All

• SQL Server AMO: Hanging on Partition.Update

  I am using AMO to manage partitions. I am trying to create a partition then use the Update method to create the new partition.. snippet of code below:    65    //create the new partition    66                      Partition newPartition = mg.Partitions.Add(partitionName, partitionName);    67                      newPartition.StorageMode = StorageMode .Molap;    68                      newPartition.Source = new Query ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Can't remove Ghost project from source control or add project with same name

  We have a ghost project in our source control explorer.  I tried using TFSdelte to remove it says it doesn't exist.  So when I try to create it it says it is already there.  Here is what it says when I try to create the project.  If it already exists, why can't I delete it   Thanks for any help you can provide. Error TF30004: The New Team Project Wizard encountered an unexpected error while initializing the Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Portal plug-in. Explanation TF30171: The Microsoft.ProjectCreationWizard.Portal plug-in used to create the new team project could not be initialized and returned the following error: TF30270: Project site folder "Engage 2006" already exists. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Can't get ViewBox to scale to fit into an ElementHost

  I've written an experimental app that loads xaml files at runtime and then displays any UIElement that is loaded in a Windows Forms application. This works but the XAML graphics don't resize as the form is resized. The ElementHost is dock filled and my attempt at automatically sizing the XAML graphics is to put the loaded UIElement into a Viewbox as part of the loading process. When I do this it no graphics are displayed. See below the relevant section of XAML loader code. What would be the correct way of automatically sizing dynamically loading XAML content hosted in a windows forms app if ( element != null ) elementHost.Child = null ; object xaml = XamlReader .Load( File .OpenRead( openFileDialog.FileName ) ); elem ...Show All

• SQL Server VLAN/Teamed Network Adapters for Principal and Mirror

  Hi! Is it possible to use teamed network adapters for Principal and Mirror in a quorum I need to use a VLAN networkconnection in order to setup a Synchronized Database Mirror with Witness session. Thanks in advance! Database Mirroring makes connections over standard TCP/IP protocols, so there is no functional dependency that would prevent the usage of teamed network adapters which operate at lower levels of the network stack. Regards, Matt Hollingsworth Sr. Program Manager SQL Server High Availability ...Show All

• SQL Server Newbie Advice Installing SSRS

  Hi, I've decided to install SSRS (2005) on my windows XP machine. I'm not very familiar with IIS (i'm currently using version 5.1) and I think between IIS and SSRS, i've managed to break something. I've been looking at various articles to try and get some clarity on my predicament. However, i'm not getting any joy with them.s I have located the logfiles (which I can provide). Unfortunately, I have no idea how to intepret the information contained therein. Can anyone help Many thanks in advance Clint Hi Sharmila, thanks for enquiring. The contents of the configuration file is listed below: The <servername> has replaced the name of my server. Many thanks Clint ----------------------- ...Show All

• SQL Server Leap Year?

  I just realized DBTIMESTAMP does not support leap years...Has anybody experienced this If so, how did you get around it Obviously, there are multiple ways; just curious how others are handling it. My pleasure - thanks for the feedback. It's WAY past my bedtime here in NY (NY, NZ, there's only one letter difference, but for some reason the time zones are much further apart) and it's a relief to have this figured out before I try to sleep. Non-reproducable problems drive me crazy... ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Why does FindLocation give an error

  Why does FindLocation('32800 (postcode), FRANCE') display an error message saying the closest match is '32800 (postcode), FRANCE' David.. Yeah that is a bug, clearly there is no reason why it should do that. The only work around i can think of is to hide the box and use a custom one that first checked to see if the two strings are equal. John. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Install Issue Orcas RC1

  I have the following installed .NET Framework 3.0 (RC1) Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for RC1 Visual Studio 2005 But the Orcas RC1 tells me that i'm missing .NET 3.0 Runtime Files which are Installed..So i'm at a loss here,any help will be appreciated...Thxs OS: Windows XP Pro with Media Center 2005 I checked my system, and it didnt appear (but not totally sure) to have any old .Net 3.0 components installed. But Im sure that I have not install any older version of Orcas CTP kits, because VS2005 would not show the option to create a WinFX application. So I tried the command line installation to skip the check. The installation completed with no error. When I start up VS ...Show All

• Visual C++ Compiler misbehavior and internal compiler error

  While messing around with some metaprogramming stuff, I have just found out that writing this: //*********************************** enum E { value = 0, }; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { typedef void (E::* pEnumMember) (int); } //*********************************** The compiler does not say a word and compiles fine. If then you go on and do something like this: //*********************************** enum E { value = 0, }; struct S { void Function(int) {int a = 43;}; }; int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[]) { typedef void (E::* pEnumMember) (int); pEnumMember p = reinterpret_cast<pEnumMember>(&S::Function); //upps } //*********************************** you get an internal compile ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. dual screen mouse

  Something I cannot test currently: Is it possible to have a full screen DirectX/Direct3D application running on one screen of a dual screen monitor setup, a Windows application (or multiple) at the other screen and switch fluently with the mouse in and out of the 3D application to the windows applications and back Or does that work flawlessly only if the DirectX application is windowed The last time I had a setup like this was several years ago and I remember that when I started a fullscreen 3D application on one screen and resolution and so on was changed it totally messed up the visible desktop on the other screen, too. You should be able to do it by using a window resized to fill the entire scree ...Show All

• .NET Development MS06-061

  last night, wedenesday, i, for the first time, noticed a microsoft vulnerability on my pccillen scan; referring me to the vulnerability addressed in the microsoft MS06-061 bulletin . i can't figure out how to solve this particular vulnerability. "the microsoft vulnerability" MS06-061; rated as "very risky," by my pccillen security software; continues to be identified by my security software; no matter what actions i take! i am dedicated to the following ongoing practices AND have taken the following steps, attempting to address this vulnerabilty, with no success: i am religious about updating and scanning my computer (I scan it daily, with "full system scans"; using not only my pccillen, but a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 SE Problems on Vista RC1 & 2007 Office

  Hi, I just installed the VSTO 2005 SE on a Windows Vista RC1 box with the client tools of 2007 Microsoft Office System (Word, Excel, etc.). Before installing it I followed the instructions to only have one version of office insalled, so I uninstalled the 2003 Office client tools, all of them. I have a VS2k5 Team Suite installed which by default installs the VSTO 2005 version. I did not uninstall VSTO 2005 since it was not mentionend to do so, only if a prior version of the VSTO 2005 SE had been installed, one should uninstall and even re-image, but I did not have any of those bits installed prior to insatlling the VSTO 2005 SE. So the installation of the VSTO 2005 SE went OK. Starting Visual Studio 2005 and trying to create a Word pr ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rendering models and primitives

  I'm trying to wrap my head around the use of effects and their use in rendering models and primitives. The sample code to render a model "m" looks like the following: foreach (ModelMesh mesh in m.Meshes) { foreach (BasicEffect effect in mesh.Effects) { effect.EnableDefaultLighting(); effect.View = view; effect.Projection = projection; effect.World = MyWorldRotation * mesh.ParentBone.Transform * Matrix.CreateTranslation(Position); } mesh.Draw(); } While the sample code to render a primitive looks like this: basicEffect.Begin(); foreach (EffectPass pass in basicEffect.CurrentTechnique.Passes) { pass.Begin(); graphics.GraphicsDevice.Vertices[0].Set ...Show All