EZ1976's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Radeon hardware : z-buffer troubles

  API : DirectX 9.0c Scene: http://www.d3company.com/img/radeon_trouble.png HAL & REF rasterizers: http://www.d3company.com/img/halref.jpg All tested ATi cards have same trouble. Rendering code works well on NVidia hardware. I have a minimal demo with same bug: http://www.d3company.com/img/zradeon.JPG http://www.d3company.com/img/zradeon.exe Code looks like usual DirectX sample, but z-buffer bug is still appears. At the same time DirectX samples works well :/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Reliable Messaging and custom transports

  Hey, first i got to ask if anyone happens to know of some sort of step-by-step tutorial for implementing reliable messaging Then on to my question... I'm doing some request/reply-communication over mail, and want to add some reliable messaging. The plan is that the client sends a mail to the server, with the message supposed to be sent AND the CreateSequence piggybacked on it. The server then replies with another message piggybacking both the CreateSequenceResponse and SequenceAcknowledgement. Finally the client sends an TerminateSequence over mail to the server. (This should work, right ) The big problem is that when my Proxy calls Channel.Request(), the message I get is a CreateSequence instead of the message i sent over Proxy.Request() ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Problem animating camera's UpDirection property

  Hello, I have got a problem working with Vector3DAnimation. I added the following code to my application: Vector3DAnimation RotateANM = new Vector3DAnimation(); RotateANM.From = new Vector3D(0, 1, 0); RotateANM.To = new Vector3D(0, -1, 0); RotateANM.Duration = new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)); Camera.BeginAnimation(PerspectiveCamera.UpDirectionProperty, RotateANM); But while this code executes, no animation happens. The program just waites for 5 seconds and after that changes camera's UpDirection property from (0, 1, 0) to (0, -1, 0); So how this UpDirection property could be animated I'm not entirely sure what the point of rotating the UpDirection property would be. The UpDirection is rea ...Show All

• Visual C++ Tooltips disappeared after switch from VC 6 to VC 8 due to breaking change in CWnd::OnToolHitTest()

  Hello everybody, after switching from Visual C++ 6.0 (VC 6) to Visual C++ 2005 (VC 8), many tooltips in my dialogues would not show up anymore.  It took me quite a  while to pin down the reason for this behaviour: The tooltips don't show up anymore for all child window controls which lie inside the window rect of another control like a group box or a tab control(*) preceding it in the tab order. The enclosing control has child window id IDC_STATIC, which in VC 6 meant that it was ignored by CWnd::OnToolHitTest()  (more precisely by _AfxChildWindowFromPoint(), which is used by OnToolHitTest(), see below). Now in VC 8 the constant for the controls-to-be-ignored chang ...Show All

• SQL Server Calculated Cell Option Not Visible in Cube Editor

  Hi Guys, I am using SQL SERVER Analysis Services 8.0.760, i have an unique problem. In my Cube Editor i am not able to see Calculated Cells Options. Right now i am able to see following options:- Dimensions Measures Calculated Members Actions Named Sets This is very urgent requirement can somebody help Regards, Kaushal I think that calculated cells is onlyn available in Analysis Services enterprise or developer edition. Perhaps you are using the standard edition HTH Thomas Ivarsson ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Best 3D framework for .Net applications? (not games)

  Hi, I'm looking to create decent visualisations within existing mixed managed\unmanaged applications. I have used managed directx which seemed unfinished and is now apparently dead due to the advent of XNA. I have heard that you cannot use unmanaged code within an XNA application so what is the best route to provide decent 3d support within non-game .Net applications C++\Cli using unmanaged directX Interop\P/Invoke to directX 3rd party port of a free framework e.g. Axiom (Ogre port), Ihrlicht.Net Thanks! Duncan Is there a road map for MDX2.0 I have seen 100s of pages talking of its demise so could you point me towards any links for its roadmap or any that confirm its a permanent part of directx I have u ...Show All

• SQL Server Monitor Jobs on SQL Server

  Hi, I'd like to know if I can monitor all the jobs in SQL Server 2000 or 2005 using SMO Objects. Specifically, I'd like to know if the jobs has been run, executed suceefully or not (recording to Log files). I also like to view/enumerate all the existing jobs. I'd like to know if all these are possible if I use SMO Object with Visual Basic.net.. If possible please give me sample code or web site so I can learn how to do it. Thanks for reading my post. Thanks for reply my post. Furthermore, can i monitor the jobs that has been run successfully or not by using SMO object for example, i like to have the SMO object to tell me if the jobs has run successfully or failed after a certain period. Thanks. ...Show All

• SQL Server import OpenSSL certificate with private key into sql server 2005 express edtion

  hey, i have a problem, to import a self signed openssl certificate into the sql server 2005. my final idea is to get encrypted columns from the database over an jdbc connection in a java client. when i use a certificate generated by the sql server 2005, i can encryt columns of a table. then i catch the the result in my java client. but in java, i need a keystore with the private key of the certificate. ok. i have export the the certificate and the private key of the sql server 2005. problem: in a keystore i can only import the certificate (signed public key) but not the private key. my new idea is to import an openssl certificate or an certificate generated by the keytool (java) into the sql server 2005 and encypt t ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) GridViewColumn Limitation

  I have a problem with GridViewColumn when using CellTemplateSelector. The solution, I believe, is to allow a "DataContext" property on GridViewColumn. But first, the problem... I have a data aquisition application in which I want to define two (only) templates related to quality control: one for "good" data and one for "bad" data. Unfortunately the template must also supply the data binding path, meaning that I have to have copies of the templates for every piece of data that I might want to display. This defeats the purpose of a template as far as I am concerned because it conserves no effort. To illustrate the problem I have concocted the XAML file below. My application doesn't use XML data, but this was the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with combobox

  Hi I have a datagridview that is databound to a table via a bindingsource and a DataGridViewComboBox column that is bound to a second table (both in the same dataset). I am dynamically adding the column to the grid.  Dim viewcol As New DataGridViewComboBoxColumnviewcol.DataSource = _dsEquivalents.Tables(1) viewcol.DataPropertyName = "ViewName" viewcol.ValueMember = "ViewTable" viewcol.DisplayMember = "ViewTable" viewcol.HeaderText = "View Name" viewcol.AutoComplete = False dgvEqu.Columns.Add(viewcol) BindingSource1.DataSource = m_dsEquivalents BindingSource1.DataMember = m_dsEquivalents.Tables(0).TableName The table bound to the grid contains values that are not in the table bound to the ...Show All

• SQL Server Primary Key Violation

  Dear Friends, I am a DBA and I am getting a lot of table locks due to unhandled errors in front-end developed by Power Builder, 5 years back. The backend is SQL Server 2000 Enterprise edition. Below I will explain the problem in detail. The Big Problem. { O Users enter sales data into rm_salehdr (docid,..,..,..) table (LOCKED) O The rm_salehdr table need a new docid O The new docid will be generated by a function called as docnogen O The docnogen function o will select the last docid from ps_docno table o add 1 to last value o return docid to rm_salehdr o update the last docid with the new value. o ps_docno table will hold the lock till the insert transa ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How do I configure "Sign", "SignEncrypt" for the secure communication?

  Hi Community, I saw this entry in the forum http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=321312&SiteID=1 It mentions that I can use security mode = " Message " > < message clientCredentialType = " UserName " defaultProtectionLevel = " EncryptAndSign " algorithmSuite = " Aes256 " /> Is defaultProtectionLevel attribute been changed If it is changed to what and where Thanks, - Pankaj. The attribute "defaultProtectionLevel" has not existed for several releases now, for message security. The way it works is this: * by default, all secure bindings will sign and encrypt messages, either using transport or message secur ...Show All

• Visual C++ MsgBoxs ...

  In VB you can make MsgBoxs pop up, can you do this in C++ or do you have to make the msgbox window manually Thank you for enlighten us by showing the simpliest way. ;) However, next time, please tell us more details about what you really, really want to achieve.  ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Fullscreen problems....

  EDIT: I am using Beta 2. I use this as the constructor method... public Game1() { graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this); graphics.PreferredBackBufferWidth = 640; graphics.PreferredBackBufferHeight = 480; graphics.PreferMultiSampling = true; graphics.ToggleFullScreen(); content = new ContentManager(Services); } Works great. But when I change the resolution to 800x600, all I get is a black screen. The loop is still running because I can still quit the program. I have also tried 1024x768, that works too. Thought maybe it was an aspect ratio problem, but they are all the same, 1.3333... I have tried turning the multisampling off to no avail. Didnt think that would be it anyways, I play World of Warcraft at 800x60 ...Show All

• Visual C++ Mangling Simplified Chinese in a ComboBox

  I have an urgent problem on my hands. I looked through the old posts but found nothing. When I build a list of names (WCHAR) in a ComboBox that include Simplified Chinese, the drop-down displays the chinese correctly. However when I select an item containing the said characters it displays for the first characters, although the codes per each character in debug show the correct value. Writing the string on CBN_SELENDOK to a static text control yields the expected result (with some font tweaking though). Writing it to an edit box or a list box yet again shows the . I am working in VC++ 6.0 Win32. Anyone encountered something similar Any input is greatly appreciated. The file we received from the Chinese ...Show All