AaronL's Q&A profile

• Visual Basic Reading Bytes From SerialPort.. Help...

  Hi everybody there. I developed an application, that uses a serially connected device which responds with bytes. I read these bytes sychronously and I want to print each byte value in an output .txt file. My problem is that when the device stops sending bytes, in the txt file are printed only the first half values of the received data. When I am just counting how many times some bytes appeared I am getting corect results. My settings for the serial port are BaudRate = 9600, Parity =none, Handshake= none, StopBits = 1, DataBits =8 and ReadTimeOut = -1. What seems to be the problem and how can I overcome it Am I missing any properties of the serial port object intialization Is a problem of the serial port settings (ha ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. 3DS Max export

  Hello everyone, I have been trying to export models from 3DS max for use in my XNA program. The trouble I keep running into is that the axis keep getting rotated and/or flipped from what's in Max. In order to test this, I have created a model that acts as an axis gizmo, with a cone pointing down the X axis, a Rectangle down the Y and a cylinder down the Z. I have exported the model three different ways: Max's built in .fbx exporter - The X points correctly, but Max's Z is now XNA's Y, and Max's Y is now XNA's -Z (Left-Handed). PandaSoft DirectX Exporter (with Left-Handed coordinates turned ON) - The same as the FBX exporter PandaSoft DirectX Exporter ( with Left-Handed coordinates turned OFF) - The X points correctly, the Y points correct ...Show All

• .NET Development Schema generation with xsd.exe and IXmlSerializable.GetSchema()

  Hi, I'm trying to implement IXmlSerializable.GetSchema() and to get xsd.exe to put the schema definition in its parent's Xml schema definition, like when you just don't implement IXmlSerializable. i.e. If I do the following classes : public class SomeClass : IXmlSerializable {   ...   public XmlSchema GetSchema()   {     XmlSchema schema = new XmlSchema();     // Construct the schema     return schema;   } } [Serializable()] public class ParentClass {   private SomeClass someInstance;   public SomeClass SomeInstance   {     get { return someInstance; }     set { someInstance = value; }   } } ...and run xsd.exe on an ParentClass, I ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Not Working out calculation database

  HI i have a access database which i input vaules from vb express the code is Private Sub Table1BindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Table1BindingNavigatorSaveItem.Click Dim Cost As Double = CDbl (CostTextBox.Text) ' CostTextBox.Text = (Format("C")) Dim qtr As Integer = CInt (QtrTextBox.Text) Dim del As Double = CDbl (Del_ChargeTextBox.Text) Dim Vat As Double = (Cost * qtr + del) * 0.175 Dim total As Double = (Cost * qtr + del) * 1.175 TotalTextBox.Text = total Me .Validate() Me .Table1BindingSource.EndEdit() Me .Table1TableAdapter.Update( Me .OrderingDataSet.Table1) on scree ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Powertoys documentation?

  Ok, this is probably a dumb question but I just installed the Sep 07 release of TFS powertoys. But I haven't had any luck trying to find some associated documentation - doc, blog posting, anything Can someone tell me where this is available Nevermind...I found the install path ( C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server Power Toys ) and from a previous post here and saw the Word doc. ...Show All

• Visual Studio <see>, <see also>, and object browser?

  I'm currently using VS2005 (with .Net 2.0) and am attempting to document some code with the <see> tag. Here's what I currently have: /// <summary> /// This type defines how intervals are drawn. /// </summary> public enum INTERVAL_TYPE { /// <summary> /// A fixed number of intervals (defined by <see cref="TimeLineViewer.ChartFormatting.NumIntervals"/>) is drawn. /// </summary> FIXED_NUMBER, I was hoping that the <see> tag would induce a link when I viewed the enum member in the object browser. Instead, I just get the text 'TimeLineViewer.ChartFormatting.NumIntervals.' Am I expecting too much intelligence from the object browser katesune ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Establishing a Connection from Server to Pocket PC through GPRS

  Hi, Most pocket pc applications that I see requires the pocket pc to establish a connection through GPRS to a server (in my case Tomcat)  in order to get some Data. However I am curious on how things work the other way around. Meaning, what if I want to get the Server to establish a connection to the pocket pc Are there any classess available in the .NET framework in order to handle this I am thinking that maybe there is an existing listener that i can use As an addition, is there a way for a pocket pc 2003 emulator to "simulate" connecting to a GPRS network Other forums say that as long as ur desktop pc is connected to the internet or to a network, it is already enough for the pocket pc emulator to simulate a GPRS connection. Is thi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Help with 2d rotation... (Atan2?)

  Hi, Very noob to xna, as well as game programming.. but already stuck on some trig and would love some help. I have a texture that i want to rotate to face my mouse cursor at all times, I have tried various formulas that I thought worked in Actionscript but I must be missing something on the conversion... rotationPoint = GetAngle(mouseX,MouseY) float GetAngle( int xx, int yy ) { float rotation = Convert .ToSingle( Math .Atan2(yy - this .spritePosition.Y, xx - this .spritePosition.X)); return System. Convert .ToSingle(2 * MathHelper .Pi - rotation); } So I call this with my mouse x and mouse y... and paint it in my draw method spriteBatch.Draw(myTexture, spritePosition, null , ...Show All

• Smart Device Development System.Console.ReadLine() always return lowered case string -_-!

  Hi, I have a console application that takes user input: seq = System.Console.ReadLine() System.Console.Write("TTT {0}", seq) Readline() somehow always converted the string into lower case so "ABCabc" would become "abcabc" which is not what I really want Is there any way to take user input as it is Thanks, Unless you are doing something in between the following will output the strings in the same case as there  were entered.  This is a console application - so perhaps you may be doing something different - perhaps you can enlighten us with a bit more info. Module Module1     Sub Main()         Dim seq = System.Cons ...Show All

• Visual Studio Problem With Visual Studio 2005 Proff

  Hi Freinds, I am trying to open the old .NET 2003 projects in Visual Studio 2005 IDE but i am getting contineous error. One or more error encountered while loading the designer.Some errors may be fixed by rebuilding your project, while others may require code changes. This error goes off when i Close IDE and again open it. But when i rebuild projects it shows the same error. I have seen one artile KB******, in that we need to download Microsoft.visualstudio.design.dll file but download for this is not available . Plese guide me how to fix this problem. Regards Suresh K. Hey guys i found 124 visits in this blog but i didnt get answers froom anybody. Anyway, i will share my words, how did i got through this probl ...Show All

• .NET Development Return argument has an invalid type - security issue?

  Hi, We have a .NET remoting application server, which works great by itself. We are currently evaluating a commerical automated testing tool, that loads the application server's API assembly and simulates a client connection to the server. However, under this scenario the proxy object does not succeed in dealing with complex objects, and we get the "Return argument has an invalid type" error in return. We figured it has something to do with security issues but couldn't find any solution. We are using a tcp binary channel with typeFilterLevel=Full. The interface for the complex object AND the complex object itself are defined in a separate assembly (ApplicationServer) then the API (ApplicationSeverAPI). Thanks, Ron ...Show All

• SQL Server Refresh default value

  Hello, I have report parameters B with default from query. This query depend on other report parameters A that updates befor report parameter B. While user open the report and update report parameter A, the report parameter B get default value with the right default value but when user change his selection in parameter A, the default value in parameter B doesn't changed Any idea You can trying plugging in an expression for the default value of the From Date cascading parameter that checks Parameters!DateUnit.Value but I think this will only work the first time the report is rendered. Once the user changes the Date Unit parameter and the report refreshes, the default value of the From D ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Generate Report for Files Checked-in without comments

  I am currently generating a report which has all the filename which has been checked-in without any comments. The problem is that I need to directly query the TFSVersionControl database to get this information but it is not possible to give read access to this database to all users. Another approach I tried is to get this report using APIs in VersionControlServer class but I am unable to find the methods that will get the files which has been check-in without any comments Is there any API/method that can do this operation Is there any other approach to get this report Thank you for these links. I am able to display all the changesets which had policy failures while checking in. I have a requ ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Tell us about your website or game!

  As part of our effort to reach out to the XNA community, we would like to create a special community page on the XNA Developer Center that links to YOUR site or game. Here's what you need to do, send me (David Weller) an email (click on my name link to the left of this post for the email address) telling me: 1) Your name 2) Your contact email 3) Your website or game 4) (Optionally) If you send me a link to your game, please let us know if you give Microsoft permission to use your game as part of any press-related activities we might do (i.e., incorporate a screenshot/video of your game, etc.). Please don't reply to this post with links to your site/game, I need the information emailed to me. Thanks! I put togethe ...Show All

• SQL Server Question on Flat File Import

  I have a flat file that uses tabs as the column delimiters and cr-lf as row delimiters. The first portion of the file consists of only two columns for approximately 10 rows and then the file changes to 4 columns for the balance of the file, about 21 rows. The column names are in the first column and the data of interest is in the second column for the first 10 rows and then in the third column for the last 21 rows. Is it possible to set up something like this for parsing in SSIS I've tried using two columns in the data flow task but then I get columns 1 and 2 through the whole file. If I tell it there are 4 columns in the file, it appends rows to each other so that there is a total of 4 columns in the first 10 rows. This reduces the row c ...Show All