Ramesh Nikam's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Direct3D for my GUI

  Hello... I'm writing an app in native C++/win32. It has a complex GUI that I have created with bitmaps. Since it has to be very fast I'm thinking about making it using direct3d (or Directdraw). I don't want to use controls, just a window where I paint in it's client area. Do you think I can have performance increasing over GDI If so is it better to use direct3d or directdraw Thanks! In addition to windozer_'s reply... Definitely go with Direct3D and stop considering DirectDraw. It hasn't been in active development for ~8 years now and those that would once be able to help you with problems are rapidly getting too old to remember the finer details Bare in mind that it can be difficult (or slow) to get Direct3D to share its dra ...Show All

• SQL Server Report Properties Window

  "InteractiveHeight is only supported on RS 2005. Opening a report in BI Development Studio of SQL Server 2005 will automatically add this property. You can find the property on the Report element. In report designer (properties window) it is also on the report element / Layout / Interactive Size / Height." Why don't I see the Report Properties screen that includes the Interactive Size elements My Report Properties screen looks the same as it did in VS2003. I need to modify the InteractiveHeight element. It has been added to the RDL source. Here's what's installed: Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Version 8.0.50727.762 (SP.050727-7600) Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0.50727 Installed Edition: Professional Mic ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. D3D_DEBUG_INFO

  Hi, I've added this #define just before including d3d9.h but I can't see the desired debug info even with the debug runtime. I've checked using the preprocessed .i file using /P option that the define was effectively set and it is for sure. Also, the d3d9.h is inlcuded from one and only .h file in my project so I'm sure D3D_DEBUG_INFO is ALWAYS defined before including DirectX files. Can someone tell me what could be wrong Guillaume I've checked that I was running the debug runtime. I've also checked that the debug dll was loaded (in VS debug output). I've done the test in my application and in the BasicHLSL sample and I still cannot see the class members in VS 2005 debuger. I've also tried on another ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Scaling control problem

  Hi, I have a problem when I programmatically add controls to a user control. This all works fine when the device is 96 dpi but when the device is 192 dpi the controls do not scale correctly. The method I'm using is Create the control, set the x, y, Width and Height and then adding it to the control array. Thanks in advance Andy Hough Hi Andy Your issue is very similar to the question in the following thread: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1081850&SiteID=1 My answer does apply to your problem as well. Michael ...Show All

• Windows Forms Detect Mail Server Request

  Hi every one, I want to Detect Mail Server Request for username and password and how to provide or response them to the server again with VB .NET Thanx i want to communicate with mail server through a windows form by providing my username and password in the form and write my message and the mail to address and subject in the windows form in other way i want to open session with an existing account on mail server (log in) through my form INSTED OF opening my internet browser and write the url in address bar and wait for page load and then provide my username and password then become authenticated then i click compose and i want to communicate with mail server with any possiable way (ofcourse prefer ...Show All

• Visual Studio Creating an ASP.NET page using ReportViewer control in VS2003

  This is probably very simple. However, I have not found a way to add the ReportViewer control in Visual Studio 2003. Currently, I am using .NET 1.1 and Reporting Services 2005. I know it is possible to create ASP pages for RS2005, but I have yet to find the solution. Thanks oh.. btw, to add reportviewer, you need to add the reference webforms.reporting. i can't remember the exact reference name cos i couln't check now. hth... ...Show All

• Visual Basic [OTP]help: Runtime error: -2147023113(800706f7)': Method '~' of object '~' failed

  Hi I got this error when running a VB application. There is a Microsoft link about it http://support.microsoft.com/ scid=kb;en-us;292744 For some reasons I can't change the codes. But even after I registered the word typelib (I'm using office 2003 so it's MSWord.olb) I still get the same error. The interesting thing is in debug mode(Visual Studio 6) I don't see this error happens. Any suggestions Thanks a lot. liuhongqian wrote: The interesting thing is in debug mode(Visual Studio 6) I don't see this error happens. Any suggestions Thanks a lot. This forum is for question regarding Visual Basic .NET VB6 questions are not answered here....please see the following libnks for further he ...Show All

• Commerce Server Commerce Server 2007 web services not available

  Hi, I have installed Commerce Server 2007. The server also has SQL server 2000. After folloing step by step instructions in the installation guide and unpackaging the CSharp site I am not able to browse the CSharp site and any of the webserices (Catalog Web Service, Orders Web Service etc) I get the message Service Unavailable when I try to browse from IIS Also get the error "Server Error in '/' Application." message when I try to browse using IE ( http://localhost/catalogwebservice/catalogwebsvc.asmx ) Do not understand what is the problem. Thanks, The first thing I would check is to make sure the default web site is running under ASP.NET 2.0 rather than ASP.NET 1.1. The other ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How do i make an installer?

  I've made my very first application in Visual C# Express Edition 2005 , i made a text editor!               So I finished my app but now i want to make an installer to be able to run it on other computers, i found the option to "publish" it, so i did that, and it create something that looked like an installer along with other files.  I sent those files to a friend to see if it would install on his computer but it wouldn't, so my question is, Is that the only kind of installer i can make through Visual C# Express Edition 2005             Any ideas how to make a good installer, i found in the documentation t ...Show All

• Windows Forms realtime Listbox items

  Hi, I'm looking for a way to set a status in listbox. Item 1 – changing Status Text Item 2 - changing Status Text Item 3 - changing Status Text Item 4 - changing Status Text The items represent threads which are working at the moment, in the listbox I want to set their status. How can I do this ...Show All

• Visual C# form

  I have two forms. One is a main form and the other is login form. When I call login form I would like to see in the background a main form. But it is visible only when a main form is maximized. Is there another property for a main form to be normal, but visible in the background Hrcko not sure I follow. the mainform will be in the background when you show the login form. Example: //main form: frmLogin theLoginForm = new frmLogin(); theLoginForm.Show(); theLogin form will show infront and the main form will still be visible but hiding in the back, behind the frmLogin. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Counting pixels in a region

  Yet another question.... I have a region that's made up of several shapes; some connected, some not. Is there an easy way to determine how many pixels that region is occupying I was hoping I'd find a solution in one of its methods but that doesn't seem to be the case. All of the shape information is stored in the region, you'd think it would be easy to count all the pixels in a given region. I will need to count/recount the number of pixels often so I'm hoping there is an easy/non-expensive (CPU/time wise) method for this. Because the region will contain non-connected shapes, and because the region is a solid color, would it be best to convert it to a 1-byte bitmap, then count that way Looking for any advice ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Bad mapping DebugActiveProcess in UseManagedEquivalentsOfWin32Api rule

  The mapping for the UseManagedEquivalentsOfWin32Api rule says to use Debugger.Launch instead of kernel32!DebugActiveProcess. "Remove the declaration for 'NativeMethods.DebugActiveProcess(UInt32):Boolean'. Callers should use the following managed alternative: System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch " This is a bad mapping. The APIs are radically different and aren't interchangable : System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch will (i) launch a (ii) managed debugger with the intent of attaching it to the (iii) current process. The debugger process will be determined by (iv) registry settings . In contrast, kernel32!DebugActiveProcess will tell the current process to start (i) attach as a (ii) native debugger to the (iii) specifi ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro LIST BOX

  I can not use a list box.RowSourceType is 6.I am using a database with 37 records.The list box is showing nothing.Sometimes is showing some items but I can not select them. If I build a string from database the list box is working fine. If I not use "SET FILTER" list box is also working fine.Some ideas Thanks I tried but no result.This time I found the answer at : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx scid=kb;en-us;135754 I will work with strings, but your ideea is good and I will save it for future. Thanks, Daniel ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System stored procedures with temp tables

  Hello everyone, I created a database project by importing a schema from an existing database. Some of the stored procedures in the database use temp tables. Since the tables are created and deleted on the fly, when I build the project, I get errors saying that it cannot find the table and its columns. Is there a way to get around this Thanks. Based on the stored procedure definition you made available I can not repro this error, except for case sensitivity issues (my master database is case sensitive, so it triggered that your variable usage is not case sensitive) I did not not in to any 4000 category errors, only 3006 an 3012 for the stored procedures references not being present. The TMP4 tab ...Show All