AlexBB's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. My XNA Game 'iFACTOR'

  Believe it or not, this time it's not a question :) I appreciate all the help I've been getting on this forum and I'd like to share some media of my first game. The media was taken from a Windows build but the game is designed for Xbox360. http://www.vector2games.com/ Thanks, Dave There is an interactive tutorial in the game :) It's exclusively for Xbox360 though. I'm releasing the project in less than a week. Although the source will be available, I'm new to C# so it may not be the most responsible thing using it a learning tool, haha, but we have to start somewhere right ...Show All

• Visual C# Warning: "The referenced component 'System' could not be found."

  Does anyone know why (or even better, how to fix) VS 2005 randomly generates warnings like: "The referenced component 'Some .NET assembly' could not be found." then when you click on the reference in the Solution Explorer, it magically fixes whatever problem it thought it had How do I stop these warnings from showing up again Thanks for any help with this. dougzhoez Did you had .net 2.0 beta before you installed vs2005 I had similar problem with a different component. uninstalling the beta version is not always clean. Go to <WINDOWS>assembly folder and check if you have multiple copies of System assembly with the same version I had to delete multiple copies for my ap ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problem wih Beta 2

  Hi, i was trying GSE beta 1. It was working ok. Now i have just installed Beta 2 and i got problem. When i try to do: m_spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice); i get exception "The method call is invalid." also when i try to run code that we can find in XNA GSE Programming Guide : Use BasicEffect i get exception "Both a valid vertex shader and pixel shader (or valid effect) must be set on the device before draw operations may be performed." in line "graphics.GraphicsDevice.DrawPrimitives...." does any one know how to fix this problems thanks for any help! Ampers wrote: ... people of MS, what do we do if we want to use XNA My code copiles perfectly but I can't te ...Show All

• Visual C# Appsetting!! am I doing it right?

  basically, I need to save two strings for my app (Upload and Download) so I can retrieve them on app startup. what I did, I created a setting file under project properties. This is how I save and load them: //to save the settings private void button2_Click( object sender, EventArgs e) { Properties. Settings .Default.Upload = tbUp.Text; Properties. Settings .Default.Download = tbDownload.Text; Properties. Settings .Default.Save(); Properties. Settings .Default.Reload(); this .Close(); } //to load the settings private void frmOptions_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) { tbUp.Text = Properties. Settings .Default.Upload; tbDownload.Text = Properties. Settings .Default.Download; } I ...Show All

• SQL Server Is 100'000 x 1 == 1 x 100'000 ?

  Is processing 100'000 rows x 1 at a time == 1 time x 100'000 rows at once TheViewMaster wrote: Is processing 100'000 rows x 1 at a time == 1 time x 100'000 rows at once No ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Imaging::CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap() bug?

  Hi, When beta2, I use Imaging::CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap() to create BitmapSource, it works. But after I updated June CTP runtime, I get a transparent bitmap. Is it a bug or the behavior changing code snippet: BITMAPINFOHEADER* bihPtr = /* get from other module */ BITMAPINFO* bitmapInfoPtr = (BITMAPINFO*)bihPtr; /* biBitCount is 24 */ HDC hdc = ::GetDC(nullptr); HBITMAP handle = ::CreateDIBitmap(hdc, bihPtr, CBM_INIT, bitmapInfoPtr->bmiColors, bitmapInfoPtr, DIB_RGB_COLORS); ::ReleaseDC(nullptr, hdc); BitmapSource^ bitmapSource = Imaging::CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(IntPtr(handle), IntPtr::Zero, Int32Rect::Empty, BitmapSizeOptions::FromEmptyOptions()); if convert to Rgb24 with Form ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA official release date

  I didn't see this in the FAQ, but does anyone know the estimated official release date for XNA ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions table layout panel help

  hi y,all I have a table layout panel 8x8=64 squares how do I initialize the panel so I know the x y position of each square... how do I move from square 1to square 7 for example.... if I want to insert a pic in a certain square I need to know the position..... you know what I mean...... please give me a code example.......thank you cheyenne , The following code example demonstrates how to override the OnCellPaint method to create a custom appearance for a cell. For an example that uses the TableLayoutPanel control to create layouts that respond well to resizing: Public Class DemoTableLayoutPanel Inherits TableLayoutPanel Protected Overrides Sub OnCellPaint( _ ByVal e As System. ...Show All

• Visual Basic User input

  Is it possible for console applications to accept user input If so, what code do I need to include in my console application to do that Here's some sample code for getting user input, which must be a string. If a number variable is needed, it must be converted from the string using the TryParse method. Dim nom, sage As String , age As Integer Console.WriteLine( "Get user's input for name and age as string values." ) Console.Write( "Enter your name: " ) 'cursor stays on the same line snom = Console.ReadLine() Console.Write( "Enter your age: " ) 'cursor stays on the same line sage = Console.ReadLine() Integer .TryParse(sage, age) Console.WriteLine( "Hello, {0}. ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to print additional table's data in EXcel tab (Windows application)

  Using VB 2005 To all Users: I have this problem when i using vb and transfer data to excel to print. The problems comes as the 1st table is able to print while the rest of the table tab do not have data.. Could anyone help me with this asp I will be greatful Pls provide sample code/links asap ya! i mean is that i have more than 1 spreadsheets. But the data is not filled up! Could u help me with this ...Show All

• .NET Development Exception: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine

  I get following exception each time i try communicate: System.Net.WebException: The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send. ---> System.IO.IOException: Unable to write data to the transport connection: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine. ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine I have very simple flow: 1. Send synchronized HTTP request 2. Call WEB service API in block mode 3. Send asynchronous HTTP request. The third request always fails no matter what i do. All requests are sent to same host though different servlets. Host machine is running Tomcat WEB service within J ...Show All

• SQL Server Trouble converting a Varbinary (Object) to a String through Script task

  I have an Execute SQL Task that queries for the contents of a file (which is declared as a varbinary type). My SSIS package needs to write these contents into a temporary location, so what I do is that I pass the result into a System.Object variable. I then use that variable in a Script Task. Problem is whenever I execute my script task and DirectCast or CType the variable to a string (which is what the contents of the file is), I get a "Conversion from type '_ComObject' to type 'String' is not valid." Any ideas on how to go about this problem ...Show All

• .NET Development & and $ symbols in xml causes validation to fail

  Hi, i have a xml file with a number of elements in it. I am using xsd and XmlValidatingReader. I have fields that contain text data. These fileds all work fine except if the users enter & or dollar signs. To get around this i specified a regex pattern in the xsd but this makes no difference.The encoding is UTF-8. The validation fails. Any ideas would be really welcome this is the element <ethnicCopy> & ethnic </ethnicCopy> the datatype i specified in the xsd is <xs:simpleType name="EthnicDataType"> <xs:restriction base="xs:string"> <xs:maxLength value="2000" /> <xs:pattern value="^(.*)$" /> </xs:restriction> </xs:simpleType& ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Standalone Emulator 1.0 and eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

  Hi! I'm trying to run app developed with eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0... Couldn't run from IDE but app was successfully installed in emulator from .cab file. I'm getting problems during execution... 3 critical messageboxes with title "Application Error" and message: "An error was encountered while running this program." That's it... splash screen stays visible and the app don't do anything. Same .cab file installs and run OK in real device. Any suggestion to help identify the problem Thanks in advance. (Sorry, bad english. I'm from Brazil) Thanks for replying. The .cab is for ARM and it was successfully installed in device iPAQ H3900 - Intel PXA250, running OK. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Permission ACE Feature Request - Create branch

  We would like to limit where folks can create branches. It would be nice to have a "create branch" ACE. I would like to enforce that branches can only be created by developers in: $/proj/Branches/Developer $/proj/Branches/BugFix And project admins can also create branches in: $/proj/Branches/Release $/proj/Branches/Feature The implication is that *no one* can create a branch in or below: $/proj/Trunk Done. http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx FeedbackID=181621 ...Show All