meg1's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rants on XNA 1.0

  This is my first reaction when I installed and tried the 1.0 of XNA. To summarize my feeling: it's still 95% for XBox and no nearer to replace the old MDX 1.0. So I decided not to migrate from MDX to XNA though I want to do that very much. I feel like MDX 2 more; amen to MDX 2. The hardest issue for me is the content pipeline, which is very necessary, but the workflow is fixed and it assumes the contents are only built before the program runs. The helper functions wrapping D3DX can only be used with types in the content pipeline. I have to utilize the full content pipeline just for generating something dynamically, of course with significant performance cost. Or I have to write those D3DX utilities my self. Currently I don't have a good id ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 3D photo gallery question

  Hi! I want to create a 3D photo gallery where the pictures are put in categories. Each category is a WrapPanel and is put on the inside face of a cylinder (like in the OTTO application). I've managed to create a cylinder and to apply a single image texture on it, but I don't know which is the best (and easiest) way to put a collection of WrapPanels. I thought about 2 ways: 1. Use the whole cylinder and combine somehow all WrapPanels in a single texture (but I don't think it's possible, because the panels also need to be interactive) 2. Split the cylinder in sections and put each WrapPanel in a separate section. Which one do you think is easier to make or is ther an easier method to reproduce this functionality Thank you ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. RANDOM LETTERS FROM A TO G

  Hi, I'm looking for a letters generator from a to g. Or a numbers generator. 1 to 9. I have a scoring system for a horseshoe game I created in excel 2007 beta. I need the letters in column d3 to d13 to update once a round is completed. Which happens ok. But once a team is eliminated. I dont want a letter assined to the cell. If anyone could take a look will understand my issue. I will email you the workbook if you think you can help me out with this. I don't no vba yet but am trying to understand it. my email is trobert672@comcast.net Random random = new Random(); // to generate random number: int number = random.Next(1, 10); // min is inclusive, max is exclusive // to generate random character from ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development Problems with XBOX 360 HD DVD Player

  I continue to run into issues with the xbox 360 hd dvd player every time I insert an hd concert dvd. I do not have any issues with the hd movies but have had issues with every concert inserted. Does anyone know of a solution All of them so far (King Kong, Pitch Black and Last Samurai) - it makes the hiss even when there's no disc in the player. If I reduce the volume to eliminate the hiss, the dialog is muffled again. And like I said, the console volume is fine. (I'm using the TOSLink from the console to my receiver.) ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista CardSpace and Single Sign On

  Hello, When I have authenticated myself once to get a token for using a specific card, I don't want to be asked for authenticate again with the same card, for another RP, during the session. In fact, I want Single Sign On. Is it possible Just to double-check my assumptions, let me ask - does anybody know of anybody in the world who does not think that the future of identity on the internet will be, you know, 'card-centric' one way or another - for SSO purposes, as well as sharing/controlling profile information If there is such a person, who is it and what is their reasoning If there is no reason to expect that things will not be card-centric - other than the marketplace has not adjusted to the technology yet - then it ...Show All

• SQL Server SQL Time Out Problem

  Hi All, we have got a serious problem in our production environment with SQL server. We are using vb.net as a front end. and its a windows service.It keep on polling for the data in one DB server. And if the items are ready(identified by some flag), it will be exported to another server. But its workin fine with the small volume data.We have tested this with the huge volume data. And everytime it throws an error "Sql server timeout expired". Even if there is no items to export. it causes the problem during the search for the flag with this high volume data. And we are mostly using dynamic sql in our SPs.. can someone please suggest me how can i debug and troubleshoot the problem.. Thanks, your help is appreciated! ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums VEPushpin.OnMouseOverCallback 'x' Value Inconsistency

  I'm working with the VEPushpin.OnMouseOverCallback function and I've run into an issue where the 'x' value provided to this callback is not consistent. The code pasted below illustrates this situation. Specifically notice the style on the div 'myMap' that includes "left:100px;". In this code the callback displays an alert that shows the value of x, y, title and details. The inconsistency is that after this page loads (in IE or Firefox) the first time you hover over the pushpin (on Minneapolis, MN) the x value includes the 100px offset. The second, third, ... time I hover over the pushpin the x value DOES NOT include the 100px offset. This code is a simplified version of what is happening in my app. I was hoping to use the x a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System outputDirectory doesnt seem to work

  Hi All, FOr a test project I have in VS2005, I hand edited my locattest.testrunconfig to have the following: <key type="Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.Common.DeploymentItem"> <path type="System.String">cfg</path> <outputDirectory type="System.String">cfg</outputDirectory> </key> Per my understanding that should copy over the cfg folder in my SolutionDir to the Out/cfg folder in TestResults, at the end of the test. Unfortunately it copies over the _contents_ of the cfg folder into the Out folder (no cfg folder created). Am I missing something very basic here Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. AM Hi AM, Yes it is p ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is there a program that lets me view .fx files other than rendermonkey or FX Composer?

  I can write my HSLS codes in notepad and save them as .fx files without a problem, but I cant view them, which isnt that big a deal, I guess. I tried to download RenderMonkey and my connection kept getting reset while I doin so. I was wondering if there are any other files that would do the same basic thing as RenderMonkey or FX Composer that are smaller files. Thanks! New Blade3D also have support for FX and error checking in FX files (you can edit FX and see errors). Blade3D is in beta1 and it will be commercial product. ...Show All

• Visual Basic How to connect to Server Database (Remote Acccess)

  I using VB2005, and I would like to create same simple program that related to the Access or SQL database. The problem is, I want My database is store in server, and i can remote access to the server's database for Inserting, Deleting, Editing and updating the database that store in server. And i also can access the database using my VB2005 program to edit the record in the server database through Internet Connection. Can VB2005 solve above problem Can someone HELP HELP HELP me up asap. Thank Thank Thank ... Is there only one way to do remote access I mean only using SQL Server How about my customer is not willingnest to expend with SQL Server I mean it is only a tiny company ... and if there are only the way (SQL Server Sol ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Out of date pictures!!!

  Service is a good concept. However, seeing the 3D image of tall buildings thought I would take a look at the landmarks where I work and how they look. I work in the city of London so was wanting to see how the Swiss Re tower (the gherkin) would look. This is located on St Mary Axe. A search here however reveals the old site which had yet to be built on. This must've been years ago meaning the photos are out of date. It wouldn't be such a problem if the building wasn't such an integral part of the London skyline as we know it now! If anyone doesn't know what i'm talking about go to http://www.30stmaryaxe.com/index2.asp and anyone who's been or seen pictures of what little skyline London has will recognise it and hopefully see my point. SORT ...Show All

• Visual Basic Datagrid

  How can I produce a total for values in a datagrid and them display them in a label actually I know where the error is, as said the code was untested. here is the code, modify to your needs: Dim total As Int16 total = 0 Dim myCounter As Int16 = 0 For Each curRow As DataGridViewRow In Me .DataGridView1.Rows Dim curValue As Int16 curValue = Convert.ToInt16( Me .DataGridView1.Rows(myCounter).Cells( "theColumnName" ).Value) total = total + curValue myCounter = myCounter + 1 Next hope it helps ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Automatically create Work Items?

  Hi, We have a process requirement - when we create a Work Item, it should automatically create more WIs (eg: create Review WIs when a Task is created). Could we do this by any out-of-box feature or by any simple configuration If no, could we achieve this by extensibility If yes which extensibility (I guess WI object model and Eventing service - please correct if I am wrong). If this is the only solution, could you provide me any link to demo project or blogs explaining this. Thanks, Saurabh I figured out how to do this with some help from a colleague. I'll post an example here sometime. In the meantime, if you want to know how to do this, just send email and I'll let you know. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) [Serious BUG] WPF doesn't paint anymore (lost DirectX ?)

  I was upgrading my application to the latest bits (June CTP) when I encountered a very strange bug. My application first loads a NavigationWindow, and let the user toy around with some menus. Then, the window gets closed and a "regular" Window shows up. When the "regular" Windows gets closed, my application creates a new NavigationWindow and shows the same menus as before to the user (who has an option to quit). There's a huge bug in WPF with the third step (which was working in the previous build - beta 2 I think). The NavigationWindow shows up, but its contents don't paint. (more precisely: I get the "hall of mirror" effect, which you get when you forget to write your WM_PAINT handler in a non-WPF applicatio ...Show All

• Visual Studio Reload Prompt

  Hi All: I've create a custom project type using the MPF. This problem that I am having is that when I call ProjectNode.Save() I get a prompt asking me to reload the project in Visual Studio. The prompt does not happen when I save from within Visual Studio. Any Ideas Drew. What I've tried so for: private void Test() { EnvDTE. Project project = this .ActiveProject(); // If the active project is C# or VB I get no prompt. If it is my own custom project, I get the prompt project.Save(project.FullName); // This always generates a prompt if (project.Object != null && project.Object is ProjectNode ) { (( ProjectNode )project.Object).Save(project.FullName, 1, 0); } } ...Show All