Steve_j_maas's Q&A profile

• Visual Studio Express Editions Full Screen Application

  What property or code do you have to do to make the application appear above the start menu at the bottom of the screen Or, set FormBorderStyle to 'None', then have this code: [code]Private Sub Form1_Load(Arg arg arg) Handles Form1.Load Me.Size = My.Computer.Screen.Bounds.Size() End Sub[/code] ...Show All

• SQL Server Error: Report Parameter showing (1 of Total Number)

  Here is my problem I have a report with a parameter that will only pull up the employee once selected Once I select the parameter I get only the 1 guy, but there is a example: (1 of 50) they are all him but 50 is also representing the total number of employees. I hope the is clear. The query only brings back the guy selected. 1 of 1, but when I do a preview ot the report it will display (1 of the total number on employees even though all the numbers are him) I want it to display (1 of 1) like it should. If anyone has seen this please pass it on thanks. Sorry but this is not really clear. The reference to (1 of 1) and (1 of 50), are you referring to pages Do you mean that by filtering by an employee you on ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Gamercards and player information

  To the MSFT dudes, Is there any news on whether or not gamecards will be readable in future versions I'm creating a multiplayer game (with both hotseat and concurrent play) and would like to be able to show gamer pictures and names and such (similar to how Uno does it). A simple GamerIdentity class and GetIdentity( PlayerIndex ) would be cool! I think that would be a lot better than aways saying 'Player 1' or 'Player 2' :) I don't mean Live, I just mean the current player profile. You can have offline player profiles that aren't associated with Live accounts. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Win32 API C++ Help!!!

  Hi, i have pretty much finished a program, but it has a few errors which over the past couple of hours i have not been able to reduce ever so much. I was hoping that someone could have a quick look and try and error check it for me. I have posted asking how to add in a new line to the output box, but i need to know why sometimes it will randomly close. Also, try typing a word such as television in. It works the first time, when you look it up, but when you change the text at all, it changes to something like a row of braces { and i cannot work out why Also, it no longer finds the word after it has for the first time. I think the problem lies in the way i have set a string as global. Is there a work around to this Because whenever i tried ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Share class library

  Hi all, When I develop mobile application, I found I cannot reference class library for windows form application. vs 2005 alway complains I cannot reference windows class library in mobile application project. How do you guys share same logic between windows application and mobile application Thanks Yes, you can not reference desktop library in NETCF application, but you can reference NETCF library in desktop application assuming you're not using any device specific functionality in it. Another way to go is to create separate projects from same sources and use conditional compilation if needed. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Extremely low Framerate

  I am getting a very very slow Framerate. I will post the code of my Engine component. It's a GameComponent added to the main component through the Designer. public partial class Engine : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GameComponent { public Engine() { InitializeComponent(); } public override void Start() { CompiledEffect compiledEffect = Effect.CompileEffectFromFile("Resources/Simple.fx", null, null, CompilerOptions.None, TargetPlatform.Windows); effect = new Effect(graphics.GraphicsDevice, compiledEffect.GetShaderCode(), CompilerOptions.None, null); graphics.GraphicsDevice.RenderState.CullMode = CullMode.CullClockwiseFace; graphics.GraphicsDevice.RenderState.SourceBlend = Blend.Sour ...Show All

• SQL Server Clearing the Report server

  Hi, How can I clear my report server Any help will be highly appreciated Thanx in advance. Ronald Hi Ronaldlee, if you want to drop all encrypted content of the database, use the "Reporting Services Configuration" in the program menu. Navigate to Encryption and Pusg the delete button. All reports / security settings / users and data sources will be dropped and the database be reset. HTH, Jens Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. What is the proper way to enable maximum debugging with VB 2005?

  Hi! I have installed VB Express 2005 plus the October 2006 DirectX SDK and have been working on my app. So far everything is working, but I think I may not have configured debugging optimally. Is it possible to get more info from DirectX exceptions - i.e. to have the Visual Studio exception assistant show more than just very simple "InvalidCallException" messages with no further details Can the output window be set to show more info from the DirectX libraries I have already used the DirectX control panel to set the debug versions with maximum output but with no luck. Or am I looking for something that doesn't exist with VB Thanks! Thanks - that was helpful! DebugView shows lots of info. Now, m ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Can you recommend good books for getting started?

  Does anyone have recommendations for good books for getting started with: Workflow foundation Communication foundation CardSpaces Service Oriented Architecture DLinq I want to use these things in version 2 of our financial software system, but I need to read up on these things to know if we actually need it... Thanks, Morten Hi, Morten, I have2 books for Windows workflow Foundation: (1) Presenting Windows Workflow Foundation (2) Essential Windows Workflow Foundation I don't have comments about books for other areas you mentioned. You can find out people's reviews about these 2 books from amazon.com. The first book was pretty outdated, and touches the basics of using WF and us ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to create elevated administrator token from LSA authentication package

  Hi, I have an LSA authentication package which basically works fine. I have just a problem with users in the administrators group. When such an admin user logs in the package returns the token information for a full administrators token to the LSA. But the token created by the LSA is always a token with only medium integrity level and reduced privilege set. This does not happen for the built in Administrator user, but for every other admin account. This behaviour is fine for the default case but not for every case. While it's simple to elevate the token in the logon process after the call to LsaLogonUser, there's apparently no chance to revert that token to the full privilege set for an admin. So, what I'd like to do is to create a full ...Show All

• Visual Studio Visual SourceSafe on Cluster environment

  Hi, Can you please let me know whether Visual SourceSafe can be configured to be on a Cluster environment If yes, please let me know how it could be done. Kindly direct me to any document if possible. Thanks and Regards, dhino Hi Dhino, Visual SourceSafe is a client based application and there is no Server component to configure or run in a cluster environment.  The database simply consist of a number of files on a file share. The connection is based on the client being able to see the file share and all the files making up the database being available. Normally when I think about clustering I am thinking about  typically include database servers (such as Microsoft SQL Server), mail and collaboration servers (such as Excha ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Draw 2D circular

  Hi, all i have been few 2D problem, Hope sombody help. Q1. What function can draw circular with directX(c#), for java example g.fillarc(x,y,wdith,height); Q2. How to mirror image Best Regards,   For the circle you can use : x= R * cos (AngleInRad) y= R * sin (AngleInRad) For the Mirror of a Mesh you simple put all the Y to -Y and you have a mirror image on X,Z plan ...Show All

• Windows Forms RichTextbox bold

  hey, I am having trubble amkign the text in the richtextbox bold..I used this code: thisrichtextbox.SelectionFont.Bold = true ; but it gives me this error: Property or indexer 'System.Drawing.Font.Bold' cannot be assigned to -- it is read only Thanks:) use the control's font instance instead i.e: this.Font........ would use the current font being applied on the form this.theRTBControl.Font.......would use the current font being used in the RTB Control ...Show All

• SQL Server IO Completion Listener Worker appears to be non-yielding Message

  We are using SQL Server 2005 (not on SP1), and keep getting the following message in the SQL Server log: IO Completion Listener (0x15e8) Worker 0x00B7E0E8 appears to be non-yielding on Node 0. Approx CPU Used: kernel 0 ms, user 0 ms, Interval: 35092. After receiving this message, the server slows down considerably and we receive numerous messages saying: SQL Server has encountered 61 occurrence(s) of I/O requests taking longer than 15 seconds to complete on file [xxxxx.MDF] in database [xxxx] (22). The OS file handle is 0x00000CDC. The offset of the latest long I/O is: 0x000000fa21a000 I have not been able to find any documentation or explanation of what the IO Completion Listener message is about or how to correct whatever pro ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Need help setting up a 3D boardgame

  Hey guys, Im trying to build a primitive Battleship boardgame using WPF, im using ZAM 3D to create simple ship objects and a board. Before the game starts, the user need to enter positions where the ships will be deployed and this is where im having problems. The board will be divided up into 10 x 10 grid where one ship will be one grid space wide and several spaces long depending on its class. I can't think of any way to position the ships on the map using just the input coordinates of the user. Many Thanks for any suggestions, - AvalonNewbie ...Show All