Bdenison's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Xbox 360 .NET Framework access

  what acces do we have on the .NET framework level in XNA on the 360 is it known yet I'm wondering if we can use the built in .NET form controls, or if we'll have to write custom controls for entry methods like text boxes, etc for XNA or if we can use the existing .NET framework controls in XNA and they will work on the 360 when XNA GSE becomes available for 360 use also. Or does anyone even know what extent we'll be able to use these controls Start with the .Net Compact Framework. Remove Windows.Forms, System.Drawing, All Web stuff, all network stuff, all crypto stuff and parts of system.reflection that generate code. Thats pretty much all we know right now. In terms of buttons and other cont ...Show All

• Gadgets How Can I Write a File?

  Hi, I need my gadget write a jpg file in a folder, I did this in Vista Beta 2 using FSO and vbScript (I wrote a file at temp folder), but at RC1 and RTM I don’t have access to write any file. Does exist another way to do this tks You can certainly write to the temp folder using FSO, as I've used it myself in a Gadget. Post the code so we can have a look. ...Show All

• SQL Server Aborting a thread CRASHES Sql Server 2000!

  Hi, I'm creating a new thread and executing a database import operation using a transaction. I have had several problems that I cannot explain, the most serious of them being that aborting this thread sometimes crashes the instance of Sql Server to which I was connected! The application is a Windows Forms app, and when I launch the import operation I display a form that allows me to abort the import while it is in progress. If the user decides to abort the import in the middle of things, I call the Abort() method of the thread executing the import. I'm catching any exceptions in the method on the bottom of the call stack (the ThreadStart delegate) and logging the information, and from the stack trace I can see that the ThreadAbort ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot connect to SQL Server 2005 April CTP from remote computer

  Hi, I am trying to connect to a SQL Server on a Windows2003 w/sp1 Server from a remote computer but always seem to get the infamous "Access is denied or Server Does Not Exist" error.  However, if I try to connect from the machine that is running the server, there is no problem. (Used sql account, server=mixed authentication) The windows 2003 Server is a single server installation with .Net 2005 Beta 2 Team Suite, Team Foundation Server and Sql Server - Installing these items  took me a while, but eventually I managed to install from scatch to end without any installation errors. I have triple checked that both TCP 1433 and UDP 1434 is open on my router and under windows firewall. I have ensured that TCP/IP is enabled in SQL Ser ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Resolving assembly dependencies in a Windows Service-hosted WCF service

  Hello, I have a WFC service hosted in a Windows Service. The WFC service depends on 2 external assemblies (one C#, one Interop) and some COM .dlls. The assemblies are local (in the same dir) to the service .exe; the COM .dlls are registered. The flow is WFC->C# Assembly->Interop->COM When the WFC service is called, it fails load the assemblies claiming it can't find a file. Using the fusion log viewer, the last pertinent log (in the "native" section) says: LOG: Start binding of native image Interop.QBXMLRP2ELib, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6e0be22769c60cc7. WRN: No matching native image found. Adding the assemblies to the GAC fixes this. My question is how can I configure my WFC ser ...Show All

• Visual Basic Hiding the cursor when not on a form

  I have tried the following for hiding the cursor from the desktop: showcursor(false) or system.windows.forms.cursor.hide() both of these only hide the cursor while it is over the form that I am developing. I would like to know if there is a way to hide a the cursor while you are not on the form. Thanks, Tim Tim There is a way to do this but I would like to know why you are trying to do it before suggesting a solution. Can you provide a little more information please Richard ...Show All

• SQL Server index cluster

  Can u explain it to me pls 2/ also what s 4th normal form Thanks hi, i think u want tp know abt clustered index....its the way of physically arranging data on the disk for faster access of data...its arranged in the form of B-tree structure, where the leaf nodes contain the data (best way to explain in real life is how the data is arranged in telephone directory)...its explained well in sql server books online... ao for 4th normal form...i'll assume that u know till 3rd normal... in 3rd normal form we try to keep only the fully functional fields rematin in the stable...still we may be left with multivalued dependencies...in the 4th NF we try to make these multivalued dependencies to functional dependency... multivalued depend ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Add Inherited Form...

  My MCSD training kit says that in Visual Studio, you have the ability to add an inherited form by clicking Project -> Add Inherited Form... . However, In Visual C# and Visual C++ Express Edition (I don't know about Visual Basic Express), this option seems to be missing. I also notice that you can't add an inherited form via Add new item... or Add New File... . Don't get me wrong, I won't really mind missing this feature from the express editions (I wasn't aware of the feature until my MCSD training kit pointed me to the menu item). However, the examiners will probably not like that excuse. Should I just skip the chapter on inherited forms I wonder if I can inherit a form manually class DerivedForm : BaseForm { ... } Inheriting ...Show All

• Windows Forms Resizing and rescalling Forms

  Hello, I have in my project a form with several buttons and ~20 PictureBoxes loaded with some images. How I can resize and rescale the whole form (by pulling right bottom corner of the form), so I can get all components, images, fonts... everything inside resized and scalled proportionally. For example if I make the form twice smaller I want to make all images to schrink twice, fonts to become twice smaller, buttons.. everything to be scalled down proportionally. I'll be very thankfull if you can bring me some sample code. Thank you Best regards .Net Winform does not support scaling with various sizes. This is because .Net Winform encapsulates Win32 controls, which does not support scaling. WPF may be an available op ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to answer some user questions

  Hi, Not being sure where to post this question, I decided to post it here and maybe if it's not appropriate I will move it to another thread. So here goes. I'm the administrator for the Team Foundation Server at my company. I installed it as a single server (Xeon 2.8 GHz, Nocona, 1 GB ram ecc, 2 sata disks in raid 1 config) and it works fine. However, there are times when the users (i.e. the developers) complain that they can't check-in items. There are no traces of the event in the event logs and there don't seem to be any other signs of a malfunction. After they try again, once or twice it usually works. My question really is: what do I tell them when they ask me "why can't I check in this file " (doesn't happen with chec ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer

  Dim NIC As New System.Net.NetworkCredential = NetworkCredential("administrator", "1", "TFS") Dim tfs As TeamFoundationServer = TeamFoundationServerFactory.GetServer(" http://tfsm4:8080 ", NIC) I Used to compile this code in VS TFS Beta 3 very well. But when i was trying to compile the same code on VS 2005 TS, something wrong. The error message like "Can't change type 'System.Net.SystemNetworkCredential' to type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.ICredentialsProvider'" and i found out there was 3 polymophic GetServer function in Beta 3, but there are only 2 function. 1: GetServer(name as String) 2: GetServer(name as String,fallbackCredentialsProvider as MicroSoft.Teamfoundation.Cl ...Show All

• Visual C# C# events vs VB WithEvent handles statements

  OK - I've been jealous of VB style event handling for a while, but I didn't realise it had performance issues ( which is obviously a problem in a web app, which creates the class instance on every postback ) fyi. . . I just created two identical win apps (vb/c#) - 1 form, 1 button. double clicked the buttons in each app and filled in a simple "Console.WriteLine" the vb was 28kb, the C# was 20kb the VB IDL dump was 200 kb the C# IDl dump was 80kb granted the VB has alot more extraneous "MyProject" stuff, but there was definitely a good bit more IDL in the vb form. But I am not an IDL wiz so I couldnt tell you what it all meant. So next time someone says "It all compiles to the same IDL" tell them they ...Show All

• Visual Basic Nudge a form.....

  Hi All,   I am trying to have a form load, then x seconds after it must be moved (nudged) and replaced, code is as follows but no luck.   Private LastUpdate As DateTime Private CurInt As Integer = 2000   Sub nudgeForm() ' after X seconds nudge form LastUpdate = Now Me .Nudger.Start() End Sub   Sub RestoreForm( ByVal x, ByVal y) Me .Left = x Me .Top = y End Sub   Private Sub Nudger_Tick( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Nudger.Tick If Now.Subtract( Me .LastUpdate).TotalSeconds >= CurInt Then Dim xCoord As Integer = Me .Left Dim yCoord As Integer = Me .Top ...Show All

• SQL Server Create a datetime dimension table with start and end dates

  Hi I want to create a table that has a datetime column, data type=datetime and I want the date to start form 01/01/2004 00:00:00 to 01/01/2008 00:00:00 the increment will be by minute like 01/01/2004 00:01:00 01/01/2004 00:02:00 01/01/2004 00:03:00 and so on up to 01/01/2008 00:00:00 I will use this time dimension in bussiness objects. please provide me with the SQL sript to do this. CREATE TABLE DimensionTable ( IdCol INT IDENTITY ( 1 , 1 ), Timecol DATETIME ) GO DECLARE @Startdate DATETIME DECLARE @Enddate DATETIME SET @Startdate = '20040101' SET @Enddate = '20080101' WHILE @Startdate < @Enddate BEGIN INSERT INTO Dimensi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Download of 180 day trial does not actually download the file

  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx familyId=B2C27A7F-D875-47D5-B226-E2578A116E12&displayLang=en&hash=K354ZWwxHDuqsxNXA9Moy4WzxYTs8ZyyYeb5WeL9UalDDWHbm9FQu3jCK%2fQPJtAbDbqx6hsva1VKtZUGARzfRw%3d%3d Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition 90-Day Trial En_vs_2005_Pro_90_Trial.img is 8k not 2734.3 MB as indicated. Download is not any good. Anyone know what the actual link might be the actual link: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=B2C27A7F-D875-47D5-B226-E2578A116E12&displaylang=en Thats the VS 2005 PRO 90 day trial for Team Suite 180 day trial: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyId=5677DDC4-5035-401F-95C3-CC6F46F6D8F7&displaylang=en Te ...Show All