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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Best 3D framework for .Net applications? (not games)

  Hi, I'm looking to create decent visualisations within existing mixed managed\unmanaged applications. I have used managed directx which seemed unfinished and is now apparently dead due to the advent of XNA. I have heard that you cannot use unmanaged code within an XNA application so what is the best route to provide decent 3d support within non-game .Net applications C++\Cli using unmanaged directX Interop\P/Invoke to directX 3rd party port of a free framework e.g. Axiom (Ogre port), Ihrlicht.Net Thanks! Duncan MDX2.0 was not really cancelled but delayed to be included in the XNA framework. MDX1.1's documentation was a little poor. Taking a look at the managed documentation in conjunction with the unmana ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions 'Comment Out The Selected Lines' button

  Can't find 'Comment Out The Selected Lines' button. Not sure if this is what you are talking about, but when on a code page, highlight the lines you want to comment or un-comment. Now look just near the top for the two icons below data and tools on the TOP menu bar. Those are the 'comment' and 'uncomment' buttons. I hope this is what you meant. HmS ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Calibration data loss on logon screen.

  Dear all, I have a problem with the Pen digitizer on tabletPC+VISTA. Symptoms: 1. Thats no problem to calibrate my Pen Digitizer after I logged in and ran 'Tabcal.exe' application. 2. But when I log off and stay at the log-on screen. I can not use the stylus to type in password and login because the calibration data lost. Is there any suggestion for this issue TKS Hi I have the same problem, but in difference, the problem came up just only when you press Ctrl-Alt-Del and all applications or windows are hidden and the Windows Security window pop up and the soft keyboard popup, and is the same when you log off to a user log on screen or Welcome screen, doesn't matter i ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. texture coordinates

  The stupidest question..whats worse, Ive had the answer somewhere, but just cannot remember the link or how to do it. Ok, so here's the problem. I have a tileset - basically isometrci tiles of size 45px wide and 46px high. Now, having a gazzillion of textures with one sprite each is just stupid(talking 3D here), so I'm packing lots of tiles into one texture. No problem here, theyre made to fit together nicely, and its all going well. Now, say i have a 64x64 textre(im oversimplyfying it, just for the sake of the example), and one 45x46 tile on it, located in the left corner. Now, im trying to draw an isometric map..How well, basically defining tilted squares and mappig the texture to them. THe problem comes up when the texture is drawn - it ...Show All

• SQL Server Error by converting string to decimal

  Hi, I'm trying to import a text-file into SQL2005 by using SSIS. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to work in the way I thought. Because I'm using the german version of SQL2005 I need to translate the items of my toolbox, so dont wonder if their names are not exactly the same as in the english versions. Try number1: a) My datasource is a flatfile, in the connection manager I changed the DataType for the input column to DT_DECIMAL. In my destination table the data type of ths column is decimal(20,4). Name of the column is "NXT_PUT_PX". b) Running this package results in this error: "Fehler bei der Datenkonvertierung. Die Datenkonvertierung fur die NXT_PUT_PX-Spalte gab den Statuswert '2' und den Statustext 'Der Wer ...Show All

• SQL Server Problem with a view (not a simple one)

  Hi, I have a table that is something like this: Products ----------------- idProduct as int, idPart1 as int, idPart2 as int, idPart3 as int then other table, which is something like: Parts: ---------------------- idPart as int, partName as VarChar(30) Now, some products only take one part, but others will take as many as 3 parts. Since it's a relatively small number I thought it would be better to put 3 different idParts on the product table and have two of them allow nulls, instead of creating a Master / Detail kind of thing. My question is, how do I create a view with something like: v_Products ----------------- idProduct as int, namePart1 as VarChar(30), ...Show All

• SQL Server "Could not open SQLEVN70.RLL"

  "Your SQL Server installation is eigher corrupt or has been tampered with (could not open SQLEVN70.rll). Please uninstall then re-run Setup to correct this problem." What do I do It says to uninstall/reinstall, but what DO I install I need a step-by-step procedure to follow to get rid of this. In the directory C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server there are probably 2 subdirectories starting with MSSQL$. One of them is empty (look in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL$ MSDE\Binn\Resources\1033 or 1043). Delete this subdirectory and the problem is solved. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Mouse buttons states, anytime, anywhere ?

  Hi, I'd simply like to check the mouse buttons state ( not in the case of an event ). my scenario involve specific mouse manipulation in a designer app. i use System.Windows.Forms.Cursor ( this make me sad ) and a DispaterTimer to get a mouseMove that can still perform outside the main window. the timer start on a UIelement mouseDown but when in the timer loop i check for Mouse.LeftButton, i get a MouseButtonState.Released when the mouse go outside the window even if it is still pressed. is there a very simple answer to this very simple question I started by using those, but unlike their equivalent in Forms their state is 'Released' when the mous ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Joining code

  Is it possible to make a program with joined code (Like joining a little bit of VB and a little C#)   There is no code that has to be in it. But a dll is context limited I believe.   Start a new solution put two projects in it. Make a simple startup program and mark as the startup project. The as a separate project create a class library project. Instantiate the DLL in the project. Create a public method in the DLL and call it from the startup program. ...Show All

• Visual Studio crystalreportviewer toolbar images missing

  I've seen a few posts here about this pesky problem but none of them solve my exact problem. I have a VS2005 web project with a crystalreportviewer control in it. If I run it locally, I get all of the crystal navigation images (next, prev, etc.). But when I copy/paste deploy to another webserver the images are missing. Here's what I've tried: 1. Made a setup project that included Crystal as a "prerequisite". Deployed from a setup.exe and everything worked but the images were still missing. 2. Found the path to the missing images in the browser view source, then made a folder in my web project to mimic it (e.g., /aspnet_client/System_Web/2_0_50727/CrystalReportWebFormViewer3/images/toolbar/). Copy deployed and this didn' ...Show All

• SQL Server Scheduler node deadlock message.

  Hi: We seem to be hitting a performance problem on SQL Server 2005. We encounter the following message frequently in the event log. We have update stats, reindexing and everything else in place. However this message keeps getting logged. All schedulers on Node 0 appear deadlocked due to a large number of worker threads waiting on LCK_M_IS. Process Utilization 25%% MS Experts (Product Gurus)/MVPs can you please offer some explanation or insight into the error and also a possible resolution on how to fix it. I have the following questions: 1). Is this related to poor queries performing badly and needs to be tuned . 2). Is this a more DIsk I/O Issue and whether we need faster disks or disk arrays 3). Is something configured ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Branch subfolders only

  Hello! I have a TP(TP1) with a main folder and multiple subfolders in it. The main folder along with it's subfolders has been labeled at test123. TP1 Main subfolder1 subfolder2 subfolder3 ... I now need to branch the individual subfolders to team project(TP2) at the parent level. TP2 subfolder1 subfolder2 subfolder3 To accomplish this: 1. I can branch the main folder to TP2 based on label 123 2. Move all the subfolders underneath main to root 3. delete main folder I have 100s of these folders and moving is not an easy task for, even from the command line, I have to do it one at a time. I also tried applying the label in TP1 to sub folders only. But even then, I have to branch one ...Show All

• Visual C++ Link error when using STL w/ forms ?

  Hi, I've recently started using VC++ after a couple of years of linux development. I created a forms application and was hoping to use some stl code, however there seems to be problems linking. For instance, the following code: private: System::Void button3_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) { std::vector<int> testvect; testvect.push_back(5); } results in the link errors: error LNK2028: unresolved token (0A00034F) "extern "C" int __cdecl _CrtDbgReportW(int,wchar_t const *,int,wchar_t const *,wchar_t const *,...)" ( _CrtDbgReportW@@$$J0YAHHPB_WH00ZZ) referenced in function "public: class std::_Vector_const_iterator<int,class std::allocator<int> > & __thiscall s ...Show All

• Windows Forms The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context

  Hello!I'm creating a control library and consequently a class.Visual studio compiler is giving my followed error, when I wrote InitializeComponent(); The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current context Can anybody help me please This will happen if your namespace doesn't match the namespace in your x:Class value on Page.xaml. You can check your The Page.g.cs file to verify that the namespaces match. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System result of FxCop console

  Hi there, we just switched to FxCop 1.35 (from 1.32). I noticed that version 1.35 is creating the output file (/o:) even if there are no new exceptions. In FxCop project everything is configured in the way so only new exceptions are logged. Version 1.32 has ben creating output file only if there were new exceptions. With identical project file and identical cobfig settings version 1.35 creates output file even if there is no singl enew exception. Is that a bug or design change or, perhaps I am missing something in 1.35 If that is "per design" then coul dyou tell me what is th ebest way of checking if there are new exceptions found using script (batch) Before 1.35 I was simply doing "if exist [file]". Thank you ...Show All