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• Visual Studio Team System TFS Warehouse Processing Error

  First up, I have deviated slightly from the stock TFS install because we prefer to use Kerberos rather than NTLM for authentication. To that end, all TFS services and app pools are running under a domain account and SPN's for the HTTP service (both NETBIOS and FQDN) have been registered under that account. C:\>setspn -L DOMAIN\TFSSERVICE Registered ServicePrincipalNames for CN=tfsservice,OU=Service,OU=Generic Accounts,OU=User Environment,DC=domain,DC=company,DC=com: HTTP/SERVER1 HTTP/server1.domain.company.com All was working well, until recently when the warehouse process packed up. Processing was generating this error in the Windows Application Log: Event Type: Error Event Source: TFS Warehouse Event Category: ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. How do I apply a material made in 3DS Max to a model in my XNA game?

  I want to use 3DS Max to make a material and then use that material on a model in my game. The following is what I'm trying to do to accomplish this. Advice on any step would be appreciated as I'm lost in several areas. Step 1) Create a material in 3DS Max . Ok I can do that. Step 2) Export the material as a .fx file. I can do that too. But when I do, 3DS Max generates a .hlsl file in addition to the .fx file. What do I do with that file In the XNA docs, there is info on how to implement pipeline stuff to import HLSL source files. Should I do that If I do do that, how do I tie the resulting PixelShader to my model Also, my texture and bump maps in my material aren't saved along with the .fx file... how do I get those into my Effect i ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Game Development

  Hey, I'm a beginner at VB Express and was interested in game development. Are there any good tutorials on it Where can you read them Hello Before you start learning about making games, I would first suggest the following: *Learn up on how to draw objects (2D, 3D) with GDI, OpenGL, DirectX, etc *get better at computer graphics (drawing the characters and so forth) *choose Style of game (RPG, first person shooter, etc) *Learn how to model in 3Ds Max, Maya, etc After that, then you should ask again to code and make characters move... Hope it helped Keehun ...Show All

• Visual C# looping through XML dataset

  Hello all, I have loaded an xml file into a dataset and I can get to each value in the dataset, except for one because it has multiple values. I have tried using "nodes" ienumerator etc etc etc but I just cna't seem to get this to work. Any help is GREATLY appreciated as I am pretty much at my wits end... Thank you!! This is the XML file: < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" > <DAPak xmlns:xsd=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema " xmlns:xsi=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance "> <userID>ctmell</userID> <userPW>test</userPW> <OutputFile>.\temp\3242.PDF</OutputFile> <ReportID>3</ReportID> <dtBegin>2005-03-01T0 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Error while installing Team Foundation Server

     Hello Friends   I am trying to install Team Foundation Server. But the problem is that at the end of installation i am getting the following error:  E rror 28100.Error loading Event web service Could anyone tell me what may be the possible reason and how to solve this error. As i am supposed to install TFS as soon as possible.   mail reply to tejas.vakharwala@tcs.com I posted this sometime back. See if this will help you out. http://geekswithblogs.net/pjhacker/archive/2005/11/02/58977.aspx -paul ...Show All

• SQL Server Question about Merge Replication

  How is it possible to use single database as a pull subscriber to one Merge Publication and as a Merge Publisher to few push subcriptions ! Actually i have a 3 tiers heirachy in which i need to update data in all directions. For this i need to use Merge replication at all layers but the problem is at the middle layer ( intermidiate Database ). Please help me. Regards, What is the reason for needing to republish You should only want to do this if you need to scale out. Is this what you're trying to accomplish ...Show All

• Smart Device Development So many Forms Issue Still not solved :(

  I have a Pocket PC Chat application where i need to open so many forms for private chat sessions. The problem I faced was that when I opened a few form I saw and instance in Task Manager. For 10 opened forms I saw 10 Instances. To work around on it I came to the solution that I have to have Text only on 1 Window of application at a time. So I wrote 2 classes: 1) A FormBase class from which all my forms are inherited: public partial class BaseFormCommSuiteMobile : Form { private string uniqueID; public BaseFormCommSuiteMobile() { InitializeComponent(); this.uniqueID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString(); } public string UniqueID { get { return this.uniqueID; } } pr ...Show All

• Windows Forms textbox.text error

  I have the following code for a dialogue with a combobox and I defined public variable SiteName as string in a module. When calling the SiteName variable on a main form and display in a textbox, I get an error that says "Error 1 Value of type 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox' cannot be converted to 'String'." How could I modify it so i can get rid of this error .. Private Sub OK_Button_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles OK_Button.Click If Me .DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then SiteName = siteList.SelectedText() End If Me .Close() End Sub ------------------- This code below is in the main form ------------------------ ...Show All

• SQL Server SSAS crashes - mining predictions for large data sets

  Hi all, I am using SSAS 2005. The mining model works fine. But it crashes when I run the 'Mining Model Predictions' against large data sets. I ran it against 5,000,000 records and it went fine. But exactly same model failed for 5,100,000 records and beyound. The message is 'Query Execution Failed' and then Visual Studio crashes. Pl. let me know if anybody has the same experience or knows the solution. Thanks, Vikas You are trying to run the query inside visual studio for > 5M records It shouldn't crash (this would be a bug), but that environment is not particularly designed for vary large query results. The prediction tab is generally for designing queries and previewing results. If you want to put the ...Show All

• Visual Studio Mouse Over Object Watch No longer working

  While stepping through a block of code in VS 2005 SP1 I should be able to mouse over an object and get a pop up that allows me to see the internal state of the object. Instead of seeing the pop up I now see what could be the pop up flicker on and off while I hold the mouse pointer over the object. Has anyone had this happen before Ben ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Help with code for updating table on website

  This is the code I am attempting to usw to add/edit date in a free table on my website. It opens the table fine and will display what is already in the table, but any changes I try to make do not arent being saved. I dont get any errors. Any help USE \\www.infotizer.com\lotterydata\NewData.dbf SET SAFETY OFF SELECT NewData INDEX ON state TO IdxState SET SAFETY ON SELECT StateLinks SET ORDER TO STATE && STATE GOTO TOP DO WHILE !EOF('StateLinks') SELECT StateLinks ThisState = ALLTRIM(State) SELECT NewData SET ORDER TO IdxState SEEK ALLTRIM(ThisState) IF FOUND() SELECT NewData SCATTER MEMVAR m.g1date = g1date m.g1name = ALLTRIM(g1name) m.g1num = ALLTRIM(g1num) m.g1b1name = ALLTRIM(g1b1name) m.g1b1num = ALLTRIM ...Show All

• Windows Forms checkbox and keyboard shortcuts

  I have a form with two controls, a checkbox and a "Save" button with a shortcut ( ALT-S = &Save ) . If the checkbox has the focus and I press the "S" key is as if I had pressed ALT+S, the code behind the "Save" button is executed. Any suggestions on how to disable this behavior whenever the checkbox has the focus A checkbox control doesn't accept any keystroke but a space or a tab. Windows Forms tries to be smart and interprets your (unexpected) keystroke as a wish to move the focus. There might be a way to trap it but, personally, I wouldn't worry about it too much. The users of your software aren't going to do this at first. If they find out it actually works, ...Show All

• Microsoft ISV Community Center Forums automatical start macro in access2003

  I develop system from MS Access Ver.2003 when user open this file MS Access 2003 will show msg security warring . I want to code for using automatical start macro in access2003 help me please. Thank hi, best way is to use a splash screen (form) for the database that is set as the startup form. In the form you can place any code you like and if you have a switchboard then make sure your splash screen loads your switchboard before it closes. The security warning will remain and requires you to reduce your security permissions for your macros or you need to sign your project. ...Show All

• Visual C# is there a readline library available for c#?

  Hi, For a java project once upon a time I used a version of gnu readline ( http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/readline/rltop.html) to help with console input. It was very handy as it allowed the user to edit command lines as typed in, use tab completion, use the up arrow to repeat the previous command, etc. Is there anything similar for c# I'm running on the .net 1.1 framework. Thanks, Beth Yes, I had come across the Mono-Readline project too, but my initial impression was that it wasn't quite what I was looking for. I was hoping that I wouldn't have to go down the route of building what I need, although it really shouldn't be too hard to get a mimimal system going. The article was interes ...Show All

• SQL Server xp_sqlmaint maint plan jobs fail to run on named instance (sql2000)

  we have sql 2000 w/sp4 and 3 instances: (local), bkupexec, and FLA. maintenance plans for the (local) instance run okay. Maintenance plans for the FLA named instance 'hang' - as in the server agent starts the job, but the job never runs, never finishes, no errors, only thing to do is kill the process. The job step should run a backup of a single database. killing the server agent initiated process leaves a process in 'killed\rollback' state til restarting the server. running the job step command in query analyzer gives same result. running sql profiler when command run in query analyzer shows that it starts the cmd, starts the SP, there are some performance counter related commands logged (not sure if they are from the sqlma ...Show All