Dlloyd's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Microsoft.XNA.Framework.Curve

  Hi, I was wondering if anyone had looked at or used the Curve Class yet. I am having difficulty working out how to use it, perhap anyone could shed any light. I was thinking initially that it is a beizer curve type class, but I can't see co-ordinate information for the control points. All I can see is that CurveKeys have a value and a posistion, presumably between 0-1. Is the value the "y" position on a graph and the x is the position. Has anyone any more information that I can read in to determine what to use a curve for. Kind Regards, Paul Kinlan www.kinlan.co.uk Hi Paul. I think the position is like the x coord and the value is like the y coord on a 2D cartesian system (I've haven't tried it yet, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Unable to print to Zebra (TLP2844-Z) printer using Crystal report 10 obj and VS.NET

  I hope someone could help me with this, because I have tried for days and it's just not working. I have a crystal report which is a barcode label and a C# application to call the crystal report to print the barcode onto a Zebra (TLP3844-Z) printer. The application send the print packages to the print queue fine, i can see it going to the print queue waiting to print, but nothing come out from the Zebra. My routine can print the label to any other laser printer, but the Zebra. I can print the label directly from Crystal Report or even in notepad, but not in VS.NET. In VS.NET I can't even print to the Zebra printer using the print document object! I am not sure if this is because of zebra driver or VS.NET or Crystal Report object or ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Need instructions on running example code

  Hello, Summary: How do I copy example code into a brand new C# windows project and run it I am trying to spawn a thread that communicates back to the original. In my endeavors I found I need to work this in a safe manner as opposed to unsafe. There is a good discussion here: ms-help://MS.VSExpressCC.v80/MS.NETFramework.v20.en/dv_fxmclictl/html/138f38b6-1099-4fd5-910c-390b41cbad35.htm#codeExampleSection There is a huge amount of example code. I created a new project of exactly the same name as the example code and pasted the code into my project. As a knowledgable person would expect, No Joy. As a person not yet comfortable with what goes where and what does what within Visual Express, I need some instructions on being able to r ...Show All

• .NET Development Manipulating DataTables

  I have a filled datatable that I want to copy the column names to so I can manipulate the first datatable and store in the second. The problem is that I make a new one after filling the first one with my data, but when I set the second on equal to the first one, I change data in one and it changes it in the other. Would making an array be the answer to my problems I just thougth that working with two of the same objects would be easier. I'm not updating my database at all, I'm just pulling data and then displaying it. My data is 5 minute data that is being populated 15 mins ahead of time. Sometimes I will have a value in the current 5 minute interval and sometimes I won't. I need to place the last value in the current value's place ...Show All

• SQL Server server timeout

  In SQL server management studio: When doing ex count(*) for a big table or create index or like, I get timeout error. The timeout setting = 0 Even timeout = 888888 gives timeout Does not the query execution timeout parameter work Or are there other parameters needed to be ajusted Don't know if this will help, but maybe you must install the hotfixes for SP1. They are sql2005-kb918222-x86-enu.exe and sqltools2005-kb918222-x86-enu.exe go to http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/918222 for more info. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums DisambiguationCallback returns only 10 results

  Hello, I'm testing the new disambiguationcallback in v3.2. I get only the first 10 results. For example: When you enter "5th ave, new york" in the "Search city, address or landmark"-field on local.live.com, you get only 10 results. Any solution to get the other results I think it's possible to use the Find method and supply a pageindex. Then all pushpins are painted for me, what I don't want. Kind regards, Maarten Claes Understood. And, hopefully your users won't enter "where" strings that are so ambiguous that the place they wanted isn't even in the top-10! ...Show All

• SQL Server Application for SQL Server connect at http://connect.microsoft.com/availableconnections.aspx

  Has the application for SQL Server connect at http://connect.microsoft.com/availableconnections.aspx closed I cannot apply for SQL Server connection to submit issues. I can view them. ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed DirectX 9.0 Deployment via VS 2005

  I have been researching this question on the net a few days and have not had much luck. I have a project that uses DirectSound to play WAV files and I want to include the DirectX redistributable files in my install. Some of my users apparently do not have DirectX installed and are having issues running my application. (These users are using Windows 2000 without the latest service packs in an environment where they do not have an internet connection.) I found a Managed DirectX 9.0c bootstrapper package that was made in 2005, but it no longer works with the latest August 2006 DirectX redistributable files. The bootstrapper package interfaces with the Visual Studio 2005 bootstrapper, and enables the author to check a box for Managed Dir ...Show All

• SQL Server Real problem installing SQL Server express 2005

  When I first installed MS SQL Server 2005 Express Editon, I didn't I selected Windows Auth instead of mixed mode, so I uninstalled sql server and then attempted to reinstall. On the earlier installtion I did setup to instances which show in the "Control Panel/admin tool/services". Anyway, I used the unistall through the control panel, but on installing again it told me that I had instances aready running and needed to stop them. Couldn't work out how to do that. So after many different things, including using the MS's removal tool and windows installer clean up, I still failed. Now however I get the following error message: Setup failed because Service MSSQL$SQLExpress is disabled for the current hardware profile. Services mus ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Working folder is already in use

  Just migrated from VSS to TFS and its fantastic! Having a problem on my PC when trying to get source code for a project. I get the message ' The working folder is already in use by another workspace on this computer'. I have cleared all the work spaces for all users on my machine (as far as I can tell) by clearing down the C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Team Foundation\1.0\Cache\VersionControl.config files. I have also had a poke around in the tbl_Workspace and tbl_Workingfolder on the server to make sure there are no stray workspaces defined. Does anyone have any ideas on how to resolve this One thing that may be causing the problem is that our development team is working on vir ...Show All

• Smart Device Development How to hide keyboard at mobile 5.0 or pocket pc2003

  Hi all: Now I only know how to hide the menu_work and task bar at mobile 5.0 or pocket pc2003. But I have no ideal about How to hide the keyboard at these images. Could you help me for this. Thanks! Sample code: HWND hWndTaskbar = ::FindWindow(_T("HHTaskBar"), NULL); ::ShowWindow(hWndTaskbar, SW_SHOW); HWND hWndMenubar = ::FindWindow(_T("menu_worker"), NULL); ::ShowWindow(hWndMenubar, SW_HIDE); ....... Good job! It relly works. Thank you very mach for the source. I spend a lot of hours to make fullscreen mode for WM5 but unsuccessfully. ...Show All

• SQL Server Simple (for some) 2 Table Summary Query

  ...but apparently not me, I'm very new with this T-SQL stuff and am seeking the advice of the seasoned pros at this forum. Description on my SQL-5 Environment: Table I Sales:       Prod_ID, Prod_DT, Sales_DT, Buyer_Name, Buyer_State Table II Repairs:   Prod_ID, Prod_DT, Sales_DT, Repair_DT These 2 tables are joined by the common key Prod_ID & also and share the product's production & sales dates. What I would like to do is produce a rate summary similar to description below. Production_YYYY, Production_MM,  Sales_Cnt, Repairs_Cnt, Repair_Rate((Repairs_CNT/Sales_CNT)*100) Important to remember that not all products experience repairs, so the basis for Sales_CNT ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Capture devices initialisation and status before each use.

  Hi, is there any way to capture device status to see for example if sound card and the mic are fine sorry I did not mean sound card just sound and mic are working fine. The reason behind this is to prepare the device for a VoIP application. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System rebinding source control bindings in Vs6.0

  I have asp projects in VSS6.0 now im migrating them to TFS. after the migration the developers should be able to connect to TFS from their Visual studio 6.0 and continue development. pls suggest me the steps to rebind the existing bindings with VSS to TFS.... regards, sundararajan.s Hello, I understand that for migration you are using VssConverter. If so, the steps should be the following (it's possible to change the bindings manually in project files, which makes sense when there are hundreds of projects; here I describe approach which modifies binding using VC6): sync the source code to your local workspace (using SCE in Team Explorer or command line) from TFS check out all project and wor ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Restrict VE Map scroll

  My client has just asked me this – and I am not sure if it can be done My client wants to limit the outer edge of the map scroll to an area around the UK. (to stop users VE’ing their holiday destinations during work hours) Any suggestions IF this can be done Yes but that is good if you are in on a particular zoom, however lets say you are at county level and start panning across the uk, when you reach the boundary I would actually like to un-pan the the last move. Is this possible like reversing the last view change rather than setting map to required centre. I am guessing that the only way would be to record the center of the map prior to the pan and if it goes out of boundary then move ba ...Show All