SParker1's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Game and GameComponent Feedback

  We've been combing the forums and the Connect database for bugs, feedback and suggestions around the application model. We still have a small amount of time to consider any other feedback you may have. So this is the thread that you post your latest likes or dislikes with Game, GameComponent, services, etc. Please scan the other threads before posting here, I'd like to just gather things that haven't already been discussed or reported elsewhere. Thanks! proposed components to include MenuComponent CameraComponent RadarComponent (2D postion view of objects in 3D world) TerrainRenderingComponent StatusComponent (Display info) and .. SceneGraphComponent Matias ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Im new so...

  What are some good program types to start with besides whats in the tutorials And also does anyone know a eadsy to learn program for making flash vids Try the code samples: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/ms789075.aspx As far as flash is concerned: You can incorporate flash vids into .NET applications but inorder to actually create them you need to look into Adobe/Macromedia products: http://www.adobe.com/products/flash/flashpro/ ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions There is no editor available for vb

  Hi,   Using Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition for several months and build an application that still works, b ut needed on some parts an apdate.   Starting the View Design editor, I got the following error.   There is no editor available for: C:\ .vb Make sure the application for the file type .vb is installed.   There are more errors.   The properties window isn’t accessible and also the application properties window.     Under Tools/Options. Windows Form Designer. An error occurred loading this property page.   Under Tools/ Import and Export Settings Wizard The operation cold not completed. ...Show All

• Visual C# #define INT_SIZE int32 support?

  I have a counter that I need to easilly change between int16, int32, int64, float, double, etc when needed. In C I would use a define, but here I can not. I've looked into generics but that won't do because I need to be able to increment the int value and with a struct-generic input for the class that won't work. So how can I do then I tried using int btw but that made it so darn slow! You are refering to C's preprocessor #define. Does that mean "when needed" is compile time And why/how is using int makes it slower than using other numerics ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System What is the meaning of Exit Criteria in Scenarios.xls?

  Hi Cany someone explain me in detail the meaning of the filed 'Exit cirteria' in the scenarios list (scenarios.xls) Thanks in advance Javier From the Agile Guidance: Exit Criteria is a Yes or No value indicating if the scenario is part of the iteration backlog. This field is used to synchronize the various views of the backlog (the scenario list, quality of service requirement list, and iteration plan). If the exit criteria field is set to Yes, the scenario displays in the project checklist query and work product. This field will be renamed to "iteration backlog" in a future release. I hope that this helps. Cheers, Randy ...Show All

• .NET Development ExecWB for print

  Hi All, I am trying to print a web page directly without prompting print dialog box. I have used ExecWB method of webbroser control with parameters 6,6 (ExecWB(6,6)). It is working fine with windows 2000. It is not working for Windows XP i.e print dialog box is displayed when calling this method. I am using IE 6.x with both operating systems. Anybody has the solution for this Thanks, Sekhar. Try using the “ printWB . ExecWB (6,2)” method The params : 6 is the print command and 2 – no dialog ...Show All

• .NET Development RFID Reader Project

  Hello, I'm currently working on a project which involves a serial port RFID Reader. I have connected the Reader to COM2 of my PC and i'm trying to get the signals from the RFID Tags. I'm using Visual C# and SerialPort class. The problem is that i can't read or write to the port. I even tried to write something to the port using port.Writeline("string") and then read it with Readline() but it seems that nothing is written and nothing can be read. When i set the RtsEnable to TRUE the BytesToRead property changed from 0 to 9 no matter what i did and still i couldn't read anything. I also wanted to ask you if you have any code samples to send me or if any of you has written a similar program that works. I need to fix t ...Show All

• Commerce Server Unrecognized configuration section membership

  After my update from CS 2002 to CS 2007 i need to redevelope the hole User Logging System. Before in the old version the Microsoft.Solutions.Framework was used for the authentification but now I'd like to use the standard ASP.Net logging. As I read, I need to add The UpmProvider to my web.config but the result ist that i get the following Error: Error 101 ASP.NET runtime error: Unrecognized configuration section membership. What do I have to do now Does anyone have something like a complete example how to implement this Loggin System which would probably help me Regards OK, but where do I have to change this things I just took the ProfileSQL_Start.sql Script from the StaterSite an ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions slideshow

  how can I alter this code so it displays a different image every minute.....like slideshow thanks PictureBox1.Image = Image.FromFile _ (System.Environment.GetFolderPath _ (System.Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal) _ & "\Shell2.jpg" ) yes I just done what u said.... but how do i get it to show..... PictureBox1.Image.Save()........ wont work ...Show All

• Visual C++ MFC Accelerators

  Hello, Does anybody knows a short and easy was to manipulate a MFC application Accelerators NOT using the resources, for instance how can I make "Ctrl C" doing print instead of copy tnx I think you have the following options: Work with an accelerator table created at runtime (See "Using an Accelerator Table Created at Run Time" at http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms646337.aspx ). Find a way for saving these data in a file. For instance, try the UpdateResource function which should allow you to save the accelerators back to your EXE or DLL file. In order to apply new accelerators, try CFrameWnd::LoadAccelTable function.   Do no use accelerator table but maintain your own key table ...Show All

• Visual Basic [OTP] vb6 - how can i measure an elapsed time in milliseconds?

  hi, im a hischool student and i'm doing my project for graduation in visual basic. The program is about a way to measure the reaction time. I want to measure that in milliseconds, but I was only able to measure the elapsed time in seconds. How can I measure the elapsed time in seconds! a lot of thanx rorro thank you!!!! I will try it and I will let you know if it works or not! a lot of thanx, ...Show All

• SQL Server XML source not reading any records

  The problem started off as: I have a webservice written in VB.NET that simply returns a System.Data.Dataset. I want to use the dataset in SSIS. So i decided to do this: Save the returned dataset returned by the WS to an XML file. so it is sitting there, and looks like a fully valid XML file < xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16" > <DataSet> <xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata"> <xs:element name="NewDataSet" msdata:IsDataSet="true" msdata:UseCurrentLocale="true"> <xs:complexType> <xs:choice minOccurs="0" max ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Skip "validation errors" when doing bulk update from MS Excel

  When you are trying to update a specific field for a large set of workitems using MS Excel, and some updates return a validation error, then it would be very handy if you could just skip the ones in error and continue to update all others. Now you only have the option to edit all workitems with a validation error or cancel the complete update. Understood. Thanks for the feedback here. Sometimes people want to publish a bulk of updates that are all related as one transaction, and we designed V1 to accomodate that scenario. In the meantime, you have to fix up all the validation errors to publish the full set. Lori ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. I cant Install Directx 9.0c December 2005 dsound.inf problem

  When I try install Directx 9.0c December 2005 Redlist I Envisage with this Error : "An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXError.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to derermine problem." I several time download Directx 9.0c December 2005 and November 2005 but everytime I Envisage with this error and when I go to DXError.log and DirectX.log see this Problem with dsound.inf : -------------------- [01/05/06 01:40:11] module: dsetup32(Sep 28 2005), file: setup.cpp, line: 6443, function: CSetup::InstallDirectXInfsFromInfSection     Installation of 'C:\WINDOWS\System32\DirectX\DX113.tmp\dsound.inf - [DefaultInstall]' failed. --------------------- 01/05/06 01:40:11: dsetup32: Installa ...Show All

• Visual Basic output array to excel

  I need to output an array (datarow.getchildrows) to excel. Dim XL As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application Dim xlwb As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Workbook Dim xlsheet As Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet XL = New Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlwb = XL.Workbooks.Open( "C:\tryout.xls" ) xlsheet = xlwb.Worksheets(1) XL.Visible = True Try Dim ds As DataSet = RcsDataSet Dim pPK As DataColumn = ds.Tables( "Customers" ).Columns( "CustomerID" ) Dim cFK As DataColumn = ds.Tables( "InvoiceDetails" ).Columns( "CustomerID" ) ds.Relations.Add( "customerinvoicedetails" , pPK, cFK) Dim rel As ...Show All