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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Game designing

  I'm a Canadian citizen reside in Jordan , My son is 12 years old ,he has made a full online game (Designing and Programming ) which can be played all over the world live and it's now already live on internet , So kindly please advise me how to improve him ( where can he develop his skills and knowledge ) . F.Y.I he has never study programming and Designing he is a student. Regards B. Mirza I'll second that, fantastic that @12 he's developed and posted his own online game (dont forget to post a link to the game for all) As for further, c# is definiately the way to go, with XNA making things easier, Microsoft is giving out the toolsto make game programming easier (now takig microsoft hat off) He can br ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Run 3DMark2006 patch110 on vista x86, it will have black screen

  When I run in 3DMark2006 patch110 on my laptop, it will have black screen. How can I do to repair it 1.OS:vista x86 2.Platform: Intel945GM+Intel VGA v.1187 3.VBIOS: v1413 4.RAM:1G(DDR2*1) 5.WLAN:Intel v10.6.0.46(for vista) 6.3DMark2006 setting: Demo mode(LOOP) Hi Aaron: This forum is for discussing programming issues with Windows Vista on notebooks, Tablet PCs and ultra-mobile PCs. I don't know what the 3DMark2006 patch110 is. I recommend that you contact your hardware manufacturer for help with this issue. Thanks, - Mark Hopkins (MSFT) ...Show All

• SQL Server Basic SSIS Question

  Lets say I want to create several flat files - one file for each row returned by a sql query. Source data resides in SQL. In short, my problem is a "reverse" of the many examples out there where data originates from multiple flat files into a SQL database. I want to go from SQL to multiple flat files. I suppose this means I need a dynamic flat file connection string ... but I'm really stuck. Please help. Thanks in advance. Do you want to create many files at the same time Then create a Flat File Connection Manager for each file. If you only want to create one file at a time, but use a different file name so as not to overwrite the existing file, like a daily sales file or some ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Unable to open the c:\ using create file in vista

  Hi, I am unable to open the c:\ drive by using createFile in vista. The program that i wrote is file working on the WinXP and it is not working on Vista. I am using VC++.NET 2003 for my application development. Hello, Not sure if I'm too late on this one or not, but access to the root is not allowed in Windows Vista. I discovered this attempting to download an image from MSDN on Vista to the root, don't ask why :P, and discovered this after changing the directory. Access to writing files on C:\ doesn't even appear to be something you can give Vista administrative rights to do. Coming from a place where I troubleshoot malware infections on a daily basis, I can honestly say this is a pretty good feature to have built in. I don't ...Show All

• Windows Forms Why Can't I set the Text property of a Label

  I have placed a label control on my form and I when I eter code in the VS 2005 IDE to chnage the text property it tells the control isn't defined! Yes I have double checked the spelling, it doesn't even show up in the autocomplete menu. Help! This is really annoying! Simmy In what context are you attempting to update lblCustomer.Text Are you doing this in a static method of your class perchance Or perhaps in another class Try putting a "Me." in front of it and see if you get an autocomplete option for your label. WNC ...Show All

• Windows Forms Visual Studio 2005 > Setup Project > Upgrade Questions

  I have a vb.net solution with a windows application project and the application's setup project. I've built my solution and have msi file. Install my first version and I have my application working. (After while) There is a new version of my application, I've downloaded it and run the new Setup: How can I stop current application, uninstall it and continue with new setup intallation Thanks for any suggestions Hi Vincent, thank you for your reply. When I changed my setup version, VS incremented the product code and after installing the new MSI, the installer treated my application as different. Now I have two of my applications with different versions and two Add/Remove Items. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Team Build producing PDB files despite Release Mode Configuration Build

  Hi All, I have a Web Application Project built with Web Deployment Project and another web service project being built via Team Build. How come when building in Release mode there are pdb's still generated for some projects and not for all My WAP or Web Service projects generates a PDB. I don't really understand this logic. It shouldn't do that. Cheers mike Hi William, It's been a few month since i revisited this. I changed my web.config < compilation debug = " false " > I made sure my Web Deployment project has Generate debug information unchecked for the Release configuration. And it still produces pbd's for the project library assemblies. My project library ...Show All

• Visual C# URL Verification

  Pretty simple solution I would think, I just can't seem to find a way to get it done. I'm trying to find a way to verify/validate a URL address. Just the syntax is all I need to validate, not whether the site is real or not. I know it can be done through regular expressions but I've been told to use that only if another way can't be found. I've also been told that there should be a way to do it through the URI class. So far I can find a way to setup a WebRequest/WebResponse to make sure the the site exists but nothing to just check the syntax. Anybody know if there is a way to do this through something built in to .net Also, we are doing all of this in a class library so nothing we are checking is related to a GUI interface otherwise I wo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Inputbox

  Hi all, I'm new to this forum and I am in search for help. I just started with VB.NET 2005 and I'm having difficulties with an assignment. Maybe someone could help me out a bit I'm supposed to make an inputbox appear, and if OK is pressed while no text is entered (empty) I want to show a Messagebox wich tells the user to give some input and when OK is clicked on the msgbox, the inputbox should re-apear. Dim txtPlease As String = "Please type the answer below" Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ListBox1.SelectedIndexChanged Select Case ListBox1.SelectedIndex Case 0 If InputBox(txtPlease, " " ) = "answer" Then ...Show All

• Windows Search Technologies No view of PDF files

  I have installed the Windows Desk Top search and the Adobie filter. When I search I get great results. However, I am unable to view individual files in the viewing pane. This is a serious limitation for me as the first thing I want to do have generating list of files is take a quick peek at their content. Are there settings that will allow me to view the content of PDF files in the Window Desk Top Search viewing pane Hello Lcowsert, If you are unable to see previews of any .pdf files go to number 1 below. If you are able to see previews of .pdf files that are stored in your file system, but unable to see previews of .pdf files that are email attachments go to number 2. 1. A. If you are usi ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Windows Live Messenger with VB.net Express

  I have created a simple msn add-in with vb.net express using a class. I compiled it with vb.net and a .dll was created. When I try to add it into msn this error occurs. The add-in MyFirst.dll can't be loaded. Make sure that the name of the add-in class matches the file name of the add-in assembly. I have changed all the names to MyFirst.dll but still I coulnd't do it. Can someone tell me which names I have to change to MyFirst.dll GlennZarb, From your post, I cannot get what module exactly you are developing for the MSN add-in. I recommand you to take a look at the related MSN Messenger Activity API SDK in msdn and then decide to change the certain dll file you need. MSN Messenger Activity ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista All WorkflowRuntimeServices running in the same thread?

  Hi, If I add three services to WorkflowRuntime, does the services will run in the same thread (3 services inside only one thread) Regards RL In WF - the WorkflowRuntime uses a SchedulerService to "schedule" pieces of work. These work items might be workflows that need to run - or services that need to be invoked. In the case of a service - whether it runs on the same thread that invoked the workflow or on a CLR thread pool thread is determined by the ScheduleService that is used by your WorkflowRuntime. If you do nothing - you get the DefaultSchedulerService. ...Show All

• SQL Server how to combine text data rows into single row?

  H i !!!! Need some quick help on SQL.....DTS packages. I’ve loaded data from text files into a table which is in the following format..... Seq_No Row_No Data 1 1 ABC 2 2 DEF 3 3 GHI 4 4 JKL 5 1 MNO 6 2 PQR 7 3 STU 8 4 VWX Every four lines correspond to one single logical record. So, all the data in every 4 rows have to be combined into one big string which’ll then be loaded into one col of another temporary table .....stru ...Show All

• .NET Development Internal Index is Corrupt '5' Debug

  Hello, I am part of team which develope data application using C# and .NET Framework 2.0. We are having problem with exception with message "DataTable internal index is corrupted: '5'." There is a thread here: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=877374&SiteID=1 which talk about this problem and there is even an active bug report here: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/viewfeedback.aspx feedbackid=ecc665a5-d71a-4e08-ac42-f3c6c5d758e0#Workarounds I have tried several of the workarounds but non of them worked for me. I am asking the dev team of ADO.NET if there is possibility to get some debugging tools like debug library or turn on a debug log so we can collect enough informati ...Show All

• Visual C# Time Manipulations

  How to store only Time in objects Which data type should i used I want to Manipulate only Time. Means difference between times and add seconds to Time. In that there is no date. Tell me any suggestion Hi, You mean TimeSpan System.TimeSpan ...Show All