furjaw's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. When will the next beta of GSE be released?

  When will the next beta of GSE be released I agree with Exal. The next release can't actually be version 1.0 as the content pipeline has not been tested by those expected to use it. It would make sense to release beta2 with content pipeline and let us have a play with that, find bugs in it etc. etc. before even thinking of having a version 1 release. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) June CTP - local resources must be wrapped in a ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries

  FYI, with the June CTP, external resource dictionary references and local resource entries have to be wrapped inside a single merged resource dictionary. Microsoft is strictly enforcing this starting with the June CTP ... the previous versions were more forgiving <Page.Resources> <ResourceDictionary> <ResourceDictionary.MergedDictionaries> <ResourceDictionary Source="../Resources/ResourceDictionary.xaml" /> <ResourceDictionary> <!-- List Box Item Data Template --> <DataTemplate x:Key="ListItemDataTemplate"> <Grid> ... </Grid> <DataTemplate.Triggers> ... </DataTemplate.Triggers> </DataTemplate> <!-- Detai ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Using a cdb database with evc++ 4.0

  Hi there, I'm quiet new at this stuff (former VB6.0 programmer) and now i'm trying to build an apllication wich should access a database with 5 table's. This application should be running under windows CE 5.0 and therefor i chose the *.cdb database. This is how far i'm right now, i don't have enough background in evc++ or c++ to fully understand the info from the MSDN. Has anybody got an example for me to get me on the way Why you've chosen database which is long deprecated and no longer available And why C++ you don't know instead of VB.Net ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. SpriteBatch Vs Sprite : 0 - 1

  I have created my own TiledLayer class, converting my old code. I have noticed that the new SpriteBatch class is more slow than old Sprite class. Someone Knows why I use 16 x 16 tile in a 640x480 screen. With new class the render is very slow, while with the old one I have also to reduce the animations' speed. I am doing step 2. It sounds like the other guy is doing step 1.   I tried both ways. To be honest, they are the same speed. Slow. :)   Edit: However, I have not done the source rect to grab the image from the loaded texture. I have tried just one texture, a wall, and drawing a 50x50 map of one texture is still slow.     void Draw_Map()     ...Show All

• Architecture Documenting a web site

  I have been given the assignment of documenting the entire site's navigation. They also want to see how and for what reason we would go to each page. I.e.., I need to add an event to an order. So I need to somehow display the interactions of each page to go through a process. This could entail several pages. So I thought that I could do Use Cases for this. My thinking was with Use Cases and Sequence Diagrams I could show the thought patterns to get from point A to point B. My boss tells me today they want to the site map(pages) and then something else to dictate different scenarios. My company is not very good at reading UML. In fact one other person bought UML in 24 hours. I however have read the entire OMG specifications, ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Removing Class Designer was a bad decision

  Hi I just wanted to drop my 2 cents after previewing the Express Edition. I beleive it is a very good move but not quite there yet. If there was a chance for VS to be the "Academic" IDE’s of choice, it would be the class designer power to visualize the whole project. See, there are many tools to visualize you project in Java for instance and even editing it - which are very helpful to understand the concepts for beginners. It is hard for me to beleive the acadcemics actually make the effort to switch to Express edition ( changing slides, materials,...) when there are no real advantages. In my opinion removing class designer slows down the development process and it just confirms the mere competetion forced you gu ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Reducing Browser Memory Leaks

  I spotted this in the google API documentation and wonder if it has been address in VE Reducing Browser Memory Leaks The Google Maps API encourages the use of function closures , and the API event handling system GEvent attaches events to DOM nodes in such a way that almost inevitably causes some browsers to leak memory, particularly Internet Explorer . Version 2 of the Maps API introduces a new method, GUnload() , that will remove most of the circular references that cause these leaks. You should call GUnload() in the unload event of your page to reduce the potential that your application leaks memory: Hi John, Isn't this a casing problem Hafi: .onunload You: .onUnload Maarten ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro How to preview the data from formset to report designer?

  Hi I have problem setting the exact information from formset to report designer. For example There is re_depot field in the tnrepair.DBF. In tnrepair table, there are inputs such as CHEM, CPDG, SHOC, PTGS, etc… I key-in CHEM in the textbox on the formset and then CHEM is preview on the report designer. The coding is “ report from report designer for re_depot = thisform.textbox.value while not (deleted()) preview “ As for this coding, it cannot get to preview when after I click the command button. Why cannot it work well Thank you. I have 2 textbox for dates input to select the dates while preview the list of re_depot (CHEM). Date ...Show All

• Visual Basic Array Help

  Hi, This may be a very basic problem but im haveing real trouble with it and its driving me crazy!!!!!!! I have created a class called Class1 I can create a new object by calling Dim test2 As New Class1 I can change its attrributes by test2.summary = True test2.is_stage = False etc..... Now what I want to do is store this class in an array. I have tried the folowing code but it doesnt seem to work Dim proj_tasks(10000) As Class1 proj_tasks(counter) = test2 This keeps erroring and I dont know why! Can somebody help me out! Also if your feeling very generous could you please adivise me on how I could make this a dynamic array rather than having to set the array to a huge size in the first place ...Show All

• Architecture Windows Operative System Architecture

  Hello, i'm not sure about if this is the right place to post my qtion. i'm now starting (really starting) in kernel mode development, but actually my knowledge about the operative system internal functionality are very little. Fine, i want to learn how windows works in the deep system internals... the basics at least . Where i can find related and good quality documentation about the internal windows operative system architecture ( you know, kernel, user mode, subsystems etc ) thanks for your help! ;) Juan Carlos Ruiz Pacheco Ingeniero de Sistemas Bogota - Colombia I recomend to buy " Windows Internals, 4th edition " right now and start working. Vista will be ready in the e ...Show All

• Windows Forms How do I: itemize a row in a DataGridView control (used to be the ItemData property)

  I've read through the FAQ, can't seem a way to do this: ....I'm bringing in hundreds of rows from an SQL Server .MDF file, and placing them into a DataReader (.ExecuteReader method does this).....Want to display those records in a DataGridView control........Also want to left-click on a record and have a handle to its underlying index (in this case, the CustomerID integer value). ...QUESTION: Is there a way to add an ItemData (obsolete) to each row of data ..Here is the way I did it in old VB6: control.Add datareader!CustomerID & datareader!CustomerName control.ItemData(control.NewIndex) = datareader!CustomerID ...Then, when you left-click on that row, you had the underlying CustomerID ready :) Any ideas how I c ...Show All

• Visual C# Data Storage For Distributed Applications

  Hi all, I'm new to C# and have mainly worked with web and server side stuff in the past. I am looking to make an application that can be distributed to people. The coding itself has been fine, but I seem to be having a dilema on how to store the data. I need to store values which traditionally I would have store in for example an SQL or Access database, however if I am to give this out to people who are non technically savvy then this causes a problem. I considered just using something such as a tab delimited text file, but realiased this may cause a major slow down when alot of data has been entered amoung other issues. Is there a way to store data that requires no databases or other requirements than that which is distributed with the ap ...Show All

• SQL Server Creating Partions on Developer Edition

  Hi, I was trying to partition my cube built in MSAS 2005 Developer Edition based on time dimension, however I was running into a lot of issues. I just read an article which states that cube partition is only possible on Enterprise Edition of MSAS 2005 can someone verify if it is true and if thats the case then why do they provide an option to partition the cube in the developer edition. Thanks Ok. It works with the Dev Edition so your problem is probably not about the version of SQL Server. It can be as simple as to check if a key is text, integer or any other datatype. IN 2005 you can build SQL statements for partitions in the same way you write a where clause in TSQL. Run the new ...Show All

• SQL Server 'Dynamic Time(year,month,date)' Report Template (rdl) using Report Designer VS2005

  I have three types of specific reports that i have to create with the input parameters (range) either 1: By date (rdl 1) 2.By Month (rdl 2) 3.By Year (rdl 3) Is it possible ( or how do I ) to create just one report template ( one rdl) with the three sets of parameters ( hiding/invisible which ever two sets base on user selection) and the output of the report will display the desired type( either by year, month or date). I ask this because its possible to create a drill down report from year down to date etc in report designer (vs 2005). Not sure if I can create one instead of three rdls and with the 'logic' built within that template. Thanks Regards Alu You could create a parameter Report Type with 3 options ( ...Show All

• SQL Server Restore a set of databases from a SQL2000 server to a SQL2005 server

  I can restore databases one by one, setting .mdf and .ldf destination paths. How can I restore all my Databases at the same time Thanks G. Zanghi My Email works, you actually will have to remove the SPAMfuscator to make it work. Which error do you get If you are not sure if the statements are right composed you can use the PRINT Command to print our the composed commands for debugging. HTH, Jens K. Suessmeyer. --- http://www.sqlserver2005.de --- ...Show All