Uggywuggy's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. XNA -> Net. Framework 3.0 ???

  Well...after I defeatet the f***ing error with the "Invalid Search Path" (just remove 3 Environment variables, the VS2005 Professional Deinstallation routine did not delete :-( ) the whole thing seems to work properly. I allready know, that with the Beta of XNA it's impossible to create a game, that will run on another machine without VC# and XNA Beta so my question is: On what kinda way the XNA Framework will be published in the future to give normal users (without VC# and XNA Beta) the option of playing XNA Games Will there be a special XNA Framework, the user has to download before he can play the games, or will it be implemented in the next NET. Framework Release That should be a supporte ...Show All

• SQL Server Post SP2 : Instance cannot be configured for Sharepoint Integration?

  After upgrading to SP2 straight from from SP1, I get the message that my current reporting server instance cannot be configured for Sharepoint Integration when I click on the Sharepoint integration tab.  Also, I do not get the option of choosing Sharepoint integration if I try to create a new database in the Database Setup tab.  I've read that the new Reporting Services Configuration Manager is not compatible with an older instance of Reporting Services, and realize that might be the problem.  But I haven't found how to get around it!  Do I need to uninstall SSRS and start over   I'd really like to switch to Sharepoint integration, if at all possible. Another funny thing:  I thought I might try re-installi ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Got a Feature Suggestion for the Next Version of the XNA Framework?

  Cross posted from: http://blogs.msdn.com/xna/archive/2006/12/03/got-a-feature-suggestion-for-the-next-version-of-xna-game-studio-express.aspx We're putting the final touches on our first release of XNA Game Studio Express and our launch on December 11 th is less than three weeks away! Many of the team’s members have started to think about features that could be implemented in versions of XNA Game Studio Express down the road. While the team has ideas about things we’d like to do, we rely on you to tell us about the things you’re interested in or that you’d like us to change in future releases of the Product. The best way to share this information with us is by using Microsoft Connect . If you’re unfamiliar with Microsoft Connect, plea ...Show All

• Visual Basic Root from a URL

  I feel this question is a little silly.. I can't seem to find a method to get the root site such as this: http://www.microsoft.com/ from something like this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx displaylang=en&productID=BEAE32B8-4A67-4F78-BF4E-C114F922F1EA So far, I've tried things like this: ToString.IndexOfAny( "/" ) without much luck.. please enlighten me :) Besides Regex you can play with the Uri class as well: Dim webAddy As New Uri(" http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Browse.aspx displaylang=en&productID=BEAE32B8-4A67-4F78-BF4E-C114F922F1EA ") MessageBox.Show(webAddy.GetComponents(UriComponents.SchemeAndServer, UriFormat ...Show All

• Windows Forms getting border width of windows forms

  I have a program that I am trying to programatically set the width of a windows form. However the width of the form depends on the width of the borders of it. I noticed that using the standard XP theme has different size borders than using the older classic style windows theme so it messes up the proportions of things because I hardcoded the width of borders. And the fact that the top border is thicker because of the title bar. Anyone know how to get the widths of these Thanks in advance If you just want to make sure that the usable area in the form is the same, you can set the 'ClientSize' property on the form. Otherwise, you can use: int borderwidth = (this.Width - this.ClientSize.Width) / 2; int title ...Show All

• Windows Forms Formatting a textbox for currency

  I'm stumped.  This should be the easiest thing to do in the world, and yet there is no obvious choice here.  I want a simple textbox that automatically formats itself for money with a $ and 2 numbers after the decimal.  I've tried the new maskedTextbox and am not impressed, that is really not what I'm looking for.  So far all tries at using the .ToString method, the .String.Format method have failed.  They generally just don't work.  Any ideas would be appreciated.  I tried overriding a textbox and taking over the OnPaint method.   However, it appears that the OnPaint isn't used! WTF ! Why is it even there Chris, Thanks for the suggestion.  Using the setstyle as you suggest does make ...Show All

• Windows Forms Incremental Search

  Hi, how can i do a incremental search in a DataTable or DataGridView I was a Delphi developer and now i'm studing and developing .NET/C#. In Delphi, i could use a simple command like: Table.FindNearest('ABC'); but i don't know how can i do that with C#/.NET! You can use the method Select of the DataTable: table.Select(filterExp, sortByColumns); This will return DataRow[] with all rows matching the search you defined. you can use: table.Select("SomeColumn like '%ABC%'") to find all rows matching this search critiria. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions End Explorer.exe

  hey I am creating a sort of small kind of dos style program , and a program to block my computer for when i just leave my computer 5 mins i know : For Each p As Process In Process.GetProcesses If p.ProcessName = "explorer" Then p.Kill() End If Next But, everytime i make it do that (button click) , explorer comes back 2 seconds after Know any way to kill it without it coming back right after, with a technique thats safe for windows too well for the 'brb lock', i mean i just dont want it to be there : my temporary lock programs has in a timer : me.show me.bringtofront ''' if exists process taskmgr true then kill tastmgr and its size is : me.length = my.computer.screen.bounds.length me.w ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System BIG inconsistencies between MSF and MSF/VSTS!

  I just downloaded Course 2631A Optimizing the Software Development Lifecycle with Microsoft Visual Studio Team System In it, it states that the functional specification is a deliverable of the ENVISION track. What ! MSF clearly states it is a deliverable of the PLAN track. What gives And this isn't the only inconsistency. I'm conflicted on what to teach my group. Thanks, Ron Cook I agree it should be consistent and I will look into fixing it. What might help for your team in the meantime is focusing on what needs to be delivered and not the deliverable itself. What needs to be delivered is a clear understanding of the solution -- clear for not just the project team but all of the stakeholders as well. It makes sens ...Show All

• Visual Studio vcbuild and file name, line-numbers

  I use Visual Studio .NET 2003. My project is a VC++ project that builds a Win32 dll. To do command line build using vcbuild, I downloaded the executable from the gotdotnet website here . I placed the executable in the location as specified in the documentation (). When I use vcbuild to build my projects, the build is fine. The strange thing is it doesn't display the finle name and line-number for the errors. Only warnings, vcbuild displays the fine name and line numbers information. Here is a sample output of my vcbuild.. C:\Temp>vcbuild /time /nologo %PW_WORK_DIR%\PW_Portal\myprojects\libpw_modules\libpw_modules.vcproj Debug ------- Build started: Project: libpw_modules, Configuration: Debug Win32 ------- Compiling... PW_PSQReport ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Custom check-in policy

  Hi all, I'm currently investigating custom check-in policies. I've got the basic structure of one up and running. So far so good. What I would like to do is check the item that is being checked-in to see if it conforms to certain internal coding standards. To do that I need to look inside the file itself - I will then probably use XQuery to look at the contents of it. Anyway, my question is, how can I actually take a look inside the item The pendingChange object provides useful information such as the name of the file being checked-in, but it doesn't contain the path of the file. If it did then I could probably instantiate it as an XML document. Any pointers would be very much welcomed. -Jamie Hey jamie ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista can not find msxml4.dll and not able to install MSXML 4 or 6

  Actually i am now developing under Windows Vista Ultimate. I am using Visual Studio 2005. First is there a patch to make it compatible Second, my programm uses msxml4.dll. But when i compile, VS2005 does not find the dll. Searching for the file on the Harddisk, brings me no result. Now i tried to install MSXML6. Installationprogramms returns me errors but nothing seems to be installed. Same goes with MSXML4... Whats the Problem Any help Thanks much! you need to install MSXML4 separately on Vista (it doesn't ship with it) download msxml.msi from here and then install it http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=3144b72b-b4f2-46da-b4b6-c5d7485f2b42&DisplayL ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Height map from texture

  Hello this is the old mdx 2.0 code that use system.drawing public float [,] Heightmap = null ; public void LoadHeightmap( string file, Vector3 scale) { HeightMapScale = scale; Bitmap map = Bitmap .FromFile(file) as Bitmap ; Width = map.Width; Depth = map.Height; Heightmap = new float [Width, Depth]; for ( int x = 0; x < Width; x++) { for ( int z = 0; z < Depth; z++) { Heightmap[x, z] = map.GetPixel(x, z).GetBrightness(); } } Console .WriteLine( "loadet and created heightmap" ); //NormalizeTerrain(); //CreateVertices(); //Console .WriteLine( "created vertex" ); } private void CreateVertices() { NumberOfVertices = Width * Depth; ...Show All

• .NET Development using ActiveX in WebBrowser

  I wannt to parse the xml document by using javascript in a web page,I use the ActiveXObject to parse it,and then add the Html page to the WebBrowser control which is in a windowsApplication,everything works fine,but when it is used in a plug-in project, at the top of the html page,a security waring is prompted,I HAVE TO cilck the prompted bar and allowed blocked content,then all the data can be displayed, if not ,nothing can be seen on the page, so   Can anyone help me to let the prompt bar not displayed and all the data can be well shown thanks!! Hi Tomas my html page just is a static page , when my plug-in is runing, it will be automaticlly loaded to the webBrowser,it is just a file ,so it can not be ad ...Show All

• Visual C++ Prevent File Deletion in VC++

  hi all i m writting the software for Document Management System,and my file and Folders are saved in the particular Folder Now i want that anybody cannot aceess these folders and Delete these Files from Folder only my application access these Folders n Delte files from there, is that possible if u can give any idea or suggestion i will be thankful to him, Thanks for all in advance. or can i set password on Folders that any body cannot access them You can make use of SetNamedSecurityInfo function from Platform SDK Please see the following article from codeproject http://www.codeproject.com/system/secowner.asp ...Show All