Amde's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. The Unofficial "Hooray I'm Done With my DBP Game" Thread

  When you get done with you game and sumbit it, crow about it here. A little over 24 hours left until the deadline and I'm so amazed I'm done, so much better than college Thanks to ZMan for his help, good luck all. I'll post the source code for my submission once the deadline hits. Bill Dan Lingman wrote: The quote about adding people to a late project will make it later is very true. I'd started with a team size of three - Me, my wife, and my 3.5 year old playtester, Katrina. Feb 27th we added a new team member - Naomi. Yeah I had a team very similar to that, my 8 year old daughter was my main playtester and my wife was the "novice gamer" to make sure it wasn't ridiculously hard. By new team me ...Show All

• SQL Server Using VB file picker

  What would be the syntax to use the VB file picker in the code section I want to do something like =code.Filename in a parameter. Where this would cause the file picker to open and allow the user to use the standard interface to track down the file. I finally got this to work, but got the following error when the report was deployed. An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Cannot read the next data row for the data set FileList. (rsErrorReadingNextDataRow) Access to the path 'blah_blah.txt' is denied. Of course the file name is not blah_blah *grin*, also it is not a path but an actual file. We are using ODBC to read the contents of the file once it has been chose, but this e ...Show All

• .NET Development Exporting to excell and access

  Hi, I would like to export some information I am storing in some lists to an excell and access database.  I have included Microsoft.Oddice.Interop.Excell and .Access in my references and put the proper using statements, but to tell you the truth I have no idea how to use them.  Can anyone point me to where there is documentation on how to do this and an example would be very very helpful for me to learn a lot faster.  Also is it necessary to do this in COM   I was hoping not but if so then is there a place I could go to learn more about COM in c# Any help here would be great thanks. Matt There are two ways to handle this. First, you can simply provide an empty Access database or Ex ...Show All

• Windows Forms Coloring TabControl.

  As far as I can see TabControl object has no properties of either Back or ForeColor. Is it possible to assign these properties to this object Another question: TabPage object does have both properties but when you assign a color to it it does not cover the whole TabPage: the tab itself remains gray. Is it possible to give it colors Many thanks. AlexBB wrote: Mick Doherty wrote: edit: Fixed the first link. Mick, thank you again. I want to add one more challenge for you. This is the problem I've encountered and haven't been able to solve so far cleanly. It works only partially for me, although I haven't given it a lot of attention yet. I generate TabPages at ...Show All

• Visual C# Pressing Control + key

  Hi I want my application to accept keyboard input such as Control + p (pressed at the same time). That's what I found: bool modifier = false; void Form1_KeyDown( object sender, System.Windows.Forms. KeyEventArgs e) { if ((ModifierKeys & Keys .Control) != 0) modifier = true ; } void Form1_KeyPress( object sender, System.Windows.Forms. KeyPressEventArgs e) { if (modifier && e.KeyChar == 'p' ) { Console .WriteLine( "control + p pressed" ); modifier = false ; } } The problem with this example: pressing Control + p at the same time does not work. What do I need to do Thanks A simple way to achieve that............ private void Fo ...Show All

• Smart Device Development System.TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone

  I am writing an application for a Windows Mobile device using C# and .Net Compact framework. I need to obtain the system timezone or timezone that the user specifies in the Settings/Date and Time area. System.TimeZone is an abstract class and if I do try to call System.TimeZone.CurrentTimeZone I get a NotSupported exception. I have also tried p/invoking GetTimeZoneInformation() and also received a NotSupported exception. I went to pinvoke.net to see what methods are available under coredll.dll and GetTimeZoneInformation is not there, so I have no idea how I am to get the timezone. Thanks Harry The output from System.Environment.Version is 1.0.4292.0 Does this indicate that it is NETCF V1 I download ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Error when passing namedArgumentValues and using SqlWorkflowPersistenceService

  I made some modify of Tom's example of "ASPNETWithPersistenceAndTracking" instead of using WorkflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow(Type workflowType) I add a property in the workflow and pass a namedArgumentValues by using WorkflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow(Type workflowType, Dictionary<string, object> namedArgumentValues ) and when i retrieving the instance StateMachineWorkflowInstance instance = new StateMachineWorkflowInstance(Application["WorkflowRuntime"] as WorkflowRuntime, InstanceId); it throw an exception, Workflow with id "GUID" not found in state persistence store. if i delete the property and use WorkflowRuntime.CreateWorkflow(Type workflowType) everything worked fine, why solved i fogg ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System ? Keeping track of who on team is running which tests ?

  I am using Team System for a very small pilot software project. All of my tests are manual and/or ordered manual tests. I have organized them using Test Manager. I have several questions. If someone on my team selects tests within Test Manager, how do I know which ones they are working on How can I assign certain tests for a tester to work on Mary Hi Mary, There is a property in tests called "Owner". If you right click any test and choose Properties, you will be able to modify it. Set this property to your testers, and then you can group your tests (in test view window or test manager) by Owner, knowing who is working in which. Thanks, David Gorena Elizondo [MSFT] VSTS ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista what can i do to render video(from mobile built in camera CCD)to a memory

  Hi: I am a newbie,i want to capture the video into memory for example: a buffer (not a file),but i don't know what to do also,i  thick  it may works,if i write a filter named CSample(derived from CTransInPlaceFilter),and use  the CSample::Transform(IMediaSample *pSample) then implement pSample->getpointer(pbuffer); 1.does the pbuffer filled with sample from upstream . If the method is not correct please tell me. 2.Is there any document that can teach me step by step thank you! I built the filter with the windows mobile 5 smartphone SDK so I don't know if pocket PC would offer additional complications. I didn't start by building the EZRGB24 sample directly, ra ...Show All

• .NET Development Win32Exception when using Process.Start() with URL with non-english characters

  The following code is throwing a Win32Exception with the message "No application is associated with the specified file for this operation:" Process.Start("http:// hello"); Is this a feature/bug of .NET Or is something wrong somewhere else in my code Hi, this is not valid parameter. If you want to open some url with HTTP then you may need to start the process IE giving this URL as parameter to IE. HTH, ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. DreamBuildPlay is up!!!

  Now go register!!   Actual contest details to come the week of Feb 5th Hmm... State location and phone number seem to be USA specific. An oversight, or is the rest of the world excluded ...Show All

• Architecture Use serialized domain model entities as web service messages?

  I am wondering about the viability of using domain entity classes as the return types and method arguments in web services. The motivation is to avoid having to create a layer of data-transfer/message classes, and the mapping of domain objects to/from them. Technically it works - the IDE autogenerates the proxy classes and does all the serialization. But when you get into the particulars of the domain entity classes (their relationships with each other, aggratetions, exposed collectons, etc), I can see there being practical problems. This is done fairly commonly but it seriously compromises the principle of loose coupling because both the caller and the service must have the class definition to be able to ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Getting time of the last branch done?

  Here's my problem... I have two branches: $/MyRoot/Trunk/ProjA $/MyRoot/Branches/ProjA Trunk/ProjA has several sub-folders. I branch these folders individually to Branches/ProjA. After that I might check in changesets under Branches/ProjA/... How can I programmatically determine the time of the last branch operation done to Branches/ProjA Looking at a sample on Robert Horvick's blog I tried something like this... BranchHistoryTreeItem[][] history = versionControl.GetBranchHistory( new ItemSpec[] { new ItemSpec("$/MyRoot/Branches/ProjA", RecursionType.Full) }, VersionSpec.Latest); BranchHistoryTreeItem item = history[0][0].GetRequestedItem(); But I'm not getting anything useful. Does anyone know how to tweak the abo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Architects please help with my master degree

  Architects hi, I have the following 6 questions which I would appreciate anyone answerin between now and the 9th Feb. Your answers will be used as part of my research project for the masters degree I am studying. Could you describe what your experience has been like using Microsoft Visual Studio Team Systems 2005 Why did you choose to use VSTS What effect has using VSTS had on the team What effect has VSTS had on you as an individual What was the expected outcome of using VSTS What was the actual outcome of using VSTS Please reply to this message on the forum or on my email address simes1412@hotmail.com many thanks SImon Hi Simon, Thanks for your interest in ...Show All

• SQL Server Execute SSIS package without SSIS console

  Hello, How can i do to execute SSIS package without SSIS console This can occur when you use a hosted database with your hosted web. thanks Hi, I'm not quite sure what you mean by the SSIS console. Packages can be executed using DTExec - a command line execution tool. You can also execute packages from managed code. Does this help -Jamie ...Show All