TRACEYMS's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Here's a picture of my first game with xna

  http://img167.imageshack.us/my.php image=killfly2006090619320034fd6.png The name of the game is Kill Fly.  In the game you control a fish with  a gun.  You can shoot flies and you can shoot Jack Thompson (he stinks that is the reason a lot flies are all swarming around him). Lots of fun!!! ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VB Array.Sort() Method

  Hello, I need help writing a subroutine that works out the lowest number in an array and then tells me the position in the array at which this number occurs. The array i am using is C_Votes(4). However I will have set some values in the array to -1. This means i must exclude that part of the array. So for example, i have the following array and values: C_Votes(0) = 10 C_Votes(1) = 12 C_Votes(2) = 8 C_Votes(3) = -1 C_Votes(4) = 15 The subroutine would tell me that C_Votes(2) contains the lowest value because it has the lowest value that isnt a '-1'. The test could return a 2 to show that is was position 2 in the array. If at any stage there is more than one part of the array that contains the lowest value, then one can be return ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Contact list not showing in MSN Live

  Hey there, I have seen a few posts about this, but the fixes listed (in app data, deleting files & dirs) did not work for me. My contact list works fine in the old MSN, however when i install MSN Live it does not show anyone. I can try to add contacts and it shows them as offline (even though I know they are online). My friend has Live installed on his computer and it works fine, and we can sign in my ID on his computer and my list shows up. Since this is only on my computer, there must be something wrong with my settings but I have no idea what. I have no firewall or such thing. -please help I also am havinng this problem. It doesnt show that they are online but if they start a c ...Show All

• Windows Forms need help in RowFilter of windows forms datagrid

  Hi, I need to filter a row with does not have firstname as 'John'. I tried using <> and NOT LIKE but nothing worked. gridView1.RowFilter("FIRST_NAME NOT LIKE 'John'"); and gridView1.RowFilter("FIRST_NAME <> 'John"); but both didnot work. Kindly help me in solving this problem. Thanks Gunasekaran. I tried it and code as follow works well private void Form14_Load( object sender, EventArgs e) { Table_AB TBC = new Table_AB (); DataTable TB = TBC.GetTableA(); DataView DV= new DataView (TB); DV.RowFilter = "ID not in (01,02,03)" ; this .dataGrid1.DataSource = DV; } it can exclued items which ID= 01 or 02 or 03 ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. need help with the xna express program

  I was wondering how do you make games and such because I cant find any help (that helps) and I nevered programed befor and Im doing this so I can learn about programing games and such. Im 15 and only got the program to see what do I need to learn befor I get into collage if I do and just for the fun of it and that I want to work for a pprograming company like microsoft or bungie when I grow up. Umm thanks if I dont get confussed on what your talking about :) Sounds like you want to read this thread . You'll need to learn C# first. Also, you'll want to suck up as much math and physics classes as you can (and every other class as well ). There's a lot of tutorials around for using XNA, as well as some within the help. ...Show All

• SQL Server Cannot create DSN to SQL Express

  I installed SQL Express and was able to create a new DB using Management Studio. I was able to copy over tables from another DB using DTS, but strangely the Native Client would not work I had to use OLE for SQL Server. But I am unable to create a DSN to the database using ODBC Administrator. I keep getting Login Timeout expired error message, using both Native Client and SQL Server drivers. What am I missing Thanks Mark The statement "MARK_LAP\SQLEXPRESS which is the name of the server" is a bit misleading as this is the name of the named instance which the service uses. YOu always have to name the instance with the "\instanceName" snippet if its not a default instance. Otherwi ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Winscard.dll

  Hi, For communication with card reader I use winscard.dll in visual Basic .Net 2005.I have a problem when using threads to communicate two card readers simultaneously.In this case 2 threads work together without any problem but time of operation is exactly twice of time of each operation individualy.For example if each reader transaction time be 20 seconds,in threading state total time for finishing both transaction simultaneously is 40 seconds.It is interesting to know when I seperate 2 readers transaction in form 2 application and run them simultaneously either apps finish on 20 seconds! Why this happen If we say winscard dll file has critical section , why this problem doesn't take place on multitasking Best regards. ...Show All

• SQL Server compatibility issue between Reporting Services and IE7 !!!

  Is there any compatibility issue between Reporting Services and IE7. We need to test compatibility with both SQL Server 2005/200 versions. The 2005 version of Reporting Services should work with no issues. The 2000 Version of Reporting Services has not been certified to work on IE7. There are known issues that make RS2000 less usable. One issue that I know of is that Document Maps do not work. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Importing schema causes full crash in CTP5 (but worked fine with CTP4)

  I had just upgraded from CTP4 to CTP5 and am now having crashing problem (full crash, have to restart VS) trying to import a schema. It was not never a problem importing this same schema in CTP4. Any ideas Thanks Sachin K wrote: I tried to reproduce the error using script provided above, but I did not see any issue. One question: Is there anything different in the properties of the remote database / Server as compared to the local box - Sachin Kumar Sachin, When I reproduced the error I backed up the database from the remote server to a local server at which time it worked. The point being that there was no difference in the properties of the remote database becau ...Show All

• Windows Forms syntax highlighting problem...

  Hi, I'm trying to create a syntax highlighting control. I'm using a RichTextBox, and I could actually manage it using the selected text option... but, when it is parsing the the text I can actually see the selection, and it is not very pretty... Is this the better way to do it  Is there any way I can change the selection back color, so I can set it to be the same color as the back& ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Accessing (create and delete) registry in console application

  Hi everyone, I m trying to create or delete registry through C++ console application. (not .NET components) help me or guide me to learn registry operation in C++ Waiting in response Hi. The MSDN library has a lot of information on using the registry. Here are some links to the specific operation you are wanting: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724845.aspx -This link shows how to delete a registry key. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724842.aspx -This link shows how to create a registry key. Creating a registry key... //this creates a registry key #include <windows.h> #pragma comment(lib, "advapi32.lib") int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdL ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Ugh....Driving Me nuts....

  I am in the middle of writing a prog that takes a file within a directory on a HD renames it to the directories name and then places the newly named file on the root of that HD. Here is the code. and I am not getting it.....I would really appreciate your help. Thanks Imports System Imports System.io Imports System.IO.DirectoryInfo Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim dlg As New FolderBrowserDialog Dim FileNamesSelected() As String Dim SelectedFolder As String 'Dim FileFound As String SelectedFolder = Me .FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath FileNamesSelected = System ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions SImple Calculator problems

  can anyone help me on how to make decimal point and to also perform the order of operations .. doing more then one problem at once such as 2+3*4 thank you SCott i am not sure that i really understand this.. im new to doing this so i need like... the simpelest explination... i have posted a copy of my code . maybe that will help... once again. i jsut need to make a deciamal point work and function as well as performing order of operations.. but with out the bracets...ex.() i need fo the calc.. to do it it self thanks for oyur help scott Public Class Form1 'Scott Kushner Dim DisplayNum As Integer = 0 Dim PrevNum As Integer Dim Intop As Integ ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Stripping the compact framework

  Hello there I'm having an odd issue, I'm working on a device that is so much limited in rom, ram and that is not extinsible. I'm working on .net2005 and SQL mobile, my installatoin cab had came to 11mb with db !!! So I have had to think of a way to strip my deployment size, after stripping every thing from my software, I noticed that 90 % of the extra load is in the cf it self, did I ever thought of a way to strip it down regards NETCF v1 ships on all current Windows Mobile devices, it does not need to be deployed and does not come with a cost to user storage. If size is a constraint I would use v1. There are no supported ways to cut functionality out of NETCF to save size. Mark ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataGridView and BindingNavigators

  Hello, When I click the Add button on a BindingNavigator (bound to a BindingSource) I cannot get the DefaultValuesNeeded event of a DataGridView to populate a cell with a default value. Has anyone else encountered this issue before Is there a work-around Cheers, sfx1 Sorry, I was mistaken... If your DataGridView allows adding new rows then you can set the AddNewItem property of your BindingNavigator to (none) and try this: Private Sub BindingNavigatorAddNewItem_Click( ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BindingNavigatorAddNewItem.Click      MyDataGridView.CurrentCell = MyDataGridView(0, MyDataGridView.Rows.Count - 1) End Su ...Show All