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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Clueless on getting started

  I got all the programs downloaded that were listed on the Microsoft site. the problem I'm having is that I'm going over the 2d tutorial in xna and it says loading a bmp file. Which I know is an image file. What do I use to draw it Is there any image rendering in the way of actually making the image or is it all code I'm just getting stuck and could really use some help. Gnagy84 wrote: What do I use to draw it MS Paint would do just fine. ...Show All

• SQL Server SSIS package runs in Development Studio but not as a job

  When I run a package I created in the development Studio it runs fine but if I create a job and run it I get an error "The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "ODS" failed with error code 0xC0202009" I have the package setup to use a XML config file and it works fine on all the other packages but this one will not work. Try using this technique: http://blogs.conchango.com/jamiethomson/archive/2005/10/10/2253.aspx to work out what connection string is being used. -Jamie ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Currency Textbox Like In Visual Foxpro

  I Want a Currency Text Box Line In Visual Foxpro That only Accept Numeric Values in Visual Foxpro Numeric Textbox Has Fixed 0.00 how do like this in vb.net 2005 I have fixed up the code to make it behave better and coded it as a dll. Even if you don't want to use it as a dll, you can see the fixed up code changes by checking the new code at: (My last post , in link below) http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=688095&SiteID=1&mode=1 ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) PreviewMouseLeftButtonDown Handled=false

  Hello all I am using a TabControl to present data. before navigating to another tab I need to check whether the data in the current Tab was saved or not. I do this like this and it works great. BUT I present the user a yes/no/cancel dialog, asking whether to save the data: Yes - save the data and move on (MoveOn=true) No - do not save the data but move on (moveOn =true) cancel - stay in the current tab (moveOn=false) where e.handled = true (Cancel) it worked great. But when clicking on the yes or no option in which both cases the e.handled = false. The user stays on the current tab and the Selected tab is not shown. Why is that Here is my code /// <summary> /// check whether current tab data has been save ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How to get executing activity under current workflow instance

  Is there any direct way to get executing acivity I'm writting custom persistance service, and I want get current executing activity's qualified name in the custom service. Could this be done Also look at this sample. This should also be helpful http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms741725.aspx Thanks, Kushal. ...Show All

• .NET Development My session gets Expired asp.net 2.0

  I had set session timeout in web.config file for asp.ne2.0.But it wont work.If it was in asp.net 1.1 .the code works. Please help me in this mess It's difficoult to say what's wrong. Are you sure you're not setting the timeout or dispose the session in some other page You'd probably be better of asking this question in: http://forums.asp.net ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Add Nullable Column

  I'm trying to add a nullable column. When I generate the conversion script, instead of doing an ALTER TABLE, it creates a temp table and copies the data. Why What am I missing Thanks What is the script for the old table, and what is the final script for the new table that you are trying to create Also, do you have "Preform Smart column name matching when you add or rename a column" selected That setting can befound under the Database Project Properties->Build tab. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions how to make a big string array

  Hi, I want to want a group of files which have different extensions, such as jpg, gif, bmp,png etc.. I am thinking to create a string array for each extension type, and then combine all these string arrays into one big string array, how can i do that below is the code to generate the arrays, then how can i continue to combine them into one big array Dim theFiles As String() = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(FolderViewer1.CurrentFolder, "*.jpg") Dim theFiles2 As String() = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(FolderViewer1.CurrentFolder, "*.gif") Dim theFiles3 As String() = System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(FolderViewer1.CurrentFolder, "*.bmp") Dim theFiles4 As String() = System.IO.Directory.Ge ...Show All

• SQL Server Having Problem with Report Parameters

  i am trying to generate a report based on 3 parameters age, location, ethnciity every thing works fine in data and layout tab, when i run the preview tab, it give me the option to input paramaters and then when i hit veiw report, it shows processing report.... (indefinite) time. i tried executing the query in data tab, it takes less than a sec. any ideas am i doing somethign wrong in parameters Hi, I once had sort of the same problem. I didn't set the datatype of the parameters correctly which caused problems when viewing the report. Greetz, Geert Geert Verhoeven Consultant @ Ausy Belgium My Personal Blog ...Show All

• SQL Server Installing Client Tools

  I recently installed an evaluation copy of SQL Server (Enterprise x64 edition). What's the proper way to load the management and analytical tools onto client machines There are 2 separate problems: 1. The 64 bit program only comes with 64 bit tools. (Should I just download the 32 bit evaluation copy Will the tools expire in 180 days on all the client machines ) 2. What are the licensing rules Surely I am allowed to load client tools (but not the server itself) onto client devices. Is that right Thanks! Evaulation edition expiration only applicable to server components whereby you cannot use the server services, but for client tools I haven't seen such problem you can use them to connect to other SQL serve ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) How to turn off anti aliasing for small text?

  Anti aliasing small text tends to make the letters look blurry and indistinct. I cannot find a way to disable the anti-aliasing of text in WPF and as a result label or button text looks really bad. Ideally I'd like to disable anti aliasing globally for font sizes below a certain size. How can I accomplish this -Ryan rfuller987@hotmail.com I would just like to say that I totally, whole-heartedly agree with Ryan in that WPF (running on XP SP2) looks bad.  And I mean bad (to me anyways).  I just finished installing the WinFX SDK and this is the first thing I noticed. I understand that some people don't have eyes that are bothered by the introduction of color into their black fonts, or ...Show All

• Windows Forms Restart app after autodownload/install of patch

  Hello, I am working on packaging and deployment for a number of C#/.NET 2.0 applications. We would like to have them automatically check for and install updates over the internet. The code is currently in place to do most of this, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to restart the application after the patch is installed. I would like to have the process go something like this: Application is started Application checks for updates, and finds one is available The update (an MSP file) is downloaded to the user's machine The application starts msiexec to install the patch in a new process then immediatly terminates The patch is installed The application is automatically started again I have had some limited success starting an applicatio ...Show All

• .NET Development Could not load file or assembly 'vcWebCore' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

  All, I have a web project that references a strong-name DLL which contains a HttpModule, it is called vcWebCore.dll. The DLL is registered in GAC using the gacutil.exe and everything looks fine. I can see the DLL in my c:\windows\assembly directory with the correct version (1.0.0.0) and public key token. However, at runtime I kept getting the error that the vcWenCore module could not be located: Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately. Parser Error Message: Could not load file or assembly 'vcWebCore' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file sp ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rotating mesh without rotating affecting World location?

  I've got a mesh that I'm trying to draw at a specific location. My code current looks like this: Matrix world = Matrix .CreateTranslation(thirdPersonCamera1.PlayerLocation); effect.Parameters[ "WorldViewProj" ].SetValue(world * thirdPersonCamera1.View * thirdPersonCamera1.Projection); effect.CommitChanges(); // Draw player simpleMesh1.Draw(); Which works great, and my character always moves around as it should. However, it doesn't rotate with the camera. So I multiplied what's in WorldViewProj with Matrix.CreateRotationY(playerRotation), but then the location is also rotate (so my mesh appears in a different place to how it did before). How can I have the mesh drawn rotated, without the rotation applying to its location too ...Show All

• Windows Forms in this coding the error occur "operator is not valid for type 'DBNull' and type 'integer'"

  when i enter 0 it work fine but when i enter nothing thie following error occur Error (operator is not valid for type 'DBNull' and type 'integer'") this is the code If Not JvGrid.Item(counter, 2) Is Nothing And Not JvGrid(counter, 2) Is DBNull.Value And Not JvGrid.Item(counter, 2) = 0 And Not JvGrid.Item(counter, 3) Is Nothing And Not JvGrid(counter, 3) Is DBNull.Value And Not JvGrid.Item(counter, 3) = 0 Then MessageBox.Show("Invalid Entry ") Exit Try End If ---------------------------- thanks a lot ...Show All