The_Postman's Q&A profile
Audio and Video Development JScript
Hello, I am brand-new to HD DVD authoring so apologies if this is an obvious question. I'm coming from the web development world, and am looking to port several items of "bonus content" from the web onto HD DVD. More specifically, there are several simple applications (mostly games) that I have written in JScript that I would like to repurpose for distribution on disc. But what I have not found is any reference as to what elements of JScript are compatible with HD DVD interactivity. Obviously the browser-based objects (window object, etc.) are N/A, but are there are also specific data types, variables, operators, objects, etc. that are not supported If there's a tut or reference on this anywhere, that would be great. Thank ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Rendering To Textures in Beta2
I used Texture2D's heavily with the usage RenderTarget, however in Beta 2 its like a whole new API. I understand that Surface no longer exists and RenderTarget/2D should be used. The problem is, the whole mentality is backwards compared to what im used to. From what I see I should create a RenderTarget2D and set that as a render target, then do rendertarget.GetTexture() if I want to set it. Thats fine. However, how do I copy between render targets There is no StretchRect or equivelent function I can see, which I used alot before. Surely I dont have to go about getting a texture, setting it, creating a 'copy' effect, setting a new render target, resolving the new render target just to copy from one to another Is there no alte ...Show All
Visual Studio Express Editions Creating menu control via appsettings config file?
Hi I am rather new to C#, and I am starting a small windows application project for fun. I was wondering if it its possible to create a menu control with some items(eg. File, Edit) via a configuration file instead of using the designer view mode How would i go about this I'm also wondering if it's possible to just create the menu strip control and items via designer mode, then edit the designer mode code to take in values through a config file Thanks Hi flakmonkey, If you wanted to push the boat out a bit further you can also use an XML file and populate everything from there (you still need to write the code behind, oh and take note of the coments at the bottom of each post). http://www.codep ...Show All
SharePoint Products and Technologies WebDav access to Doc Library
Don't know if this is the best place to post this or not, but I have a question about what happens when the WebClient service is restarted on my Windows Server 2003 SP1 machine. I'm using the Windows 2003 SP1 server as a client, and am trying to copy files from the file system into a document library on SPS 2003 (hosted on another machine). I've noticed this odd behavior... The WebClient service's startup type was set to Manual after I finished installing windows. If I start the service and try to access the document library via webdav (Start - Run \\servername\path\path\libName , or via code like below) everything works fine. If I restart the WebClient service I can no longer access any webdav resources (even though the service star ...Show All
Visual Basic p2p video streaming - best practices??
Hello, relative newbie with questions about video streaming. I am in need of sending and recieving video point to point with high frame rate and good quality. I am trying to get some best practices for limiting the load caused on the end users machine, while providing good quality, high frame rate video. Hmm, odd, nobody ever asks for a low frame rate/sucky quality solution. You need a good codec, a nasty chunk of software that can compress the frame data. If you want to brew your own, it is advisable to start with something that has at least a bit of a track record rather than trying to invent the wheel. Check Open Source projects... ...Show All
SQL Server DataFlow task fails?
Hi: I am getting the following error when I start debugging my Package, I am not sure what this is related to, but basically, input (datatype is a int, and its mapped to a column which is also int), so I am not sure whats happening here. The input column is actually a derived column, and its set as a 4 byte un-signed int, please advice on where should I start looking to troubleshoot this issue. This loanapplicationid is actually a user variable that is utilized by other tasks in my control flow as well: Error: 0xC020901C at InsertApplicationCL5, OLE DB Destination [16]: There was an error with input column "LoanApplicationID" (1161) on input "OLE DB Destination Input" (29). The column status returned was: "Th ...Show All
SQL Server SQL 2005 Log File Viewer - Unable to Close Window easily on extended monitor
I use two monitors with Windows XP. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 9.00.2047.00 Microsoft Analysis Services Client Tools 2005.090.2047.00 Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2000.085.1117.00 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158) Microsoft MSXML 2.6 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900.2180 Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.50727.42 Operating System 5.1.2600 I'm able to close the window properly on monitor #2, my primary monitor. Monitor #1 will not close properly, this is the one that is extended. If I right click on the "job activity monitor", I get the child window titled, "Job Activity Monitor". Once I try to click on the standard minimize, maximize or close buttons the window on the ...Show All
SQL Server 3 tier merge replication problem
I have a 3 tier merge replication architecture that I am having some problems making changes to. We have a 3 tier architecture with many laptop instances on the bottom tier. It is exceedingly hard to coordinate having all laptop instances online simultaneously during non business hours with users present for local administration. The requirement is to change the name of the top tier without effecting the replication from the middle to bottom tiers. I have so far renamed the top tier's instance, reconfigured publication, created a new top tier publication, and a new middle tier subscription. The top tier article has been set to delete all data in the subscriber's table when applying the snapshot. Making data ch ...Show All
Visual C++ C++/CLI /CLR Managed Support in Native Library
Hi, I have a C++ project, a .dll project in Visual Studio 2005, which uses all native C++. I was able to compile the project with the /clr option (just /clr for common language runtime support). I am able to add the a reference to the dll with another C++ project, which is also compiled with the /clr option, and the entire application runs fine. The problem comes when I try adding the .dll project reference to a test C# project and add a "using MyCPPNamespace" to my C# class. I don't see the new C++ project namespace anywhere within my intellisense in the C Sharp project and I can't just add it as a using. I thought compiling my native C++ project with the /clr option allowed us to add references to these projects in other manage ...Show All
Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Alias in LINQ?
How about allowing the use of alias in LINQ I have a blog and I'd like to get the number of comments for each post. Printing post.Comments.Count will query the database for each post, and will pull the post's comments. This is unneeded and a situation I want to prevent. I can't use an anonymous type because this is a set of posts I return from a method: IEnumerable<Post> GetPosts() { ... } I thought maybe I could extend the partial Post class with a property named CommentCount, and assign a value in the LINQ query: from p in db.Posts select p,p.CommentCount = p.Comments.Count() Then the count will be inside the query. Thanks! Thanks! However, var q= from t in db.Tag ...Show All
Windows Forms Press Esc key to close a form containing many controls
Hi, I would like to find a way in C# so that, when the user presses the “Esc” key, the form closes; the problem is that I have a lot of controls in the form. At the beginning I have tried with the following form event handler: protected override void OnKeyPress( KeyPressEventArgs e) { base .OnKeyPress(e); if (e.KeyChar == ( char ) Keys .Escape) Close(); } But I have realized that it functions only if there are no controls in the form. Suppose that you have three Buttons in the form (btn1, btn2 and btn3). The fastest way (with the minimum number of code lines) I have found to close the form pressing the Esc key is the following one: ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System New TFS VersionTree addin
All, I just wanted to let people know that a new TFS version tree addin for Visual Studio is available from the wesite below http://www.cupithome.com/foundationtree/home.html Please feel free to download and try it out. Jem Steve, Can you please uninstall FoundationTree and re-download again from the website. Re-install the newly downloaded install and try again. If it isn't working can you paste the Product Code and any License Code from the license dialog into a post here, and I will find out what the problem is. Thanks, Jem ...Show All
SQL Server Images are not showing...
Hi, I have two different reports and in these two reports one contains images which is working fine at development site as well as server site but when same report is called from another report using linking facility given in sql report images disappears on server site at development site it is working fine. Can any one help me out. Thanks in advance. Wasim. ...Show All
SharePoint Products and Technologies 64 bit SharePoint Server 2007
hi, my question is, is there a 64 bit version of SharePoint Server 2007 Apparently there is, but i can't find a download anywhere. I can only find the 32 bit version or 64 bit SharePoint Services. Any help/link appreciated. t.i.a., ratjetoes. You can download the 64 bit WSS V3 here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=0A50DA0F-7C94-4814-BBFE-2B66FE4A9087&displaylang=en I did not see any place to download the 64Bit SharePoint Portal Server (which makes sense since you need to purchase it) but there is defnitely one. ...Show All
.NET Development David Sceppa Book - ADO.NET 2.0, SubmitChangesViaStoredProcedures Procedure
A section starting on page 469 of this book deals with using stored procedures to submit updates. At the bottom of page 470 reference is made to the SubmitChangesViaStoredProcedures procedure. I can't find this procedure in the code snippets in the book. Would someone be kind enough to explain to me where this procedure can be found. Thanks for your help. In David's ADO.NET book (first edition), there's a procedure looks like: Private Sub SubmitChangesViaStoredProcedures() da.UpdateCommand = CreateUpdateViaSPCommand() da.InsertCommand = CreateInsertViaSPCommand() da.DeleteCommand = Cre ...Show All