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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Xbox Live Arcade "Standards" ???

  Does anyone have any information about the required "standards" for an Xbox Live Arcade game For example, most arcade games I've downloaded appear to have the following 6 standard menu options for their splash screens (in order)... 1. Single Player 2. Multiplayer 3. Leaderboards 4. Achievements 5. Help and Options 6. Return to Arcade (For trial versions, there is also a 7th option, Unlock Full Version, or something similar. Also, I'm assuming Multiplayer is optional; non-multiplayer games obviously don't need it.) What other requirements are there Where can I find more information about this Thanks! Hope this helps Xbox Live Arcade Due to the tremendous success of the Xbox Live Arca ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums clickable polyline/polygon

  We can use pushin to create a clickable point to display information, what about clickable polylines and polygons For example, there is a street closed due to pipe line break, or new construction cause 2 miles of interstate highway closed, etc. I want to be able to do similar things with those lines, for example, hover or click on the line, and get information popup window, like those push pins. I know you can not attach events to a line for now, what about future versions I want to know if this can be done in client side, not capture the clicked point and send an AJAX request to a server performing spatial query on that location. Thanks a lot, Thanks.If the map area has a lot of lines, using brutal force ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Build Failed

  Hello, i have tried to build after an import schema and I got build failed with this output ------ Build started: Project: GescomDatabase, Configuration: New Deployment Any CPU ------ Error: Project contains invalid objects. ========== Build: 0 succeeded or up-to-date, 1 failed, 0 skipped ========== How can I know where are invalid objects Luis - Objects that are invalid should be displaying with a red exclaimation (!) point in the Schema View. Depending on the type of object and the nature of the problem, you may find them in the Orphaned Objects folder in Schema View. When the parent of an object is missing or invalid, and we can't establish the dependency relationship, the item will end up under Orphane ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office COM Shim Addin not working in Outlook with Application Verifier

  I've created a managed extension addin for Outlook in C#, and then used the COM Shim Wizard to create the unmanaged shim. I registered the dlls, and the addin loads in Outlook fine. The problem is that when I run Outlook using the Application Verifier tool (with the "Basics" options enabled), I get a first chance exception (see stack trace dump) Both the managed extension Addin and the COM Shim were created from the VS Wizards and compiled, with no code modification. Does anyone know about this problem, and its posible solution/workaround From Application Verifier Log: < xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no" > <avrf:logfile xmlns:avrf="Application Verifier"> &l ...Show All

• Visual Basic how to set DropDownList first record is blank?

  How to set DropDownList first record is blank I know one solution is add one blank record in database, but cannot use this method, anymore solution thanks!! If you add a blank first item to the ddl, then set the AppendDataBoundItems to True (on the DDL properties), then perform your databinding, this should solve your problems (do not bother adding a blank record to your database). I hope this helps. ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Help

  Can i use an already built application in my project programmitically ....for eg. i want to activate the aleady existing file brower in my smartphone with a menu selection in my own application. Is it possible Yes, use CreateProcess or ShellExecuteEx to launch an existing application from yours. When you close or use the back key focus should be returned to your application Peter ...Show All

• .NET Development DPAPI C# problem - Provider DLL could not be found exception

  I'm trying to use the DPAPI C# code found in this article. http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/dnnetsec/html/SecNetHT08.asp I can call Encrypt just find and it returns the correct encrypted data. But when I try and call Decrypt it throws the exception b/c of these lines of code: retVal = CryptUnprotectData(ref cipherBlob, null, ref entropyBlob, IntPtr.Zero, ref prompt, dwFlags, ref plainTextBlob); if(false == retVal) { throw new Exception("Decryption failed. " + GetErrorMessage(Marshal.GetLastWin32Error())); } Basically CryptUnprotectedData is returning false. Any ideas ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Edit and Continue don't work?

  HI guys a have been working in some code all this week and for some reason that I don't know the edit and continue stop working. It have been working all this time but now no way. I can't edit when I'm debbugin and I'm getting frustated. Can some one help me I have VB.net express edition, so i don't know where to configure this feature. No the only thing that I did, My project I pass it to my boss, he have VS.NET 2005, he work with some code and pass it to me again. Then when I continue work when I go to debug vb do this. My boss have VS.Net 2005 and I have vb.Net 2005 express edition. That was the only change that I have made i will try making a new code and try to debug it to see if is the program ...Show All

• .NET Development Xml File

  hi everyone, i have a web application which need to display the number of xml file i have in y folder. How do i search and see whether my folder have xml file inside. string url = "H:\\WSAT\\WSAD Assignment\\quotation.xml" ; is it something like this. i look for the path and see whether consist of xml file or i need to loop the folder to search for xml file. Please help! Thank you! Your sincerely, Cindy hi, sorry another question ya, you're right this is what i am asking. But when i click on my button event then the validation checking will be executed and not the SelectedIndexChanged. But it cannot works when i put this in my button event ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Play Wave Properties

  I'm trying to change the Play Wave property 'LoopEvent' to 'Yes' but I get the error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I have a cue and track setup, with a Play Wave event, and it contains a sound. What am I missing All I want to do is setup a sound which just continuously loops. Thanks. I got the same result ('object reference not set to an instance of an object') a few months ago when I tried to use XACT. I've just tried again following the advice in your posting and get the same result. It also occurs on volume and pitch parameter settings. Also, can you tell me why I would need need to use exact I find DMProducer does all it can an ...Show All

• Visual Basic NetWork Printer Not getting Displayed in Vb.NET Services

  Hi, I work on VisualStudio 2005 and .NET framework 2.0 I have written the below code and compiled both as Windows application and windows services. The Results are different. I need to run my program as windows services. Please help. I have added the Reference to Powerpack.Printing. If I run the below code as windows application, all printers gets listed. If I run the below code as windows services, NetWork Printers do not get listed. Any help would be appreciated. Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Printing.Compatibility.VB6 Public Sub Listprinters() Dim objPrinter As Printer Dim strtemp As String = "" Try For Each objPrinter In Printers strtemp = objPrinter.DeviceName ...Show All

• Visual C# How to get control properties?

  Hi, I would like to know how get all the controls in a panel, I use the panel1.Controls.GetEnumerator(); but then I can't get the attributes (name, location, text) of that control. Is there any way that I can put all the Controls in a list/array wherein I can access the control's properties   Hi, panel1.Controls already serves as a collection of controls, put on the panel1. To run through them you could use foreach statement, something in a way of: foreach ( Control control in panel1.Controls) { if (control is TextBox ) { TextBox textBoxControl = ( TextBox )control; string text = textBoxControl.Text; } else if (control is CheckBox ) { ...Show All

• SQL Server [HELP] How can I start an Analysis Services service

  Hi all, at Surface Area Configuration in my SQL Server 2005 I noticed that I have Database Engine, Reporting Services and SQL Server Browser services. I want to deploy a cube modelled at SQL Server Business Intelligence Development Studio and I'm getting connection errors. I checked at Management Studio that I don't have an instance of Analysis Services. Only Database Engine and Reporting Services. How can I create an instance of Analysis Services. Does anyone could help me please Thanks a lot. Another way to verify if you have Analysis Services installed or not, is to look in Services for "SQL Server Analysis Services". To install it, re-run the Setup and there is an option for Analysis Servi ...Show All

• Windows Forms Control crashes when using Windows Classic Theme

  Hi, I have a control that is using a custom tree view, the problem that I am having is that when using the 'Windows Classic Theme' in XP (i.e. visual styles are turned off) I get the following error: Visual Styles-related operation resulted in an error because no visual styles is currently active. ************** Exception Text ************** System.InvalidOperationException: Visual Styles-related operation resulted in an error because no visual style is currently active. at System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer.IsCombinationDefined(String className, Int32 part) at System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer..ctor(String className, Int32 part, Int32 state) at System.Windows.Forms.VisualStyles.VisualStyleRenderer ...Show All

• Visual C++ How to set version number for a Visual C++ 6.0 MFC Application

  How to set version number for a Visual C++ 6.0 MFC Application. ======================Suresh The official support of VC6.0 already expired. It is advisable to use later versions for the new technologies and support from Microsoft side. Thanks, Ayman Shoukry VC++ Team ...Show All