JimBobJoe's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Could C# be the future of gaming?

  Since XNA is using C#, and is is a more intuitive language than C++, is it possible that in the future that C# will dominate, espessially in AAA titles. Could XNA be ushering a new way of programming in the main stream QuantumMischief wrote: Since XNA is using C#, and is is a more intuitive language than C++, is it possible that in the future that C# will dominate, espessially in AAA titles. Could XNA be ushering a new way of programming in the main stream C# is the future only if all you are concerned about is writing games for Windows PCs and Xbox 360. I'm sure Wii, PS3, DS and PSP will continue to have their fair share of AAA titles in the years to come and they will be written in a mish-mash of C, C++, GLSL, Cg and ASM, ...Show All

• SharePoint Products and Technologies SharePoint 2007 - Access in Read Only to a folder

  Hi, I have a folder. A Group A can access on it only in Read. It's seems ok because the buttons "New" and "Upload" dont appear anymore. But another problem appears : when a user open a file, and edit it, it seems that he's able to edit it and save it without any problem !! How can i manage this problem I dont want to allow them to edit documents. Thanks for help. Are they able to save it back into the document library Usually not... but they are able to save a copy to their computer. Anybody feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think sharepoint can keep the user from saving a copy. It can only prevent them from replacing the original in the document library. ...Show All

• Visual C# web application project opens as a website

  I Have a problem with my web app When I open my solution on VS2005 first time, If the webapp.csproj allready on located on my disk the webapp.csproj is opened as a website , but if I delete the directory the solution identifies the project is missing (*Projects have recently been added to this solution. Do you want to get them from source control ) And when he retreives it from VSS and opens it correctly as a webapp. how can I force the solution to allways open it as the web app project type even when I get latest version from VSS on my computer Please answer I need it for my build process Thanks David ...Show All

• Audio and Video Development How can I create a auto-activate button to jump to another button on the same menu?

  Requirement: When the disc enter the playlist, the auto-activate button is activated and showed for 1 to 2 seconds, then it jumps to another button on the same menu based on user's preference. ...Show All

• Windows Forms Accessing variables in form from user control

  Hello, How do you access variables that are declared in a form from a user control that is used in that form For example, I have a windows form A. A displays a user control B. When a button on B is pushed, I would like to decrement a variable that was declared in A. Thanks in advance! RC make a class....declare the variable in this class as: public static (data type) (name of variable). then access this variable in user ctrl as : classname.name of variable I know i am late answering this but might help som1 else..... ...Show All

• Visual Basic Color System Bug?

  The default backcolor for buttons is 'Control or is it The actual color appears white, but if you set button to 'white', it appears brighter. Atlas, to try and trick the system, I set the color of button1 (changed to another color) to button2 (default color) but button1 gets darker - button2 however, retains it default. The [key] idea was to get button1 back to the actual default color. The best I could get was WhiteSmoke. It almost like the default... just a bit brighter. Check the setting of the "UseVisualStyleBackColor", default = True. And FlatStyle, default = Standard. ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Relation of Map Point to Virtual Earth - can someone explain?

  I've been trying to get my head around this concept. What is the relation between Map Point and Virtual Earth If we want maps as a server-side only solution (no internet connection) would we use Map Point Does Map Point ship with a Virtual Earth style .js interface or would we have to build our own Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. One more thing acme to my mind, Mappoint has its own desktop product, in which it is standalone (I'd also like to add cheaper than MWS) with static imagry but it feels like more virtual earth as you get a huge controllable map. More info here: http://www.mapping-tools.com/info/mp_products/mappoint.shtml ...Show All

• Visual Studio Tools for Office Excel Help [Hope posted in right place]

  Hi everyone, Wondering of someone can help me on Excel i dont know if IF statements can do this BUT if you look @ this image! well what it is i need the spreadsheet to automatcally work out the discount for example "Example Jhon" spent 29.99 and i want the spreadsheet to work out the discount automatcally for 15% i know IF statmenet can do this but i need it to work out what discount theyll get Each price is going to be diffrent for example if someone spend 50 they would get 25% off i need excel to figure out what discount thell get automatcally Thanks for all help! Hi H4X3R The best place to get help with Excel formulas is an Excel newsgroup (not a general office.developer group - that's ...Show All

• .NET Development asserting permissions for called dll

  hello, My dll is calling another dll that does not have the required security permissions to properly run, so I was wondering if it was possible for my code (which is fully trusted) to assert permissions for the dll I want to call and run. Thanks for any help. What do you mean when you say "another dll that does not have the required security permissions to properly run" What error messages are you getting You can override security checks by using Assert. You have to be really careful to not let the security override leak out of the method that makes the assertion.. Normally, in C#, you'd use a finally block in order to ensure the revert takes place. But, you have to remember that metho ...Show All

• Visual Basic How To Automate The KeyBoard?

  I've gotten Code on how to automate a mouse...Now is there a way to automate the Keyboard, where it will type perform commands I know this probabbly will be a little harder to do. If it is possible can you make it so it can use Combonation of keys such as alt-tab to still work you may have some problems using the SendKeys, such as repetitiveness of key strokes so you may also wish to specify the number of times you want that key to be pressed. So I would use SendWait: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.sendwait.aspx and then use these key strokes: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.sendkeys.aspx it shows you how to define the nu ...Show All

• Visual Studio MSDN May 2006 - How to share

  Hi, How can I share this version with other members of my team In the past, members mount a shared DVD and select the "minimal install" (minimum install on local disk, content on DVD); simple and efficient. With this new version, this useful and efficient option has been removed (why ), is there a way to accomplish this without having each member install the whole MSDN library to their local hard disk WD. Thank you very much for much for posting your question. Due to changes in Help in Whidbey, Run from Source is no longer available, however I believe an option is listed in the Setup.chm file that allows you to run from a shared network folder where you have copied the files from the MSDN DV ...Show All

• Windows Forms Please help to convert

  Help me please!!! My name Andre, I am from Ukraine. I have a grand problem. How I can convert DataGridView*** ell (for example DataGridViewComboBoxCell ) to Control class but NOT use dataGridView.EditingControlShowing event I have: dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0] - DataGridViewComboBoxCell How to: dataGridView1.Rows[0].Cells[0] - Control Give me please example! Sorry for my English. If you want to do the convertion, you have to handle the EditingControlShowing event. The DataGridViewCell is NOT inherited from Control class,it inherited from DataGridViewElement class, and the DataGridViewElement class is inherited from Object class ,so you cannot convert it to control type. ...Show All

• SQL Server How to combine to boolean collumns ?

  Hi, my name is Wilhelm and I'm new to this forum. I having problems with a SQL SELECT statement. I'm trying to combine two boolean columns in ms sql server 2000. I tried this: SELECT (Bol1 OR Bol2) as Bol Anyone have any suggestion why this don't work I think i have done something similar in Orcale ones. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Cant install games in Vista RC1 (5600)

  Sorry guys. Not sure where else to put this. I need some help with installing software under windows Vista RC1 (build 5600) The games I have tried installing are Age Of Empires III and CivCity: Rome. Both get most of the way through the install before getting the following error: "Internal Error: 2350" Both games get the same error. From what i've read online this seems to be an error with windows installer itself relating to the installer being out of date and needing an upgrade. Obviously this isn't the case as Vista would have the latest windows installer version included. This is now proving very frustrating... Especially as i can't seem to install XP (the main board supplied drivers wont install) on my bran ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Suggested WPF 3D Resources

  I recently started researching 3D programming in WPF. I read over the high-level SDK docs and played around with some samples, but I don't have a lot of time to tinker with it. I'd appreciate it if some people who have solid WPF 3D experience would take a moment to provide me with some links to resources that you feel are "really good" for getting started. Keep in mind that I don't have any 3D programming experience, so it's a whole new world for me. :) Thanks for any help. If you have zero 3D programming experience just as I do, you should check out this title: Windows Presentation Foundation (a.k.a. "Avalon") 3D Tutorial Sheva ...Show All