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Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Build for Xbox 360 and Windows in one project
I have created a Visual Studio project template that can be built for either Xbox 360 or Windows, by selecting the correct platform in the VS IDE. There's nothing particularly clever about this, it just uses some of the conditional abilities of MSBuild projects to merge the properties of an Xbox 360 XNA project with a Windows XNA project. There's a slight problem though - the VS Express C# IDE has, by default, disabled the build configuration and platform settings to present a simpler interface to beginners. In order to use this project template you need to re-enable these features and should probably have a reasonable understanding of what they do. This could be the reason that the XNA devs have mentioned that building for both platforms ...Show All
SQL Server Error when deploying report builder model
I get the following error when I try to deploy a report builder model. The SQL Server 2005 "Reporting Services" are installed and running on the local machine. TITLE: Microsoft Semantic Model Designer ------------------------------ A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/ReportServer. ------------------------------ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'. The request failed with the error message: -- <html> <head> <title> SQL Server Reporting Services </title><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 9.00.2047.00" /> <meta name=" ...Show All
Software Development for Windows Vista StateMachine invoke SequentialWorkflow
Hi together, I am using a state machine workflow which invokes another sequential workflow. The sequential workflow gets called but after the sequential workflow has finished, the parent workflow (which is a state machine) switches to the completion state. Example: Sequential Workflow ^ | State A ---> State B ----> State C ----> Completion State As you can see in the sample "State B" invokes "Sequential Workflow". And now when the sequential workflow gets finished, the parent state machine switches to the completion state instead of "State C". Any ideas what's wrong here Cheers, Franz Hi kevin if wf1 is your State Machine WF and i ...Show All
Visual Studio Team System Problem using with TFS Build
Hi I'm trying to automate the build process of a Database project. I've set up a TFS Build type to run the solution that contains the VSTSDB projects. I can build these projects locally and deploy them locally correctly. However when I try to run the TFS Build type I am getting the following error: Target SqlBuild: Building deployment script for Wack.Solutions.SqlServer.Repository : AlwaysCreateNewDatabase, EnableFullTextSearch, BlockIncrementalDeploymentIfDataLoss MSBUILD : Build error TSD161: Login failed for user 'DOM\svc-tfsservice'. C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.VisualStudio.TeamSystem.Data.Tasks.targets(43,5): error MSB4018: The "SqlBuildTask" task failed unexpectedly. ...Show All
.NET Development ADO Date question
Hi Guys I am trying to find out if any records exist for a particular day or dates from a MS Access DB using .net. In VBA i had to format the date so that it would be mm/dd/yy. If i try this using ADO and .net it doesn't seem to work. Dim rst As New ADODB.Recordset rst.Open( "Select Count(*) From DutyTimes Where DutyDate=#" & dteDutyDate & "#" , ConnString, ADODB.CursorTypeEnum.adOpenKeyset) Using this code if i search for a 21/11/2006 then it works fine but if i search for a date 09/08/2006 then it does not find any records although they do exist. I have tried formatting the data to no avail. Any help would be great Thanks Steve You need to remember that dates are usually ...Show All
Smart Device Development Debugging Pocket PC Deployment
Hi All! I am trying to run my PocketPC program using the .NET debugger. The deployment fails complaining about not enough space to hold the deployment. I noticed that it was copying over system.data and system.data.oracleclient to my device. I do NOT make any connection to any datasource nor do I have any reference to a datasource. I have written projects using Oracle but I can find no reason or refernce to Oracle in my project. Also Enterprise.Services and System.Transactions are copied over. Why does it copy these files ocer and how can I get it to stop doing so It also copies over system.web which is quite large. Regards to all Charlie Your problem is much deeper than jus ...Show All
Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Is XNA best for me?
Hi Guys, first post here so Hi to all. I am starting to look at developing a multiplayer game for use over the net, i have never developed a game before so I am looking at possible solutions. I am a dot net C# programmer so naturally XNA pulled me in but before i went to far in i thought i would see if it could do what i wanted. The game is going to be a multiplayer online game, whether purely online or with a download then linked to an online server (most likely as the graphics are all going to be big 3D stuff so most likely to large for purely online). Bit like Unreal. So can XNA do this for me Or should i look at Managed Direct X Thanks Steve For starters the Managed DirectX Syste ...Show All
Visual C# Making an advanced settings form
I am working on a user interface that needs to have a form added for advanced settings for the program. I have added a button and set the event handler for the button to call up the new form, but I am unable to get the program to take any of the settings from the advanced form. Everything is under the same namespace, but it will not find them, so when I try to build my program I get an error for each time that one of the settings from the advanced tab is called out. Is there a call out that I am forgetting, or do I need to change each callout to reflect that the setting is on a different form Thanks SVandal My program consists of a main form named Carriage_Motion_Controller public partial class Carriage_Mo ...Show All
.NET Development Executing Oracle function using ADO.Net
hi, i want to execute an oracle function that inserts some records using ADO.Net. The function is declared as below CREATE OR REPLACE function SAVE_INCREMENT_DATA ( P_EMPCODE IN NUMBER , P_INCRDATE IN DATE , P_EFFDATE DATE := '01-JAN-1900' , P_BASICPAY NUMBER := 0 ) RETURN NUMBER IS .... I found a sample code (shown at the end), which throws runtime exception - Invalid number/value Hope someone wil turn up with a solution soon Regrads Raju Sreenivasan OracleCommand cmd = new OracleCommand(); cmd.CommandText = "begin :p_retval := ftest; end;"; cmd.Connection = oraConn; // setup the OracleParameter object OracleParameter p_retval = new OracleParameter(); p_retval.OracleDbType = Orac ...Show All
SQL Server SSIS loses layout of precedence constraints when saving.
This is more a medium level annoyance than a problem. When I save a package, close it and later re-open it, the precendence constraints end up all over the place making my neatly layed out diagram a shambles. Call me anally retentive if you like (you wont be the first ), but I find this extremely annoying. Does anybody else have this problem Does anyone have a solution I am using SP1 as well. I haven't used SSIS without SP1 so I cannot say if you will see any difference. I have the SP2 beta installed at the moment (for unrelated reasons) but I haven't noticed if this has improved things. ...Show All
SQL Server New table on server not replicating to device
Hi, I have a SQL 2005 Mobile db merge synching to SQL Server 2005. I've been using this for a few months now and generally it works well (except when adding not null columns with default values, but that's another story...). I just added a new table to the server, went into the publication articles and checked the new table. It told me I would need to generate a new snapshot for the table, so I then generated a new snapshot. Then I synched the mobile db and it worked with no errors, but the new table I added on the server is not on the mobile db (I checked using the Query Analyzer). I have also tried reinitializing subscriptions, but this didn't work either. Any ideas why this table would not be synched to my mobile db (and no error mes ...Show All
Visual C# reaching an external application
Is it possible to reach an external windows application via C# language.For example translater program that running on windows xp. I want to send a text to the translater and then it will give to me the results. Any suggestion thanks. What kind of application is the translator, is it a GUI app, a console app, or something else If it's a GUI app sending keystrokes to it from another app written in C# will be no problem but depending on how the translator works getting back the result may be trickier. ...Show All
Windows Forms Can I unsign a ClickOnce manifest
Without breaking the projects and having to reinstall the app. The application should not stop running, but I think you might get some errors if you try to upgrade it. Keep an eye on that KB article link above, or call Customer Support Services and you should be able to get hold of the utility to extend the certificate. ...Show All
SQL Server BACKUP RESTORE with no data
Hi champs, Is there a way in SQL2k5 to backup and restore a database, without the data that is stored in the tables I know I can script the whole database, but is there do this with a backup restore /Many thanks Hi Rogvi Is this something that you would need to do regularly and, if so, for what purpose Thanks Chris ...Show All
Commerce Server Server Error in '/OrdersWebService' Application.
We are receiving the following error when trying to browse to ./orderswebservice/orderswebservice.asmx. Any thoughts as to what can be the issue ------------------------------ Server Error in '/OrdersWebService' Application. Howard, Open up Commerce Server Manager and expand the Commerce Sites node corresponding to the site you've unpacked and make sure you've unpacked the profiles resource (look under site resources, and there should be a profiles resource referencing a global resource. If what I've just described doesn't match what's on your screen, you need to unpackage these resources again from the PUP file. ...Show All