Daryl McMillan's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. what is faster? managed/unmanaged

  I'm a student and just started wih DircetX. And I just wonder, what is better to start with. MY friends says , that managed DircetX is much slowler, but unmanaged is harder to use... I can use C++,c# or VB, so what is better to programming games As managed DX is layered over unmanaged DX it needs more CPU cycles. But this is only a small amount. If your GPU is the limiting factor you will see no difference bet ...Show All

• .NET Development .NET Framework 2.0 MSI Installation

  Hello I search an MSI Installation of the .NET Framework 2.0. I have try the file install.msi in the archiv which can be download form www.microsoft.com Unfortunately there is a error: use install.exe to install the .net framework... Thanks for your help Karsten Burger Check this out maybe it will help: http://blogs.msdn.com/astebner/archive/2005/11/17/494312.aspx ...Show All

• Visual Studio Where we get samples to extend Visual Studio 2005

  HI All, We are in the process of extending Visual Studio 2005 .I have installed DSL November CTP on top of Visual 2005 . I  am looking out for samples where in it helps me to look at how we can achieve to extend VS 2005. Eg., I want to extend the Solution Explorer, Menus, Open File Dialog, Adding New Project types, extending the Build etc. Please guide and help me out by pointing the samples if we get as part of installation or ...Show All

• .NET Development DCOM server on NT4.0 / .NET client on XP

  Hi I have to write a client application on XP / .NET 2.0 that must remotely use a DCOM component running as an exe service on a NT4.0 server. I have created teh code in the client to make the connection. It works fine when the service is runn on the same machine as the client (NT4.0); as soon as I try to connect to the server running on the NT4 machine through the network I get the 0x80070005 error. I have tried to play with security configurati ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to access methods of MDI Child form by MDI Parent toolbar?

  How can I access the methods (save, new, delete methods) of a MDI child form when clicking on a toolbar positioned in the MDI parent form So on the MDI parent I have this toolbar. When clicking on a button on this toolbar it must call a method from the current MDI child form. There are several types of MDI child forms, but each contains (the same) methods... Does anybody has an example of how to do this Thanks, Alwin ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Cannot connect to server

  I can download the ~3mb files, but when they are run and they are trying to download and install everthing, it says that the transfer rate is 0, then goes to say that it is trying to re-establish it's connection with the server. It can't do this, and when 5 attempts to do this fail, it exits. Any ideas I am assuming that you are talking about installing the express editions from the web installer. Have you tried downloading the full img f ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System How to CREATE ENDPOINT

  I am learnig to create a endpoint in Sql Server 2005. I have create a simple SP to get a customer in Northwind. Then create a endpoint using HTTP. SP: CREATE PROCEDURE [db_accessadmin].[upGetCustomer] @CustId nchar(5) AS SELECT CustomerID,CompanyName,ContactName,ContactTitle,Address,City,PostalCode,Country,Phone,Fax  FROM Customers WHERE  customerid=@custid ORDER by CompanyName,CustomerID,Country DESC Then, create ...Show All

• SQL Server RE-Using passed parameters

  Hi All  I link to a report passing parm a,b,c (3 parms) a (Hidden), B(Multi Selection), C(Single selection), the report display correctly  and the parm selection boxes display with available options. I would like to be able to choose from the selection boxes and replace the initial (passed parameters) B and C would have a new value, and display the same report using the selected criteria. Thank you Trentino &nb ...Show All

• Visual J# Visual J# 2005 Express and java sdk

  Is there a way to import java sdk into Visual J# 2005 Express. If not what sdk does it use. Can this be done in the full version J# is a language for the .NET framework not for the JVM. You cannot use the Java SDK with it. ...Show All

• Visual Basic Return the line number where an exception has occurred.

  I am looking for a method to return the line number of the code where an exception has occurred so I can include it in my alert message. Does anyone have an example that would help identify the location of the exception. Any help would be greatly appreciated. In a debug build where you have debug symbols the exception's stack trace should automatically include that information. I wouldn't recommend displaying exception messages ...Show All

• Windows Forms Visual Inheritance Issues

  Ok, when I first read about visual inheritance I almost started drooling.  I've been mimicking this behavior for years with controls that I would include on the "inherited forms".  I've only just inherited my first form today so nothing fa ...Show All

• Visual C# Creating alt shortcut keys in keydown

  Im trying to convert this VB code to C#, it works like shotcut keys for the tab control. I have it exactly like it is in vb but nothing happens when I trigure the event. Heres the VB Code: Private Sub Form1_KeyDown( ByVal sender As Object , ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles Me .KeyDown 'Triggered if Alt and S are both pressed simultaneously (Switch to Search Tab) If (e.KeyCode = Keys.S And ...Show All

• Visual C++ msvcr80.dll Problem

  Hi there, can someone possibly tell me why Noton WinDoctor is telling me that 10 executables in the .NET Framework 2.0 cannot access the necessary dll file msvcr80.dll I see that the dll exists in the WinSxS directory and I'm running XP pro. I didn't have this problem until I downloaded the 2.0 framework at windows update. Any advice appreciated. Thanks. Naolin I am having the same problem... I even uninstalled i ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista How

  i want to order a vista dvd, how can I get one ...Show All

• Visual Basic Form Clicks etc

  Hi Everyone, I forgot to ask this question... is there a way to set clickable areas of the form without a picturebox or button If there is, how do you find out or determine where on the screen the pointer is when you set up the points I tried to turn the GRID feature on but it never works. I'm using a map as a FORM background, but the pix boxes are slow to load when the form is called. Thanks again, Elgee ...Show All