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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. help directx 9 not working

  i keep trying to install directx 9 and an error pops up saying it failed to copy a file and it says------------- [06/12/05 15:56:34] module: dsetup32(Dec 5 2005), file: setup.cpp, line: 5542, function: CSetup::DoCopy Failed API: SetupInstallFromInfSection() Error: (995) - The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request. Unable to proceed dxxp.inf:[WINXP_INSTALL]. The file may be dam ...Show All

• Visual Basic Best Practice

  I just want to know that in professional/commercial projects wat is the specification of font-size, font-face, font-color of Forms Is there any kind of rules exist or it depends on the form designer Well, the opinions on good GUI design are diverse if you ask me. I'm currently designer a set of controls for an application that looks completely different than Windows' control set, because we have an ar ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Does SqlTrackingService update the database at each workflow event?

  I am tracking workflows by SqlTrackingService. However, I found out that SqlTrackingService does not update my SQL dababase until the workflow instance is completed (or terminated). Is that true If yes, is there any way to let SqlTrackingService update the database at each workflow event Thanks. You can configure the persistence service to save your workflow state when the workflow goes idle (waiting fo ...Show All

• SQL Server found it

  I need help on how to find the Row Number Transformation, I have followed this link http://www.sqlis.com/default.aspx 93 but I cannot find the Trash Destination . Could someone please tell me where I can download it Thanks http://www.sqlis.com/default.aspx 56 ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Connecting to Team foundation server

  I have installed Windows 2003 Server Windows Share Point Services 2.0 with service pack 2 SQL standard Server 2005 Visual Studion 2005 Developer Edition Team Foundation Server Beta 3 Refresh First time I have created a Team Project of Agil type and all things working fine. I add a Item also. on next day when I start my server and want to connect to Team Foundation Server through Team Explorer. It gives me error The reques ...Show All

• Visual C# Designer doesn't like Array InitializeComponent code

  Hey, Sorry for a possible dumb post, I dont post at all usually! I haven't coded for that long in c# so as i said this may be dumb quest. I get the feeling that the designer does not like arrayed components as i have done: Ctrl = new System.Windows.Forms. CheckBox [4]; for ( int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { this .Ctrl = new System.Windows.Forms. CheckBox (); } for ( int i = 0; i < 4; i++) { this .Ctrl .Location = new System.Drawing. P ...Show All

• Visual Studio VSTS Developer without Team Foundation Server

  Hi all I would like to install Visual Studio Team System for Developers in order to have features like Code Profiling, Unit testings, Test Case managment but I don't want to install Team Foundation Server. Is this possible by deselecting the installation of Team Systems Client Tools during the installation process Thank you very much Some of the tools will be available.  You will not have any reporting ...Show All

• Visual C# Generics and Inheritance question

  K, after an hour or so of playing with generics I've already hit my first snag... How do you declare an abstract property to return an instance of a template class that will be instantiated with the type of the derived class (what a mouthful!) i.e.: public abstract class Node {     public abstract NodeList< > ConnectedNodes {get;} } public class GraphNode : Node {     private NodeList< & ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to indirectly reference a resource

  This is a shorter question that piggybacks on my earlier post. Char 65 is "A". I have added a resource file named 65.gif through IDE GUI interface, not code. The resource adder named this item '_65'. I am now testing how to use a partial set of these type 'pictures of letters' in a program. I need to use a character code to look up it's associated gif image. To test, I have hard coded '65' as a string, added the underscore pre ...Show All

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Octrees question

  Hi, I've done some reading before posting this, so I think that the answer to my questions is not already in the forums. I've also searched the internet and read some articles about octrees. Bu I still have some doubts regarding this matter. What happens if a object is too big, and is inside 2 or more octree leafs Should the object be divided in 2 If not wouldn't the object be drawn twice Or this should never happen If the object will ...Show All

• Windows Forms Progress Bar Help!

  Guys, i am currently developing a program that has an MDIForm, and this MDIForm contains a status bar with a progress bar... What I wanted to do is whenever i want to load a form.. I want my progressbar to increment its value. Like that of an internet explorer... Did anyone encountered this problem already Yes sir.. I want my toolStripProgressBar to increment its value whenever I want to load a child form. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Dataset Question

  Using VB VSE I created a dataset and included some fields which were calculated. For example: FldA - Single FldB - Single FldC - (FldA + FldB) When I try to populate a new row I thought I'd be able to set FldA to something like 3.4 and FldB to 4.4 and the value of FldC would automatically be saved as 7.8 When I rty to save the row I get an error that FldC is Null and cannot be saved. How am I supposed to use calculated columns in this type of si ...Show All

• SQL Server How to download the english version of SQL Sever Express?

  Hello, when i try to download SQL Server Express from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/sql/download/ i only get the german version. But i want to download the original english version. Because i like more to work with the english terms than the translated german ones. Regards, Markus Visit this page , select English then click Change , scroll-down to the Files in This Down ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions invalid object

  I am trying to write to a database table using native configuration. I have already checked my connection string, I believe I am connecting. However, I get the "table3 is invalid object " error. I checked the spelling and case of my objects. These objects exist. Why do I get this error ok, here's the relevant code: SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=norby11\\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;Connect Timeou ...Show All

• SQL Server Unable to use Books Online search function

  I am unable to use the search feature in Books Online.  Every time I click the "Search" button, I get this error message: Package "Visual Studio Common IDE Package" failed to load Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this error Hmm, this is strange. I know that you have already gone through an uninstall/repair/install cycle and I am sorry for the trouble it has caused. Is it possible to uninstall ...Show All