Pmcg's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Managed DirectX - From TransformedColored to PositionColored

  Hi, I am trying to get a good understanding of the Projection and View and I'm stuck. I'm trying to draw exact same shape with PositionColored as I did with TransformedColored but I can't get it exactly the same. Here is what I'm doing... With TransformedColored I had this code ('this' ref is my custom defined triangle shape and PointA, PointB, PointC have coordinates mapped 1 to 1 to the form coordinates): ... mVerts[0] = new CustomVertex.TransformedColored( this .PointC.X, this .PointC.Y, 1.0f, this .Color.ToArgb() ); mVerts[1] = new CustomVertex.TransformedColored( this .PointA.X, this .PointA.Y, 1.0f, this .Colo ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Initialization failed for plugin(s): "Microsoft.Pcw.wss"

  Hi, I have just managed to install TFS, but when I try to create a new project, I get the error: Project creating failed with error: "Initialization failed for plugin(s): 'Microsoft.Pcw.wss" * My installation is a single server, and it is not a domain controller (I have another machine that is my intranet DC); * I can access sharepoint (http://<server>); * I can access the reporting services URLs; * I can even access and run some of the web services such as EleadWebService.asmx via browser; * When the above error occurs, I get nothing in the Event Log - where should I be looking for log files * As far as I know, Frontpage extensions ar ...Show All

• Windows Forms DataSource <--> Form data traveling events

  Hi. I have an Win Form and datasource. They are connected via binding. I would like to be abe to intercept event, when data travels from datasource to Winform. Then I would like to intercept event when data travels back from form to datasource.. This would be useful to me for many reasons. Not allowing user to moving to next row on some condition, fitering data,transforming data, doing some extra work when data gets written to dataset based on condition... Do you have any solution thanks, ivan ...Show All

• SQL Server Access 2003 Database Upgrade to SQL Server 2005

  Is there a wizard or established procedure to upgrade an Access 2003 database to SQL Server 2005 (either standard or express) Hi Athena,   There are a bunch of resources about migrating from Access to SQL Server that you should probably look over before you do this. A good page to start on is http://www.microsoft.com/sql/solutions/ssm/access/accessmigration.mspx . One of the questions you need to answer is why you want to move to SQL Server.   Specific information about using the Upsizing Wizard, which the tool I suggest you use is available in this paper: http://www.microsoft.c ...Show All

• Visual Studio Undocumented error (ESS_SS_HISTOPEN) in VSS 6.0

  Hi All, I'm automating VSS through the COM interface and I consistently get the same error when attempting to do a 'get' operation on items in my database. The error being returned is 0x8004D75C, which I mapped to ESS_SS_HISTOPEN (or "A history operation is already in progress"). Aside from an entry in ssauterr.h, I can't find any documentation that gives me any idea what this error actually means. Anybody have a clue Sean Sean, It would be helpful to see your code to figure this out. Do you get the same error if you point at a different database or at different data in your current da ...Show All

• Visual Basic CodeElement.EndPoint.Line throws an exception 'The parameter is incorrect'

  I have an Addin written in VB.NET which prints the source code of a .NET projects. The addin formats the source code using SmartFormat before printing the source code. Here is a code in the addin that formats the source code: Dim MyUndoContextisOpen As Boolean = False Dim td As TextDocument Dim ce As CodeElement = Nothing Dim pi As ProjectItem Try  'Start Undo context  If Not applicationObject.UndoContext.IsOpen Then    MyUndoContextisOpen = True    applicationObject.UndoContext.Open("SmartFormat", False)  End If  'Get the CodeElelment under the cursor  td = applicationObject.ActiveDocument. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) how to implement a application like the north face demo on PDC 2005?

  In the demo, user can use a mouse to rotate a sports clothes. I am always being attracted and puzzled by it. Can one give me some advice to implement this Thank you. I have not done much with WPF 3D yet, but there is probably a utility class that will do the manipulation. If not a simple conversion of mouse x to rotation angle would be a good first step on rolling your own. ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) BitmapEffect and MediaElement

  It seems applying any BitmapEffect to a MediaElement will cause it to render only a black box (audio still plays). Is this expected behavior Must I do something with BitmapEffectInput Unfortunately applying a BitmapEffect to a MediaElement is unsupported in current builds of WinFx. We’re investigating a fix for this, but make no guarantees that it will be fixed for the final bits. If you’d like to get it to work, there is a simple (but kind of expensive) work around. With the BitmapEffect applied to the MediaElement, try animating the width of the MediaElement very slightly. This will force an update and h ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Would really appreciate some help with programming, mostly socket type

  I'm really sorry to post here so much. I've been looking alot online and in books for how to do things in Visual Basic, but I haven't been finding the answers I want. I deleted the earlier post about the IRC bot so I wouldn't take up too much space on the forum. If this forum is mostly for professionals, I apologize, and I can try to find somewhere else. I consider myself fairly intelligent, but I've really been struggling with trying to figure out how to do alot of things in VB. I'm adding my email address to my profile so anyone can contact me if you are willing to help. I also host an IRC server that I'd like to start growing about V ...Show All

• Smart Device Development copy and paste function

  can someone provide me code for copy n paste method (in vb.net) i hv check on msdn but i cannot understand! Hi Albert_Khor, The following code snippet shows the copying and pasting of a string to and from the clipboard using NETCF V2: Private Sub Button1_Click( ByVal sender As System. Object , ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Dim str As String Dim iDataObj As IDataObject str = "" Clipboard.SetDataObject( "Hello" ) iDataObj = Clipboard.GetDataObject() Str = iDataObj.GetData(Str. GetType ()) MessageBox.Show(Str) End Sub   Cheers, Anthony ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Missing Visible property on forms

  I'm new to VB. Why is the visible property missing on the forms property list It shouldnt be missing. Have you got the form selected. Are you looking in the right place - show the properties in alphabetical order and you'll find it easily, ...Show All

• Visual FoxPro Grid Columns settings disappear

  I have a grid with about 20 columns and the following properties are defined at design time carefully: backColor, foreColor, fontSize, fontBold for the columns as well as corresponding properties for the headers. Then I have a table and I want to use a part of the table as a recordSource let say to display transaction for year 2005. I get a beautiful display. Then I have a combobox with some years like 2004, 2005, 2006, etc. It controls the grid's reacordSource and actually its value determines the selection. If I interactively change the year from 2005 to 2004 trying to see what transactions were effected during that period but the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Time Limited Software Sample Code

  Does anyone have some code they'd like to share or could point me in the right direction to finding some examples on creating time limited trial software code I'm looking to make a program stop functioning after a given time period if the user does not register it and I have no idea where to start on this. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Marc ...Show All

• Smart Device Development Can not find "Build Cab File" - How to make my program icon appear on Start menu?

  Hi, I am compiling a program with Visual Studio 2005 Developer Edition and VB.net and Windows CE 2003 SE on a Pocket PC. Now, after I deploy my program to Pocket PC, I have to look for my program in "program files" directory. How can I do to make my program icon appear on Start menu Thanks a lot. You need to add a deployment project - a SmartCab project type. In it you will be able to create a shortcut and place it in Start Menu folder ...Show All

• Windows Forms TableAdapter insert/update/delete generated on a table, but WONT on a view

  I am using VS2005 and adding tables and views to my project using "Add data source". It auto generates the .xsd file for me with all the items in there. I started off just putting views in there from my database, then when i rightclick -> configure -> advanced options, and check "Generate Insert, update and delete statements", click ok and next, the "Create methods to send updates directly to the database" is greyed out. I thought that maybe it was something funky with my view, so i tried doing it to a table, it works fine. So i tried doing it on a view which is simply "Select * From myTable&quo ...Show All