balcanuc's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Problem migrating to Managed DX 2.0...

  Well here is the deal. My app modifies an offscreen surface each frame and then updates a texture with that surface's data. Then that texture gets rendered on a quad that uses the whole screen with TransformedTextured Vertices. This all worked right with the previous version of MDX but it doesn't show anything now. My render method looks like this: dev.UpdateSurface( this .frameBufferSurface, null , this ._frameBufferTexture.GetSurfaceLevel(0), null ); dev.BeginScene(); dev.VertexFormat = TransformedTextured.Format; dev.SetStreamSource(0, this ._vertexBuffer, 0); dev.SetTexture(0, this ._frameBufferTexture); dev.Dr ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Practical questions

  Hello all, For as far as I can see, LINQ offers key features that belong to the data access layer. (Not like the current features from System.Data in .NET 2.0.) LINQ is all about replacing existing data access layer code with LINQ code, I think. So is the true advantage that we don't have to write SQL code anymore If so, would the LINQ code be placed on the database server (stored procedures) or on the application side Would data access layers still exist And in what form Where would they reside On a (for example) SQL Server, or on the application side I could not find any 'best practices' yet on this subject. Hope you understand my issues ...Show All

• SQL Server How to convert a SQL 2000 DB

  I would like to move a SQL 2000 DB to SQL 2005 Enterprise Edition.  My SQL 2000 DB already has a few users in it.  When I do a full-backup in 2000 and restore into 2005, the users are not accesible.  I can't drop those users in 2005 as these users own a few objects.  Is there a simple method that allows us to take a full backup of 2000 and migrate to 2005     If not, any relevant tips are greatly appreciated.  TIA for your time! I tried running the Copy Database Wizard and it didn't work.  I get an error in the last step.  I get a "Package Failed" error (found ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions ok right off the 'other' web site...10 days

  I’ve already waited more than 10 days and still haven’t received a registration benefits e-mail. So i come and look .... no past threads.. jb.. JB-- Please send mail to vsrghlp and include the product you registered, and the e-mail address to which we should send your benefit e-mail. We will immediately send you the benefit e-mail, and then investigate the difficulty further afterwards. Apologies, Margie Coles, Program Manager ...Show All

• Windows Forms How to Combine C# and .NET C++

  Hello, I am using MSVC .NET 2003, (MSVC 6.0) and I noticed that C# has functions to access sound. All I want to do is combine a C# file with my MSVC .NET files, so I can play a .wav file. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have posted a question before this, and my ultimate goal is to make a video game. Thank you ver ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Questions regarding MSN Messenger API

  Great news! I have 2 questions about the API: 1. Will the API be managed or native I would love to have a managed API or at least a managed wrapper supported by Microsoft (like PIA for Office). 2. Using this API, will it be possible for external applications to send and listen for messages, but invisible to the end-user what about msn messenger live . ...Show All

• SQL Server How to Deploy .mdf Files

  Hi Guys, I have a problam. I wanna deploy my application that it has data.mdf file. When I install and test it I get this message: --------------------------- Microsoft SQL Server Login --------------------------- Connection failed: SQLState: '42000' SQL Server Error: 5133 [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Directory lookup for the file "C:\Program Files\MyDic\Database\Data.mdf" failed with the operating system error 5(Access is denied.). Connection failed: SQLState: '42000' SQL Server Error: 1832 [Microsoft][SQL Native Client][SQL Server]Could not attach file 'C:\Program Files\MyDic\Database\Data.mdf' as database 'MyDic'. ...Show All

• .NET Development XmlTextReader

  I have an XML file with this data in it. <root> <Name>HEY</Name> <Serial></Serial> <Trial>true</Trial> </root> 1) What are these called "<root></root>" 2) I have created an XmlTextReader object like this     XmlTextReader registrationData = new XmlTextReader("registration.xml"); but I am unsure of how to use it to get the data in between "<Name></Name>", "<Serial></Serial>" and "<Trial></Trial>." How would I do it Thanks public static string ElementValue( string element) { usi ...Show All

• SQL Server Business Intelligence Project

  Hello Where can I download the project type for reporting services I need this for Visual Studios 2003. thanks You can get the trial version from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx FamilyID=ba517c01-2e2f-4bc7-84af-149b7637f807&DisplayLang=en This is the same as the full version.  The designer components are not trial versions and will not expire after 180 days. -Daniel ...Show All

• Windows Forms Getting focus to a dialog box

  Hi, I have an app running hidden (apart from an icon on the status bar) This app must pop dialogue boxes onto the screen, topmost, and with focus, when the user has another totally unrelated window open and active on the screen. I can get the "topmost" aspect without any trouble, but cannot find any way of ensuring that the popped dialog box automatically has its focus set so that the buttons and edit boxes may be accessed via the keyboard Tab button , without recourse to activating the dialog box by clicking with the mouse. Any help and advice on a "simple" and elegant solution would be very gratefully received. ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Problem with HandleExternalEvent on a web service.

  Hi. I'm trying to make a workflow that has a Listen and a HandleExternalEvent activity to work through a web service, but I'm not being able of doing it... I can make it work fine on a Win32 app, but when I move it to the web service, I'm getting a problem. What I'm trying to do with this Since it is not posible suspending a workflow, and passing parameters to it when resumed, I thought I could use the EventArgument parameter on the HandleExternalEvent_Invoked activity to pass my custom data to the workflow when resuming it. Perhaps there's a different way, but here's my code (The problem is at the end of this post, when I invoke the event ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions How to use UTF-8 above 128!

  Hi all, My program needs a 3 byte output. I've managed to convert 2 of the Integers into UTF-8 format. But one of the Integers is 255, this is a constant not a variable amount. But it outputs 2 Bytes and not 1 as I need. So is there any way to convert 255 into a UTF-8 format Thanks for any help or advice. Use bytes. They are unsigned entities and can express 11111111 (binary) which is 255. Signed datatypes such as integers use the highest bit as a sign bit so they can express positive and negative values. ...Show All

• Visual C++ Poly-Threaded C++ Applications

  I have a few programs that I am converting to be threaded. At present I have a couple of programs, computer chess engines, that are threaded and work fine with Microsoft's C++ compilers. When the SMP.H #define's detect _WIN32 || _WIN64 it calls up process.h functions but on other platforms it need to use a bit map in ASM to manage the threads properly. Other considerations include inter-process communications etc. If threads dont need to speak to each other then the situation is simple, if not then some form of signalling is needed and the program becomes more complex. One program I use computes end game positions for chess, usin ...Show All

• Visual Basic Data Sources failed to show

  I had newly installed a VS2005 Prof edition, and seems working fine till I notice that the ide was not showing the Data Sources Window.Upon clicking on Data then Show Data Sources, it was giving me this error."Operation Failed...Only true type fonts are supported.This is not a true type font"...Any idea how can I solve this one Hi, This is a known issue http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx FeedbackID=122156 . This will be fixed in the next release of Visual Studio. To work-around it now, you can change this setting: Display Properties | Appearance | Adva ...Show All

• SQL Server MS - How About Some Answers?

  Hey MS, I realize that this a free forum, but given the number of people who have problems with SSRS configuration and the fact that there are virtually no solutions posted on MSDN, I would think that MS would be more responsive to these forum posts. The most recent post from someone who can't get SSRS working had 1,154 views , but no answers--similar to the other posts by those who can't get the product to work. There seem to be responses to the "easy" questions, like features and techniques. Unlike the SQK2K version, this version has a GUI-based config tool. That should guarantee proper configuration, but it doesn't. The o ...Show All