bri189a's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Changing Texture ColorKey (D3D/C#)

  Hi, Is it possible to change the ColorKey of a Texture after it has been created, or can it only be set at load time I primarly want it to provide the good ol' "top-left pixel is ColorKey" functionality to my users. Thanks, Jonas Ah, so that's how it works! I'll definitely preprocess myself. Thanks a lot. ...Show All

• SQL Server After Install of 2005 still 2000 Engine!

  I have installed the new SQL Server 2005, but I see my local database as version 8.9.193, means SQL Server 2000. I do not know why setup did not upgrade it. What do I need to do now  I think some new options are now working because of that... Was your SQL Server 2005 installation successful   And did you do an upgrade, or a separate instance installation   Check to see if you have a second instance of sql server runn ...Show All

• Windows Forms creatign a dll

  Hi i want to create a dll file. I have this line in the command line  vbc /t:library /r:system.io.dll class1.vb And it tells me that could not find library system.io.dll. If i try to complie it with  vbc /t:library /r:system.dll class1.vb i get an error& ...Show All

• Windows Forms SURVEY about your usage of the .NET Framework documentation!

  Hello -   I'm conducting an official survey about your usage of the .NET Framework documentation. In particular, what programming languages do you filter on. Your answers will be used to help improve the documentation viewing experience. When reading the surv ...Show All

• Visual C# datasets -- hide password information from the user

  I have a dataset that has 6 columns. Two of these columns contain passwords. I need to use these passwords for FTP purposes, but I would like the user to see only "****" when they run the program. How can I do this Yes, this dataset is bound to a datagridview. The response I got in another forum was to just hide the columns. The problem with this is if the user would like to add another row of information, they could not add the pas ...Show All

• Windows Forms Bug in C# only in Windows 2003 .NET framework 2.0

  Hello, I am encountering a bug, and I can't figure out what it is causing. I am catching all what I can, but still it exists. The funny is that it is only available on Windows 2003. Here is the output. Can someone help me finding/killing this bug Thanks. ESTAN See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box. ************** Exception Text ************** System.ArgumentO ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions VISUAL BASIC EXPRESS - 2 COPIES

  Several weeks ago I installed VB Express from a CD On Friday I installed Visual Studio Express from a DVD which I received from Microsoft. Do I now have 2 copies of VB Express on my computer If I do , can I use the Uninstall program to delete the 1st VB Express installation Visual Basic Express Edition is a product that can be individually installed and uninstalled. If you want to uninstall it you should be able to find it in the ...Show All

• .NET Development Error while sending email using ASP.NET 2.0 Beta 2 (Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2)

  While trying to send email using <code> SmtpClient obj_SmtpClient = new SmtpClient (); obj_SmtpClient.Host = "" t; obj_SmtpClient.Send(s_from, s_recipients, s_subject, s_body); </code> I get the error message: Failure sending mail. Unable to connect to the remote server An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, So ...Show All

• SQL Server this should be easy but it's not.

  I have written 2 custom connection mgr’s. One connects the data from an oracle source One connects so I can put the data on a sql server. These both work well and it makes it a lot easier across development, test, production. But now I would like a good way to do this I have 10 tables to copy from oracle. The only difference is just the name of the table. static string [] g_tables = { &qu ...Show All

• Windows Forms Introducing Creatures - Naming problems

  Hello all, I have a couple questions about introducing creatures: (1) Do the DLLs need a strong name (2) If you upload a creature containing an error, how do you replace the DLL These questions stem from the fact that I was going through the Making ...Show All

• .NET Development Installable ISAM Error AGAIN!!

  Hi Does anyone know how to use the program VBCharts cause i downloaded the trail version and when i tried to set the connection string for the database i got the dreaded 'Couldnt find installable ISAM' Error thx ...Show All

• Windows Forms Icon of the Application Reference in the Start menu

  The icon of the Application Reference in the Start menu is a default icon (white and blue empty window icon), not the actual icon of the .exe file for my application. How can I fix that The icon for my application is stored in a Win32 resource embedded in my .exe file (that's option "Resource File" in the Application tab of the project properties). I chose to do that because it was an easy way to pack several icons to implement a fi ...Show All

• Visual C++ CFileDialog.DoModal() Crashes When Hint box is about to appear.

  I have a strange crashing problem in an application developed on Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition. The crash comes during a function call to CFileDialog.DoModal(). The problem seems to relate to the "hint" box that appears if you let the mouse pointer linger over a file. If the mouse pointer registers over a file with an unregistered file type, then a hint box appears indicating the file type (e.g. ".slg file"). You the ...Show All

• Windows Forms Potential Bug: Form Scroll Bar + Build

  In the form designer for VS2k5, I'm looking at a form, and it has a scroll bar. I scroll the bar down, and then I build. Now, all the controls that were at the top of the form are repositioned to be at the visible top of the form, which is actually half way down the form. When I scroll the form's bar back up, it is clear the controls have moved. Is this a known issue I'm not seeing this behavior - can you post a small solution that reprod ...Show All

• Visual Basic data binding and sorting controls

    I have the following code: Try     OleDbConnection1.Open()     DsFirefighterData1.Clear()     NumberInDatabase = OleDbDataAdapter1.Fill(DsFirefighterData1)     OleDbConnection1.Close()  Catch ex As Exception       MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Firefighter Info Server Error")   End Try On the form I have a combo box that is bound to one colum ...Show All