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• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Mesh modeling tool

  Hi, I'm looking for a mesh modeling tool. I'm beginner in DX programming so I don't need a tool with thousand of functionnalities for the moment. A free or low cost modeling tool would be great ... Thanks, Steve I can vouch for Milkshape 3D, I've been using it for my personal projects for a couple years now.  It also comes with a couple of .x file exporters.  Theres a trial available and a license will only cost you $20. You can get it at: http://www.swissquake.ch/chumbalum-soft/ I also recommend looking into the Quake3 BSP format for your levels or something similar since its pretty well document ...Show All

• SQL Server order by in a view in sqlserver2005

  Hi, I've a problem with a created view in sqlserver2000 that I'm now using in sqlserver2005. This is the view : CREATE VIEW hsarti01_VD1 AS SELECT TOP 100 PERCENT * FROM hsarti01 WITH(index(hsarti01_PK)) ORDER BY 1,2 desc,3,4 When I do the "select * from hsarti01_VD1" in sql server 2000, I see in the result that the order by is been using. but in sql server 2005 it's just using the order of the primary key and not the order by ! Has anyone have a solution for it Thanks Now you've nailed it. This behavior, which unfortunately persists in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Manager' ...Show All

• SQL Server Metadata storage and intelligent use

  I am contemplating moving a huge integration project (hundreds of different medical practice management systems) from a competitor's dedicated data integration tool to SSIS.  One of the main questions I have about SSIS regards it's capability to maintain - and even more importantly - intelligently use metadata regarding source and target data in the integration processes. One significant example: There is an ETL tool that I am familiar with that allows the user to indicate the uniqueness keys of any target data structures. This is huge because now the tool has the capability to determine if a source data structure that is a ca ...Show All

• .NET Development Thread corruption issues with 64 bit framework?

  Anybody else having troubles with multiple threads running in the .NET 2.0 framework in a 64 bit app   I have an application that queries a server, then reads the results back on a seperate thread. Each chunk received is doled out to yet another set of threads before using Control.Invoke to resync to the UI thread. This model works perfectly in the 1.1 framework, and in fact works fine in the 2.0 framework when run as a 32 bit app. But when run as a 64 bit app, it pulls access violations constantly. When run under the debugger, the debugger reports the access violations yet when it looks at the data, its fine! For instance, I'll get an ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System A "Complete" TFS b3 install guide.

  Hi folks! These are the steps that I've taken to install a working TFS Single Server environment. I've run this guide 4 times, and been successful everytime now. My setup is totally a Lab environment: 1 AMD X2 3800+, 4GB RAM, running Windows Server 2003 Std with Virtual Server 2005 Std 1 Virtual Machine 256MB, running Windows Server 2003 Std as Domain Controller and DNS 1 Virtual Machine 2GB, running Windows Server 2003 Std, SQL2005 September CTP, SharePoint Services 2.0 with SP2 and TFS beta3 1 Virtual Machine 256MB, running Windows XP with SP2, Office 2003 Pro with SP2 Full Install, Project 2003 Pro with SP2 Full Install, Visual Studio 2 ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista Lab exercises for Beta 2

  Are the lab exercises available for Beta2 Or will the Beta1 lab work with the January CTP Thanks Yes, the labs are available. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/workflow and download from the downloads box on the right. No, the Beta 1 labs don't work with the Jan CTP of WinFX. Regards, Paul ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System Profiler quits generating reports (or gets stuck on the same one)

  I upgraded to Team System for Sd earlier this week from 2005 Pro in order to try out the profiler. I can get it ro run once or twice, and then it seems to quit. In my solution, I have a class library (Rancher) and console app (Rancher.Test). I used the Performance Wizard to create a session for the console app, and then added the class library as a target project. Instrumentation, no allocation gathering. I ran it twice with no problem and got reports like these: Rancher.Test060412.vsp Rancher.Test060412(1).vsp Pretty normal. I tried to run it a third time, it ran fine, but no report showed up in the Session window. Tri ...Show All

• Windows Forms why?

  Why animal done by others can run in my ecosystem how can the server do so without sending the dll to my computer help me! thanks! The DLLs are copied to your machine.  Terrarium imposes a lot of restrictions on the DLLs to make reasonably sure that they can't do anything harmful. ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Activation key not working

  I downloaded and intalled c# express. It works fine, but now when I try to do the activation key thingie, it just tells me the activation key is wrong. Im absolutely possitive I obtained the key from the same machine and with the same the user that im using when activating the server. Any ideas If the key you were provided does not work, there are a couple things to do: 1.  Try again and make sure you go through the online registration from the machine and user account that you're activating (activation is per machine, per user). 2.  If the above does not work.  Send the URL in the a ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Interfacing with parallel port

  hi, i need a help ,i donnt know how to program with with printer port by using C# 2005 Hi there, I'm not sure if there is a "nice" way to do this. I had a look in the namespace where I thought I could find something ( System.IO.Ports ) but all the items in that namespace seemed to be for Serial Ports rather than parallel ports. However, there is third party stuff that lets you do it. You can get a DLL (which you'll need to reference in your project, I believe) here: http://www.logix4u.net/\ And here's some write-ups on how to do the port interfacing thing with C#: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/csppleds.asp http://w ...Show All

• Visual Basic Problem with windows in my program.

  Ok, so basically what I'm doing is I have a program that has 2 frames, one on top, one on bottom.  In these frames go 2 programs.  The one on the bottom is Microsoft Excel. What I do is I open an instance of Excel using an Excel object, get the window handle, and set the window handle's parent to the frame (so that it now appears in the little frame). The problem occurs now when I try to Open... or Save As... in Excel.  When I click on either of those, Excel begins to go in and out of focus (blinking), as if I haven't focused on an overlaying dialog somewhere, BUT the Open... or Save As... dialogs do not appear on my screen.&n ...Show All

• SQL Server Custom Front-End Using Multi-Value Parameters on Reports

  Hello, We have developed our own ASP.NET 2.0 (C#) front-end for Reporting Services (SQL Server 2005). The front-end is kind of "generic" in the sense that it looks at all the parameters for any report selected by the end-user and creates a display for the end-user to configure the parameter values. This all works fine, except for one report that has a multi-value parameter. On the report viewer through Report Manager, this multi-value parameter displays as a drop down list in which you can select one or more parameters by checking the appropriate checkboxes by the values. So, we need some way to emulate this. Is there a built ...Show All

• Windows Forms Click-once application doesn't start

  I've having big problems with Click-Once deployment of my application. The application appears to install correctly and adds an entry to the start menu, however it won't run: either from the Start menu or from the web page. The application does seem to work correctly for my colleagues, but not for me (although it used to). I can't see any event log entries, and the application isn't running in task manager. How can I see what is going on I've tried reinstalling .Net 2 framework, but that didn't help :-) Best regards, David Do you see any ClickOnce error dialog If "yes" what does it say in the log I ...Show All

• Windows Forms DatgridView like in SQL 2005 Management Studio

  In SQL 2005 management studio, when you open a large table the grid displays the rows in the grid asynchronously, you can manipulate the result grid while all the records are being loaded...Anyone know how to achieve this in VB.NET or C# Sure! Check out the DataGridView App using BackgroundWorker for Async Data Load sample:  http://www.windowsforms.net/TrackViews.aspx ID=217&Type=Samples&Redir=%2fSamples%2fdownload.aspx%3fPageId%3d1%26ItemId%3d217%26tabindex%3d4 -mark DataGridView Program Manager Microsoft This post is provided "as-is" ...Show All

• Windows Forms Problem with inserting objects

  Hi, Im have visal basic.net 2003 standard edition.  I am having problems inserting objects in to solutions (i.e. windows forms).  I get a message to say "Automation server cannot create this object". Does anyone know why this is happening and how i can overcome it I have tried repairing the entire studio from CD but this doesnt seem to have  ...Show All