rhino_mik's Q&A profile

• Game Technologies: DirectX, XNA, XACT, etc. Screen sized quad blend with rendered scene and shadows

  http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b95/julesthe/scene1.jpg the url brings you to an image that shows the current problem I am facing. I render a screen sized quad (background image) and then set some device blending operations before rendering my scene objects. as you can see, where the shadow is cast, the blending behaves as I would expect, making this area show through but it is slightly darker then the background. My problem is that I cannot get rid of the white. If I blend using alpha testing: device.RenderState.AlphaTestEnable = true ; device.RenderState.ReferenceAlpha = 1; device.RenderState.AlphaFunction = Compare .Le ...Show All

• SQL Server Exporting a RS 2005 report into a PDF file?

  Hello! I was able to export a report in RS 2005 into a .PDF file but since it is a wide report some of it got cut off in a PDF file. Is there a way to display the whole width of my report in PDF without cutting this off Thanks, You can set the page size in Report->Properties->Layout. For landscape you would just swap the width and height of the papersize. For example, Letter is Width: 8.5in Height: 11in. To make this landscape, you would swap these values to be Width: 11in Height: 8.5in ...Show All

• Visual C# Enumerating an array of Desktop Window names

  I would like to create an array listing all open windows on the desktop.  This includes other windows that are not related to the application. For example, the list would show a list similar to when you bring up the task manager, showing items like an open Excel spreadsheet, Word Document, or other software. Then, if a particular program is running, I would want to bring that window to the front of the desktop. Can someone point me in the right direction Thanx,  Allen You'll have to call Win32 APIs directly.  Check out EnumWindows and SetForegroundWindow on MSDN.  ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) 401.1 unauthorized access error with Windows 2003+IIS 6.0+WinFx Runtime Feb CTP

  Hi There, I am not quite sure I should post this question here. I assume there is co-working issue between IIS6.0 and Indigo. Our indigo service hosted with IIS 6.0 behaves kind of weird: when accessing our Indigo services after the server has been running some time (let's say, 10 hours, 12 hours overnight), 401.1 unauthorized access error occurs. Not only the indigo services, any access to public websites on this server gives the same problem. Our deployment enviroment is like this: Windows 2003 SP1 (a member of PDC 2000), IIS6.0, .NET 2.0, WinFx Runtime Feb CTP Our Indigo service's VDir security: Anonymous, Integrated Window ...Show All

• Visual C# DOS window doesn't close after process started?

  Hi, I'm trying to run a process from a Windows application. Example: if (Regex.IsMatch(textDomain.Text, "( =^.{1,254}$)(^( :( !d+.)[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,63}. )+( :[a-zA-Z]{2,})$)") && Regex.IsMatch(textRecord.Text, "^( :( :25[0-5]|2[0-4]\\d|[01]\\d\\d|\\d \\d)( ( =\\. \\d)\\.)){4}$")) { Process testProcess = new Process(); testProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; Process.Start("cmd.exe", "/c ipconfig.exe /all >> c:\\test.txt"); testProcess.Close(); } The application is running like it should, but I'm unable to hide the stupid DOS window which pops up after the process is started. I t ...Show All

• SQL Server setup.exe /qb REMOVE=ALL instancename=test

  Hello , I am using MSFT SQL Server 2005 (v 9.00) and have 3 databases listed under Database when I launch SQL Mgmt Studio These are: Deva, Devb, Test I have to UNINSTALL and REMOVE only the TEST instance. I did following: setup.exe /qb REMOVE=ALL instancename=test I launch the above from C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap> but it does NOT UNINSTALL that TEST instance... can anyone please help me on this Whats the BEST WAY to remove a DB Instance via COMMAND LINE.... NOTE: I have to use COMMAND LINE only to uninstall... please help THANKS! Mr. Bombay ...Show All

• Visual Basic Change location of "backup files" directory in VS2005

  In another post ( http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=122897&SiteID=1 ) somebody asked about the "backup files" folder that VS2005 automatically creates. I don't mind having the folder, but I've moved where my projects are stored, but the "backup files" is still being created at the old location. I have changed the placement of projects and templates and the vsssettings file. But where do I change where the "backup files" is placed Thanks Henrik Bach Hi, I have browsed the registry looking for the string "Visual Studio 2005", I have changed some values in the followi ...Show All

• Visual Basic Help with Writing to Excel

  Can someone please help me write to Excel (Office XP) from Visual Studio.Net (2003) using a Data Adapter Here is my code: (I have been able to connect to Excel, import the data, and fill myDataSet with the Excel import) myConnection.Open() myAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add( New OleDb.OleDbParameter("@col2", OleDb.OleDbType.Integer)) myAdapter.UpdateCommand.Parameters.Add( New OleDb.OleDbParameter("@col1", OleDb.OleDbType.Integer)) myAdapter.UpdateCommand = New OleDb.OleDbCommand("UPDATE [Test_Sheet$] SET col2 = WHERE col1 = ", myConnection) myAdapter.Update(myDataSet, myTable) In this instance I have the parameter b ...Show All

• Visual Basic Newbie: Evaluating FormView label in a Do While Loop

  Hi - VB newbie here, so be kind.  :-) I have a form using a FormView control.  On the form, I've got a button and the associated event is supposed to scroll through all the rows in the FormView's datasource and perform an update to a column in each row. Although I can walk the FormView control's pages (rows) in my Do While loop by updating the PageIndex property, I can't figure out how to gain access to the data-bound label I've got in the FormView's ItemTemplate.  How can I get access to that label   I've looked and searched, and I just can't figure out how to address that label within the FormView control! Any help woul ...Show All

• Software Development for Windows Vista ASP.NET and Workflow

  Our company is going to write asp.net application in visual studio 2005. This application is documents lifecycle system (Case is flow throught the entire company and is approved or not by users) One of users (not knowing any programing language) must create a case and define a flow of document circulation. Would like to ask few questions because We are new in workflow so our questions can be obvious. 1. First we would like to ask what a feature of workflow we must use state or sequential diagram 2. Case is executing in company througth few weeks(even). How solve this problem with workflow If workflow is working in memory, what if serve ...Show All

• Visual Studio 2008 (Pre-release) Auto Generated Client Code

  How was the client code auto generated for the WCF samples, such as "Addressing" or "GettingStarted" I tried auto generating code using the SvcUtil.exe, but it looks nothing like the client code in the samles. The samples client code was generated using svcutil. Both the samples and svcutil are still being worked on which is why you see a difference. Samples client code will match svcutil code when we ship. ...Show All

• Visual C# How do I launch my default mail recipent programmatically from my C# application?

  Hey howzit, When you right click a file and click Sent To>Mail Recipient, it opens a new instance of your default mail recipient e.g. Outlook. How do I achieve this level of functionality from my C# application Prepend the email address with "mailto:" text, and use it as a parameter in Process.Start method call: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(" mailto:<email address here> "); Regards, -chris ...Show All

• Windows Live Developer Forums Virtual Labs and Windows Live

  Hello, I've taken two Virtual Labs over the last few days and when I attempted to go to the Comment Form to get credit I received a Windows Live error. There is a statement that it's a know problem, however I was wondering how I would go about getting credit for these labs Thanks, Leeland Leeland: Based on your description, I would guess the problem occurs when you sign in into your Windows Live account. Check the Windows Live support page for potential solutions: http://support.live.com/default.aspx . ...Show All

• Visual Studio Express Editions Resource Editing

  When I try to edit resource file (*.rc) I get this error: "Resource Editing in not supported on the Visual C++ Express SKU". Does that mean there is no way to get the resource editor to work in VC++ Express   Grubber wrote: When I try to edit resource file (*.rc) I get this error: "Resource Editing in not supported on the Visual C++ Express SKU". Does that mean there is no way to get the resource editor to work in VC++ Express Sadly, Express Edition of VC++ doesn't include resource editor. This is the most important drawback of ExEd for C++ WinAPI developers. If you find good third-party reso ...Show All

• Visual Studio Team System MS Project integration

  I have created a MS project that contained a number of tasks and was able to publish these to a team systems project along with doing some updates etc. After playing with it for awhile I used the tfsdeleteproject to delete the team project, created a new one after doing some changes to the work items and gave it a differnt name. The problem I now have is that the .mpp file that I originally created seems to still want to be connected to the original deleted team systems project. Is there a way to change it to use a different team project as the chose team Team Project is grayed out. > Did this tool ever m ...Show All