Alas, I downloaded Visual Studio 2008 Pro 90 day trial but i get the same result when attempting to load the project. I think i need to abandon this. Read the source code, keep the resource files and recreate something from scratch.

According to this MSDN blog it was the free trial version, but that could have been the time limited full trial i guess. I will see if i can still download it. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/silverlight/archive/2009/04/20/dr-dobb-s-challenge-deuce-play-modify-win.aspx

Interesting, but alas I only have the Express version. I thought that when i downloaded it, it included links to Silverlight and Visual Studio Express 2008. However, as an open competition, I would have expected the free Express version. Thanks for your thoughts, i will keep digging.

the source code references www.dobbschallenge2.com but that is a dead link that opens the main Dr Dobbs web page.

Understood, thanks. I will look tonight to see if I have a link, but the more I think about it, I believe I downloaded it from DrDobbs or Gamasutra.

I'll look tonight but suspect i no longer have a link. Can I mail you the zip ??

Thanks, I will look at that. However the original project was for VC#2008 so i am hoping i can resolve the problem (with help).

The actual error message is two lines, " The project file "C:\ \ Dr. Dobb's Challenge2.csproj' cannot be opened" followed by "The project type is not supported by this installation"

I downloaded it some months back. The zip DDC2.zip is 3Mb so i don't think i can post it here

I have already exposed him to 6+ months of Small Basic and he has done well. I figured it was time to move on. Small Basic is good but in a limited way and it certainly isn't like any BASIC I grew up using. I guess that's why it's called "Small Basic". If we continue with BASIC it will probably be Dark Basic.

I can't believe I need 2010, it wasn't released at the time of this project. The actual error message is two lines, " The project file "C:\~~~~~ .csproj' cannot be opened" followed by "The project type is not supported by this installation" NOTE: I replaced the path with ~~~~~ . This is a standard installation of VS2008 Express and Silverlight as specified.

I have recently obtained the files for the old Dr Dobbs Challenge and wanted to use them to help my 13 year old grandson learn programming. All other sources of help seem to have dried up. The project file indicates Visual Studio # 2008. I downloaded/installed VC# 2008 and Silverlight but VStudio won't load the project and reports incompatibility errors. I should say I also have VS2005 and VS2010 (C# and C++) as well as AVR Studio 5 (uses VS2010) on the computer, could there be a conflict? Please help! what do I need to change.

Derek, I too had the UK101 (just posted a reply above) and I still have it, and it still works. I later went to work for Premier Publications / Premier Microsystems where we designed a whole slew of addons. Good times to remember.

You are not alone there Dave. My first computer was in 1979, a Compukit UK101. Aaah those were the days.. 1MHz, 8bit processor, 4Kbytes of RAM, 48 x 16 screen resolution on a black/white TV. I remember paying around 230 UK pounds sterling for the computer and another 50 pounds for the additional 4Kbytes of RAM upgrade. One Saturday morning, I drove across London to CompShop and bought the computer, it came as a kit you had to solder together yourself. It took me 12 hours to build (6pm Saturday through to 6am Sunday). I still have it and it still works as designed. One of my favourite parts (NOT) was the editor, the user manual stated something like "if you make a mistake typing in a line, simply retype the line". You said you had a ZX81 in 1979, i recall 'Sinclair' releasing the ZX80 in late 1979 and the ZX81 in late 1980.

This article shows how to display a message box (good) but i need to detect the need for it. If the Navigate fails (the cable is out) i get a script error box. SetSilent() prevents the error box but now i just have a blank WebBrowser2. How am i alerted of the error ??

That works great, thanks. However it exposes a new issue, how do I now know if it failed ? I want to show a message if it fails

I have written an MFC application, with an embedded WebBrowser Control, using Visual Studio 6 C++ It follows an example on MSDN entitled "Using MFC to Host a WebBrowser Control". The application creates an html script and navigates to it using code similar to ... m_browser.Navigate(filenamestring, NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL); for example. If the connection fails, I get the "Internet Explorer Script Error" debug popup. Is it possible to detect / trap this error within my program so the popup is not generated ??

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For those that are unaware, the town of Sandwich lies on the east coast of Kent in England. A few miles south of Sandwich lies the town of Ham :)

What does mCharacter1->GoToWaypoint(pWaypointNum1) look like? Does this use 'testl' to increment the screen position? If so, where else does 'testl' get modified? What happens when pWaypointNuml = 6 ?

Perspx wrote:

Why not just set pWaypointNum1 to 1 before the while/if statement

in the original when pWaypointNuml = 1 testl will be set to 3 your solution when pWaypointNuml = 1 testl will be set to 6