CD's source solution will not open in XNA Game Studio 2.0 / MS VS 2005 Prof Ed

GeorgeSaban — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:30:46 GMT

The solutions in the source folder of the book’s CD will not open in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition / XNA Game Studio 2.0.

The error is…

“The project file ‘C:\Documents and Settings\gsaban\Desktop\Board\Board\BoardWin.csproj’ cannot be opened.”

The project type is not supported by this installation.

Errors

groundh0g — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:35:03 GMT

This is the list of corrections that I sent to the publisher after reviewing the printed book. I didn't find any major errors. If you come across any other errors that should be corrected in future reprints, please let me know.

Location:	Chapter 4, Page 61
Severity:	Error
Current:	0.5 to 2.5
Corrected:	0.5 to 1.5
Description:	wong value

Location:	Chapter 4, Page 62
Severity:	Error
Current:	assign a different scaling factor
Corrected:	assign a different scaling factor to the width and height of the sprite.
Description:	missing text

Location:	Chapter 8, Page 182
Severity:	Typo
Current:	simple match functions
Corrected:	simple math functions
Description:

Location:	Chapter 10, Page 206
Severity:	Error
Current:	Rather than list the code twice (once here, and once at the end of the chapter),
Corrected:	{DELETE TEXT}
Description:	delete this text, the full source code listing is no longer included within the chapter text

Location:	Chapter 10, Page 206
Severity:	Flow
Current:	most relevant bits for now
Corrected:	most relevant bits of the source code for now
Description:

Location:	Chapter 10, Page 206
Severity:	Error
Current:	code listing at the end of this chapter, read
Corrected:	code listing on the CD-ROM, read
Description:

Location:	Chapter 11, Page 215
Severity:	Typo
Current:	the player to save artwork to
Corrected:	the player to save his artwork to
Description:

Location:	Chapter 11, Page 217
Severity:	Formatting
Current:	[source code]
Corrected:	[source code]
Description:	the two blocks of code on this page should be aligned with each other

Location:	Chapter 14, Page 294
Severity:	Error
Current:	called from the InitializeLevel method
Corrected:	called from the InitializeGame method
Description:	wrong method name specified

Location:	Chapter 15, Page 314
Severity:	Error
Current:	[source code] // index into color array for each cell on the board
Corrected:	[source code] // two-dimensional array of cells for this board
Description:	incorrect source code comment

Location:	Chapter 15, Page 335
Severity:	Typo
Current:	[source code] // scan reach row
Corrected:	[source code] // scan each row
Description:	typo in source code comment

Location:	Chapter 16, Page 361
Severity:	Ambiguous
Current:	and a third to manage the other two.
Corrected:	and a third to manage the first two.
Description:

Location:	Chapter 18, Page 414
Severity:	Error
Current:	manages the three artificial
Corrected:	manages the four artificial
Description:	there were three AIs when I first wrote this chapter, I later added a fourth

Location:	Chapter 18, Page 427
Severity:	Typo
Current:	single move for the list
Corrected:	single move from the list
Description:

Location:	Chapter 18, Page 434
Severity:	Error
Current:	between the three AI
Corrected:	between the four AI
Description:	error in review question #3; there were three AIs when I first wrote this chapter, I later added a fourth

Location:	Chapter 22, Page 518
Severity:	Ambiguous
Current:	known as generics.
Corrected:	known as generics to create a class.
Description:	it's not the first use of generics, it's just the first use of generics when writing our own code

Location:	Chapter 23, Page 529
Severity:	Flow
Current:	tool for creating Windows games.
Corrected:	tool for creating Windows games, though.
Description:	paragraph flow is a little awkward, will have edit review this change and give them a chance to veto

Location:	Chapter 23, Page 554
Severity:	Typo
Current:	one of the VirtualKeyboard's method.
Corrected:	one of the VirtualKeyboard's methods.
Description:	plural form

Location:	Chapter 25, Page 603
Severity:	Typo
Current:	[3rd bullet] data and resource
Corrected:	[3rd bullet] data and resources
Description:	plural form

Location:	Chapter 25, Page 603
Severity:	Flow
Current:	a single thread automatically
Corrected:	a single thread that's automatically
Description:	awkward wording

Location:	Chapter 26, Page 625
Severity:	Formatting
Current:	[in note] as a"lossy" process
Corrected:	[in note] as a "lossy" process
Description:	missing space between 'a' and 'lossy'

Location:	Chapter 27, Page 658
Severity:	Typo
Current:	DLL contains included content
Corrected:	DLL contains the included content
Description:	missing "the"

Location:	Chapter 27, Page 659
Severity:	Flow
Current:	(in the LoadGraphicsContent, for example)
Corrected:	(in the LoadGraphicsContent method, for example)
Description:	missing "method"

Location:	Chapter 27, Page 665
Severity:	Typo
Current:	in your localize resources
Corrected:	in your localized resources
Description:	wrong tense

Brickbreaker editor error

Symir — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:02:16 GMT

I get the following error when running the project for Brickbreaker editor. It pertains to this line of code: openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = Application.UserAppDataPath;

System.NotSupportedException was unhandled
Message="The given path's format is not supported."
Source="mscorlib"
StackTrace:
       at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CreateListFromExpressions(String[] str, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, AccessControlActions control, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
       at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath)
       at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path, DirectorySecurity directorySecurity)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Application.GetDataPath(String basePath)
       at System.Windows.Forms.Application.get_UserAppDataPath()
       at BrickBreakerLevelEditor.EditorForm..ctor() in E:\Home\Source\Genre\BrickBreaker\BrickBreakerLevelEditor\EditorForm.cs:line 28
       at BrickBreakerLevelEditor.Program.Main() in E:\Home\Source\Genre\BrickBreaker\BrickBreakerLevelEditor\Program.cs:line 17
       at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String[] args)
       at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
       at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
       at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
       at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

Any ideas?

XNA Book Errata

CD's source solution will not open in XNA Game Studio 2.0 / MS VS 2005 Prof Ed

Errors

Brickbreaker editor error