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		<title>Korkboard 1.1.0.0</title>
		<link>http://jsedlak.org/2010/07/13/korkboard-1-1-0-0/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korkboard has been updated to version 1.1.0.0 after a couple changes and fixes. If you have already installed Korkboard, it will check for the update next time you run it. It will install the update the next (next) time it is run. If you do not have Korkboard, you can download it for free! Here [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Korkboard has been updated to version 1.1.0.0 after a couple changes and fixes. If you have already installed Korkboard, it will check for the update next time you run it. It will install the update the next (next) time it is run. If you do not have Korkboard, you can download it for free!</p>
<a href="http://jsedlak.org/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=25" title="Downloaded 177 times.">Korkboard v1.1.0.0 (177)</a>
<p>Here is a full list of the changes made since 1.0.0.4:</p>
<ul>
<li>Added drag and drop sorting.</li>
<li>Added item pinning (will stay at the top).</li>
<li>Added settings for turning off (and on) certain data formats.</li>
<li>Added a &#8220;Clear Korkboard&#8221; button to clear all non-pinned and unselected items from the list</li>
<li>Fixed current item selection for when items are selected outside the application</li>
<li>Fixed text alignment issues in the settings page</li>
</ul>
<p>I have also changed the download to point to the ClickOnce EXE file instead of the Application file. This should fix any issues with non-IE browsers. Thanks to <a href="http://www.istartedsomething.com/">Long Zheng</a> and <a href="http://www.metrotwit.com/">MetroTwit</a> for this idea.</p>
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		<title>Korkboard 1.0.0.4</title>
		<link>http://jsedlak.org/2010/07/08/korkboard-1-0-0-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Korkboard is a little tool I have been developing that enables a uniform method of storing multiple items on the clipboard. When Korkboard runs, it hooks into the clipboard chain and attempts to intercept messages as you use the Copy and Cut commands. It then stores the items on its own list so that they [...]]]></description>
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<p><a href="/apps#korkboard">Korkboard</a> is a little tool I have been developing that enables a uniform method of storing multiple items on the clipboard. When Korkboard runs, it hooks into the clipboard chain and attempts to intercept messages as you use the Copy and Cut commands. It then stores the items on its own list so that they may be retrieved at a later time. It is important to note that Korkboard does <b>not</b> mess with the functionality of the clipboard. If you copy an item, the clipboard works as expected without any interruption or user required interception. Check it out, and let me know what you think!</p>
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<li><a href="http://jsedlak.org/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=25" title="Downloaded 177 times.">Korkboard v1.1.0.0 (177)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://jsedlak.org/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=26" title="Downloaded 22 times.">Korkboard (Zip) v1.0.0.4 (22)</a></li>
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<p>Korkboard is written in WPF/.NET4 and uses ClickOnce to manage the installation and update processes.</p>
<p>Update: Added the Zip file for those having trouble using the ClickOnce method.</p>
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		<title>Cache Problems with ASP.NET MVC Views?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have done any decent amount of work with the ASP.NET MVC platform, you have probably run into the following problem. You have a page where you want to update data on the server without a postback and so you whip out some fancy Javascript to send a request to the server. What happens [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have done any decent amount of work with the ASP.NET MVC platform, you have probably run into the following problem. You have a page where you want to update data on the server without a postback and so you whip out some fancy Javascript to send a request to the server. What happens is the response you get back is a success, and the data is updated, but subsequent requests don&#8217;t seem to be updated. This is most noticeable with partial views and content views called via the infamous &#8220;$.ajax&#8221; call. What you forgot was to make sure the browser isn&#8217;t caching the result:</p>

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<p>Note that if you have already hit the particular view and it is cached, you can generally clear the cache by navigating to the URI of the view manually and hitting refresh.</p>
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		<title>FGF 0.1.2.0 Released with Gesture Recognition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New to the input engine within the Focused Games Framework is the gesture recognition capabilities, housed in the GestureTracker class. The gesture recognition class currently supports a small subset of the gestures I plan on supporting, but all are useful none-the-less. The included gestures are press, two fingered press, swipe, two fingered swipe, zoom and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New to the input engine within the Focused Games Framework is the gesture recognition capabilities, housed in the GestureTracker class. The gesture recognition class currently supports a small subset of the gestures I plan on supporting, but all are useful none-the-less. The included gestures are press, two fingered press, swipe, two fingered swipe, zoom and pinch. To use the gesture recognition, instantiate a GestureTracker object, add it to the IGame.Modules list and then listen to its GestureTracked even. You will also need an instance of the InputManager class added to the list of modules.</p>
<p>The following is a small sample taken from one of my games that handles some simple menu swiping (a full sample is on the way).</p>
<p><i>If you do happen to use FGF, I would love to hear what you think! Drop me a line via the <a href="/contact">Contact</a> form or leave a comment here.</i></p>

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</pre></td><td class="code" id="p603code4"><pre class="csharp" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> OnGestureTracked<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">object</span> sender, GestureArgs args<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
<span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// If it wasn't a swipe, we don't care!</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Gesture</span> <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> Gesture<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Swipe</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Get the direction of the swipe to determine what way</span>
    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// the menus should move</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Direction</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">X</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// If we are capped at the right side of the menus, return</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>current <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> menus<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Length</span> <span style="color: #008000;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">1</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Transition the menus</span>
        menus<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>current<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Transition</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Menu<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MoveDir</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">OffToLeft</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        current<span style="color: #008000;">++;</span>
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        menus<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>current<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Transition</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Menu<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MoveDir</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">OnFromRight</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">else</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>current <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        menus<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>current<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Transition</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Menu<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MoveDir</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">OffToRight</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        current<span style="color: #008000;">--;</span>
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        menus<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>current<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Transition</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Menu<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MoveDir</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">OnFromLeft</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
<span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

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<h4>Change Log</h4>
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<li>Added gesture recognition</li>
<li>Added support for Moved state of Tracs</li>
<li>Changed Collection&lt;T&gt; class to implement interfaces directly rather than inherit from List&lt;T&gt;</li>
<li>Added angle extensions for Vector2 and Vector3</li>
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		<title>What is DMS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last semester I was taking a class on ASP.NET where we formed teams to write a website from scratch. The website was a &#8220;project manager&#8221; that would help users maintain projects, employees and customers. Given my experience with ASP.NET prior to the class, my team hit the ground in a full on sprint. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>During the last semester I was taking a class on ASP.NET where we formed teams to write a website from scratch. The website was a &#8220;project manager&#8221; that would help users maintain projects, employees and customers. Given my experience with ASP.NET prior to the class, my team hit the ground in a full on sprint. We hit a wall when it came time to bind the site&#8217;s controls to the data behind it, in this case a Microsoft SQL database. The problems weren&#8217;t associated with a lack of knowledge but rather the gross disconnect between interfaces and the data with which they associate. It is easy to think that a textbox on a page can represent a name, but how that name is actually filled in can be the most complicated process.</p>
<p>This is just one instance of running into issues with data. How many times have you used a converter of some sort to scrub data or used a validator to make sure it can be stored? How many times have you written the same try-catch block for the SqlConnection class? How many times have you written a statement with &#8220;XmlDocument&#8221; or an instance somewhere in the middle? I have come to realize that there within the .NET Framework, there are many classes to get all the work done, but they aren&#8217;t really put together in a unified way. When you look at all the data-oriented classes (e.g. System.Xml.*, System.Data.*) you will find that there is no grand picture. For some reason the framework architects didn&#8217;t take a step back and see a possibility to unify the approach to reaching, converting, validating and consuming data.</p>
<p>So <i>what is DMS</i>? In short, the Data Management System prototype is a look into how possible it is to unify the approach to using data and whether or not it can make a developer&#8217;s life easier. The first step is to consider open architectures that are highly extensible and configurable. The <a href="http://jsedlak.org/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=21">current version</a> of the DMS Prototype is focusing on just that by experimenting with converting runtime objects to and from XML. The important part isn&#8217;t the conversion; XML serialization has been done to death before. The important part to take away is that the serialization is being done in an abstracted manner. It is trying to gain as much information as possible from as little information as possible. <em>The fewer attributes a developer has to use and the more generic they are, the easier life will be</em>.</p>
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<p>So what does a sample input object look like when using DMS? Something like the following class is perfectly suitable. Note that the only attribute being used here is the &#8220;NonSerialized&#8221; attribute. The others are sample attributes that may or may not be used at a later time.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code" id="p593code7"><pre class="csharp" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">class</span> SampleObject
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> PublicInteger <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">6</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>NotNullable<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">-</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">1</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>UniqueIdentifier<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>NumberConstraint<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">double</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MaxValue</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> Id <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>LengthConstraint<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">50</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">string</span> Title <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>NonSerialized<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> Secret <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">3</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> List<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> RawData <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span> Data <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">5</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">6</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">7</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">8</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> SampleObject<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        RawData <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> List<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        RawData<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Add</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">32</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        RawData<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Add</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">64</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>I can hear you asking about how the output looks like. XML is a weird format because it can be very simple and incredibly useless (a la the built-in XML Serializer), very powerful and very messy, or somewhere in between. If you haven&#8217;t already guessed, I am shooting for somewhere in between. One of the reasons behind creating DMS is to replace the built-in serializer. For now I will save that discussion for another post, but know that it is an important issue that needs to be addressed. The following is the previous class run through the current version of DMS.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code" id="p593code8"><pre class="xml" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;?xml</span> <span style="color: #000066;">version</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;1.0&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">encoding</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;utf-16&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">?&gt;</span></span>
<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns1:SampleObject</span> </span>
<span style="color: #009900;">    <span style="color: #000066;">xmlns:ns2</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;clr-namespace:System;Assembly=mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #009900;">    <span style="color: #000066;">xmlns:ns3</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;clr-namespace:System.Collections.Generic;Assembly=mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089&quot;</span> </span>
<span style="color: #009900;">    <span style="color: #000066;">xmlns:ns1</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;clr-namespace:DMS.Driver;Assembly=DMS.Driver&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Name</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Id&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>5<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:String</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Name</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Title&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>Hello!<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:String<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;Generic</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Type</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;System.Collections.Generic.List`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Name</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;RawData&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>
        <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>32<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
        <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>64<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/Generic<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Name</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;PublicInteger&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>6<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;Array</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Type</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;System.Int32[]&quot;</span> <span style="color: #000066;">Name</span>=<span style="color: #ff0000;">&quot;Data&quot;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span>
      <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>5<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
      <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>6<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
      <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>7<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
      <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>8<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns2:Int32<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
    <span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/Array<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span>
<span style="color: #009900;"><span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&lt;/ns1:SampleObject<span style="color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">&gt;</span></span></span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>Overall, a little verbose but extremely powerful. So that is DMS in a nutshell. Would be happy to hear what you think of the idea and how the execution is going so far. You can comment here or use the <a href="/contact">Contact</a> form.</p>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you no doubt saw in the writing of the Application class, FGF implements its own version of the XNA Framework’s component classes. The first major reason for doing so is that the builtin component classes require you to pass in a (Framework) Game object through the constructor. While this dependency can be circumvented by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you no doubt saw in the writing of the Application class, FGF implements its own version of the XNA Framework’s component classes. The first major reason for doing so is that the builtin component classes require you to pass in a (Framework) Game object through the constructor. While this dependency can be circumvented by implementing the interfaces directly and supplying a manual workaround, the attempt is exactly that: a workaround. The second major reason for my implementation is that by controlling the interfaces and base classes, I can easily support more advanced situations such as the separation between initialization and content loading/unloading. You will see more of this later on when I modify the classes to support asynchronous content loading.</p>
<p>For now, the focus is being put on building a robust base for developers to start working with my framework. Because the goal is to fix the XNA Framework’s implementation, we begin with a simplification of the IGameComponent, IUpdateable and IDrawable interfaces. We combine these three into a single, multi-purpose interface, IModule.</p>

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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">event</span> EventHandler DrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">event</span> EventHandler UpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Initialize<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>IGame game<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Draw<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Update<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> DrawOrder <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> UpdateOrder <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsVisible <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsEnabled <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    IModule Parent <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    ModuleCollection Modules <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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<p>Although we have carried over many of the properties, methods and events, you should spot some key differences. Specifically the Initialize method now takes a single parameter, IGame, to remove the dependency on the Game class in the framework. Also added are the Parent and Modules properties that allow us to build a tree structure with the modules. This will become crucial to building advanced systems later on.</p>
<p>Before we can build the base class for the IModule interface, we need to build the ModuleCollection class. This class acts as a list of modules but adds added support for calling the specific methods of the IModule interface on each item in the list. This makes management of a large number of modules incredibly simple.</p>

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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> List<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>IModule<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span> drawList <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> List<span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span>IModule<span style="color: #008000;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>The class inherits the custom Collection<T> class we wrote earlier to gain access to the events which we will see shortly. Note that an internal list is kept so that we can sort modules for drawing differently. The main collection will keep the modules sorted based on their update order and this way we don’t have to sort each time the modules need to be updated and drawn.</p>

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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">for</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span> Count<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i<span style="color: #008000;">++</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">is</span> T<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">as</span> T<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">default</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>T<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>A generic method is supplied here to make the searching and casting of modules easier on the end developer. Next we provide Initialize, Draw and Update methods that do exactly as their names imply.</p>

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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>IsInitialized<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        Game <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> game<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">for</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span> Count<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i<span style="color: #008000;">++</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">!</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsInitialized</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Initialize</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>game<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Draw<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">for</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span> drawList<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Count</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i<span style="color: #008000;">++</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>drawList<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsVisible</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                drawList<span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Draw</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Update<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">for</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i <span style="color: #008000;">&lt;</span> Count<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> i<span style="color: #008000;">++</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsEnabled</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#91;</span>i<span style="color: #008000;">&#93;</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Update</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>When an item is added to the list, we have to do a few things. First we have to make sure it is a module. We have to add some event handlers to its events and then we have to add it to the lists and sort each one. If the main list has been initialized, we have to initialize the module itself.</p>

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        IModule module <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Item</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">as</span> IModule<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DrawOrderChanged</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> OnModuleDrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">UpdateOrderChanged</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> OnModuleUpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">&amp;&amp;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">!</span>module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsInitialized</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Initialize</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Game<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        drawList<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Add</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        drawList<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Sort</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>DrawOrderComparer<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">Default</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        Sort<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>UpdateOrderComparer<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">Default</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">base</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">OnItemAdded</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>sender, args<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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        Sort<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>UpdateOrderComparer<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">Default</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        drawList<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Sort</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>DrawOrderComparer<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">Default</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>Later, when a module is removed, we have to remove those event handlers and remove it from any internal list. Essentially this is the reverse process of adding, except that we do not have to resort the lists.</p>

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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        IModule module <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Item</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">as</span> IModule<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DrawOrderChanged</span> <span style="color: #008000;">-=</span> OnModuleDrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">UpdateOrderChanged</span> <span style="color: #008000;">-=</span> OnModuleUpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        drawList<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Remove</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>And finally some properties to close off the class.</p>

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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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<p>Now that we have the ModuleCollection class, we can write the Module (base) class itself. The class is a basic implementation of the IModule interface and inherits the NotifyPropertyChangedBase class to support some advanced data &#038; binding situations.</p>

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<span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> drawOrder <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> updateOrder <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> isVisible <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> isEnabled <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> IModule parent <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">event</span> EventHandler DrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">event</span> EventHandler UpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> Module<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
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        Modules <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> ModuleCollection<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        Modules<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">ItemAdded</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> OnModuleAdded<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        Modules<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">ItemRemoved</span> <span style="color: #008000;">+=</span> OnModuleRemoved<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>When the DrawOrder or UpdateOrder properties are changed, we need to invoke their respective events.</p>

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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>DrawOrderChanged <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> DrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Invoke</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>sender, args<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>UpdateOrderChanged <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> UpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Invoke</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>sender, args<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>When a child module is added, we have to set its parent. Similarly when a module is removed, we have to unset the parent (if it hasn’t been manually changed).</p>

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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        IModule module <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Item</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">as</span> IModule<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Parent</span> <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        IModule module <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> args<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Item</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">as</span> IModule<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// First we check to ensure that the developer</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// hasn't set the parent manually to some other</span>
        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// object before we remove ourselves as parent.</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Parent</span> <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            module<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Parent</span> <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>The Initialize, Draw and Update methods are incredibly straight forward. For the most part the respective method is called on the list of child modules.</p>

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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        Game <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> game<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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        Modules<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Initialize</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>game<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
        IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">virtual</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Draw<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        Modules<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Draw</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">virtual</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">void</span> Update<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GameTime gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        Modules<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Update</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>gameTime<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>And last but not least the properties.</p>

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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        get <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> drawOrder<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
        set
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            drawOrder <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> value<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            OnDrawOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span>, EventArgs<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Empty</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        get <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> updateOrder<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
        set
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
            updateOrder <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> value<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            OnUpdateOrderChanged<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">this</span>, EventArgs<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Empty</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsVisible
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        get <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> isVisible<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
        set <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> isVisible <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> value<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsEnabled
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        get <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> isEnabled<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
        set <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> isEnabled <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> value<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> IModule Parent
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        get <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> parent<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
        set <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> parent <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> value<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> IsInitialized <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> ModuleCollection Modules <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">protected</span> IGame Game <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span> get<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">private</span> set<span style="color: #008000;">;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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<p>Now that we have our base module class, we can start creating games without using the builtin component classes!</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Sedlak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A common problem for beginning ASP.NET developers is relative linking to CSS files in a MasterPage file. As it turns out, this is incredibly easy as shown below. Even better is that it works in ASP.NET MVC! ?View Code HTML1 &#60;link rel=&#34;Stylesheet&#34; href=&#34;&#60;%= ResolveUrl(&#34;css/Master.css&#34;) %&#62;&#34; type=&#34;text/css&#34; media=&#34;screen&#34; /&#62;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A common problem for beginning ASP.NET developers is relative linking to CSS files in a MasterPage file. As it turns out, this is incredibly easy as shown below. Even better is that it works in ASP.NET MVC!</p>

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		<title>FGF: Oriented Drawing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After you&#8217;ve read about the Display Orientation features of FGF, a natural question to ask is &#8220;How do I draw and take input with a rotated display?&#8221; Fortunately FGF has some methods to help in this department that sit alongside the rotation methods and properties in the Application class. Application.OrientedDisplaySize If you need to draw [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After you&#8217;ve read about the <a href="/2010/01/11/fgf-display-orientation-on-the-zune-hd/">Display Orientation</a> features of FGF, a natural question to ask is &#8220;How do I draw and take input with a rotated display?&#8221; Fortunately FGF has some methods to help in this department that sit alongside the rotation methods and properties in the Application class.</p>
<h4>Application.OrientedDisplaySize</h4>
<p>If you need to draw something relative to the size of the screen, use the <i>OrientedDisplaySize</i> property of the Application class. This property differs from <i>DisplaySize</i>, which is used to change the actual size of the display, in that <i>OrientatedDisplaySize</i> reacts to the selected rotation of the display, set with the <i>DisplayOrientation</i> property.</p>

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DisplayOrientation <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> DisplayOrientation<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Rotated</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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Console<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">WriteLine</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>OrientedDisplaySize<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">ToString</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>Because the display is set to be rotated (landscape on the Zune HD), the above code will actually print out a display size of (480, 272) rather than the standard (272, 480) size.</p>
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<h4>Application.DisplayOrientation</h4>
<p>Get or set the orientation of the display. Setting this value to standard will set landscape mode on the PC and portrait mode on the Zune HD. At the time of writing this article, the PC/Xbox360 version of FGF does not support rotating the display but setting the orientation to Rotated on the Zune HD will enable landscape mode.</p>
<h4>Application.DisplayRotation</h4>
<p>You can view the rotation value being used to render the global render target through this property. Note that this property is used in conjunction with the <i>DisplaySpriteEffects</i> and <i>DisplayOrientation</i> properties and cannot be set manually.</p>
<h4>DisplaySpriteEffects</h4>
<p>You can view the sprite effectsbeing used to render the global render target through this property. Note that this property is used in conjunction with the <i>DisplayRotation</i> and <i>DisplayOrientation</i> properties and cannot be set manually.</p>
<h4>Application.DisplaySize</h4>
<p>The standard size of the display is given by the <i>DisplaySize</i> property. Set this property to change the size of the display at any time.</p>
<h4>Application.ScreenToObject(Vector2)</h4>
<p>The <i>ScreenToObject</i> method is used to translate screen space coordinates into object space coordinates. The major use of this method is to translate touch panel positions into object space where they can be used for object selection.</p>
<h4>Application.ObjectToScreen(Vector2)</h4>
<p>Opposite of the <i>ScreenToObject</i> method, <i>ObjectToScreen</i> converts object space coordinates to screen space coordinates. Note that the resulting coordinates are <b>not</b> to be used for drawing in an oriented application; objects will automatically be rotated and positioned correctly via the global render target.</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New in the Focused Games Framework is the support for rotating and resizing the display on the fly. The main reason for this functionality is for mobile platforms like the Zune HD that support games in a landscape mode as well as a portrait mode. Supporting either in your game is made easy with FGF-you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>New in the <a href="/fgf">Focused Games Framework</a> is the support for rotating and resizing the display on the fly. The main reason for this functionality is for mobile platforms like the Zune HD that support games in a landscape mode as well as a portrait mode. Supporting either in your game is made easy with FGF-you just need to know the right properties. In the standard display mode, the Zune HD has a display resolution of 272 pixels by 480 pixels. In landscape mode those two measurements are switched: 480 pixels by 272 pixels. While it is important to know the standard resolution, mucking about with a render target and backbuffer size is no longer necessary.
<p>The one hitch? Your game class needs to inherit from FocusedGames.Xna.Application instead of Microsoft&#8217;s Game class. The following code block sets a Zune HD game up for landscape rendering.</p>

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        <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Set the display size and the rotation</span>
        DisplaySize <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> Vector2<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">272</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">480</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        DisplayOrientation <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> DisplayOrientation<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Rotated</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// ...</span>
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<p>Note that to keep the device in portrait mode, you don&#8217;t need to change the value of <i>DisplayOrientation</i> but setting the <i>DisplaySize</i> property to the standard value is a good idea. Happy landscaping!</p>
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		<title>FGF: A Helper For Creating Render Targets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before I begin this post, big thanks to Eibx and David over at the Community Forums for helping me find these methods. I have modified the CheckTexture method a bit, but its purpose remains unchanged. As of the last FGF article, the Application class was implementing the IGame interface but was missing the ability to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before I begin this post, big thanks to Eibx and David over at the <a href="http://forums.xna.com/forums/p/43000/255276.aspx">Community Forums</a> for helping me find these methods. I have modified the CheckTexture method a bit, but its purpose remains unchanged.</p>
<p>As of the last FGF article, the Application class was implementing the IGame interface but was missing the ability to create a render target object on the PC and Xbox 360. For PC games this can be a troubling problem since different hardware can obviously require different formats and dimensions of render target. Rather than bake this functionality into the Application class itself, it is moved to a static helper class so that all developers can make good use of its functionality at any point in time.</p>
<p>To start off, a simple default creation method is included to give the basic functionality an easy access point.</p>

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&nbsp;
<span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">Microsoft.Xna.Framework</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
<span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">using</span> <span style="color: #008080;">Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">namespace</span> FocusedGames<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Xna</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Graphics</span>
<span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">static</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">class</span> GraphicsHelper
    <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">static</span> RenderTarget2D CreateRenderTarget<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GraphicsDevice device<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> CreateRenderTarget<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>
                device, 
                device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">PresentationParameters</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">BackBufferWidth</span>, 
                device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">PresentationParameters</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">BackBufferHeight</span>, 
                <span style="color: #FF0000;">1</span>, 
                device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">PresentationParameters</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">BackBufferFormat</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>Secondly the real CreateRenderTarget method is revealed. It checks the device format as well as the multisample type to ensure that they are in accordance with what the hardware device requires.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code" id="p259code45"><pre class="csharp" style="font-family:monospace;">        <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">static</span> RenderTarget2D CreateRenderTarget<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GraphicsDevice device, <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> width, <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> height, <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> levels, SurfaceFormat format<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
            MultiSampleType sampleType <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">PresentationParameters</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MultiSampleType</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">!</span>GraphicsAdapter<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DefaultAdapter</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">CheckDeviceFormat</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>
                    DeviceType<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Hardware</span>, 
                    GraphicsAdapter<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DefaultAdapter</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">CurrentDisplayMode</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Format</span>, 
                    TextureUsage<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">None</span>, 
                    QueryUsages<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">None</span>, 
                    ResourceType<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">RenderTarget</span>, 
                    format
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                format <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DisplayMode</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Format</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">else</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">!</span>GraphicsAdapter<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DefaultAdapter</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">CheckDeviceMultiSampleType</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>
                    DeviceType<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Hardware</span>, 
                    format, 
                    device<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">PresentationParameters</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsFullScreen</span>, 
                    sampleType
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                sampleType <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> MultiSampleType<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">None</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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            CheckTextureSize<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>width, height, <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">out</span> width, <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">out</span> height<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #008000;">new</span> RenderTarget2D<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>device, width, height, levels, format, sampleType, <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span></pre></td></tr></table></div>

<p>This method makes a call to the CheckTextureSize method which the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.xna.framework.graphics.rendertarget2d.rendertarget2d.aspx">MSDN Documentation</a> is missing. Similar to the above method, the CheckTextureSize function checks the width and the height parameters against what the graphics adapter supports and, if necessary, changes each to comply with the requirements.</p>

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</pre></td><td class="code" id="p259code46"><pre class="csharp" style="font-family:monospace;"><span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">public</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">static</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> CheckTextureSize<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> width, <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> height, <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">out</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> newWidth, <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">out</span> <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span> newHeight<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">bool</span> returnValue <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">false</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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            GraphicsDeviceCapabilities caps <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> GraphicsAdapter<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">DefaultAdapter</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">GetCapabilities</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>DeviceType<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Hardware</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
&nbsp;
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>caps<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">TextureCapabilities</span><span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">RequiresPower2</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                returnValue <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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                <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Perform a simple check before doing (possibly) unecessary math</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">!</span>IsPowerOfTwo<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>width<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Find the nearest base two log of the current width,</span>
                    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// and go up to the next integer</span>
                    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">double</span> exponent <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Ceiling</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Log</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>width<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">/</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Log</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">2</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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                    width <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Pow</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">2</span>, exponent<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
&nbsp;
                <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Perform a simple check before doing (possibly) unecessary math</span>
                <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">!</span>IsPowerOfTwo<span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>height<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// Find the nearest base two log of the current height,</span>
                    <span style="color: #008080; font-style: italic;">// and go up to the next integer</span>
                    <span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">double</span> exponent <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Ceiling</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Log</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>height<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">/</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Log</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">2</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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                    height <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Pow</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #FF0000;">2</span>, exponent<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
                <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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            <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
                returnValue <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">true</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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                width <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Max</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>width, height<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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                height <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> width<span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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            newWidth <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Min</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>caps<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MaxTextureWidth</span>, width<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
            newHeight <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> Math<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Min</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>caps<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">MaxTextureHeight</span>, height<span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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<p>The only real change I have introduced here is a simple check to see if the width and height are already powers of two before doing some possibly unecessary math. I decided to keep the check because it is extremely basic in terms of mathematical computation.</p>

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        <span style="color: #008000;">&#123;</span>
            <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">return</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>number <span style="color: #008000;">&amp;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>number <span style="color: #008000;">-</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">1</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">==</span> <span style="color: #FF0000;">0</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
        <span style="color: #008000;">&#125;</span>
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<p>And there you have it! A robust way for creating a render target on all the platforms that XNA supports. Now that we have this, the last change needs to happen in the Application class. Remember that ResetRenderTarget method? Well now it can be fixed up properly:</p>

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    <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">if</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>renderTarget <span style="color: #008000;">!=</span> <span style="color: #0600FF; font-weight: bold;">null</span> <span style="color: #008000;">&amp;&amp;</span> <span style="color: #008000;">!</span>renderTarget<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">IsDisposed</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>
        renderTarget<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Dispose</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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    renderTarget <span style="color: #008000;">=</span> GraphicsHelper<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">CreateRenderTarget</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span>GraphicsDevice, <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>orientedDisplaySize<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">X</span>, <span style="color: #008000;">&#40;</span><span style="color: #6666cc; font-weight: bold;">int</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span>orientedDisplaySize<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Y</span>, <span style="color: #FF0000;">1</span>, SurfaceFormat<span style="color: #008000;">.</span><span style="color: #0000FF;">Color</span><span style="color: #008000;">&#41;</span><span style="color: #008000;">;</span>
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