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Easy Kinect Mouse Controller for Windows

This sample will show you how to build a simple controller for the Kinect that will let you control the mouse on your Windows desktop using a Kinect device.

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    Error when running solution
    3 Posts | Last Post Thu 4:52 AM
    • Written October 11, 2012 
      Hey Walt, this is the error I'm getting.

"Provide value on 'System.Windows.Baml2006.TypeConverterMarkupExtension' threw an exception." on the MainWindows.xaml file.

I just want to know why?

Thanks!
    • Written October 12, 2012 
      Tobias,  Your issue is a common problem with Visual Studio.  There are several things that might be causing the problem, none of which are related to the actual project.  You might check out this link for some possible solutions.  If you can't get it working, you might raise the issue on the Visual Studio forum where others apparently have had this same problem.

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/533882/provide-value-on-system-windows-baml2006-typeconvertermarkupextension-threw-an-exception
    • Written Thu 4:52 AM 
      I ran into this same exact problem and spent lots of time trying to fix it. The issue was the icon in the XAML.

Simply delete this line and run it.
Icon="CursorControl.ico"

P.S. Thanks for the code Walt!
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    Problems w/ sample?
    2 Posts | Last Post October 10, 2012
    • Written October 10, 2012 
      So I see that the ScaleTo method in the sample code is based in an extension of the the Joint object - how can I bring this into my own custom application?

Similiarly, with SystemParameters, I can see that it is in System.Windows, but in my own custom project, the only child of System.Windows is Forms, SystemParameters is not to be seen.

Lastly, when I download the sample code, I get a NullPointerException in the xaml when I attempt to run it - why is this?
    • Written October 10, 2012 
      Hi Tobias,
Thank you for the questions.  Let me see if I can answer them for you.

1) The ScaleTo method is included in the Coding4Fun.Kinect.Wpf dll, which is in turn part of the Coding4Fun.Kinect project, which you can find here - http://c4fkinect.codeplex.com.

2) To get SystemParameters, you should be able to reference System.Windows in your own code as I have done in my code with "using System.Windows;" in the source code.  You might have to add the reference into your own project if it is not there by default.

3) Lastly, I am not sure where you are getting the null pointer exception, but you might be able to get rid of that by looking at the dependencies in the project, such as having the proper Kinect SDK (1.5), the Kinect Developer Toolkit, or the Coding4Fun packages.  If you post some more detail about your error like maybe a call stack or something, I might be able to help you further.
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