Is there any way of adding a control to a container within a structure declaration in VB .NET?
What I would really like to do is:
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But this doesn't work in VB .NET. Is there anyway of achieving the same thing?
I'm working on my final assignment for my Visual Basic class, and the last assignment is to create a program which stores CD collection information. It works fine, but the task is to create a structure for the input information and use it in the Add buttons click event code.I'm not asking to have my homework done for me, but i'd like some advice on where I should declare the structure and how. Everywhere I try and declare it, it ends up closing that particular sub procedure or section. I've tried looking up plenty of help sites to learn about structures, but sadly they and the book are both very vague. The instructor also mentioned padding each entry, but that I'm pretty sure I know how to do
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I've been building controls for many years professionally and personally, but even back in VB6 days I just could not work this out. After all this time I remembered about it again.If I create a usercontrol/containercontrol and add one or more controls to the controls surface, I just cannot figure out how to access the controls at design time.
View 4 RepliesI'm looking at the following in the Data Types docs for the Windows API:
#if defined(_WIN64)
typedef __int64 LONG_PTR;
#else
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Is there a shortcut like CTRL + A which can select all controls in a container instead of all the controls in the form?
View 3 Repliesi'm building a control. then the control can be puted in form(or other container) and i need to know what controls are in that container. for now i don't put it to work:
Code:
Public Sub AllControlsName()
Dim i As Long
For i = 0 To Me.Container.Components.Count - 1
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I'm adding a vb.net assembly to existing c# application. All of my vb.net types inherit from:
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My problem is that the event can not be serialized. In c# code, the event is declared like this:
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But I can not see how to do this in any way with vb.net. Is there extended event declaration that I can use to make the event not serialize? Or other attribution?
Private Sub NamesControl_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
cmbo1.Items.Clear()
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How do I access parent form or container's other controls?
I have created a usercontrol that contains two rectangle shapes to create a unique button effect and a rounded-corner rectangle shape serving as a border to provide a look similar to a group box. It also contains two labels, one for use with a Text property of the control and the other to indicate the status of expansion of the control. The control is designed to collapse itself when the "button" is clicked leaving only the "button" visible. Clicking it again toggles this affect. I've dubbed it an ExpansionBar. It is also designed to be a container control so that I can add controls to it and allow these to disappear when the bottom portion collapses. The problem is that the controls contained in this usercontrol cannot be accessed during runtime. In other words, I can add a checkbox to it and it will disappear correctly when the control collapses, but I can't select the checkbox to check it... same thing with any other controls, you can see, but can't touch. I'm a novice developer, so I'm sure I'm missing something obvious.
View 12 RepliesI have a custom control of type MyListControl with a Property called NotifiedList. I would like that when selecting that property in the Property Grid at runtime, that a dropdown list is populated with all the instances of type MyListControl that shared the same container as the original control.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to extend the functionality of the ToolStripPanel control (which is a panel hosting ToolStrips that can be moved during design-time, as I'm sure you know).One thing I wanted to add was a 'ToolStrips' property, which would be a collection of ToolStrips the user can edit via the collection editor in the designer. So instead of manually placing ToolStrips on the ToolStripPanel via the toolbox, the user can just use the property to add/remove (or even edit) them. This is of course similar to how you add/remove/edit TabPages in a TabControl.So, I came up with this code, which I have used successfully in the past for other controls:
Public Class cToolStripPanel
Inherits ToolStripPanel
Private _ToolStrips As New ToolStripCollection(Me)[CODE]....
The cToolStripPanel control inherits the ToolStripPanel control and adds the ToolStrips property, which is of type ToolStripCollection. That class, in turn, inherits the Collection(Of ToolStrip). In the InsertItem method, I add the 'item' ToolStrip to the cToolStripPanel. Of course I also need to override the RemoveItem / ClearItems methods but that's for another time.I am 100% sure that this code should works, at least for other controls. If you replace ToolStrip with Button (for example), I can add buttons via the property during design-time just fine, exactly the way I want it.But it seems that ToolStrips are special. When I try to Add a toolstrip (via the collection editor Add button), a null reference exception occurs. I've been trying to debug this all day and I've finally come up with a possible candidate for the problem... (I've actually used design-time debugging for the first time ever, which was pretty cool, and which showed me that the InsertItem method is not run!)
I think the problem is that the collection editor cannot create a new instance of the ToolStrip class. I can remember when trying to inherit from the ToolStrip, I was forced to add a constructor, because the ToolStrip "has more than one constructor that can be called with no arguments".Perhaps this is causing my problem? Do I (and if yes, how?) have to somehow control the creation of a new instance of the ToolStrip? Or am I completely off track and that is not what is causing the problem? I'm sure that it's a problem with the ToolStrip class, since I can use the exact same method with other controls just fine. It's only when I change the type to ToolStrip that it starts getting angry at me....
I got problem regarding declaration of dynamic runtime array declaration Here is my code
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I am trying to be able to add to an established Array that is read in from a CSV file. I'm using structures and I get the concept, but I just can't seem to get it to store. I am using Visual Basic 2010. Sorry for posting in here, but I did not see a category for it.
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I have a function which iterates through the TextBoxes in my form (and its child controls) and adds each TextBox's name and text to an ArrayList using a structure I called valTxtBox.
Here's a snippet of the
VB.NET
Public Structure valTxtBox
Public nome As String
Public texto As String
End Structure
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Now, the problem is that if I call Clear() for valsTxtBox in the getctrls() function, not all the elements get added to the ArrayList. However, if I don't call Clear() it works just fine. BTW, I'm using VS2008 express which might be relevant.
I have an enum that I want to give some methods. I thought about changing the enum to a structure so I could add properties, but then the enum is a value inside the structure (not the structure itself), so this would affect comparisons and such. (For example, instead of writing
EnumVariable=EnumConstant,
Now it is
StructureVariable.EnumValue=EnumConstant).
At least, this is my understanding of it. It seems awkward to have to do this for such a simple scenario, so is it possible give enums properties, yet still have them treated as before? I've thought maybe I need to create a new valuetype from scratch, but I've never done that before.
is there a tutorial (i looked, couldn't find) on adding controls at runtime?
View 8 RepliesI'm trying to add a "panel" with controls dynamicaly. Something like the code below, Clicking "Add" button, displays a "Panel" with the controls(which are within a table), the number of "Education" someone can enter is unlimited. I know how to capture the data, but i can't figure out how to implement/code this,
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I've created a code that will add a control on runtime.
Sub Button_AddNewGradeEquivalent_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button_AddNewGradeEquivalent.Click
Dim newGradeRepresentation As New TextBox
Dim newGradeCondition As New ComboBox
Dim newGradePercentage As New TextBox
TextBoxItems += 1
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I have been working on a VB 2005 applications for the past week and now I'm not able to add a control to the form. It's a very basic app with only one form and I can add the control in design mode but it does not appear on the form in run mode and is on the verge of driving me nuts. Pretty new to programming by the way.
View 8 RepliesI am trying to add controls to a Panel in a loop, but for some reason they are being added from the bottom up instead of top down.In a little test program I am running this
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
For i As Integer = 1 To 10[code]....
And this is the result I get ... the controls are added starting at the bottom. I need them to start at the top of the panel, with each new control being added under the previous one. If I remove the Dock statement, then the controls just get added on top of each other.
I am converting a VBA program to VB. I need to create controls at runtime as I don't want the user to be limited to the amount of information that they can input. I am converting this statement in vba:
Dim CF As CashFlowControl
CF = New CashFlowControl
CF.Cashflow = Form1.Controls.Add("Forms.Textbox.1", "Cashflow" & Cashflows.Count + 1, True)
With CF.Cashflow
.Left = Form1.Label2.Left
.Width = Form1.Label2.Width
.Top = Form1.Label2.Top + Form1.Label2.Height + (Form1.Label2.Height * Cashflows.Count) + 5
.Visible = True
.Text = 0
.Text = Format(CF.Cashflow.Text, "$#,##0.00")
End With
I have tried:
Dim txtbox As New TextBox
CF.CashFlow = Form1.Controls.Add(txtbox)
With CF.CashFlow
.Name = "CashFlow" & Cashflows.Count + 1
.Left = Form1.Label2.Left
.Width = Form1.Label2.Width
.Top = Form1.Label2.Top + Form1.Label2.Height + (Form1.Label2.Height * Cashflows.Count) + 5
.Height = Form1.Label2.Height
.Visible = True
End With
I've also tried:
CF.CashFlow = Form1.Controls.Add("vbtextbox","Cashflow" & Cashflows.count + 1)
With CF.CashFlow
.Left = Form1.Label2.Left
.Width = Form1.Label2.Width
.Top = Form1.Label2.Top + Form1.Label2.Height + (Form1.Label2.Height * Cashflows.Count) + 5
.Height = Form1.Label2.Height
.Visible = True
End With
I still get the little wavy underline under the text after the "Form1.Controls.Add" statement and the error says "Value of Type 'string' cannot be converted to 'system.windows.forms.control." I also get the error "Too many arguments to 'Public Overridable Sub Add(value as systems.windows.forms.control)"
What am I missing here? This seems to be the way it is done in all of the examples that I have found on this site.
When adding controls to a form at runtime, you can do either of the following:
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In the helpfiles of Visual Studio 2008 I read control arrays are no longer supported. There is an example for the new situation but then you need to hard code the names of all the controls beforehand.I do not know how many controls I need, could be one or 5000 (think simple image browser). Is it still possible to create something like that or should I change to a different programming language like Phyton? At the moment I work around it by using a browser control and then manipulate the <img> tags but I'm puzzeld as to why this functionality was removed and if there's a solution to the problem.Another thing I don't understand is where the app goes when it's installed with 'Click once'. It dissappears completely, doesn't show up in 'Program Files', can not be found by the search function but it *is* somewhere because you can start it form the Start menu. However, I use data which is in a subfolder of the program folder, which I nor my program can find any more after the app is installed. The program runs but it can't find any place to put/get its data so in the end it doesn't work.
I work around it by *not* installing the program but have people just run it after unpacking the downloaded folder. This works great but I wonder how long this will be the case until Microsoft disables this possibility? I have no idea why they would, but I also have no idea why they did remove the functionality I mentioned above. I already changed to PHP and MySQL because I had to throw away my carefully built W2K+MSAccess image database a few years ago and after installing Vista Visual Studio 2005 was a goner. OK, I upgraded but then no control arrays any more and now they hide the apps when you install them? Why on earth would they do that?
I am using Visual Studio 2008 Setup project. I need to copy one folder and the sub folders into the program files but when I tried to copy or add the folder to "Application Folder" in File System editor, I am able to add only files and not folders.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to create and remove a series of controls programatically. The user will have a numeric updown to pick a number. The program will then create a bunch of duplicate controls based on whatever number they pick on the fly.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles numberDebts.ValueChanged[code].....
The creation part works just fine.As the number is toggled upward a new label is created.However whenever I remove labels it acts very strangely.The first time I bring it down it works just fine. Then the next 3 do nothing but the 4th removes another line.I can also toggle back and forth and it will eventually remove the label. So for example.
Starts with 1 selected - 1 label visible (1)
Change to 2 - 2 labels visible (1-2)
Change to 3 - 3 labels visible (1-3)[code]....
If I toggle back and forth between 2 and 3 eventually label 4 will go away.I want only 1- my numeric up down value to be displayed and have everything else after that removed.
I'm developing a website in visual studio 2008 using (asp.net/vb)I have to allow registered users to build pages and add controls that are already defined by the same userMy problem is how to build this page dynamically?In other words, I'd like to make like any CMS (e.g. Joomla). CMSs allow us to make new pages and add our controls then save them..
View 1 RepliesI am very interested to see the answer as I would like to know the significant differences (if any) of generally using one more than the other. In a few days, I will be starting my Java programming class to familiarize myself with the language.I do know that Java uses objects.My question/discussion is not necessarily related to .NET (although in a way, it is); my question is more about what is a better practice and why.Is it more proper to declare buttons and such through runtime rather than designer? Is it just more work typing everything? Or does build and run much faster?
View 9 RepliesIs it possible to have a custom control (inherits from Control) and add sub-controls to it (like, a label for example)? Basically I want a composite control. I know controls can contain other controls, but if I try to add a control to MyBase.Controls, this doesn't work because that's readonly.
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I am working on a project for a handheld in Visual Studio 2008 where I need to add a group of labels to a panel that correspond to a record on the database. The record is a "Pass/Fail" Record. So, if the record is a "Fail", the failed items will be added below the main group of labels; therefore, many child groups of labels will be added below the main group, which is theoretically the header record. I am using a second panel to add the failed items. My issue is how to dynamically add, name, and position the failed item labels and panels. Below, I have included a sample of what I am trying to accomplish.
View 12 RepliesI'm trying to add a group of four radio buttons to a form. There are other radio buttons so I'm grouping them by placing them on a Panel. However using the below I just get the panel added to the form without the radio buttons... Am I doing something wrong here?
Dim arrRButton(3) As RadioButton
arrRButton(0) = New RadioButton
arrRButton(1) = New RadioButton
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