In a VB.NET winform App I want to place icons on each tab header of a TabControl.I set the ImageList property of the TabControl and for each Tab I set the ImageKey property.My icons show as expected on each tab at design time within the IDE but when I run the App, my icons don't show (an empty space is shown instead).
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I have a TabControl on a UserControl. I want the UserControl to behave like a TabControl as usual (it contains only the TabControl and a Contextmenu), including Design-time behavior.I have spent the last two weeks finding out how to add the Design-time behavior and I think I have come a far way.The problem is with adding TabPages during Design-time (while the UserControl is a custom tabcontrol, it is using regular windows forms TabPages).In the Designer class, I have the following code to add a TabPage:
vb.net
Dim dh As IDesignerHost = DirectCast(GetService(GetType(IDesignerHost)), IDesignerHost) If dh IsNot Nothing Then Dim i As Integer = tc.SelectedIndex Dim name As String = GetNewTabName() Dim tab As TabPage = TryCast(dh.CreateComponent(GetType(TabPage), name), TabPage) tab.Text = name tc.Controls.Add(tab)
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So it would add the control to the TabPages collection if it was a TabPage, and use the regular routine otherwise.
(I'm now using 'tc.Controls.Add(tab)' again instead of 'tc.tabCtrl.TabPages.Add')
But, I don't think the designer even gets that far because it is telling me I cannot add TabPages to my usercontrol, because only TabControls can accept TabPages... How can I make my usercontrol understand that it is a TabControl (without Inheriting from a TabControl?)
In some of the forms ,whenever i change some properties using the Properties Window of some controls or the form they get reflected in the Properties Window but will not get changed at Run Time.
I am facing this in quite many of the forms, hence i am applying the property changes in form load, this is causing performance breach .
I have a small dataset which has most of its schema defined at design time, but I add a few columns to one of its tables at runtime. My problem is how do I reset those changes? he dataset is not linked to any datasource. It just has its own table which I "manually" populate. The static columns have been added to the datatable at design time. However, I add a few columns as runtime based on a list of categories. Like this:
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The dataset is used in a small dialog that pops up within my application. I add the dynamic columns when the dialog is opened by using the Load event. Everything works great the first time. But if you close the dialog and reopen it, there are problems. My startup routine tries adding the dynamic columns again, but an error is thrown saying the column already exists. I have tried a lot of things and did some reading but I can't figure out a way to reset the dataset when the dialog is closed. The only solution is to close the whole application and reopen it. I have tried the following in the Leave event of the dialog form:
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I use try catch finally to handle errors in my program. And these work fine when i debug application, but when i install it, error handling does not work?!
View 1 RepliesI want to ask a question about adding controls in design time (controls may be any win form control or a user control) and adding the control in run time.
View 2 RepliesI've created an SQL Query using the query builder. In the query builder, you can test the query by clicking the button "Execute Query", and entering the desired values in the parameter fields.
My query returns the correct results when I do this, but when I seemingly pass the same values at runtime, I get 0 records returned.The query is designed such that you can pass nulls if you don't wish to filter data by that particular parameter.
SQL Query:
SELECT ID, UPC, Quantity, Manufacturer, Style, Color, Size, Category, DateReceived, Cost, OriginalRetail, Retail, LocationID
FROM Inventory
WHERE (UPC = @UPC OR
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In the query builder "Execute Query" dialog, I enter a value I know that the db contains in the "Size" field, "1/1/1900" & "1/1/2199" in Dates A & B, respectively, and nulls for all other fields. This returns 1 record, which is just as I expected. It works correctly.But when I pass the same values into the method created by the designer, I get 0 records returned. I can't figure out where the problem lies. Even if I enter nulls for all fields other than the dates, it returns 0. This tells me that the dates are causing the problem, but I can't figure out why, because I'm passing strings equivalent to what I entered in the query builder.
I'm using .net 2008 Trying to create a small graphic component, I have a problem setting background both at design time and then runtime. I derived a panel like this
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But it isn't working! If I don't Overrides Property BackColor, this is working as expected but I really need to group in my custom tab.
Is it possible to create a menu at design time and populate it at run time and then display it at the mouse pointer when I click on a cell in a datagrid?
View 11 RepliesI am creating a custom Label control (by simply Inheriting the standard Label control and re-painting the background and text) because I need a very specific background and border. In the constructor of the control, I set the AutoSize property to false so I can have a standard default size for the new label.
Public Sub New()
/*Set the default size of the control to 75x24*/
Me.Height = 24
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In my application that uses this control, if I create the new custom label at run time (in code), the AutoSize property stays False, and it works properly.If I try to add the new custom label to my form at design time, it comes in with the AutoSize property set to True, and I have to manually set it to False in the properties window. It's not a huge problem, but I don't understand why the behavior is different.
I have a form where I have created a custom property, DataEntryRole, and set its Browsable attribute to True, as shown:
<Browsable(True)> _
Public Property DataEntryRole() As UserRole.PossibleRoles
Get
Return mDataEntryRole
End Get
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When I view the designer for my form, DataEntryRole doesn't appear in the property box. I assume that it should appear if I were to create another form that inherited from this base form, but that's not what I want. I want this property to show up in my current form.
New to reports here. Using VB.NET, my application makes use of datatables it creates from a postgresql database.These datatables are defined at runtime rather than design-time, and I would like some way of generating reports from these datatables at runtime as well.
Should I be trying to create the report template at design-time, and then "binding" a datatable to it at runtime?
i have a treeview which has a bunch of parent and child nodes preset at design time, there is 1 parent node tho which is called developer, that i want to add child nodes to at runtime.When the form first loads im trying to have it check a text file and for each line in the text file add the text/string from that as a child node tot he 'developer' parent node.
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Dim reader As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(Application.StartupPath() & "ConfigDevs.txt")
Dim strs() As String = Split(reader, Environment.NewLine)
For Each s As String In strs
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Thats what i have so far, how can i set it so 'Dim parentNode As TreeNode = ' points at the 'Developer' node?
I'm doing my project and I design including many tab control in vb.net.
Example: I have 3 tab pages like tab1,tab2,tab3. And I have menu bar to open tab1,tab2,tab3.
My Question is: How can you use code to open each tab page?
I'm trying to images or favicons to tabs....Maybe there is a way to save each websites favicon, Save it to a folder on the comp, AND return it to the tabcontrol1.selectedtab...
View 12 RepliesI have an tabcontrol which has dynamically added the tabpages now i want to add datagridview controls in each tab pages how i can do this.I am written the code like
For i = TabControl1.TabPages.Count - 1 To 0 Step -1
Dim dtg As New DataGridView
TabControl1.TabPages(i).Controls.Add(dtg)
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using VS2008, targetting framework 3.5I have a rather complex UserConrol which does some of its own rendering.I display this UserControl on a form.Opening that form in the Designer creates an instance of the UserControl in the Designer, which tells me a NullReferenceException is occurring in one of my rendering methods.I have attempted to correct this by making alterations to the UserControl's default constructor, but have not found success.
View 1 RepliesAm new here and also a beginner in VB. I have created a form with a TabControl and when I click the tab page it creates another TabControl Dynamically. This works fine.I would like to save the form with the newly created TabControl and when I close the form and reload it the new TabControl should still be there.
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object,
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Just started with VS2010. (vb)
Coming from VS2005. (i skipped VS2008)
My question is this. Why do I have to hit save before every build in order to see design changes at runtime? Example: I change the text on a button at design time. I click on run and the text does not reflect the change. But if I saved the form before clicking run, than it does. Also like to add VS2010 runs much slower compared to VS2005 running on the same computer. I understand VS2010 can do more, but a lot of times you don't need it to.
Converted an VS 2003 VB Application to Visual Studio 2010. Conversion seemed to work great. Having trouble with the Backcolor of buttons. In design mode they are a light gray (I have them set to transperent and they are on a VBPowerPack.Blend Panel) - but in Runtime they turn the correct color (Steel Blue). How do I get design time to look the same as runtime? Also, they stay light grey in run time if I check Enable XP Styles. Makes me feel better to see the same colors at Design time
View 1 RepliesI have a question regarding the manipulation of a form at runtime. Let's say I created a simple form in the form designer before runtime containing a couple of buttons, text boxes and labels. While the program is running, I would like to change properties of these controls, while having the ability to move them around, along with the addition of newer controls, say a listbox.
After the form is 're-designed', I would like to save the new settings of my form, in either a database or settings file. Whats the best way to implement this?
Why does the DataGridView not show up the RowHeader on the second tab of a TabControl?
View 1 RepliesWhen you INHERIT from TabControl to create a different version of the TabControl, then BUILD the designer will add 2 TabPagesby default when you add your new TabControl from the ToolBox to a Form.
View 1 RepliesFor some reasons that I don't understand all my design changes won't show up when I hit F5 and run the application. I can put how many new fields and labels with som "hello" text that I wont but they are not displayed at runtime. But all database changes the report i connected to will be displayed.
How can that be? What is wrong with my report when all datachanges runs thru but not my design changes?
I am using VS 2008 and the built in crystal report and viewer.
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Im having odd problems with how my form is displaying at runtime...if you look at the 2 attachments you can see at runtime the labels disappear under the check box's, but at design time they are positioned perfectly.
View 5 Repliesi use vs 2008. how do i make the tabs stay on the top right hand side and left hand side with horizontal lettering.
View 7 RepliesI created primary/start up Form for my VB2005 app (called Admin.vb). Now when I go back to the solution explorer, I can see Admin.vb but it doesn't have the form icon and clicking it doesn't open the form. Instead it opens the code.All of my other forms are fine and have the right icons and open in the [Design] view ...The form obviously still exists as it opens in runtime but I can't seem to open the design view for it.
View 6 RepliesI have used couple of images on various button and label controls. I imported them by "Add Resources" window from project properties window.Everything is quite well at design time. But at runtime, no image is shown on those controls. I tried it from properties window. Then also tried from runtime by using "Button1.image=My.Resources.ImageName". But all are in vein.I did not change that application directory.
View 1 RepliesI have been looking all over the internet for the answer to this question: How do you save an Image (actually a Bitmap) to an ImageList at runtime? I have an extremely simple image editor that I created to make the images I require for another program. I have incorporated the image editor into the other program. However I cannot figure out how to save user-created images in the ImageList I am displaying via ListView. If I am aimed in the right direction, I can usually find my way through the maze.Additionally, I may need to know how to select that image (I may be able to figure this out later).
View 6 RepliesThe idea with this form is to add the futures which is calculated when the button is pushed but I need the list to update every time and show the values each time to which the previous value is added to the new calculation, e.g. of what it should look like in listbox:
Year 1: $1,290.93
Year 2: $2,724.32
Year 3: $4,350.76
etc....
I have been working on this a while and I am at a standstill, I was given a function to clear the form everytime it calculates but I don't know how to implement it, I am new to VB. Here is what I have so far:
Public Class frmFutureValue
Private Sub btnCalculate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnCalculate.Click
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