Changing A Specific Property For Several Controls At Once?
Apr 24, 2012
Let's say I've got a TableLayoutPanel with 50 cells in it. Inside each cell is a separate text label. If I want to change the color of each of those 50 labels at run-time to the same color, is there an efficient way to do it? (so that I don't have to write 50 lines of LabelX.ForeColor = X, etc).
Not that I would mind writing 50 lines of code for this, but I would like to figure out the most efficient way to do this sort of thing, for future reference.
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Mar 9, 2010
I m implementing control based security in my application. where i m saving controlname (per form) in database, which are to be restricted. So far I have implemented the security and restricted control get disabled.
Now what i want to do is that i have to prevent that for those controls the "control.Enable" property should not change. how can i restrict that.
I have achieved the functionality by canceling enable=true property in "Invalidated" event of the control. but this is not some generic way. I have to map this event for all controls in all forms :(.
What i really want is that as all my froms are derived from same parent which implements the security. so the parent should some how restrict enable property from changing.
So,HOW CAN I PREVENT CONTROL enable property from changing in their parent class?
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Jul 23, 2009
I'm fairly new to VB and I had a quick question. I have a multi-line text box that currently looks (line for line) like this:
scn <Name>
Begin <Start Variable>
End
What I am trying to do is make so when I enter text into a different text box (lets call it textbox2) and push an 'Update' button, it replaces a certain part of the original text box. For example:
If I enter "Dogs and Cats" into textbox2 and push update, then this:scn <Name>
becomes this:scn Dogs and Cats
How would you do that? Excuse my lack of VB programming lingo like I said I'm new to this language.
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Dec 16, 2009
I am using a custom built driver to communicate via Modbus TCP with a Windows CE Controller.
There is a property declared in the driver as a SHORT. I need this property declared as a LONG. I have tried everything I know of to change this programmatically but I am having no luck.
' Declared in the class
Dim dev As vHMIModbusMaster.CDevice 'this is the Modbus Comm Library
Dim WithEvents MBSerial As vHMIModbusMaster.CModbusSerial
Dim WithEvents MBEthernet As vHMIModbusMaster.CModbusEthernet
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Address is sent to the event from a timer event. It is the .Memory_StartAddress that I need to be a long.
I come from a VB6 background and have only recently started using .net. The developer of the driver has been very slow to respond and I am having a hard time convincing him that the problem is with his code. The thing is that it works fine as long as I send an address less than 32767.
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Feb 3, 2011
I have a form which has ONLY three buttons. Somehow they got named Button5, Button6, and Button7.
When I try to rename them Button1, Button2 and Button3 to match code, I get a Dialog box which, if I look at Details, says the Button name is already in use.
Is there something I can do to enable the renaming?
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Mar 13, 2011
I am trying to change the DWORD value in a specific registry path. It starts with the user who is entering the value in decimal into a text box. Then with the click of a button, the application takes that value and change the existing value of the DWORD to the new one typed into the text box. I think I have manage to get it to work with "strings" but I seem to get stuck when it comes to the DWORD key. I have a feeling it have something to do with the hexadecimal value which is set by default. Do I need to create a converter?
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Apr 29, 2009
I have a project im working on and im trying to change the font color of a specific string basically how vb does while your coding. (eg if i type dim it turns blue).I want to do this with a textbox in a vb application to show a topic of interest. It needs to be dynamic so when a user types it only changes the color of the specified string. I have tried
If TextBox2.Text.Contains("dim") Then
TextBox2.ForeColor = Color.Red
End If
but this changes all the text in the textbox to the color.
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Jun 14, 2012
I have a form with a dropdownbox two listboxes and two buttons on it. I removed a "select" button as I just used the DropDownList1_SelectedIndexChanged, but the event would not fire until I used the suggestion from:Why DropDownList.SelectedIndexChanged event does not fire?
It involved changing the AutoPostBack='true' and EnableViewState="true" properties
So now the DropDownList works but with the two listboxes, the SelectedIndex stays as -1 and does not change even when selected.
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I think it has something to do with post backs, page_load or the selectedindex changed event of the listbox, it worked perfectly before I made the modifications.
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Feb 5, 2009
I need to use a Vertical Scroll Bar to scroll through some controls (an array of checkboxes to be precise) on my form. Their number changes depending on the user's requirement during program execution so I need to change the Maximum value of the scroll bar in my code. Also, the SmallChange property needs to be modified depending on the set maximum value (other wise scrolling through the controls will take ages ).
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Jun 18, 2012
Synopsis: I have a report generated from the report wizard in VB that works, but I only want to load data from the same department as the current user.
Details: The application connects to MySQL using the MySQL Connector/Net. I have a users table in the database, one of the fields is "Dept_ID." The report I currently have works loads data and everything fine, but I only want to load some of the data from the table, specifically where Dept_ID matches the current user's Dept_ID, basically adding the "WHERE" clause to the select statement.
I used the report wizard to generate the report and data table, etc, just followed from step one. I've looked around and have found something about using parameters, but can't seem to figure out how to pass a variable to the parameter, or if that is even the best option. Using the wizard, I don't have any code to show for it and the report works like it should, I just need to figure out how to configure it further.
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Jan 26, 2007
Is there an "easy" way to change a control's ForeColor when it is diabled? Yes, I know that this goes against the Windows standard.
On our forms, we have buttons with a dark blue background and a white foreground (the design is dictated by marketing). When the buttons become disabled, the ForeColor goes to a dark color making the button unreadable.
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Mar 15, 2012
I need to change size parameter of OvalShape, I have about 100 of them, named like OvalShape1, OvalShape1...... OvalShape100
This example works for Label, but throws error for OvalShape, following is my modified code that giving error;
For Count As Integer = 1 To 100
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Dec 9, 2009
Is there an efficient method of changing the opacity of a panel and it's controls?
OR
Is there an efficient method of changing the opacity of a MDI child?
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Feb 28, 2011
I dynamically add picture boxes to a vb.net form. However, when I add the new picture box, it is always under/below/behind the picture boxes that I previously created. Is it possible to change it so that the newly created picture box would always be in front of the others?
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Oct 26, 2010
I'm trying to change the look of some controls in VB.An example would be a button, I now have a stack of 4 images on top of eachother. By using the mouseover events and such, I get the same result as a normal button. However, I'd like to be able to insert those images into a normal button like thing.
I know it's possible to do this by creating a custom control, but that'd end up with the exact same code, just in a different file.
However, the real issue would be a dropdown box and slidebar. I'd like to get them to look nice with my theme. (Background, buttons, borders. Things like that..). I got absolutely no clue on how I should do that.
I know that there's a tool to create controls, but that's from scratch and I can't get a grip on it, at all.
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Aug 17, 2010
What I am trying to do is have a Form which can dynamically change the controls which are on it and their properties; this allows my main GUI to be more fluid and not have tons of groups and controls on it which I must hide and show when needed. To make this as extensible and reusable as possible, however, I want all the control additions/subtractions/edits to occur through a separate DLL which I write. The problem is, I can't seem to instantiate any controls in the Class Library because I cannot import 'System.Windows' or any of its children ('Forms').
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Jan 12, 2012
I am inheriting my own datagridview (say MyDataGridView) from the standard datagridview control. What I want is that certain properties of MyDataGridView should have a different default value than what its base have. For example, AllowUserToAddRows,
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Nov 8, 2010
I am looking for a code exmple. I have a data combobox and I want the user to be able to search it by changing the text property.
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Aug 3, 2010
There is no BackStyle property in Visual Basic 2005 ... But I read in MSDN that changing the BackColor of label control will make the background of label control Transparent ... So we'll be able to see through the label control ... I changed the BackColor property to Transparent but it didn't work for me ... BackColor changed to Transparent ... But still I ain't able to see the image behind the label control ... (PictureBox) ... Background color of label still remained the background color of Form i.e. Control color ...
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Sep 2, 2010
I have an Enum file, as shown in first code block. Though it's first time I use an enum file, so maybe it's not correct to use it like this.. My purpose is just to be able to reference a global parameter from anywhere, so I can just type DataInterval.M1, and it will be treated as an integer... or.. will it not ? urther I have a property in my DataSeries class, of type DataInterval. And in this class I also have a bunch of methods Get/Set etc. to do different work on the dataseries (Inherits List(Of BarData)). roblem: The interval property keeps changing unexpectedly every time the GetNextCloseTime function is called.
''' <summary>
''' "Time Frame" of data series
''' </summary>
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Apr 20, 2010
My program has two lists, one a listbox and the other a listview viewed in details mode.
Both of them change heights (get taller) for no obvious reason. I am having to add a call to a method that resizes them to the end of every method, which is kind of absurd, I think. Also, when the window size is changed, these components change size, which means I have to keep track of that.
Edit: I had also thought of adding a timer to handle this.
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Mar 5, 2009
I added a groupbox and changed its heading's font and fore color. The problem is that, when I add a button to this groupbox, it automatically changes its font and fore color to that of the groupbox!How to prevent this from happening?
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May 5, 2011
I'm trying to create a button that will hide the panel that I have docked at the centre of my user control. [code]This works to an extent. However, when the bottomPanel is set to Fill it seems to fill the entire control, and not just up to toolStrip1. Can anyone tell me why this is happening, and how to correct it?
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Nov 15, 2010
I have created several simply custom controls and I used them in my app. Now, I changed the background color in a custom control class, because I wanted an other color for this type of control. But in my app, the background of this controls didn't change. Why? I assume, I don't need to place again this controls on each forms to get the new background color, or do I? If yes, this is very stupid in my opinion.
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Oct 2, 2009
I'm trying to edit the text of a toolstripstatuslabel from a module in my project, but whatever I do, I can't change it. [code]But that didn't work either.I tried to change If Me.StatusStrip1.InvokeRequired Then to If Me.InvokeRequired Then, but that didn't help either. I also tried to change the modifiers property of the toolstripstatuslabel to public, with no result.
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Jan 6, 2012
I want to do translation recursively on all components in my form. So my function will start on the form. Before the recursion, it's obvious that I have to know what property containing the children that the current Object has.[code]...
The method I want to use it, I will check if the current object has property Items if not, check if it has property Tabs, and so on... Then the last fallback, check if it has property Controls.
Now the very question how could I check if the current object has specific Property?
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Oct 8, 2011
I have come across a problem with visual studio 2010 & vb.net. i have a few custom controls on the form and few standard controls. When i build the application, the custom controls automatically change size and location. Anchoring and Dock properties are fine. Anchored to Top Left without dockstyle. Even if i fix the location and size in design mode, after i run the application the controls again change back to weird position.
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Nov 23, 2009
how to change the properties of control which are created at run time. The actual situation goes like this: I will be creating 4 picture boxes at runtime and assigning pictures to them. Now if i wanted to change those pictures, i am not getting how to call those picture boxes.
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Feb 15, 2011
All my forms inherits from one base form where we handle background paint and set standard properties. Recently, I think of cheching if the app is running on Vista or Later to use Segoe UI font, and I added this. The problem is than inherited forms changed sizes and their inner controls changed also... even PictureBoxes! The controls and forms seems to be thinner (in width), so square picturebox became vertical rectangules!
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Feb 17, 2009
I would like to have an application setting wherein the user could set the font size of the controls at run-time.
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