How do I dynamically create a form from within an existing form.i.e. when a user clicks on a button on an existing form that I have, another form is dynamically created and shown modally for the user to enter specific data or as a dialog box to advise the user of a specific result.
View 2 RepliesHow can I add a new form to my project that is based on an existing form in the same project?
I want to add a new form to my project with the same control layout as an existing form in my project, and then just change the label text and so on.
I tried to just copy and paste, then rename the pasted .vb file, but get an error when I try to open it for modification.
I am working on the following scenario: I got an existing VB.net application. Now I have to add a login mechanism to it. What I want to do is, add another form to my project and show it before the 'real' form of the program is displayed, so that it can handle the login procedure.
View 3 RepliesI have 2 projects. The first project has a form called Form1 in it and I want to import this form into Project 2 and have it fully working without any problems.
View 2 RepliesHere is the pertinent part of my code:
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Private Sub MenuItem3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
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im trying to add a "rating" system to an existing form (i.e 1 star, 2 Star or poor, average, good,excellent etc).Does anyone know of a way to achieve this that is aesthetically pleasing with good UX either in .Net or a free 3rd party control?
View 4 RepliesI have a form already created, but now want to expand the application.I created a MDIParent, but cant seem to find how to change the existing form to an MDI child.
View 3 RepliesI'm building a code editor app in VB.NET (Framework 4.0) and it opens all ".por" files into individual forms consisting of a MenuBar and TextBox (multi-line).Currently I have 20 forms (all duplicates of the first on I designed) and if there are say 4 ".por" files in a directory, the first four will open up while the others hide.
I think it would be far more efficient by coding a new form For each item in form1's ListView...but I want the next so many to be a copy of the first form I designed since I spent a good bit on it.
Using the new Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition Beta.Created a project, form, controls, etc. Worked great. Love it, compiled perfectly.Saved everything, closed the program, went to bed. Woke up, opened the project, but now CAN NOT open the form (form1.vb) in Designer mode!! I can open the code, it's all there, exactly as I left it, but cannot get back to the designer mode to (easily) add more controls to it!F7 just opens the code, right-click just gives me code option, not designer option.This is amazingly frustrating..
View 1 RepliesHow can I add a form from one project into a new project, I dont want all the code just the form layout.My form has alot of textboxes and labels and I dont want to have to recreate it. I see the insert from existing item but not sure how to get just design and layout?I am going from 2005 to 2008 express if that makes a difference
View 1 Repliesi am trying to add an existing form to my project to reuse. From solution explorer Add>>Add Existing Item i select [filename].vb. But i can only see the codes not the dialog items.
View 2 RepliesI tried using the web browser control for the first time.The problem I had was that the size of the web browser defaulted to the size of the form. Even when I tried to downsize the webbrowser ( via properties ) it still filled the entire form. I also tried to drastically increase the size of the form( again via the form's properties ), the web browser still filled the entire form. how to create a form where the web browser only takes up half the space of the form.
View 1 RepliesIm trying to create a stopwatch in one form and another form show my progress bar using a combo box for mins and seconds to show the progress bar on form1 1
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I want to create an IMAGELIST in a main form and add to it then have it accessible within a child form. I found several MS examples on database shared access but this is NOT the concept I am after. Straight forward:
Child_Form.<function_to_execute_in_child_form>(The_Passed_Imagelist)
So, within the child form it want to do whatever I like to the IMAGELIST! I have tried passing the object by reference and anything I could think of.
I have been making a webbrowser for a while now, everything works well, except i am unable to make the 'open in a new window' button work right. So far i have managed to get a new instance of my form to open with the right url, but i am unable to keep that new form open when the orginal parent form closes.
Code:
Private Sub WebBrowser1_NewWindow(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles WebBrowser1.NewWindow
e.Cancel = True
Dim Href As String
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I have successfully created a new excel with the code
[xlApp = New Excel.ApplicationClass]
and can transfer and manipulate data from my VB2008 form back and forth with the spreadsheet One time only each time I try and add additional data it wants to open a new workbook with the same name but cant seem to get it to just add the additional info.
I have an MDI parent(MDIParent1) form with a child form(frmMain).The child form got a Tabcontrol(TabControl1) in it.I am trying to load other forms(say form1) in my application to this tabcontrol as tabpages. I use the following code for that
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How do I get an existing form to show up as a MDIChildForm?
View 3 RepliesI am creating a program for an existing database that stores the info into the database. So can I link an already existing database in MS Access to a GUI?
View 2 RepliesHow to create a Attendance form in windows form.The form should lookk like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ..........till 31 or 30 based on month selected
1. emp1
2. emp2
I shud be able to enter attendance for employees.....
Is there a way once you create a child form within the parent form, and then you click on the title bar of the child to change its position, is there a way that when dragging it if it goes over the bounds of the parent form, it will stop and not move any further. I just worry with my code that if you drag too far you wont see the title bar to drag it back. I hope that explains my problem,
View 3 RepliesI have create a Data base in Microsoft Office Access 2007, and I want to make the same databse in Visual Basic 2005 Express, but the problem now is the Invoice form, it must have a form with subform to represent two deffernt tables or query?
View 1 Repliesi had no idea how to pass a value from one form to a database in another form...i was using the vb 2008...
View 2 Repliesi MDI form there, i was create the children form within a same MDI form every time i click on the button to show the form, which means i create a new form, how i do for ensure that each time i click on the button there will not create a new form is the form is really exist? how to avoid duplicate of the form will not exist twice?another 1 more question is also about the MDI form, everytime i create i new form, the new form is covered by old form, how i do that the new form i created will always show infront, other 1 will show at behide
View 3 RepliesI want to use automated testing using autoit for my existing windows form based application. Currently looking at the autoit documentation I couldnt figure out how to start a existing windows application in vb.net and then use it for further automation.
View 3 Replieshere is a copy of my current code. Am trying to open an existing Excel spreadsheet then retrieve the old balance data refigure the new balance and store new data into the spreadsheet. Am I on the right tracK, or way out in left field?
Private
oWB.SaveAs(
"Checkbook.xlsx") Nothing
oWB.Close()
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I have a Visual Basic .Net form (launches after the splash screen tests database connectivity) and it is not focusing above other existing windows on launch. How do I get it to focus above all existing windows and Windows Explorer windows?
View 1 RepliesHello I want to create a windows form application program that can create games something like Gamemaker or Klik & Play (butt less advanced) with D&D "Drag and Drop" events and actions.
View 7 RepliesI have produced an application which works with datasets but I now wish to provide the user the ability to add and admend records within the database.But i wish to do this in a seperate form.My current dataset instanciates classes onLoad.Should i try passing the Dataset to the new form class? although I have the problem where by when i pass the dataset to the form class using code below i get this problem:[code]Should i just create a create a new connection to the database and produce a new dataset for this form? or is there a better way to do this?
View 2 RepliesI have used VB (versions 2 - 6) through many years; however, I am crash-course training myself into the VB2008 / VB2010 world kicking a screaming. I would like suggestions as to what SQL database access method should I focus more on in my learning process without making me feel that I'm a million years behind. I know I have WinForms where I can create a datasourse and drag / drop fields or tables on a form to create a grid (not really what I'm looking for).
My trouble isn't so much designing the form but in how I access the database. Theres XML, LINQ to SQL, ADO.NET, and many other methods. Not only do I need to grasp these methods quickly but I also need to know what type of projects I should create. What I mean is...I was thinking that I would design a WinForm app; however, I see that there are WPF apps and others to chose from. This is getting deep. I know it depends on the project that I'm working on. My plans are to write an app based off of either an SQL Express 2008 or SQL Server 2008 database. This first app will be standalone for now but may later become multi-user. I know I'm far behind on my learning curve coming from VB6. I have read a bit on VB2005 / 2008 / 2010. I own
both VB2008 and VB2010. I use VB2008 at work. I know ADO.NET is still alive but by what I read online, it's a dying method and is only kept for backward compatibility. XML and LINQ to SQL and other methods are all pretty new to me.