Fixed String With Embedded Null Characters
Mar 26, 2010
I am using a com object to maniplate data inside an external program using VB.NET. One of the methods this com object provides requires 1 string parameter.The external program, however, requires a sting of a specified length, regardless of the number of characters used. The string to be passed to the function (length 36) is a combination of the below key fields.[code]I have tried the VB6 compatability's VBFixedString type but the com object's method throws an exception due to a type mismatch.If I convert the VBFixedString back to a .NET string before passing it to the method, the first null character is again interpreted as a string terminator and the rest of my string is chopped.
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Sep 16, 2009
I need to format a string in a fixed number of characters.
For example, if someone type TWO
It has too save in the variable
000TWO
if type THREE
0THREE
Always 6 characters and fill the rest with zeros on the left.
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May 3, 2012
I have a string of characters, but I would like to have a string of hexdecimal characters where the hexadecimal characters are converted by turning the original characters into integers and then those integers into hexadecimal characters. How do I do that?
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Sep 11, 2011
I have a long string like this
dim LongString as String = "123abc456def789ghi"
And I want to split it into a string array. Each element of the array should be in 3 characters length[code]...
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Sep 13, 2010
i have been trying to remove special characters. i am not able to remove many crlf in middile of the string.
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Aug 3, 2009
I need to create a console program that allows you to enter a string, of which is then outputted in reverse.
Sample:
Input: Diewas
Output: saweiD
Apparently I need to find out about strings and will also need to use a loop.
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Dec 19, 2009
While recently working on a program, I've run into two problems.Firstly, let me state my purpose of this program.The users enter a 'script' into the VB program, the program then saves the scripts as a '.java' file, then attempts to compile it using java
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Feb 23, 2011
Not sure if too many people know this, but the following line will cause an error:
GroupName.Substring(0, 3) = "jt_"
....if the length of GroupName is less than 3 characters. I always thought it would simply return whatever characters in GroupName, but no, it errors. I must be thinking of the old VB6 days.So, I now have to change the code to:
If (GroupName.Length > 2) Then
If (GroupName.Substring(0, 3) = "jt_") Then
Note that the two comparisons need to be on separate lines. If they are on the same line, such as:
If (GroupName.Length > 2) and (GroupName.Substring(0, 3) = "jt_") Then then the code will still fail as the length command is executed at the same time as the substring command- which will cause the error when the GroupName length is less than 3.Just thought that those of us not aware of this should be!
dp.SyntaxHighlighter.ClipboardSwf = '/dp.SyntaxHighlighter/Scripts/clipboard.swf'
dp.SyntaxHighlighter.HighlightAll('9844f9bfb55449e6a786fa62aaadfa20')
dp.SyntaxHighlighter.HighlightAll('f6d554fd98464bdba9159b319e51b381')
dp.SyntaxHighlighter.HighlightAll('93bf4ca63ad8447abdf084d8a9991e15')
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Jan 13, 2011
bytes ( 00 00 00 ) I'm trying to remove from a specific set of locations within a byte stream. The following code is what I'm using. I tried using the Trim function as listed in the code at the bottom but that had no effect. I'm extracting from a fixed byte range and there are null values after the end of valid ascii characters. Dim temp() As Byte = GetByteArray(FrameData, 3, 32)
Private Function GetByteArray(ByVal MyArray As System.Array, ByVal Start As Integer, ByVal Length As Integer) As Byte()
[Code]...
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Aug 13, 2010
So I want my program to read a file, but sadly there are null characters in the text file. The program searches for strings and I want it, when searching, to ignore all of the null values and just the actual characters. Is this possible?
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May 17, 2012
I am having some problems declaring a fixed lenght string in vb.net. I am studying code for using webcam in vb.net, although the code is from vb6 but I am told it works in dot net. Everyting else seems to be working except this line[url]...
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Aug 5, 2011
I have files that are one long line of text but are made up of individual segments. I have managed to parse the segments into a string array but now need to parse each segment into its individual fields, based upon a field structure defined by the first 2 characters of the segment.For example:
CA12345ABC999999XXPPPPPPPP55
CA segment (CA is first 2 characters of segment) has fields defined as:
Field Name,Start,Length
[code]....
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Feb 21, 2010
How do i Declare a string like this:
Dim strBuff As String * 256
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Aug 1, 2011
I am trying to format a string of arbitrary length into a fixed width field for display.
Let's use a width of 20 as an example, and call the string to be formatted s. I'm adding the formatted string to a StringBuilder named b.
Dim b As New System.Text.StringBuilder()
Dim s as New String
If the string I want to display is shorter than 20 characters, I can do this:
b.Append(s.PadRight(20))
or
b.AppendFormat("{0,-20}", s)
So far, so good. But, if the string is longer than 20 characters, I want the string to be truncated to 20 characters as it is appended. The code above appends the entire string.
I tried this:
b.Append(s.Substring(0,20).PadRight(20))
But, this fires an exception if the string was shorter than 20 characters.
So, I ended up with:
b.Append(s.PadRight(20).Substring(0,20))
This seems to do the job. The PadRight prevents the exception by making sure thet string has 20 characters before the Substring is performed.
I was wondering if there is an alternate method that would look more elegant and avoid padding the string just so prevent the substring from causing an exception. Have I missed a feature of String.Format that can accomplish this in one step?
Edited to add solution:
I ended up with the following code:
Module Extensions
<Extension()> _
Function AppendFixed(ByVal b As StringBuilder, ByVal s As String, ByVal width As Integer) As StringBuilder
[Code]....
This uses an extension method to clean up the syntax, as suggested by Joel and Merlyn, and uses the StringBulider Append overloads to avoid creating new strings that will have to be garbage collected, as suggested by supercat.
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Jun 21, 2010
In my application, a string generated its length can varying from 1 to 100 (not using random number algo). But I want if length is less than 7 than need to add integers 1,2,3.. untill its size reach to 7. I implements it using while loop as :
If generatedUserName.Length < 7 Then
Dim count As Int32 = 0
While generatedUserName.Length < 7
[Code].....
Is any other better way such as enbuild function Tostring() with some parameter?
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Jan 21, 2010
Got a dll from a supplier that I need to call. His declaration is Declaration with Microsoft Visual Basic: [code]Now, the Sting * 20 is clearly not VB.NET, and sure enough it crashes when run - "Attempt to read or write in protected memory" and that leads me to think that there is something with that string definition - or possibly the I_Ref definition which hasn't been defined as fixed length.I've tried <VBFixedString(20)> when defining O_Err, but I have a feeling that it might not be enough when the function declaration is like that (not specifically fixed length). I cannot figure out how to specify this correctly.As a small hmmmm, the above is pasted directly from the suppliers documentation, but that't will never work, as there is a "," missing after I_Range as long... Clearly not something he has pasted from a working program.
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Aug 26, 2009
just say I have a string as follows:
This is a long long lojngoi sudofi usdfh ksjdhfjk sdhfgkj shgh sdfhg sdfg sdfgdsfg ... I want to specify a maximum width (eg 180) for my string and get the height returned... the picture below explains in more detail:
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Feb 12, 2009
I need some help to create a regular expression. It is a little like a search and replace, I want to replace any string that contains parentheses with a fixed editorial comment in brackets."The Prime Minister (that idiot from Scotland) made a speech today" with "The Prime Minister [edited for abuse] made a speech today".
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Nov 15, 2011
Im new at this and Im trying to insert an embedded resource into a string. However, I get an error at the last statement below. Can anyone tell me what I forgot to do or what Im doing wrong?
Peter
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Reflection
Dim oEmbed As Object
[Code]...
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Oct 31, 2010
My program toggles an existing IE add-on between enabled and disabled. At the same time, it creates a shortcut to itself in the Quick Launch folder using one of two icons which reflect whether the next click is a toggle on or toggle off. I store the two icons in the same folder as the targeted executable, and everything works fine, but I would rather have these two files embedded. I know how to embed them. The problem is locating them. At the moment I use:
Dim MyShortcut As IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut
MyShortcut = WshShell.CreateShortcut(QuickLaunchVariable & "Toggle.lnk")
MyShortcut.TargetPath = path/executable
MyShortcut.IconLocation = path/iconfile
MyShortcut.IconLocation requires a string and I don't know how to get to the location of an embedded file as a string. There is no MyShortcut.Icon which would allow me to simply refer to the embedded file.
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Jun 24, 2009
I am pulling a random name from my database that matches up with images (embedded images) in my project.[code]
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Dec 16, 2009
Is there any way to convert null terminated string to normal string.I mean I can easily make a program to find the location of vbnull but there has to be a built in function for that.
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May 5, 2012
I have written a program that uses an array of the english alphabet and Morse code. I also built a form with a input box for the alphabetic information and an output box with the Morse Code. What i am trying to do is basically type a word like "Hi" in the input box and produce the Morse Code equivalent in the Morse Code output box. [Code] This works but only one letter at a time. Do i need to Parse the string of characters one at a time, and then run it through a loop like i have created?
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Jun 30, 2009
I have a string like 0010000.abc. Is it possible to print just the first 3 characters of the string i.e 001?ajaind
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Feb 13, 2012
I am using VB .Net to access the eBay API and store all completed orders in a database. This database is then fed into a proprietary shipping system, which can not handle an order number larger than 20 characters. eBay returns an order number like so 230407279314-680141236013 which is too long. The order number is always 12 numbers a hyphen and 12 more numbers. What I need to do, is turn this (the result can be alpha numerical) into a shorter, unique order key to store in my database alongside the true orderId (so that this can be referenced by the shipping software instead of the actual order number). The reason for the 20 character limit is the barcode algorithm used. Is there any way to achieve this in VB .Net 2010? This number can be anything unique, so long as it does not exist already (even a good uniqueid function would work, but I would have to query the database to make sure it isn't taken)
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Sep 23, 2011
I.E. replace "http:adf.ly/random"to "adf DOT ly /random"..Removes http: and changes . to DOT and adds spaces.
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Jan 19, 2010
I am trying to manipulate a string to get to a part of the string inside 2 specified characters. Getting anything inside the > and the space. string starting with: jk;fhdididlsls/"f>Dog (467838) fgdad
I am trying to get "Dog" out of this.
dim x as string
dim y as string
x="jk;fhdididlsls/"f>Dog (467838) fgdad"
y = x.Split(">" , " ")
MsgBox(y.Join(""))
It will somehow always error out: value of 1-dimension array of string cannot be converted to string
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Nov 14, 2011
I have a barcode that once scanned returns a string 8 characters long.
Further along the program I have this line of [code]...
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Mar 14, 2009
I want to be able to get the first x characters of a string
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Jun 9, 2012
I doing a project for my office. In that I am showing the values and strings from a particular table based on the date range and vendor selection. It is working fine with the date range. Except within the date range if the particular reader has no data it throws an error message like dbnull string.
[Code]...
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