I'm recreating an old 16 bit game. I'm creating the chat normally displayed at the bottom.Each sentence transitions in character-by-character.Every time a character is added, I wanted to have it make that little bleep noise. I've got a wav file that contains a short 'blip' that sounds just right, problem is, when I have it do the blip every time, it usually messes up.
View 1 Repliessmall but huge conversion problem i am facing.. i have this code to convert an entire folder from text to rtf and it works swell.then i have this code to convert rtf to text, and that is where the problem is:
Try
Dim sourcePath As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(tfcrtfdir.Text) 'rtf selected folder
Dim targetPath As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo(tfctxtdir.Text) 'txt selected folder
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I'm having some problems with a Windows Application where I have deselected the application framework to be able to use Sub Main().I want to use Sub Main() because then I can do some things without showing any graphic interface to the user. Things such as automatic update and checking if another instance of the application is running.After checking these things, I execute these lines to run my application:
vb.net Dim frmMain As New frmMain() Application.Run(frmMain)
I need to run it this way or else the application will close when Sub Main() ends. The Application.Run keeps the application alive until I exit the main thread.However, this causes some problems with a variable, no information can be saved into it, I don't know if it affects any other variables as I haven't noticed it. However, I save a string to the variable and then when trying to compare it, the variable is string.empty.Could it be Application.Run which is messing things up? Should I do frmMain.Show() and keep the application running with some sort of WaitUntilExit?
The problem I am running into is the OpenFileDialog box. I am allowing the user to pick an image and I want to save the image location into a column in the database(this isn't the problem), I know how to get the image location and save it...The main problem is this. Each time I open up the "OpenFileDialog box" and choose an image, it remembers the last location used, but after the image is chosen, the program looks at the images location as the spot the database is...To sum this up: Each time I use the "OpenFileDialog" and choose an image, the program looks at the images location for the database instead of in the "Debug folder" (which is were I put the database) So i end up getting an error that it can't find the database. Everything usually worked fine until I used the "OpenFileDialog"...
View 4 RepliesIn my Thesaurus application, I use a combobox as a lookup for keywords. On the bottom of the form I have a datagridview that displays the synonyms for the currently selected keyword. The problem I'm having is that whenever I have selected a keyword that has synonyms, or in other words, whenever a keyword is selected that populates the datagridview, and at the same time I try to close the form or remove the keyword my form gets messed up.
View 2 RepliesI have an error when converting a text string to date, I've tried all the date conversions I can think of and still get the same error (cdate, date.parse and Convert.ToDateTime) this happens after I export an RDLC report to a PDF. As you can see in the below code, there are 2 identical variables called newDate1 and newDate2, one being declared before the render and the other being declared after the render. The first one works no problem but the second one I get the error: Conversion from string "16/02/2011" to type 'date' is not valid. This now becomes a program wide error and affects every date conversion done in the program, this problem remains until the program is restarted.
In short: CDate converts MM/DD/YYYY no problem, but after a PDF export it tries to convert to DD/MM/YYYY which gives an error
Public Function ExportPDFReport(ByVal ReportPath As String) As String
Dim newDate1 As Date = CDate("16/02/2011")
Dim bytes As Byte() = uxReportViewerRDLC.LocalReport.Render("PDF")
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How I can get the Media playing now playing using Sendmessege or wmp.dll?
View 5 RepliesI've been developing a simple virus scanner and it works by reading the hex code of a file and comparing it to signatures from a database. Anyway, the only thing slowing it down is how it reads the hex. This is the hex reading part of my code so far:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles LoadFile.Click
Dim ArrayHold() As Byte
Dim Index As Integer = 0
Dim Str As New StringBuilder
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What I need is to highlight multiple matches within some portion of text as the user types a search pattern. Right now I'm using a RichTextBox to highlight text. The highlighting takes place if a user changes the search pattern and naturally it happens with each key press. It works, but I'm experiencing a performance issues. If the text is large enough the highlighting takes too long (up to several seconds).
Facing that I tried to launch the highlighting procedure in a different thread aborting it and launching it again if the search pattern was changed during the highlighting but still I'm not satisfied with performance. Now I'm asking if there some other control I could use to speed up the process?
Following is the code I used for reading the files and folders from a drive etc.
Public Class LoadingBox
Public counter As ULong
Public OpenRecords As New Dictionary(Of String, MainWindow.records)
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OK. I am making application for copying. Problem is that every time application wants to write it first tries to write via fast IO and get response that it isn't allowed and then it writes a file (i am assuming without fast i/o). I have no idea what fast i/o is (i know io is input output -> read write). So I can assume that it is handled by class that I am using to write. I am using System.IO.FileStream and its functions Read and Write. Is there any other class that I can use witch will allow Fast IO or disable trying it in first place (I would like the first solution)? Or should I do something else?
View 6 RepliesI need to transfer files from one server to multiple cients (using the internet) in the fastest possible way in .NET . What are the different types of transfer protocols which can be used in .NET or VB.NET so that the files are sent in a very short time ? I have tried using FTP, but that is slow because it requires authentication, handshaking etc. What i want to know is the options which we have in .NET for sending files in the fastest possible way between a server and multiple clients.
View 1 RepliesI have text file which contain the 15000000 Rows with the Comma delimiters..i want to import that file to SQL Table Through VB.net(2005) With 1000 Rows per seconds. Is that Possible through VB.net
View 2 RepliesIn a scientific application I'm writing (vb.net) I use a huge collection of object stored in a tree structure. Every object exposes a LastAccessed property (datetime) that stores the last time the node was accessed by the algorithm.I need to find a fast way to find the N least accessed objects in the structure.I'm using an algorithm like this (pseudo-code)
dim Olist as new list (of myobject)
....
array.sort(Olist,address of compareByDataReverse)
for index=0 to N-1[code]....
I'm sure there is a better way to do that because the list is normally huge ( consisting of more than 10^6 objects).
I have a number of user controls (about 200 user controls) which I want to display on the screen (which the form will scroll).
What is the quickest way of running / opening the page?
would you add the user control on the page during design mode or do it during runtime?
It will also get settings from a XML file like names ect.
I m inserting 30 to 50 records .then set table as datasource to report.It takes 5 minutes.Plz anybody tell me how to do it fast.Then my pc is hangedI have also tried adding datarows into datatable instead of inserting records into access database and set datatable to report.but same time cosumed.
View 1 Replies I need to implement a fast FIFO (First in First Out) buffer which has a fixed size (so data effectively falls out the end, much like a shift register) for a DSP (Digital Signal Procesing) Filter i have written. My question is there any faster way of doing the buffer other than as follows: _
'-- FIFO Buffer
Private Inputs As New List(Of Double)
For i As Integer = 0 To Data.Length - 1
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I found the below sample to retrieve webpages. I need to request a lot of pages from the same website which requires authentication. Because there are a lot of pages to retieve I like to speed up the requests and like to avaoid to send the credentials and also the certificate. Is it somehow possible to stay connected?
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I have written a logon script using Visual Basic Studio Express 10 and it simply installs printers and adds network shared drives. It does look at the users Active Directory group and add drives / printers. But on occasion it doesn't install the drives or printers.
I've placed a copy of the logon exe on the desktop and if the user finds they are missing drives etc they click on this and add them again. This has never failed so I'm curious as to why exactly the same exe would fail at logon? Is it something to do with speed of the computer or a time out somewhere? A frustrating problem!
I have this:
vb.net
Private Sub doWork_Tick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles doWork.Tick
Me.doWork.Stop()
For outer As Integer = 0 To Me.queriedDGV.Rows.Count - 1
For inner As Integer = 0 To Me.hebdataDGV.Rows.Count - 1
Application.DoEvents()
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It works fine when I step through it with F8, but when running normally, I guess it's going so fast that I get an Index out of range when the outer For loop increments to the second iteration. I tried putting a timer in there to give it a chance to update the UI, but that didn't work. I also tried "Application.DoEvents" as a last resort, and that didn't work either.
I have an operation that will be performed MANY times and so I need it to be as fast as possible, thus I think keeping validations to a minimum is important here.I'm given an image, an offset and a size; and the idea is to take the color that appears the most within the area determined by the size and offset, so far I have this:
Private Shared Function someFunction(image As Bitmap, offset As Point, sampleSize As Size) As Color
Dim pixelsColors As New List(Of Color)
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I have a bundle of tiny pictureboxes on a form. The number is specified by the user, but it could be up to 100, or so. The user can select any set of these pictureboxes by a variety of means. I want to change the image to show the selection state of the pictureboxes, and I'm looking for the best way to do that. The pictureboxes each shows a bitmap. The brute force method would be to have a selected image and an unselected image and just swap them, but it seems like there ought to be a way to do something significant and reversible to the image, such as inverting the colors, that might be smaller that having a second copy of each image.
View 5 RepliesI need a method of quickly searching a large 2 dimensional array. I extract the array from Excel, so 1 dimension represents the rows and the second the columns. I wish to obtain a list of the rows where the columns match certain criteria. I need to know the row number (or index of the array).
For example, if I extract a range from excel. I may need to find all rows where column A ="dog" and column B = 7 and column J > "a". I only know which columns and which value to find at run time, so I can't hard code the column index. I could use a simple loop, but is this efficient ? I need to run it several thousand times, searching for different criteria each time.
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I have a coma separated text file with loads of records. Usually when we read a text file we start from the first line and go towards the last. I know that there will be x comas per record.But I want to start reading from the last line and then towards the top. This enables me to stop before I reach the top (depending on the data).
What would be the fastest way to read a text file in VB.NET?. I am using VS2008. Basically I want to read from last line and go upwards and stop when I want. I may not need to read the entire file.
[Note: I want to store data in an array and not show it in some textbox]
How to create Key access for that fast array in VB.NET [code] waiting for any sample, this sample fastest for me work, but retrieve by key not only by number.
View 6 RepliesPrivate Sub DisplayTreeview()
Try
tv.Nodes.Clear()
Dim i, j As Integer, ds1 As DataSet
S = "select * from Product where PdtRoot=''"
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What is the fastest way to receive TCP (with 'read') and update a form with the data?
A background polling thread seems to messy.
But is there a TCP receive/read event that can be added to the form, so that the form can pick up the incoming data to display it?
How can I remove duplicate items in a list fast without sorting? [code]That's what I did. But it's too slow when there are many thousands of items.
View 1 RepliesI am looking for help on how to speed up VB.NET (or C#) screen refresh speed. Specifically I need to update many controls and then refresh them on the screen all at once.I am in charge of writing a .NET interface for an older legacy program. Because this needs to run on slow legacy machines I did a performance test and discovered the screen refresh speeds of VB6 is faster then .NET. In VB6 there is barely a flicker as controls change across the entire form all at once. In VB.NET you can see controls change moving across the form like a wave. I must be doing something wrong...
To do a head to head comparison I put together equivalent VB6 and VB.NET programs, each with a maximized form and 48 labels. Clicking on any label changes the background color of all the labels on the form. To really see the problem it is best to try the following code on a slower machine (1GHz etc.)
In VB6 create a project MyProject and add a form MyForm with the following properties
Caption = "Screen Refresh test VB6"
BackColor = Black
WindowState = Maximized
On that form add a label MyLabel with the following properties:
Index = 0
Caption = "Hello World"
BackColor = Cyan
In the form add the following code:
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A short semi fast flood fill. I'm about to run it on 10+ million shapes. There always seem to be a few unique situations where something doesn't work.
Public Sub Fill(ByVal bmp As Bitmap, ByVal pos As Point, ByVal color As Color)
If bmp Is Nothing OrElse pos.X < 0 OrElse pos.Y < 0 OrElse pos.X >= bmp.Width OrElse pos.Y > bmp.Height Then Exit Sub
Dim bmd As BitmapData = bmp.LockBits(New Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height), ImageLockMode.ReadWrite, bmp.PixelFormat)
Dim stride As Integer = bmd.Stride
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