Print Options In .net?
Aug 31, 2009I want to know what are the possible ways to print the data using vb.net?
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VS 2010 Options View Control - Child Options?
Aug 20, 2011I am in need of a form that shows various options, exactly like the Options in Visual Studio. Since there are so many options I too want them categorized, with a TreeView to the left taking care of showing the right category.The usual 'easy' approach here would be to just place a TreeView control on the form, add some nodes, and give those nodes a tag or key that corresponds to a panel or UserControl with the options for that category.Since there will be a lot of options however, this is not really feasible design-wise; the form would be cluttered with possibly 50 panels, all of which I would need to select and bring to front from time to time to add controls to them that represent the options.
So I decided to create a custom control that does exactly that. The control is very similar to my Wizard usercontrol, users can add OptionsPanels at design time, which inherit Panel and simply represent one panel of options. When they do, the panel is added to a container panel, and at the same time a TreeNode is added to a TreeView. The control uses a custom ControlDesigner to handle design-time clicks in the Treeview, selecting a different node would select and bring to front the corresponding panel, allowing the user to add the controls he wants.
Due to the design time support the problem of having 50 panels is no longer present, only one panel will be visible at a time and selecting the right panel is as simple as selecting the corresponding TreeNode, just as during run-time. Anyway, I got all this working, but only for a single 'level' of categories. As you can see in the Visual Studio options, there can be multiple levels of categories. For example, the Environment node has a bunch of children, where each child represents one 'options panel'. There can even be deeper nesting, see the Text Editor node for example.Let me begin by drawing out the basics of how my control works so far.
The main control is an OptionsView control, which contains a SplitContainer with a TreeView to the left and a OptionsPanelContainer to the right. The OptionsPanelContainer is merely a Panel to which only OptionsPanel controls can be added, and which raises events when this happens, as well as when OptionsPanels are removed from it. An OptionsPanel also inherits Panel, and these are the actual panels the users will see in the control, one for each option category.For now, each OptionsPanel has exactly one corresponding TreeNode (and vice versa). In the Visual Studio options, each 'parent' category usually has a 'General' node as the first child, and the parent and this General node show the same option panel, but I am ignoring that for the moment.
The OptionsView control has a property Panels that returns the ControlCollection (Controls property) of the OptionsPanelContainer (in other words: it returns a collection of OptionsPanels that are in this container panel).
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<Editor(GetType(Designers.OptionsPanelCollectionEditor), GetType(UITypeEditor))> _ <DesignerSerializationVisibility(DesignerSerializationVisibility.Content)> _ Public ReadOnly Property Panels As Control.ControlCollection Get Return Me.PanelContainer.Controls End Get End Property
A custom CollectionEditor for this property takes care of the designer: even though the property type is ControlCollection, the CollectionEditor knows it should create instances of the OptionsPanel control instead of just Controls.When it does this, a corresponding TreeNode is also created and its Tag property is set to the OptionsPanel. Vice versa, the Node property of the OptionsPanel is set to the node. Hence the node and panel both know their corresponding object.
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Public Class OptionsPanelCollectionEditor Inherits System.ComponentModel.Design.CollectionEditor Public Sub New(type As Type) MyBase.New(type) End Sub Protected Overrides Function CreateCollectionItemType() As System.Type
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So far so good, this all works fine. I can add Panels via the designer and when I do a new TreeNode appears in the TreeView. I can select this node and the panel becomes visible (comes to the front).Now, I am a little stuck. How do I implement child option panels? And more importantly: how do I let the user add child panels?The most logical choice I think is to let each OptionsPanel have a property (ChildPanels or something) that returns the child OptionsPanels for that panel. Once the user selects an OptionsPanel then, he can look in the property grid to find its ChildPanels property and add child panels to that.
There is a problem though: what would this property return? It must return a ControlCollection of some container (this is, I think, a requirement for the designer features to work, otherwise panels are not added to the Form.Designer.vb file). But there is no container. I cannot add them to the OptionsPanel itself, that would make no sense because the parent OptionsPanel has its own set of controls (the options itself...), there cannot be another (fully docked) Panel on top of those obviously.The container of the main OptionsView then? That is not an option either, its Controls collection holds ALL OptionsPanels, not just the children of the selected panel. I cannot 'select' only the right panels either, that would require me to return a new instance of ControlCollection, it would be impossible to return the actual ControlsCollection that holds merely a small selection of its controls.
Or Keyword - Does Options = Options Or Does It Set RegexOptions.none
Feb 28, 2010With the following piece of code
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The Or keyword is confusing me. So in the above example which variable gets set. Does options = options or does it set RegexOptions.none.
Hypothetical Controls - Options Checked As Enabled In FrmConfig Effects - Controls (like Buttons/menu Options) Are Enabled In FrmMain
Nov 26, 2010As i'm learning more and more about developing ive just got my head around creating classes and modules, i started wondering about something to do with configuration of applications where deployment is in a more diverse environment say in a company where different branches dont need access to all parts of a program, so i thought id throw the question out there in a basic sense and get some feedback. so i can go off and do some more reading and learning.
So the scenario in my head is like this.
So we have for arguments sake FrmConfig which is the master configuration form, then we have FrmMain which is the root menu our application general user interfaces with. So here based on what options are checked as enabled in FrmConfig effects what controls (like buttons/menu options) are enabled in FrmMain.
Print The Database(microsoft Access 2010) Viewed In Datagridview Using Print Button
Feb 16, 2011Here's my work.
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How can i print the search result.
Vb Mail Order - Calculating The Percentages - Print Button Allows The User To Print The Form
Apr 8, 2011I have been able to do the exercise's in the first 2 chapters and half the exercise's in the third chapter of the text book (programming in visual basic 2008, Julia Case Bradley & Anita C. Millspaugh). but this one is making my head want to explode. please point me in the right direction with this.
Heres the problem. The company has instituted a bonus program to give its employees an incentive to sell more. For every dollar the store makes in a four-week period, the employees receive 2 percent of sales. The amount of bonus each employee receives is based upon the percentage of hours he or she worked during the bonus period (a total of 160 hours). The Calculate button will determine the bonus earned by this employee, and the Clear button will clear only the name, hours-worked, and bonus amount fields. A Print button allows the user to print the form. Do not allow missing or bad input data to cancel the program; instead display a message to the user.
Here's my code so far. its giving me the wrong results. i have tried many different ways,(hence the commented code) but I just dont know where im going wrong.
Public Class VB_Sales
Const BONUSHOURS As Decimal = 160
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Populate A Report And Print It Directly Without The User Hitting The Print Button?
Jun 10, 2011i want to populate a report and print it directly without the user hitting the print button.
i have this working in a diffrent project but for some reason it wont work in this one.
i get the error missing parameter, on the last line of my code
Dim paramFields As New ParameterFields
Dim paramField As New ParameterField
Dim discreteVal As New ParameterDiscreteValue
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VS 2005 Print Preview, Print Report And Configure Layout Buttons
Aug 21, 2009Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone knows how to do these from a simple text box. i.e. 'TextBox1'.
I'm just learning VB and it's only a simple text editor but I can't find any good sites or posts that help me in understanding how to do it. These are not really covered in any of the 'beginner' books I have acquired either.
VS 2010 : Print/Print Preview Of Records From A Database/DatabaseDataSet Source?
Dec 14, 2011My instructor told us how to print documents and how to use databases. What the instructor did not mention is how to print or print a preview of records within a DatabaseDataSet. The book "Programming in Visual Basic 2010" does not explain how to print or do a print preview of Database Source records from within a form. The only thing I was told was to test the print document first before you try to do a print preview. Within a form I used a DataGridView to add, delete, and update the database. So now all I need to do is figure out how to print the updated records from the DataGridView and how to print a preview of the records within the DataGridView. So I hope my question is clear enough to give me assistance on how I can perform these two actions. Thanks this would be a great help, and since the class is online we can get assistance from any sources that we have.
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Mar 15, 2006I'm very very very new to VB.Net and am doing a class project. I want the user to simply clicka print button and get a printout of an existing Word document. Is this possible and if so, can someone suggest the code?
View 7 RepliesPrint PDF From Javascript - Make The Last Page Print Only 1 Copy Instead Of Two Copies
Nov 17, 2009I am using the below mentioned code in my VB.net application to print two copies of pdf document.
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VS 2008 - Print Dialog Box Would Come Up And Bingo They Could Print The Contents Of The Listbox
Jun 9, 2010Basically on my form I have a listbox containing data. Under the listbox I want to place a button named "btn_PrintData" or something to that effect. The user will click this, the print dialog box would come up and bingo they could print the contents of the listbox.
View 1 RepliesPrint And Print Preview On Tool Strip Menu
Nov 12, 2011I got the code working properly but i am kinda clueless on print & print preview on tool strip menu.
Public Class Form1
' Declare Global-Level variable.
Dim RateDecimal(,) As Decimal = {{1D, 1.5D, 2.4D, 1.85D}, _
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Add A Simple Print Button In Vb 2008 To Allow Print The Form?
Sep 24, 2011How do i add a simple print button in vb 2008 to allow me to print the form?
View 1 RepliesFind Examples Of Print And Print Preview Function Available
Feb 7, 2009Where can I find examples of the print, and print preview function available in Visual Basic 2008?
View 2 RepliesJavascript - How To Print Header Of GridView On Each Print Page
Feb 16, 2012How do I print the page title and the header of a GridView on each print page?
I want to add page title and GridView heading on each page.
I used page break to break the GridView into multiple pages, but only the first page comes with title and all other are without header and title page.
For a dynamic GridView, my code uses AutoGenerateColumns="true".
Print The Datagridview Using Print Button In MSAcess2010(database)?
Feb 14, 2011i have a vb.net program and i use a print button, i use a database "msaccess" it is connected to my vb.net program. now my problem is i want to print the database in msaccess using the printbutton. it is view in datagridview.
View 4 RepliesDisable Print, Print Screen, Right Click Using Asp.net
Jan 4, 2011How to Disable print, print screen, right click using asp.net
View 4 RepliesIs There A Setting That Tells 'debug.print' Where To Print
Nov 16, 2010I have a project that the debug.print "something" function has stopped showing in the "immediate window", or any other window. This has been working fine.If I create a new project the "debug.print "something" works fine.I did have to do a uninstall/reinstall of VS 2010 yesterday maybe something changed.Is there a setting that tells "debug.print" where to print?
View 1 RepliesMDI Text Editor And Print/Print Dialog?
Mar 14, 2009ive managed after about a week and a half to build an mdi text editor, as ive found out its harder to build than a regular text editor lol.
View 5 RepliesPrint And Print Previews From Text Boxes?
Mar 11, 2010I am trying to make a notepad type thing that uses tabs. Each tab has a rich text box on (After being added via buttons) but am really unable to find a way to get the print preview to preview a certain, single text box on tabs. And obviously i can't add them manually (that i know) as loads of new tabs can be added at any time by the user.
View 1 RepliesPrint Current Page From Print Preview?
Jan 11, 2010Is there a way to print just the current page from the Print Preview?
View 1 RepliesPrint Only Text - No Controls Should Be Appear In The Print Like Textboxes
Mar 11, 2010i want to print
1. Only text
2. No controls should be appear in the print like textboxes etc.
Print Preview Shows Pages - But Does Not Print
Mar 10, 2010THe Print preview is showing all the pages , but it does not print them all, just one page. I know it has to do with the 'e.HasMorePages'. I dont know how to do this.[code
View 1 RepliesPrint To Text File Of Query Print Job?
Aug 14, 2009how to print to text file of query print job using vb.net?
View 2 RepliesVS 2008 Print Whole Richtextbox Using Print Document
Jan 2, 2010I just wanna print my whole richtextbox using print document. I need to count words till the end of the page and so print them. And it must be bounded in a rectangle.(e.marginebound) from top,left,right and bottom. Also i don't know ho to use print preview. writing a proper print Document. It's the end of my Wordpad project and i just cant write a good printing!
View 1 RepliesAdd The Menu Options That Appear?
Aug 26, 2010I want to learn how to add the menu options that appear when you click your right mouse button.So far I have a normal menu strip control, rich text box control and I have added a ContextMenuStrip control.
I have not got a clue on how to set the properties for the contextmenustrip on the richtextbox control, so when the user clicks the right mouse button the contextmenustrip appears.
How To Go Through Different Options In Combobox
Aug 22, 2009Ok lets say I have a combo box with like 3 options in.
Ex:
Combobox
Option 1
Option 2
Option 3
How could I make it so the timer like every 5 seconds it will change from option 1 and be highlighted to option 2? then after so long, to option 3? and loop this process?
Many Different Options - How To Display
Nov 21, 2010I've got a project where each "person's profile" will have many options associated with them, they are broken into groups such as
"Hobbies"
"TV Shows"
"Dinners"
What I was going to do it tick each "group" that applies to each profile and show only the fields that apply to the user.I was going to display them on a panel or a tabpage but How would I show the user what panels need data entered? (there could be 3 or even 4) but would the panels 2-3(or 4) be hidden how would I promt the user to enter data.I don't like the "look and feel" of tabpages.
Options For Databases ?
Apr 29, 2010Well my project will basically involve a database of the sports info of students in my school. It has to work with about 1000 profiles, each containing a personal info record (basically an address book) and a Sports Info record which has some simple information like what sport they do for winter and summer but it also has some records like "Training Info" which will contain a some 10 fields. It'll wind up something like an array of records of records of records.
One of the key points for assessment is that we employ search and sort functionality explicitly using algorithms that have been provided to us. Essentially we'll have to write up our own subs for binary searches and stuff like that.
Now this is group work and I was put in charge of making the database, one thing I'm unsure of is what I should use. Most of the other groups are using .txt files to store their databases as they've been told that these are easier than Access files. However their databases don't appear to be quite as complex as the one my group's planning. Another random titbit of info I heard was that using our own search functions to search an Access file would not only be slower than using the inbuilt ones (another random something gleaned from conversation) [does it have inbuilt search functions?? I heard somewhere else it didn't] but also that it'd be slower than searching a .txt file with a similar sub.
I'm not sure of the veracity of those statements, however I still want to ask if you guys have any recommendations for what I should use to make the database with. The only ones I know of are CSV text files and MS Access, I'd be very grateful if you could point me in the of a good "thing" to use with VB.net for this kind of project.