I am reading data from an XML file. This local XML file will be updated by another application, and I will need to periodically re-evaluate the XML file, and only import new data into a list box. Furthermore, I want to be able to click on a particular item in the listbox, and display the other values about that particular XML entry.
So, I suppose this is a multi part question. What is the proper way to import only NEW data into the program, what is the proper way to store the data, and how do I associate a value in a listbox with the data stored elsewhere?
I've considered multidimensional arrays, but have been told that strings to char arrays and then back to strings is a terrible way to manage the data, but was never offered an alternative.
Is there something like VBA's ScreenUpdating=Off in VB.Net? I mean, I want to manage the underlying data and wish it would not reflect on the screen until the end.
I am looking for a code snippet which opens a image, creates a clone of this bitmap in memory disposes this opened image so that all handles are closed.
Usually we can open a bitmap using this[code...]
the following code however keeps the Image File locked until the application is running, any suggestions how to dispose it properly. (So that no handle is left open )
Things i already tried: use dispose method of bitmap <= doesnt work (need to write implementation) Using Block also doesnt work.
I have a VB.Net 2008/Access 2007 app that I can�t get to display data in an organized way on a listview. The listview displays the data in the order that the data was entered in the products table. In the SQL statement that loads the listview I put ORDER BY SupplierTbl.CompanyName but it doesn't do it. The listview shows the data in the order that the records were entered in the database. So then I was going to settle for if I can get the listview sorted by clicking on the column header.If I can get that to work then that would be acceptable. So I then implemented the sort routine. The sort works and it doesn't.If you click on a column header then all the rows show the information nicely. The database has an OLE object column for storing images. Customer wants images stored in the database not file paths. When you click the listview the image displays in a picturebox.
The proper images display when the listview is clicked when I use the SQL statement below without the ORDER BY. But when I click on a column header and reorder the display it's no good. If you click on a row in the listview the wrong image is being displayed. It displays them in the order as they were in before the sort. All the other columns look good and are behaving except for the Image column. So that then makes me wonder if my original problem with the ORDER BY is directly related with the OLE object column. Is there something about this data type that I need to know to manipulate it in SQL? My reaction is that maybe since this column is resource heavy it goes by different rules. Can someone please tell me what I need to do to make the end result have some order? This is the SQL statement without the ORDER BY:
I can get the data in the list box to line up properly?
The code is a follows:
Dim sr As IO.StreamReader = IO.File.OpenText("c:\account.txt") Dim fmtstr As String = "{0,-15}{1,10}{2,15}{3,15}{4,15}{5,15}" Dim accountNumber As String
So my most recent project hinges on the ability to open a selected XML file and display the names of certain fields in a listbox control. This normally wouldn't be challenging except that the following variable is equal to vbNull (Nothing). Dim XMLReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)
i currently am running vb 08 and need coding help about how to save text from a listbox and load it on app start up.i also need a code to automatically place a .txt file into a folder when installed
The Question sound like this.Assume the theater keep 20% of its box office receipts. Use the Following test data to determine if the Application is calculating properly :
I did this Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.OleDb Public Class Form1 Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
I am working on a Data Survey Project and first I have a few questions about the different types of databases, and second, I need help querying my tables that have relationships.
1. I need a database that is stand alone. It is just the back end for the program. Simply to hold all the data an employee gets while out on a job. So would I be better using access, or SQL Express? I have played with both, but I do not want a large redistribution to my user machines. When I compile and produce this app does the SQL Database still work without installing any SQL Technology? Or do they have to go in after they install my app, and install Express?
2.Overview: I suppose depending on the first question regarding the database, it might change this question a bit, but none the less...I have 4 tables( using Access at the moment) I will be generating Reports based on data in the database. I haven't gotten that far yet. *Project* is the table that holds all the details that pertain to the job and client. It has a "one-to-many" relationship to *Survey*. So for one customer there are going to be many Survey Records. *Project Type* also has a 1-to-many back to *Projects*. Parts is kind of an orphan, but is linked to the *Survey* table with a one to many. So there can be many parts for one survey. I wanted this table for a drop down box, so the user could just simply select what hardware he was using instead of typing all the names and parts.
So in VS 2008 using the Designers and related Query tools, how do I constrain the Survey Data to one Customer? I have one form that opens from a button that is "New Project" and then there are all the *project* fields listed, so the user fills out the info and hits accept and that opens a new form called "frmSurvey" I need to add some code to the accept button to check what type of project is selected from the frmNewProject and then run a select query based on that. How do I write query statements in the code section of the form, without using the Visual Database tools?
Ill stop here, and get these questions out of the way first. If I could just get a handle on how to use the data properly with different forms and different controls with my queries, that would be great.
I am currently using double data types. The problem I am encountering is that sometimes the user will have to input a value of 0 in the required text box and this creates an error. My question is what data type will allow the user to input 0 and allow the mathematical functions to work properly. Decimals maybe?
I have a window form with a label. On the form I have a dataset, bindingsoure, and tableadaptor (all created by the IDE in response to binding the text property of the label) To fill the datatable, the IDE created this: Me.ClientsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.MyDataSet.Clients) Works fine. The bound field is a phone number, stored in the db as a 10 digit numeric string I need to format this with the standard ()-, and I have a function that will do just that. How can I apply the formatting so the phone number appears in the label properly?
I have a total of 102 values associated with a fieldname called ArrivedFlag.Then I have a TextBox control with an id of txtFlag on the markup page.In my codebehind, I have an if statement that says:
If txtFlag <> "value1" and txtFlag <> "another value" Then lblMessage.Text ="You don't have the ability to view details" end if
This works fine.However, given that there are 102 values, I feel that doing an IF statement 102 times is a bit inefficient.
Dim allowedFlags = New List(Of String)() With { _ "value1", _ "another value"
I was asked by a client to create a tool that would let a user add/modify/delete/read content from a database. The content can be read from TextBoxes.
My question is, what is the best way to manage GUI locks/unlocks for the different states of the program. IE: If I'm in a "insert" mode, some GUI elements should be enabled, and some not. If I'm in the "read-only" mode, a bunch of them should be disabled... etc.
I am writing a program that uses an array with three columns and a varying amount of rows. I need to load info on a list of files in an archive(specifically: file name, size, path), and I am wondering what the most convenient way to store strings(to be loaded into the array) is.
For example: I tried creating a new .resx file in my project, and writing a function to be executed on form1_load that reads the strings from the .resx file and places them in the array in their correct column, but unfortunately had no success.
I really have no idea how resx files work, I can put strings in them using the resource editor, but I don't know how to retrieve them using resourcemanager.
I would just put the info straight into an array, but it's much easier to update a .resx file when the archive changes than it is to update the code.
Could someone please tell me how to use .resx files in vb.net? Or an easier way of accomplishing my goal?
I import decimal values from my SQL Server into the TextBoxes 1-4, which works fine. But when I try to add the values together into another textbox the answer is just the values combined like a string...?The column of the table in the SQL server has a datatype decimal(18, 2)I have also tried to convert the values in the textboxes into int, str, double... Nothing seems to work...
I am now convinced there is no such thing using VB 2010 Express. I have read, re-read, studied, copied and pasted code to no end and all I get are error messages galore. It appears there is a big gap between what's on line as far as tutorials and the code that VB 2010 Express will accept. I hate to sound so lost but at the moment I am. I used to program in BASIC and QBASIC. I was a master at opening up ascii text files, reading them in sequential order, sorting, manipulating, then re-writing them. It was all so easy, like this: [code] That's all I want to learn how to do for the moment. But every tutorial or article I find goes off in to wild tangents about How to Manage Directories or it reads the entire text file into one giant object. Or worse, there's some code which looks promising but it won't run under VB 2010 Express or it might run but the author leaves out important parts of the code that have to be declared ahead of the subroutine....you all know what I mean. It can't be this difficult to just read a text file one line at a time, therefore it shouldn't be so difficult to find an accurate and up to date article on this.This is for really rough programming. I don't need an interface of any kind. The user, will not even need to know that anything is happening. I simply want to read text files, manipulate what's in them and then re-write the edited text.
im using dreamweaver and i have a table in which i have an image. When i add another table under the table existing it comes right at the bottom. What should i do to that table so i can move it and place it anywhere around the page. displaying my data wherever i want. And another problem is that, when i place something on the top it doesnt show up there it comes slighty away from where i had placed.
Id'like to pass some variables (string and integers) to a class, and when I call a method of that class, it has to change the original variable.I know it was not impossible in C#, but I'm using VB2010, I made a C# project into my solution, but methods using pointers are hidden into VB. How can I make that kind of change?
An example:
Sub ChangeValues() Dim A As Integer = 1, Str As String = "Start String" Dim X As MyClass(A, Str) X.ChangeInt(2)
What is the best way for me to have several datasets ?i've thought about creating a routine for creating datasets with a number in their names, each one with the desired data, but that's not very intelligent (although might work)i'd like to create what would be like an "ARRAY OF DATASETS"
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(obs, i've done the same code loading one XML to one dataset and it works perfectly, i've gone back and forth more than one time to assure that it isn't just a logical mistake, it's syntax and lack of programming knowlegde.
What I want my program to do is to make a selection from the ComboBox and it will be added to the ListBox. If the selection is already in the ListBox, a message will appear.
Note: Project / Properties / Option strict is On This is my codes, but the If-Else doesn't seems to work.
For Each country As String In lstCountry.Items Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cbxCountries.SelectedIndexChanged [code] .....
I have data source and table that I can bind to my controls and datagridview. I can add records to data table and i can view on datagridview but I can't update and Delete records using datagrid. I have following code.[code]
I'm creating a small program in Visual Basic, using Visual Studio 2010, which communicates with a GSM modem via serial port.The connection works, I can even communicate properly with the modem and I can also send sms and mms .. But I can not handle the modem answers ... I'll explain:If I send a command like AT + CSQ modem replies with + CSQ 22.0. This command gives me the value of the signal as a response on a scale of 0-30 ... I can see on the screen (in a dedicated console) but I would like to manage the response in the sense that I would do something like that
IF (answer.text = "+CSQ 22,0") Then label1.text = "Good" ELSE label1.text = "Bad" END IF
I have an application that works together with a SQL database. This database has more than 40 tables and my applican has to extract different situations from those tables.
I have predefined some queries for the situations that I know they need to be in the application.
The idea is that I need kind of a module in which an user can create his own situation based on the tables, views, functions and procedures that already exist in the database. Something like it is in SQL. There has to be a library or something which will read my sql database directly from my application and which allow the user to create his own queries and situations.
I am now building a project where I need to regulate the monitor brightness from software using vbnet.I have now put 2 buttons (+ and -) but I cannot adjust brightess monitor from code usinf these buttons!=!=!=!
I am new to using Visual Basic. Normally when designing other projects, CAD for PCBs, C source code, Mechanical parts etc, I maintain a sequence of design files with minor revision name changes such as r1, r2, r3 etc as I develop the design/debug process. This makes it easy to go back a step if the recent changes I've made prove to be a problem and need to be deleted. I am not sure how to do this using Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition.
The first thing that I have found difficult to manage is when a program has several forms. Basically what I do is just hiding one and showing up the other form. it does not look that nice. I was thinking of having one form and laying all the other forms on that one. Let me explain myself more thoroughly. Let's say to the left hand side of my form, i have few group boxes with buttons. So when clicking a button, it should automatically close the form and show up the new one on the main form. Its like refreshing the form. So what I mean is that there is only one main form and clicking each button will show another form.
