Starting Multiple Instances And Storing The Settings?
Jul 11, 2011
I have a VB2010 application that must run as multiple instances on the same PC (it is a controlling/monitoring program of several devices, each instance of the program control one device)
Of course, the same application must save its own setting in different place, one for each device. For example, if I start the application for the device 3, I have to save the setting in a place marked as "3", in this way, when I start the application for device 4 it will load the settings for device 4 and not 3.
Of course all labels and similar stuffs must refer the starting device: i.e. the mdi caption must report "device 4", and so on...
In vb6 I created a shortcut with a command line and made my application accepting command line parameters.
In this way I could start the application passing the device number too. For example "myapp.exe 3" start my application for the device 3.
I stored all settings in several INI file, each one for a device: setting1.ini, setting2.ini, setting3.ini, ....
I was wondering if in vb2010 would be a better way to do that.
1. How could I start multiple instances?
2. How could I store the settings?
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Feb 25, 2012
My problem is storing multiple string in the my settings to clarify more on this ill try explaine as best as i can,
'I set my value like so
Dim strSettings As New My.MySettings
'On the form load i use this
Dim itemz As New ListViewItem
[Code]....
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Jul 12, 2011
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Text file to be read reads as follows:
APG
BTR
VTS
[code]....
The VB.net program would then save the text VTS to mostused.txt BTR to 2ndmostused.txt and APG to 3rdmostused.txt?
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I've always used this approach while implementing data layer DLL for web application:
1) put datasets into the dll project
2) use a helper class with a method like this:
public shared sub settCnnStr(strconnhere as string)
My.Settings.Item("connectionString") = strconnhere
end sub
3) when I need to use the dll I call a method like this (usually into global.asax):
xxxxxxx.helper.setCnnStr("yyyyyyyyyyyyyy")
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Would it be best to maintain a persistent global connection to each instance from the application? (Two in total, one for SMO and the other for SqlClient) or open close a connection for each task I'm performing?) I'm not using LINK as I need the tasks to be as fast as possible. The connection string will differ on each connection (Based on Instance and Database being connected to) how would I manage this? A string in the config file for the applications database would make sense, as that would be static but the databases being worked on will vary with each connection. Currently I'm creating a connection for each instance within the main form:
Dim 2000Connection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=" & SQLServerName & _
"SQL2000;Initial Catalog=Master;User ID=sa;Password=P@ssw0rd;Pooling=True;")
Dim 2005Connection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=" & SQLServerName & _
"SQL2005;Initial Catalog=Master;User ID=sa;Password=P@ssw0rd;Pooling=True;")
Dim 2008Connection = New SqlConnection("Data Source=" & SQLServerName & _
"SQL2008;Initial Catalog=Master;User ID=sa;Password=P@ssw0rd;Pooling=True;")
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Module
Module1
Sub
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Code:
Dim SetAlarms(7, 9) As String
Public Shared x As Integer = AlarmNumb
'X=alarmnumb
[Code]....
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If Not IsNothing(frmForm) Then 'If it is something
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[code]....
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