I have strMyColor = "Red".I would like to make lblMyLabel.BackColor to be red.Without using a variable the code would be this:
lblMyLabel.BackColor=Color.Red
I tried using the variable like this: lblMyLabel.backcolor="Color." & strMyColor
But the error is that a string can't be converted to System.Draw.Color. I understand that, as the string "Color.Red" is not the same as the VB constant Color.Red.Is there a way I can construct a valid vbConstant from a string?
When building a class library which contains many classes, all classes uses a lot of common constants and functions, what is the best to do:
1- Declare these constants and functions as public in a module.
2- In each class declare constants and functions used by individual class as private.
The first choice is good for easy and fast implementation, but re-using a class in a different project will require importing the module to the other project.The second choice require a lot of copy/paste for code snippet but a class can be re-used in different project easily.
I'm making a call to my DLL file (prototyping 30+ functions), and want to be able to switch between different versions of the DLL quickly while in development. Thus, i want to replace the literal string constant that follows the "Lib" key word, with a variable string constant. In case there's any confusion in my use of the jargon. I am currently able to do this:
I am developing an application which initially allows the user to browse and select a save location. The selected path is assigned to a public variable which is used with concatenation to crate folder for saving user input data. How can I change the path string to a constant so the user can run the program again without having to run setup routine unless they want to change the save location?
I have the following line of code Dim a As String = "" And the Refactor suggests replacing the "" with String.Empty It is a kind of Refactoring but why? Since I am a newbie in the future declarations of mine should I better use the String.Empty ?
suppose I have variables named A1, A2, A3 ... B1, B2, B3 ... Z97, Z98, Z99. I have a certain operation I want to do using each one in turn. I CAN write a line of code for every single variable, but this will get pretty tedious. I'd prefer it if I can make a function that takes the letter and the number as arguments. So, if it gets the arguments "E" and "10" it will perform the operation on variable E10. What is the syntax for this? say a simple operation such as: result = E10 * 3 Is the syntax any different if I use constants instead of variables?
I am working in .Net 2010 framework 2.0 I want to place the constant string for a color property in form designer like GradientBeginColor = MyColor in form designer.
When developing ASP.NET websites (using VB.NET web forms) - a lot of my time is spend writing CSS files and they always seem to get messy (code duplication) and very long.
All I want to achieve is to be able to manipulate the CSS using VB.NET code in the following ways:
Use an integer variable to store my "golden" number 7 and use that for width, padding, margin etc where needed Use string variables to store my "golden" hex color codes e.g. "#44C5F2" and use them for color, background-color, border-color etc. where needed Use an integer variable to set the height of an element and have four child elements each with height: mynum / 4
I just want to use basic VB.net number and string manipulation in order to create a CSS file on the fly.
I understand that the end product - the CSS file shouldn't change much - it should at most change on a daily basis otherwise caching couldn't be used.[code]...
I noticed that if I leave off the terminating double quote for a string constant in Visual Studio 2010, there is no error or even a warning, i.e.
Dim foo as String = "hi
However, the continuous integration tool we are using flags an error:
error BC30648: String constants must end with a double quote.
Is there some language rule in VB.Net that makes a terminating double quote optional "sometimes"? Is there some setting in Visual Studio that will make it flag this as an error, so I can avoid "breaking the build" in this way?
I have a multi-lined string message that needs to be added to the Resources.resx file of the project. Currently I'm achieving this some thing like this MessageBox(My.Resources.MyMsg1 & vbNewLine & My.Resources.MyMsg2 ). This works.However I'd like to have the entire message in one resource string rather than adding two resources strings to the Resources.resx file.I've tried using' but no luck..message displays as "My message.Rest of the message".I've also tried manually adding a new line in the Resources.resx file. ( by doing "My message.<Shift+Enter>Rest of the message" But message is adding an additional space before the message in the second line.
Public Class Beryllium Public Const AtomicNumber As Byte = 4 Public Const Symbol As String = "Be"
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I want to make a list out of all the constants (AtomicNumber, Symbol, Name and AtomicMass). I want to make the list also a constant. When I run the code above, I get an error highlighting AtomicNumber (on line on which I commented on "This line"). I tried .ToString() and CStr() but I get errors on both. Maybe there is a different way to make these constants one string or list (must be public and have new lines)?
' the following lines declare the variables and constants Dim intDiameter As Integer Const dblPI As Double = 3.14159 Const dblAREA As Double = 140125 Dim intLabel As Integer
Private Sub PizaSliceCalculator_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I made a working program to calculate piza slices, i was told i needed to declare pi and the areas as constants. when i rewrote the program it no longer works. the result keeps coming back as 0.
I am looping through all of the forms in my app, and I am needing to get a value from the form somehow.Example, say if I have the form named "This Form" and somewhere in that form, dont know if you can use the tag property for this or not, but I need to put a word like "Tall" for an external reference to the form.[code]"How do I get another value like the forms tag or something else".
I mean why? I mean to organize things I often turn modules into classes where all the methods are share.But then I thought, why not organize them into namespace?But then we can't declare constant in namespace.
i am making a program on visual basic 2010 and part of my objective is to calculate the tax, i am trying to calculate the TAX so this is part of my code and this is the only part which gives me errors:[code]
1. Constant cannot be target of an assignment
2. value of type 'string' cannot be converted to 'System.windows.forms.Lebel'.
I'm trying to make following subroutine work. The problem is this part of the statement.[code]I've tried everything and can't seem to come up with a constant to use here.[code]
I have created a program that creates a blank database in a users account (each user has a seperate folder when registered) by pressing a command button, i have got it to create the database but when i try to populate it with a table to go to the correct folder i get an error
Constant expression is required the code im using for this is: Const strConnection As String = ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
where i can find out constant value used to control the windows. like i'm using wndproc to disable validation and i use constant value for closing of form and that value is &HF060&
i was also looking for constant value for leaving the form. is there any place where i can find out these values?
Alright, So i have two forms open. One in a listview and i have another window with a browser control in it. The browser is adding data to the listview but i made it so it hides while doing this using Me.Hide(). I can make it appear if i click the menu item "Show browser" i made.when im on Form1 (the listview) and its doing its thing with the browser window hidden. It keeps making form1 flash. Well not flash but like the browser window is poping to the front (while hidden) causing me not to be able to click on anything on Form1.This happen everytime the web browser navigates somewhere.Making Form1 always on top fixes it, but it also gets on top of other programs like my web browser . I want it to be on top only to the web browser.
What's the difference between enum and constant?Are they useful in real-life programming? or do they exist solely to make coding more tidy? Do they serve any real purpose?
I want to display a constant value in a text box. I have a constant of 2% calculated and the function works ok - as planned but i would like to display the tax rate of 2 % in the form at the time of calculation.[code]
