VS 2008 Change Default Naming Of New Controls
Nov 24, 2011
I was just wondering is there a way to change the default name when you add a new control? I like to name my controls btnSomething etc... and if i could change the default names of added buttons from Button1, Button2 etc to btn1, btn2 etc.It will save me time when renaming.(Same applies for toolstripmenuitem buttons)Actually what would be ideal is if when i add a button, i directly go to the input for Text, and when i change that for the first time (like with toolstripmenuitems) the name changes according to the text (e.g. when you add a toolstripmenuitem in a context menu strip, if you set the text to "Reset" the name becomes ResetToolStripMenuItem. It would be awesome if i could make it automatically name to btnReset for buttons and tsmReset for toolstripmenuitems.)If there is a way to do this, even a difficult and not exactly pretty one involving macros and an input box, i would like to know
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Jan 31, 2012
Is there any way to change the default value(s) of controls? How about setting the default value of Textbox.Multiline to True which would make it easier to arrange on the form.
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Sep 1, 2010
Can some one please be kind enough to link me m$ naming guide lines.
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Sep 21, 2010
I have experienced this in both VB 2005 and 2008. First, design a form by placing your UI elements where you want them. Then, go back and start naming your controls the way you want them (i.e. "txtWhatever" instead of the default "TextBox1", etc.).I find that after you change the name of a control, there is a slight but annoying delay as VS IDE digests the fact that you changed the name, thus slowing down my workflow. I recall that this process was much more rapid-fire in the VB6 days - i.e. name one control, click the next one and start typing, boom-boom-boom.
Has this annoyed anyone else, and if so, have you found any kind of remedy to speed things up in this regard?
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Mar 16, 2010
How do I set the default font for controls (VB 2008), e.g., labels, text boxes, etc. I see how to set default fonts for objects in the IDE but not how to set the default for controls I add to forms. I hope I don't have to create custom controls as this would be time-consuming.
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Feb 18, 2011
A similar request made the other day was for the color dialog to change at run time using the method below.can you show me where the difference is and of course how to resolve the problem as I want the user to be able to change the fonts.
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Nov 11, 2009
I have aspx form with several textboxes.They are populated with values from a table via retrieval of a dataview.If the row count for the dataview is 0, then I'd like to reset the values in all textboxes. How can I loop through all the textboxes and set a default value?I've tried the following, but no sucess.
For Each ctrl As Control In Page.Form.Controls
If TypeOf ctrl Is WebControls.TextBox Then
CType(ctrl, WebControls.TextBox).Text = ""
End If
Next
My first For Loop was using Page.Controls but it returned only 1 count.The textboxes are inside a tabpanel (ajax), so do I have to locate the tabpage and then find all it's controls (for each tabpage)?
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Feb 8, 2010
Is there any way to change the properties of the DataGridViews default tooltip?ie.change it's display duration or text font/size.
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May 4, 2011
I need help changing the default installation directory for a deployment package installer. The application's default directory is currently: [ProgramFiles][Manufacturer][ProductName].
What would I change this to, so that I can install the software directly on the root drive; Such as 'C:ManufacturerProductName'?
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May 28, 2010
Is it possible to set a project default for VB.NET winforms projects so that the default Modifier for controls added to winforms is Private (not Friend)?I know there's a "modifiers" property in the properties window so I can set it for each individual control however I would like to change the project so from now on myself and other developers have to specifically decide to change from friend to private. (Which I would strongly discourage them from doing).I believe there is no way of doing this, but on another forum a while ago someone mentioned it would be possible with an add-in (but didn't name the add-in or where to get it).
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Jul 2, 2010
When I develop a Windows Forms app in Visual Studio using C#, every control that I add to my form is by default marked as private, which is what I want.
When using VB.NET, every control is by default marked as Friend (the equivalent of internal in C#), which is not what I want.
Can I just change this default? It seems like surely it's a setting somewhere.
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Feb 24, 2010
Are there any naming standards for constants that are different than variables? ex: Const for the prefix of the name.
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Jan 5, 2011
iv got visual basic 6.0 and im trying to change the naming conventions because i need to change them to 2008 standards the code is for a basic book shop.im looking ofr the code for the calcualte button on a till.you enter the title,quantity and price.then it updates for extended price 15% discount and the discounted price. There is also a running total of no of books sold and the total no of dicount given in € the code is
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Oct 31, 2009
I have 416 different cards (8 decks) I dont want to spend too much time and declare each one. Is here way easy way to declare them without naming each one?
Like:
Dim card1, card2 , cand416 as integer
And
list.Add(card1)
list.Add(card2)
list.Add(card416)
I did this and it took me 4 ever:
'deck 1
'c
card1 = 2
card2 = 3
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Mar 27, 2009
I have a large number of textboxes on a form that are set to read-only until the user clicks an Unlock button. I have left the default colouring in place (no code required), so the boxes are light grey when read-only and change to white when not read-only. The problem I have is that Windows Vista's colours are so insipid and pale that it's hard to spot the difference on some monitors. It all looks good on an XP desktop but the difference is too subtle on a Vista PC.
Can the default colouring of a read-only textbox be changed? I know I can change it in code with backcolor but I don't want to put loads of code behind my Unlock button. That's the way I did it in VB6 and I want to get away from that. I just want to use the default "greying out" action when making the texbox read-only, but change to a slightly darker grey.
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Jul 28, 2010
I have a problem during defining a Sub routine in VB.Net. I am defining a sub routine which is as under
Private Sub ActivateControls(rdbutton as RadioButton, Optional txt as Textbox, Optional txt2 as Textbox)
End sub
When I call this sub routine It gives me the Error that Each Optional Parameter must specify a default value. So, Here I can't understand that what can be the default value of a textbox. What default value I can use here to remove this error.
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Aug 30, 2011
When I set a control to "enabled = false", I want the textbox backcolor and forecolor to remain clear and distinct (white and back - respectively). Is there a place in VS 08 where I can define default appearnce for disabled controls? Or is there a beter way to lock control values other than using "enabled", that woulddn't affect apperance?
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Jun 18, 2012
I have a vb.net 2010 form with 22 data bound controls from two tables held in a dataset which is navigated by a bindingnavigator. This successfully adds deletes and updates. However what I need is when adding a new record I need some of the fields to be pre filled out. More specifically I have points balance fields etc which could be any value but will normally be 0 on a new customer so I want to initialize them to 0 when adding new records.
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Oct 18, 2011
The MaskedEditExtender control that I am using is set up for a MaskType="DateTime" and the AcceptAMPM="true" but I need to know how a user can change the am/pm without having to type in A for AM and P for PM? Is there a way I can add arrows or something to this control so that it is more user-friendly when changing from AM to PM? My users aren't going to know that they need to type out the value for it to change.
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Jun 4, 2004
I have a vb.net app that uses PrintPreviewDialog to print a document. Now I want the user to be able to print to any printer on the network. So, I created a listbox of available printers which works fine. Now, I need to either change the windows default printer to the one selected, or make the PrintPreviewDialog use that printer name.
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Mar 31, 2012
I am using VB 2010. The default font for forms is Sans with a size of 7.8. Is there a way I can change the default font to something else. I do not see this choice in the options section of the tools menu.
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Dec 4, 2010
I have menu item, in which I have specified ShortCutKeys as "Del". On click of menu item I have called specific method. I have one form on which one textbox is placed. When I hit the "Del" key the same method which gets called on menu item click is fired. I want the default behaviour to be followed by the textbox. how to suppress the event to be fired and to achive the default behaviour of the textbox or other controls present on the form.
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Jun 24, 2011
how to change calender default value to null?
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Jul 12, 2010
Can we change default vb.net form skins . I mean to make it better?I am not saying to change background colour or image . I am saying to change style,design etc?
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Mar 17, 2009
I don't know what this is called or I'd search for it since I'm sure it's been discussed. How do you pick a form as the default form that opens when you start debugging? As in, I have a form I want to debug but when I click debug, a different one opens with no means of getting to the other forms.
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Dec 9, 2010
I'm using this to write to a text file[code]..
but i need to change the encoding from the default. how do i change the default encoding to ASCII?
system.text.encoding?
everything in outputText is written as a string and then concatenated into outputText.
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Jun 21, 2009
I have Excel 2003 and 2007 loaded on my computer. When I open an Excel file, it is defaulting to 2003. How do I check to see what the default program is for opening xls files and change this to 2007 in my code? I have already done the following manually:
1-Open My Computer
2-Go to Tools --Folder options
3-Click the File Types tab
4-Scroll down to the XLS file type and highlight it
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However I am not convince that its defaulting to Excel 2007 when I run projects in VB as I am seeing the "File Conversion" prompt when file are open.
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Feb 9, 2009
I'm developing an application and when the application is open, I need to handle the mailto protocol. I'm thinking the best way is have the app change the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOTmailtoshellopencommand registry key when it opens and change it back when it closes.
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Feb 13, 2012
How do I change the default taskbar Icon? I can change the application Icon but how do I change the "boxes" icon that appears in the taskbar? I found this but how do I change it to use a icon from file?[url]...
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Oct 14, 2010
What I want to do is change the default Try Catch template so that includes the basic error handling code that is required by my company. I have tried to find the place where we can change this, but I only appear to be able to find out how to do things like change the class template and things like that rather than bits of code.
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