It must be to close to the weekend, but I thought I read at some time an article of an easy way to have a common settings file for both application and user settings across a solution.
I currently have a Solution that contains 4 projects. Each of these projects need to access the same set of settings and be able to update the user settings. Is there a way to do this utilizing the My.Settings functionality?
i have one project that manage my database connection (DBServer) and one project as the main system (MainSystem).In DBServer I store all my connection data that i already managed to my.settings (ServerName, DatabaseName, connectionString, etc).
View 2 Repliesis there a way to see the My.Settings of one project from within another project within the same solution?I'm guessing the answer is no, they are scoped at the project level
View 3 RepliesI am working on a solution that contains 2 projects one to be built as an exe and the other as a service. Both projects will share a class for certian functions and properties. I would like to have both projects use the same physical file so when I make a change in one of the projects it is also made in the other.
This was simple to do in VB6 but as of yet I see no way to do it under dot net. It seems to want to make a copy of the file and place it into the project folder for the second project resulting in the need to either copy after every change or manually make the changes twice.
Anyone know if there is a way to have common files area for a solution so that any project within the solution has access to the actual file rather than a copy of it?
Actually, I've been able to add the project, but I don't know how to execute the load command (Form1_Load) from the original solution to the added project. Additionally, there is a .DLL file that is needed to run the new project
View 1 RepliesSharing applicaiton settings across many applications
View 7 RepliesI have several different applicaitons that were originally created with Visual Studio 2005 / .net framework 2.0 / Windows XP that got common settings from an App.Config file on a network share. Each of these applications has an app.config file with the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings file="\fileServerconfigcommon.app.config" >
</appSettings>
</configuration>
I am now trying to make these applications work in a Windows 7 / .net framework 3.5 / Visual Studio 2008 environment and can't seem to access the settings in \fileServerconfigcommon.app.config in the same way the old environment allowed. I'm wondering if there is some new way to do this. I need to have the applications read their settings from a common file on the network share (having the applications take their own copy is not accpetable).
I'm developing application that is plugable. The plugins are loaded via Assembly.LoadFrom(). In my solution I have 4 projects. A WPF, 2 DLL and another DLL that is a plugin for the app. The plugin project references one of the other DLLs. When I build the Solution and run I was getting an error trying to use the plugin dll because it was expecting an older version of the referenced project. I had to clean and rebuild the plugin project to get it to run correctly.
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I use Project Setting in visual studio 2008 and everything works correctly and save my information when the application is closed. However the information it lost when the application is Uninstalled. The information is not available with my new install.how to keep Project Settings through uninstall and installs!
View 4 RepliesI just made my project, I just wanna ask is possible to share your project to the other computer, like file sharing or networking, which you can access your project to the other computer, is that possible? If possible, how should I do that?
View 2 RepliesI've defined a setting called CustomActions as a System.Collection.Hashtable. I also have a form with two textboxes (Name & CommandLine) that I want to add as a Key/Value pair to the CustomActions settingHowever, when I come to add the kvp to Hashtable I get the dreaded "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I know what the error means I just don't see why it's relevant here.
Dim CustomActionForm As New DefineCustomAction
If CustomActionForm.ShowDialog = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK ThenMy.Settings.CustomActions.Add(CustomActionForm.txt_CAName.Text,
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Is it possible to initialize a My.Settings value in a Visual Basic Deployment Project (VS 2008)? I can add the Radio Button Dialog to prompt the user, but I don't see how to use that to set the My.Settings value.
View 1 Replieswhat is the difference between Solution and project in vb.net If I load either of this from my project folder, will effect be the same?
View 2 RepliesCurrently I had two project within one solution, my question is how do I open a windowsForm located in project2 by pressing a button in a windowsForm in project1?
View 1 RepliesI am coming to the end of coding this system in Visual Studios 2008 which I took over from a guy who has worked on it for a year.He is not here anymore.He made 9 projects and put them into one solution(screen shot below).I have only published a .NET website for VB and have never published something like this.P3Data is the only one that the publishing tab comes up with. All the other projects the publishing tab does not come up. Why is P3Data bold? How can I publish the whole solution 'P3Data' as one whole entity?
View 5 RepliesCan I get access to the code of an application without having the Project Solution file? We had someone leave the company and we need to get to the code that they created. What we have are the following files:[code]....
I only know how to access code by clicking on the project solution file for an application but I'm not sure if there is another way to do it.
I have a visual basic 2010 project with a solution. When I double click the solution the project opens. I cannot see the solution file. I am trying to add an existing project to my solution but I am having trouble.How do I add an existing project to an existing solution?
In VB 2005 if I double click the solution the solution opens with the project underneath it. But in VB 2010 they have made it complicated apparently.
I'm trying to connect to a dataset in a different project but in the same Solution and i'm getting the following error how I set the Datalayer project to 'public'?
View 1 RepliesI would like to know if there is any way that I can rename an entire project / solution.I created a project called say WindowsApp1, and then realized that I do not want that name, I'd like to rename it to something else.So I'd like to rename all references to WindowsApp1 throughout the project to another name.
View 9 RepliesI've recently had an issue at work where I have lost my solution files to my projects, but I still have the executables that have been produced by the projects / solution (yes, my fault for not making better backups). Is there any software out there or any way of decompiling the executable back into a solution / project file??? IF yes, fantastic! If not, it just means I can cross it off as an option!
View 3 RepliesI have two separate projects and I need to bundle them together as a single solution, how do I? I am using VB2008 in VS2008.
View 4 RepliesI Imported 2 programs that I made into one solution. I made a "BIG" main menu (new windows form), put two buttons. I code one button to open up the first project (that works fine). I code the other button to open the project I imported, however it says that the name is not declared. Am I doing something wrong?
here is my code for the "BIG" main menu:
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now only the "Original name of first project" appears to be not declared, if I delete "Original name of first project", then "the project I imported"is not declared and so forth. Note: These are not the exact names I called my forms. I'm just trying to explain it clearer.
I have an application that I wrote in visual basic 2010 express.I want it to be able to run simply when a click on a shorcut.I have tried 'publishing' it to create a shortcut but this only opens a bunch of files, but no executable files.How can I create an executable file???
View 2 Repliesthere used to be a plugin that would tally up the total line of code for a project... does that tool exist still, or is there a comparable tool in vb2005
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to do something quite simple. I've added an item to the 'Solution Items' folder of my Visual Studio VB .net project. The item is called 'ValidationQuery.sql' and I need to reference it in my code. However, I can't seem to figure out how to actually reference it.
View 1 Repliesis this possible? can not find how to add a new project to the existing solution. or, this feature does not exist in vb express?
View 2 RepliesI've added a C# project to my VB.NET solution and I'm trying to access all of the classes and namespaces within that C# project.However, I'm not having any luck. I've never had to do this before, so I'm a bit lost.After adding the project, I tried importing the namespace from it. When I do, I just get the green squiggly telling me that the namespace doesn't have any public members or couldn't be found.Since it does have public members, I'm assuming it's the latter issue.So is there anything I need to do in order to access besides just adding it?
View 2 RepliesI can have all the projects existing in the same solution, and it builds fine. I can have a reference added to the project that I want to show a form from and still builds fine, every time I do something like this: Dim form_to_show as new Project2.Form1 form_to_show.show() It appears to corrupt the RESX file and stops compiling...it's really getting anoying..
View 7 RepliesMy Visual Studio 2008 solution contains both C# and VB.NET projects. From a VB.NET project, how can I access a C# property with its access modifier set to "internal"?
View 1 RepliesI have a multiple project solution with a main MDI form in the root of the solution and the child forms in individual project beneath the root. Like this
Solution1
.. frmMDI
Project1
....frmChild1
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To interact with the children I set a Resource to Project1 and Project2, and from frmMDI I can interact with Project1.frmChild1 and Project2.frmChild2. I have a toolbar on frmMDI that I would like to interact with from the children. If the children are in the root of the solution, I can interact with the toolbar by simply addressing frmMDI.toolbar1. I can't figure out how to interact with frmMDI when the children are in individual projects. That is, the children do not seem to see frmMDI in the root of the solution. I can't set a Resource back to Solution1 because it would be circular.
