VS 2008 Make The Program Use Specific Regional Settings?
Sep 17, 2011
Is it possible with VB .NET to make the program use specific regional settings? More precisely , I want to make my application always use the English regional settings (those defined from Control panel > Regional settings) in order to always use (and calculate) the decimal numbers by using the dot symbol ( . ) as decimal separator , regardless the settings on the current PC (in order to avoid forcing the user to change his Regional settings) ?
I have an app using UK default dates.When i deploy the app i noticed i get some date related errors when saving data (as some test PCs were setup with US regions). Setting the locale and other regional settings back to UK resolves the issue but wondering if there was a quick way of doing this?
I am developing an application that uses Sendkeys function to output data in another application such as Notepad. But if the user changes the regional settings some characters like "/" change according to the language. Can I retrieve and set the regional settings of another application such as Notepad ? Is there another way to do that ?
This has been driving me batty for the last while. I have an application that is passing up data to a SQL server table. Part of the data is dates. Because of settings on the SQL server the update will not accept the MM/dd/yyyy format. I have been trying for quite some time to get around this.
For some more information. Changing the update method or the server regional settings is not an option and I don't want to change my regional settings as this may not reflect the production server when this goes live.
Here is what I have tried so far
Code: Dim dateEnd As Date = Date.MinValue Dim dateStart As Date = Date.MinValue If IsDate(Me.txtPostEnd.Text) Then
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It works fine if the day is 12 or below because it still thinks that is the month. Is there a way to force the code to recogize that I want to use dd/MM/yyyy format or even dd/MMM/yyyy format?
This has to be done at thhe vb code side as the update to the SQL server is completed via a custom framework so I can't customize the SQL code to insert the data using a CONVERT
I've searched around but can't find a clear answer for this. From my winforms VB2010 app, I'd like to be able to detect the country of the user's PC at runtime. Specifically, all I really need to detect is whether the user is in Australia or Canada.Most things I've seen will say "have a look at System.Globalization.CultureInfo", but with no clear example. I also know that the old-school "GetLocaleInfo" API can be used for this as well. I do have some code using the latter, which detects Australia when LOCALE_ICOUNTRY returns a value of 61. However, that won't work for Canada, as it returns 1, which is the same as USA (I know that these are based on telephone country codes).
i've been busy with a program and it has worked out quite well. The only thing I still want is that it is possible to customize things and save that in a text file. Normally if i want an other background for one day, i need to change it in VB or make a checkbox to do that. if i then restart the program all the settings are lost and i have to set it again. so i was wondering if the program can make a text file and put codes like 1 for theme 1 and 2 for theme 2 etc. in it, then save it and load that file when it starts up again. and is this also possible for a login form? if yes, i can also add a "Create Account" button for my program instead of adding codes in VB.
I do not live in USA, and my program run specifically with my country's Regional and Language Option format. However, many Windows XP, Vista and 7 installed in my client computers automatically with English (United States) Regional and Language option. I want my program to automatically change the computer regional and language option to my country. However, I do not find anyway to do that (changing the computer regional and language option in runtime by the program), yet.
How do you make a program remember settings. For example, first it prompts you for your name, then when you close out of it and start it again, it will display your name?
i am trying to make a program that holds info in the settings... it holds it in an array so that you can add to it and take away from it... he is the code i have so far....
So far it is just the adding part but im still haveing some problems...
Public Class Form1 Public Function array_use1(ByVal array_string As String, ByVal number As Integer) Dim num_holder As Integer = number
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im trying to get this done so i can demonstrate how it works to some friends.
And also note that i dont want you to like write out a bunch of code then tell me its the right way...
i'm trying to make a program that searches for a specific file in a specific file, so when the program loads it "writes" in checked list box the names of the drives installed to the computer, but what i want to do is: when the user checks the box, i want it to search for the file in that drive, but i don't know how to do it...
I'm using:
Imports System.IO Imports System.Collections.ObjectModel Public Class Form1
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how to make it search in the other drives using the checked listbox?
I need to know how can I make a program for specific hard disk? I have heard it that programmers use hard disk`s unique number to protect their program. So that user cant use this program there in another pc(hard disk).
Actually I am a basic user, but I like to utilize the sources around me to solve my problems and one of those sources my little knowledge about VB.Net. Today, I am forced to do some changes in the regional setting i.e. Format, Standard Digits & Native digits "Shot attached" many times a day for printing purpose through an ERP system. Therefore, I need to read the current setting for those options and two buttons (one to change them, the other to restore the previous setting).
I got some set of base classes within one namespace and few sets of derived classes in other namespaces. Everything in one project.[code]...
OK, it can be done declaring .SubElements as Protected in BaseElement class. But in this case I cannot access this property from other classes in Base namespace that are not derived from it.
I tried adding Friend keyword, but it made this property visible when I'm instantiating derived classes too.
So... any way to hide some properties when using derived classes while being able to use them using base class?
I have the following structure:OLD: frmMain (WinForm)uscStat (UserControl with Grid) In frmMain I'm able to make some settings and load the result of the settings via LinQ into the Grid of the uscStat.
Is there a way to maintain application modified Settings in the settings files after a program update? i.e. I have 10 or so values in the settings file and the users can modify them... when I send a program update they revert back to what I initially programmed them to be.
How do I save my programs settings in a document? Like total sessions used, Total accounts created. Also, How do I make a text file save and load every time the program is opened or closed? The saved accounts should be like this in the text file.
Account: Account name E-Mail: E-Mail used Password: Password used
Account name, Password, E-Mail will will all be in a textbox or combobox so if you can make it save from there. I have an total accounts created combobox. How would I make that load into a combobox and then when session is closed they all save. So loaded into a combobox then saved into a text file.
I would like to create a program that user can save his settings in the program and not on the computer .I want to make something like icon changer ιnstead it will work for strings not icons String Changer?
I want to make a little program that will count down the hours to a specific date. I.E. "Hours until: ##/##/##"
Like they do for new year and other big events in the world or whatever but I'm having big problems. I don't know how to use datediff to compare the difference in hours from 1 date to the next.
I am rewritting my application to conform to ms standards. We used to save all settings to registry for user settings, servername, size and locations.so we are now saving them into My.Settings app.config the only problem is that each time there is an update clickonce will isntall the newupdate but now all settings are loist and user has to save everything all over again..
I am trying to follow the book here but it seems i keep getting stuck somewhere. registry has worked fine for years but i understand we must move on, but if stuff like this happens then i just wasted a long time converting all code to conform for it to not work..
I have created a settings-file for my plug-in-based app. When the mainApp writes the settings to the file, the pluginApp should read the settings from the settings-file (when opening or at runtime even better), but somehow it reads the settings from the app.config-file. This means that the pluginApp never will read the settings according the values of the file.
I saw that you can also use a "Settings File" (Add new Item)to add your settings instead of the application settings. But I can't seem to write any values to the file. Someone with experience with the "Settings1.settings"?
