I was thinking of making a custom skin for my application. I looked into Aero like application like this one. But wait a problem it will not work on XP So my question is do you know were i can get free and good looking GUI. Or can i make the aero work some how on XP.
View 7 RepliesI'm new to programming so I would like to know if is there any tutorial about how to make a custom skin for VB .Net 2008 and apply it to a form!?
View 10 RepliesI'm wondering how can I use .mssstyles to skin my application? I tried "USkin", but it's outdated and don't work with 2008.
View 2 RepliesHow would I make my own custom border style? I want to make my own so that the program looks better and havign its own close/minimize button would be awesome also. Here is what I mean by it:[URL] notice it doesnt use the normal xp or vista bar it is its own? How would I go about doing that?
View 3 RepliesI'd like to know how to make my own custom control. Please guide me from the very beginning, since I'm new to VB.Net2008.
View 4 Repliesit's possible to skin the tooltip window so it looks like:
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Instead of the yellow box or the balloon like it does now?
I have an existing apllication that run on XP. What do I need to do to make my application to run on Windows 7.
View 10 Replieshow can i change the skin of the form in visual basic 2008 .
View 1 RepliesI had all types of problems before with my application size.On one computer it fits great, but on the net book the application is so big that it crashes it.For example lets say that this is my application running on a regular PC which has a 60 Cm screen This not my application. On my net book which has a 25cm screen it will look different and bigger. Can i some how have a application that is the same size. I think this is very possible to do. Kaspersky has the same feature and it works great.
View 12 RepliesI have written an application which uses the Outlook object library to send an e-mail with information from a textbox. I programmed this on Windows 7 and Office 2010, which was a mistake as most of the clients will be using Windows XP and Office 2007. I am getting an error when running the application on Windows XP/2007:
Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook, Version=14.0.0.0 .... etc
I understand that this is because I have not loaded the Outlook 12.0 assemblies, however I am having trouble adding the assemblies on my Win7/2010 programming machine. I have downloaded the standalone Office 2007 PIAs however the Outlook 12.0 doesnt appear on the list, and when I try and add just the Office 12.0 I get an error.
is there a way to standardise and make the application work with both 2007 and 2010 outlook machines? I think it is possible, I have read some articles making the application choose the correct version, however cannot figure out how to.
I have made a few siple web browser, using a web browser control, a texbox, and a few buttons.I need to learn how to:Make a download handler(like FireFox)Make a custom web browser control(if possible)Use EXTERNAL .EXE's(like toolbars)Make an installer using a background worker, and System.
View 5 RepliesIntroduction[INDENT]Since this is my first thread in VB.NET forum(most of the time, I was in C/C++ forum), I want to share something that you might find it useful with your school project or with your works.Button is already a MUST-HAVE element in every program (I couldn't imagine program without a single button would function). Because it is everywhere, its appearance affects your form's appearance greatly. Some people might not care about how their software looks, but to me, it is a very important aspect for my software.
NOTE: I am pretty new to VB.NET myself. If there is any mistake, please correct me.
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Step 1: Creating UserControl and Essential Properties[INDENT]Creating UserControl into your project. Then imports the following:
Imports System.ComponentModel
Imports System.Windows.Forms
[code]....
Because UserControl already has BackColor and ForeColor properties, you only need to construct Text and BorderColor properties
Private _BorderColor As Color '' Button Border Color
Public Property BorderColor() As Color
Get
[code]....
I am experimenting with CUSTOM CONTROLS for the very first time. What I did so far: I've created a new Windows Control Library project. In there I simply resized the custom control area (made it very wide and only 50 high). I added a pictureBox on the very left, a Label1 with Large text on the right and 2 other labels underneath Label1 on the left and right.Further I've set MOUSE HOVER effects, "Yellow" for MoudeEnter and "White" for MouseLeave.
In a Windows Form application I add this control over and over again into a Panel1 (DockStyle TOP) for each jpg file found in "My Pictures". The PictureBox in My custom control has the Thumbnail of the real picture, the Label1 shows the name of the file.
All this worked out better than I expected for my very first CUSTOM CONTROL, however, there is still 1 thing I would like it to do: being 'selected' when I click on one of the CUSTOM CONTROLS in my Panel1. Does anyone know how to do that? If I set a BackGroundColor change on MouseClick in my custom control, then it surely would change the color, however, it would stay that way even if I click on the next custom control in my Panel1 .(Listing SPEC's is not a review !
I am trying to create a Messagebox/dialogbox that will allow me you Define the Prompt and the text for the two buttons. I started by looking around the internet and found [URL]. It got me started But i don't think i have the libraries to make the stackoverflow.com code work. i don't know enought about events to make the box always have the focus untill it is closed or one of the buttons is pressed. I would also like to return the button.text of the button that was clicked.here is the little code i have
Public Class DialogBoxForm
Private _ButtonName1 As String
Private _ButtonName2 As String
[Code].....
Is this only done in VB by making a custom control?
View 2 RepliesI'd like to make a custom control that allows the end user to format the text, similar to an HTML or RichText control. The idea is that it will be static like a label, but allow end user to specify certain tags around words to make them bold, italic, underline, hyperlink, etc, either at design time or runtime. My question more specifically is how to best approach this. My intention is to use GDI+ methods, like DrawString, etc. But my concern is the inefficiency of having to parse the text each Paint cycle to determine which tags are present in order to use the correct font style, etc. I'm not really asking HOW to do this, but more of a hint on which architectural approach to take on this. Maybe there is already some examples of this out there?
View 2 RepliesI am making a exe application and i am using mysql as my database. So the thing is, when i change to a new computer, i need to change the file path for the database connection string to that computer.
like below:
Dim connectionString As String = "Data Source=----------SQLEXPRESS;Initial Catalog=Flexlink;" & "Integrated Security=SSPI;"
i need to change the data source = --------------- SQLEXPRESS to the computer name that i am using for my project.
May i ask is there any method such that the user dont have to go in to the source code to change the computer's name like those normal installer?
Just install and the application will run according like any exe file that we buy.
With VB.net, I'm coding a simple application to get more used to the new .Net format.
I'd like to save all the information to a 'new' database file. how to create a database on the fly, once that is done i'll be able to connect to it no problem, but actually creating the file is proving difficult to work/find out.
Also, with vb.net and the newly created custom file, how can it be made to automatically open that information with the program?
Is there a method in installation to associate the file type with the new program? How can i check when the program loads if a database file has been 'double-clicked' (rather than just running from the .exe of the program) and proceed to load the data?
EDIT1 - Extra InfoThe windows application has many different fields and content etc, then i need to save that to a file that could later be loaded by 'double clicking'. I assumed the easiest way would be to create a mini-database for each unique file
i have one quetion maybe some of you know codejock skinframework witch allows you to apply a skin to your vb6 application and i thought about asking is there a way applying a xp/vista theme to an vb .net application i dont want to use xp style if you think like that i mean downloading a skin and applying it only to my application? is that possible in vb .net
View 2 RepliesI'm making a custom class that mocks the System.Drawing.Rectangle class because the Rectangle class doesn't have a name property. I need a name property because I am adding all of my rectangles to a collection and I need a little more info stored than just their locale and size. So I changed the _onPaint event but nothing is working out when I run the program?
Public Class Rectanglar : Inherits UserControl
Public BackgroundColor As Color = Color.Blue
Public Sub New(ByVal name As String, ByVal XY As Point, ByVal Widthy As Integer, ByVal Heighty As Integer)
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How would I be able to encorporate an ini file that is full of this...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<IpceloynProject CompactMode="1">
<ThemeInfo Caption="Common">
<Class Name="Documentation">
[code]....
i bought a program for mapping family trees called GenoPro, this program lets me map trees and publish reports on them, problem is the default skins for the reports don't do what i need. so heres the deal, i know a little VB from a 2 college courses i took, but not enough to make sense of this code.
Code:
'===========================================================
' Subroutines to generate the page
[code]....
Does anybody know a way to skin a form for free ?
View 7 RepliesDoes anyone here know any Visual Basic 2008 Skinner? I want to style my application, so that it just wont look like traditional windows forms.To aim is not enough. You must hit.
View 5 RepliesHow do you apply a new skin for the embedded windows media player? I want to make my own skin, but how would I apply it?
View 1 RepliesIs there a way to like apply or skin a vb.net form?
View 1 RepliesSir, I am a vb programmer. I want to develope a vb application that can be run on an android phone or tablet.What I should do for that and how can i install this application on android phone or tablet and run it successfully? Generally i use ms access or sql server for my desktop application. Which data base should i use with my vb application on android phone or tablet?
View 2 RepliesI have an application written in VB.net 2003, and I would like to make it 'dpi-aware', but I haven't the faintest idea how to even begin. I am an experienced coder, but this is throwing me completely.
View 1 RepliesWhat would be the best way to make a Windows .NET application be the only program that can be used on a computer? I have come across timers or events to switch windows back to a window with matching text and some api32 calls to make a form top most.
Is it possible to make an application like the windows lock screen where nothing can be done except that what is on screen? I want to block users from doing other things and only let administrators get to the desktop.
I have a vb.net application which dials another computer and send message to it with the help of cdrvlibnet.dll . I want to deploy this in another computer. I tried following steps.
1. Added a new project with type as deployment project
2. then build the project
3. took the setup.msi to another machine and installed it.
Here are my problems.
1. The icon which created in the desktop and start menu is not running the exe, but pointing to desktop only.