How do I create a Windows form template? want to avoid adding all graphics setting up all other objects each time I create a new form. I am sure there must be an easy way of doing this but I just cant see how.
View 7 RepliesIn VB.NET,I want to create template at runtime and save it the template with name. for ex : Administrator design a page with 5 fields like using firstname, lastname, dob,nationality and job. He want to assign this page to the user with some restriction like user1 need to enter the all the fields and save it the forms as user1profile, but user2 need to enter only firstname and lastname and save it as user2profile.(in features, he can remove the fields from the form).
View 1 RepliesI am designing a form that will create a template of data that will later be loaded into another form.From a menu command "Create New Template" I will need to ask how many Fields will be needed for the new template in an input box. If the user would input say 10, then I need to generate 10 labels, 10 text boxes, & 10 combo boxes. Each group (label, Text Box & Combo Box) on its own row on the form.I also want create the data mapping for each of them at this time.Once I have achieved this then I will add a form that will lookup the template name, and row count given from the above form via the database and load the required rows of items for further data entry.
Since I will have a MAX row limit I thought about designing a form using a Table Layout panel with 25 Rows and 5 columns then doing some sort of .visible true/false for the layout panel row after the user input of row/field quantities.Another question is resizing the form around only the visible rows.
I have a project that will need several forms with a similar structure - a Data Grid View control, a few buttons and some textboxes. They are not similar enough to use just one form and change things programatically so I would like to create a "template" and add several copies of it into my project. My first attempts have failed miserably, ending up with lots of "conflicts" and "duplicate items".
So, how should I save a form from my existing project in such a way that I can then load in multiple copies (giving them suitably different names) without having name conflicts?
I found this code snippet made with c# OK, let's say I have a PDF document called "Form.pdf" with 4 form fields. The form fileds are "name", "address", "postal_code" and "email".Here's the code to create a new PDF file using "Form.pdf" as a template:
private void fillForm()
{
string formFile = @"N:.NETForm.pdf";
string newFile = @"N:.NETFilled-out Form.pdf";
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create a Class Template for VB so that when I click Add -> Class, in the Add New Items window, that class will be displayed? And also the variables that are needed inside the class. I guess I need a tutorial.
View 3 RepliesForgive me if this has already been covered in a previous post. I am considering using VB.net for a project but need to know before I dive in if it can perform this particular functionality. The application I wish to develop would need to be able to create html and email templates using variable tokens - what I mean is that users would need to be able to insert into their html or email template previously assigned variables that would send dynamically generated text from the database - so, for example, they could write in their template {title}, or {firstname} {lastname} which would then be replaced by the data from the db.
View 3 RepliesI have a program that needs to create a downloadable excel template with the following headers on the first row named, name, age, gender. And I also want the template to only have 1 sheet on it. How can I create a sample template using vb.net code?
View 6 RepliesI downloaded and installed the xml to schema tool for VS 2008. No problems. But no template in Vsiaul Studio.
View 3 RepliesI am using VB 2008 Express Edition and I need to create applications using the Smart Device template and the ASP.NET Web Site template.
View 1 RepliesI'm working with a vb.net application and i automate word with vb.net. so i want to create a page based on my template so i have to specify where the template file is but in my computer the file is in a special folder lets say named myapps but in the clients file it will probably be in the programfilles folder is there a way that i must not specift the whole path and just the file name or something like that?
View 1 RepliesI need to create a page that will display gridview based on user wants (programmatic ally).Basically I have a list of columns then the user will choose for the list. I need also to have sorting function
View 2 RepliesI want to create a Windows Service using VB.Net, but in VS2008 Standard, you don't seem to get the "Windows Service" template I've used before.
What's the best way of creating such a service, without resorting to using the C++ template?
I have an application that I'm writing that needs to allow the user to be able to create templates and save them for how the applicaton will work. For instance, lets say I am provisioining mobile devices, and my application allows the user to create a template to only install "application1" on the device, with "application1" settings for "devicetype1". But then if the user has "devicetype2", he or she can select the template that they created to install the software for that kind of device. I've looked around and all I find is the .exe.config for read only application settings, and I have found the user.config for the read/write variables. But that won't work as my application could have several templates depending on what the user chooses. I'm looking to have my app have a "create template", "edit existing template, and"use existing template" buttons, and have my config file extension like *.ipx for example.
View 1 RepliesI'm working on my first T4 code generation tool to add some Stored Procedure helper code to my project. I've created custom types (e.g. StoredProcedure and StoredProcedureParameter to help with my code generation and have included the assembly and namespace references in my code:
<#@ template debug="false" hostspecific="false" language="VB" #>
<#@ output extension=".generated.vb" #>
<#@ assembly name="$(TargetPath)" #>
<#@ import namespace="StoredProcCodeGenerator" #>
This allows me to use my custom types in my T4 template code. However, because my custom types exist in the same project as the T4 template code, I can't recompile my project once I run the template code without restarting Visual Studio. This isn't very much fun.
I read a great article that addresses this exact issue by using the T4 Toolbox, but it's not working. Either I'm implementing the VolatileAssembly directive wrong or the T4 toolbox simply didn't get installed. I'm not sure that the toolbox got installed correctly (I'm using VS 2010 on Win XP).
I want to develop an app with custom forms. When I finish to create a custom form, how can I set this form as a template? I want to select this form from the templates, when I add a new form to my project.
View 3 RepliesIn my VB.Net app, I want to read in a load of addresses from a database and then use word to create address labels on an Avery template L7163 which is then printed to the printer.
However, I have two issues:
1. Before word prints, I'm asked to select the printer etc. not exactly the nice automated application I was looking for.
2. Even though I get a nice printed out doc I was looking for, I also get a nasty looking error at the end which "loops" until I close my app -2147417848: The object invoked has disconnected from its clients. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x800010108(RPC_E_DISCONNECTED))
Here is my code:
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I adapted the code for the actual mail merge by recording a Macro in Word As I manually ran one so I thought it would be ok.
What is the best way to copy a form? I have one form which has a lot of work and would now like to use this as a template for another form.
View 4 RepliesI have a VB.NET App that creates forms from a template.I am having problems getting them to communicate with each other.Is it possible to send data from one textbox in the first instance to the same textbox in another instance.[code]Lets say i put the name in the wrong window by mistake - is it possible to send that text to the correct form.Issue is all forms seem to be called FormNameWindow - and i can't reference them by potential form name.
View 3 RepliesI have a VB.NET App that creates forms from a template.I am having problems getting them to communicate with each other.Is it possible to send data from one textbox in the first instance to the same textbox in another instance.EG
Names By Letter.
Dim NewNameWindow As New FormNameWindow()
NewNameWindow .Text = "Starts With *"
NewNameWindow .Show()
Where * would be the letter you click on.Lets say i put the name in the wrong window by mistake - is it possible to send that text to the correct form.
Could anyone point me the way on how would I be able to add my custom Form template to VS.Net?
View 1 RepliesI downloaded Visual Basic 2005 Express Edition last night (the total download took about 3 hurs, but I digress). I started duing the little "Learn Visual Basic" tutorials. I've gotten to "Communicating with Your Program's User: The User Interface" and it asks me to open up a new project. Alright, fine, nothing I haven't done yet. But the problem is that it wants me to open the new project up in Windows Form Application.
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When I use Export Template in VB2010 Express, it exports to different place every time even I set up the User project templates location and User item templates location in Tool -> Options -> Projects and Solutions.It seems it exports to a path the same as used in the last Add Resource path.How can I export to where I want?
View 10 RepliesI'm working with 2010 now, but I have an old project that was created in 2003. I started that project with a 2003 vb.net template. I would like to use that template again, but I want to develope a current 2010 application. Does that make any sense? How do I get the vb 2010 express to recognize my old 2003 vb express template?
View 2 RepliesWith a Windows form that I would like to be a DDE server. I know that DDE is not natively supported in VS 2010/11 so I'm using the NDde.dll to add DDE functionality to this program.
Objective: Create a windows form to act as a Pop-up notification that has a textbox field. This textbox field must be selectable in order for users to copy a text string to the clipboard and paste into another program that does not support DDE.
Overview: A phone system has an on-screen agent program that triggers a pop-up form, the DDE Server, when an incomming call is presented. When the agent accepts the call the agent program, acting as a DDE Client, registers a DDE session, Application=phnserver and Topic=callerid. Then communicates an "OnExecute" command to the DDE Server followed by a number string. This string should be presented on the pop-up form in a text box. Once the call is completed the agent application will issue a command to close the pop-up form.
Below is my current code.
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I can't get this to work. My program fills all the values into an Excel spreadsheet- no problems there. What I'd like to do is a print preview/print function. I can't seem to get my code right, all I get are blank pages in the print preview box.
Dim oExcel As Object = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
oExcel.Workbooks.Open("C:DailyLogsDailyLog.xlsx")
PrintPreviewDialog1.Document = PrintDocument1
PrintPreviewDialog1.ShowDialog()
oExcel.Sheet1.PrintPreview()
So as I see it, this should open excel, then navigate to the actual excel file. The print preview dialog should come up, which it does, and the excel sheet1 should be previewing, but it's not? I don't have any errors, just a blank print preview. At least thats how I see it, but obviously I'm wrong because it won't work.
the right direction on methods used to extract data to a form (fill out the fields)? I have use a form within my access database itself, however I do not want the users going into the database anymore to print. I have looked into using word, but it seems more complicated than it should be.
View 3 RepliesIn the Designing Class section of Sam's 'learning 2010 in 24 Hours', it prompts you to type the following two statements:
Private m_intHeight As Integer
Public Property Height() As Integer
After you press Enter, VB is supposed to fill in the rest of the property procedure template but when I try it, this doesn't happen.I looked for a setting in the options dialog that might need to be set but didn't find one, if it exists.
I trying to create windows form in VB.NET 2010 but this trouble.The error saying :Error 1 'InitializeComponent' is not declared. It may be inaccessible due to its protection level.
And this is the code
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Text
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I searched a lot of sources, just to create a simple Powerpoint object in VS. Already imported the Microsoft PowerPoint 10.0 Object Library reference, and added:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports Microsoft.Office.Interop
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How can I simple load a PPT and load it in a holder on the form, if the PPT is interactive with buttons, can that be maintained?