I am having this strange thing happen where I have a Module that contains multiple classes in my project. In the Solution Explorer, the module shows up as a Windows Form and if I double click on it to open it, it tries to open the Form Designer. What could be causing VS to think that it is a Windows Form instead of a module?
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Yesterday I opened Visual Studio (2008 v 9.0.30729.1) and all the winform classes in my project display with class module icons with the little 'VB', instead of form module icons with the little form icon!
When I double click on a form module, the form designer doesn't open, just the code module.
When I run the project, it runs fine. There are no errors. The project builds fine.
I did Project --> show all files, and I can see the designer and resx files below the form module which doesn't look or act like a form module.
I can't open my forms to design them!
It was suggested that I pose this question here instead of the installation forum:In VB2010, when opening a class, form, etc. from the Solution Explorer, I would like it to open as a floating window, not as a tabbed document. Is there a way to do this?
View 12 RepliesA form I created, was able to modify and shows when the program is run has suddenly changed in the solution explorer. Now when the form "MainMenu.vb" is highlighted in the solution explorer the icon for "view designer" vanishes from the toolbar. The "view code" shows "MainMenu.vb" but there is not any code there and only an empty "General" and "Declarations" show. The icon to the left of the "MainMenu.vb" is like a module icon not a form icon.
View 5 Replieswhy i cant see the Form Design?and when i double-click the Form1.vb on the Solution Explorer i got error:does anyone here encounter this probz before?how to fix this.. (should i reinstall vbnet?)
View 1 RepliesSo i am having a bit of a problem.. What i want is for my application to show the panel in the from to display a windows explorer selection.. Look here
You see the panel 2 in here... Well the panel 2 needs to display this...
Is this possible you know like with a library or an extension or something.. Or do i need to make my own System for viewing files..???
I have a print driver Windows app that uses a web service to connect to an authenticate its credentials. But the problem is, I don't want a user to login every time they want to print. Basically I want the login part of the app to only pop up if the printing functionality hasn't been used in 20 minutes.
tell me what would be the best way to go about this? I'm unfamiliar with Timer functions. This app isn't always on. It's on briefly then closed. So I need a solution where the timer is set somehow on the computer.And I don't want to write data to a text file when it can just be edited..
I've written a small program that monitors the customer field in Quickbooks and query's a database to determine if there are any important notes for the selected customer. This works fine however, I either need the messagebox or a form to come to the front of all open windows on the system to inform the user that the selected customer needs to be reviewed.
How can I ensure that a form (or messages box) that opens in my program comes to the front of any and all application windows that are open?
When i Restarted my project, the solution explorer is not showing up. I tried with ctrl+ ALt+ L, still it is not showing up. The property window is showing.I tried with the suggestion of going to options in Tool menu and checked whether "ALWAYS SHOW SOLUTION" is selected or not. What may have caused this problem?
View 4 RepliesIs it possible to have multiple classes in a namespace and be able to reference the functions within the clases if the Major class is instaniatated from another class?? for instacnce:
Namespace Database
Public Class Data
Public Class Prepare
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Is it possible to combine the data of 2 or more datasources in 1 windows form in a project solution?
i'm using sqlserver 2008 and visual studio 2008
I am using a vb.Net 2010 and sql server 2005.I want to run a solution that is windows form to another computer.There is No centralized server.
View 1 RepliesI'm debugging someone else's code and one of the projects within the solution explorer always has bold letters. What does this mean? It is the second project in the build order and has one depedency, but creating a dependency on another project does not produce bold letters.
View 1 RepliesI have added some classes to my project and now i want to define a variable as one of the classes, for example the class is called xml and i want to create a variable called XMLfile and have it as the class XML.
Can this be done? Or can variables only be declared as types (like Integer, string, etc)?If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room
I just noticed that "TakeOffList.Designer.vb" is not in the "TakeOffList.vb" tree,
Whats happened there, will this cause a issue later as it all runs fine at the moment?
Im trying to read a usb in a port using a file explorer. does anyone know how i can use the file explorer form to browse files in multiple drives that i specify? and how can i read and browse a usb port in vb.net (i.e. Write files to a usb or create an app directory on the usb.)
View 5 RepliesI would like to know how will performance go when I instantiate multiple classes in one form.e.g
Public Class frmClass
Dim obja As New ClassA
Dim objb As New ClassB
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I want to be able to create a tree view that can get its nodes form a directory on a computer. In the code below, I am able to get all of the files into a list, but I cannot get the folder correct. What I mean is in your user directory, you have sub directorys such as, Documents, Music, and Pictures. When you run this code, it displays them each as thier own node, not nested. I hope this makes sense.
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Changed the code to the way spinion told me to. When I run this code I get an error 'Object reference not set to an instance of an object' when it starts to try and add files to the tree view.
I am trying to run an HTML file that I have imported into the Solution Explorer. I don't know how to refer to documents in the Solution Explorer in code. How can I do that?
I am currently using this code, but it doesn't work: process.start(".help.html")
I'm trying to access some images I've copied into a folder within Solution Explorer. For the life of me I can't figure out how to access them programmatically.
I'm using VB 2010 Express Edition. The folder name is 'Images'. The image name is 'checked.png'.
I created a simple usercontrol AutoHidePanel by using toolStrip and a panel, which have to work like Solution Explorer. When the user click's the autohide pin the panel width will slowly minimized up to 3 pixels so that the user can't see that panel. when the mouse moves over to the control, It will appear as before and these functions are working fine.
But I have a prob. with below function. When the mouse leave the control, it should disappear again. so i wrote hide function in to the MouseLeave event of Both controls(Toolstrip and panel) Here the prob. begins, when the cursor moves from Panel to ToolsStrip or ToolStrip to Panel the MouseLeave event minimize the AutoHidePanel Control. I tryed this Hide Function in the MouseLeave event of my control AutoHidePanel but that dosen't even raises the event because the panel is filled in my control.
In the Solution Explorer window, is it possible to change the highlight color of selected items *when the form does not have focus*?For example, selecting a module in the Solution Explorer highlights that module's name in Blue, then when the focus is lost by moving to another window in the IDE, that blue highlight becomes a very, very light gray (on some LCD monitors in particular). I'd like to make that light gray a bit easier to see.Is this possible? I'm running VS2008 SP1 on Vista 64.
View 2 Repliesok so when i was watching a tutorial with my dad about learning the ropes of vb express 2005 i saw something he had that i didn't. so i paused the video and my dad tried getting the part to where i needed it and in the process deleted most of the stuff on the right hand side. so he uninstalled then reinstalled and we got most of it back except the solution exlorer. now i've gone to view and when i click on the solution exporer nothing happens.
View 2 RepliesI'm having trouble working with the Solution Explorer in VB.Net 2010. To start, I am clicking New Project > Windows Forms Application. Initially, in the Solution Explorer, there are 2 files listed: My Project and Form1.vb.
When I double-click My Project and select Resources, Add Resource, Add Existing File and select a text file that I've added to the BinDebug folder of this project, the Solution explorer is updated to include the Bin folder reference. However, if I later remove the reference, the folder remains visible in the Solution Explorer. The Show All Files button does not hide the reference again.
Is this something to be concerned about? Is there a way to remove/hide the Bin reference from the Solution Explorer since it no longer contains my resource?
Some of my students end up with a different icon in the Solution Explorer when they create applications. An example is the attached Exam.vb icon, which includes a little arrow into the normal Form icon (see pic) . I am guessing it means it is linked some how. When the application is zipped and submitted, an error is thrown when I unzip it to grade it which indicates that the file in not part of the project, and it references the absolute address on the original application.Any idea what caused this and how can I instruct the students to avoid it in the future?
View 5 RepliesCurrently, I have a solution that contains two projects (ASP.net websites, FWIW). If I create a class in Project1, how do I expose it to Project2? Is it automatically available to Project2 because they are in the same solution? Or do I need to do something special to make the connection?
View 5 RepliesMy immediate issue is that currently I have a 3 tier solution (Presentation.aspx.vb calls BusinessLayer.vb which calls DataAccessLayer.vb). However, I want to make BusinessLayer and DataAccessLayer.vb abstract classes because several Webforms will use have the same functionality.
So I currently am doing this (no abstract classes):
'Presentation Layer (pseudocode)
public sub checkUser(byval userName as string, byval dept as string)
dim isGood as boolean = BL.checkUserAccess(userName, dept)
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hello,if i have a solution with two projects, and add a class at the Solution-level, how do i reference that solution-level class within one of the two projects?
View 2 RepliesI have a project that calls for just a ton of forms and I'd like them all centered on screen. Any way to call this in a module? Just trying to minimize the code necessary for each form. This is the basic centering I use now, only it's in each form_load.
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim xLoc As Integer = (Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Width - Me.Width) 2
Dim yLoc As Integer = (Screen.PrimaryScreen.Bounds.Height - Me.Height) 2
Me.Location = New Point(xLoc, yLoc)
End Sub
I will attach a pic of the errors I have left to resolve. And in addition, when I run it, it doesn't put the CustName and AcctNo in the ListBox. I could attach more code to get a bigger picture of what I'm trying to do. Here is where I have the errors on the list:
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