Visual Studio - Manage Multiple Files That Are Part Of One Class - Classes, Modules?

Sep 23, 2009

My VB project is large enough that it requires several files. It was originally developed as a Console App and I created each file as a MODULE. All modules could use subroutines, data structures and constants from other MODULES and everything worked fine. I needed to add basic windowing to the app and this required that the app be converted from a Console App to a Windows Forms App. The main window is Form1 which is not a MODULE but a CLASS. The problem is that some MODULE based functions cannot access subroutines, data and constants that are defined within the CLASS Form1 unless they are incorporated into the CLASS file and this makes the CLASS file very large. If I add a new Class file to the project, it also cannot interoperate with Class Form1 in the same way that multi-MODULE code interoperates.

How does one spread CLASS code across several files and still allow it to interoperate as if it were in a single file? Alternatively, how does one create several CLASS files that operate the way multiple MODULE files operate.I am sure that there are all kinds of best practices that I am violating but the goal to to get some prototype software working and interfaced to some lab equipment.

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IDE :: Windows Forms Classes Appear As Class Modules Not Form Modules In Project Explorer

Jan 7, 2011

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!

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Visual Studio 2008 Log4net Multiple Modules, Same App.config Different Loggers, Dont Work?

Aug 20, 2009

I have 2 console apps projects in the same directory but different projects. There is some common code in the App_Code directory and a common app.config which gets build into seperate .exe.config files.One module (VScanDemonStarter) starts up and writes to one logger with its own appender going to a seperate file. It uses an process.start() to execute the other module (VScanDemon) in another command prompt hidden window.When I run VScanDemon by itself it puts entries into its log file. When I run VScanDemonStarter it puts entries into its (different) log file, the VScanDemon log file gets created, but no entries. I can see it is executing because some files get moved from one directory to another. Just no Log entries.

<root>
</root>
<appender name="LogFileAppender" type="log4net.Appender.RollingFileAppender" >

[code].....

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How To Manage Multiple DAT Files For Serialize Objects Of Same Class

Feb 13, 2010

How best to manage multiple dat files for serializable objects of the same class. If one of my data files goes past a particular size, I want to create a new file. I then loop through both files when I do processing. Is there any easier way to do this and what's the best size to do this at in terms of performance?

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Get Visual Studio To Recognize Multiple Project Resource Files?

Aug 17, 2011

I have a Windows project in Visual Studio 2010 in which I store all images in the project's resource file that Visual Studio created for me. However, it's getting cluttered and I'd like to separate images into multiple resource files if possible. I created a new resource file, but Visual Studio doesn't recognize it when I go to the form designer and try to change an image. The only file that comes up under the Project resource files available are MyProjectResources.resx. The one that I just created isn't there.

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How To Manage Different Releases Of Supporting DLLs In Visual Studio 2010

Nov 18, 2011

I have a VB.NET/C# Visual Studio 2010 Solution with a bunch of projects that depend on about 30 third-party DLLs all from 1 vendor. This third-party vendor recently released a new version of their software so I would like to parallel test their new software and my enhancements until I am comfortable to switch over. What is the best way to setup a solution in Visual Studio 2010 so that I can use the code I have developed on top of these third-party DLLs and have the opportunity to easily switch between:

(1) the new version of the third-party DLLs [for my testing] and

(2) the old version of the third-party DLLs in case I need to debug some problem a user is having.Third party assemblies ARE NOT in GAC (they're currently in a folder on a network drive). They are NOT strongly signed (ran sn -vf ). They are changing from version 5.4.618.0 to 5.4.619.60.

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Apr 11, 2011

Is it possible to open visual studio express files with normal visual studio?

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Visual Studio Is Not Recognizing New Classes

Dec 2, 2009

I'm using visual studio 2008 SP1, I'm working with a web project in VB.NET. The problem when I add new class file (of-course in App_Code) it doesn't recognize it. all the old class files are working fine, but the new ones aren't. I restarted my computer and still the same problem.

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Visual Studio :: How Does The .net Framework Nest Forms In Classes

Sep 11, 2009

If I look at some classes in the framework, using reflector, I can see that forms and user controls are made private and nested into a parent class.For instance, I have a control which makes use of pop-up form that is specific to that control.At the moment, I make the pop-up form friend accessible.If I wanted to do it the framework way, I'd make it private and nest it into the control class.If I do this, however, I can no longer use the ide to design the form and I get errors when I try to compile.

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Video Poker Game Using Visual Studio - Create Classes?

Jun 25, 2009

I am very new to this whole programming thing and I have read several books and many websites but I can't get a good start on creating a video poker game. I understand that I need to create classes, but have no idea how to start. Most of the things I have been reading have been for Visual Basic 6.0 and it appears hard to understand. I am looking for some type of tutorial of how to create the classes I need and how to get the actual information from the classes into my form. Can anyone out there provide me with a good starting point? Is there any good (and easy) code out there to get me started. I feel that if I can get a good starting base, I can learn from there.

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Download Xsd Specifications From A Web Service And Automatic Converting (serialize) These Schemes To Classes (visual Studio - .net)?

Aug 8, 2011

I want to download xsd specifications from a web service and automatic converting (serialize) these schemas to classes (visual studio - vb.net). If the organization that is responsible for the xsd schemas alter them in a way that only my class corresponding to the xsd have to be altered (not the rest of my code) I would like to automatic update my xsd corresponding class.

I use vs2010. What I want to do is: call a web service where I can send in an input parameter to the service which specifies the xsd I want to retrieve (the service is GetShemaDefenition and returns an object with the schema specification in a string property of the object). I den have to read the xsd string from the string property and convert this to a class representation of this xsd specification. Is it possible to do this automatically? I have done this manually by using xsd.exe. If the owner organization of the xsd has altered the xsd specification, I have to test if there is a new specification, and if there is I have to build a new class representation of this xsd? Is it possible to do what I want? And how would I know if it has been a big change in the xsd which also affect other parts of my code, not just the class representation of the xsd?

Update:I use one web service where one of the properties is a string. The string is an XML inside a CDATA block. The organization which provides the web service will not pares the xml inside the CDATA block but instead forward this to another organization that will use the xml data. The organization which uses the xml data specifies the xsd schem that I have to follow to generate my xml correct. This is the xsd schema I can get from another web service. I don't really understand what I can do with this xsd file from the web service. What can I do with it and why do I want to download it from the web service, when I can't use it automatically? Because I have to manually do the changes when the xsd changes I can easily download the xsd schema from the organization's home page and make the new class with xsd.exe.

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Feb 5, 2011

E.g. I have a class:

Namespace Common
Public Class AClass
Public Class BClass

[code]....

How can I use BClass without saying AClass.BClass, I've see some existing code using this format, but I can't find the setting.

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Apr 15, 2010

What advantage is there, if any, to using Modules rather than classes in VB? How do they differ, and what advantages/disadvantages are there in using modules? In VB or VB.NET, I use both.

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Mar 16, 2011

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Mar 6, 2009

Okay, say I have a class named "ChannelList", and it raises an event named "FoundChannel"

But what I'M wanting to do is create multiple classes of different names that use that class, but I want to have all of the "FoundChannel" events be handled under one single sub routine?

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Feb 5, 2011

Is it ok to use some classes and modules inside a single VB file ?

At present, I used to create them in separate files by choosing Project menu --> Add Class/Module

I was thinking about combing them into one file. Is there any merit or demerit on this approach ?

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May 18, 2010

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May 19, 2009

Is it considered an acceptable practice to use Modules instead of Classes with Shared member functions in VB.Net?I tend to avoid Modules, because they feel like left over remains from VB6 and don't really seem to fit in anymore. On the other hand, there doesn't seem to be much difference between using a Module and a Class with only Shared members.

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Delete Multiple Files Using Wildcard Where Part Of Filename Is Fixed

Nov 5, 2010

have a script which puts multiple files into a folder periodically. I have a code to delete file. this code should run but gives me error that file does not exist.

' for each objFile1 in FSO.GetFolder(strPath2&""&acctdir&""&acctsubdir).Files
' acctno1 = Mid(objFile1.Name,1,11)
' if acctno1 = acctno then

[Code].....

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Moving Modules/classes/forms To A Common Folder?

Nov 23, 2009

I have two projects

a.sln and b.sln they have their own classes, modules and forms.

As I work on solution 'A' I devise a class and save it in solution A's folder. As the class develops, I now find a need for it in solution B.

How can I move it from solution A's folder to my Common folder then link it into solution A and B.

Currently I am doing this manually, Moving then linking to it. Is there a way to do this withing the IDE

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Mar 28, 2011

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Sep 29, 2011

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Visual Studio Add-In For Grouping Files?

May 19, 2010

I used to have a nice little Visual Studio Add-In that allowed me to group files by simply right clicking on them.It used to modify the csproj file in the background and add the relevant attributes.

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Jul 19, 2011

Now to working with Visual Studio Solutions, but I am trying something very basic but no joy. So in my project I have a folder App_Code and in this I added a class called Test.vb and added a simple function

[Code]...

But in my Default.aspx page I am struggling to find the correct syntax to call this method. Also it doesnt seem like my Test2.vb class is correctly included in the project because If I make a type the project still builds successfully when it shouldnt

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How To Open Multiple IE (Visual Studio 2008)

Jan 21, 2010

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Private Sub btnGenerate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnGenerate.Click
Dim num As Double
Try

[code].....

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Visual Studio - .NET Accessing Class Variables In Dictionary?

Mar 26, 2012

I'm not sure of the syntax necessary to access a class's attributes inside of a Dictionary declaration.

[Code]...

So if I want to test it and use MsgBox() how do I trickle down to pull, say, name in food > cheese1 > info > attributes2 > name?

EDIT:I just realized that Array in info needs to be a Dictionary for an associative array, so please ignore that error and just assume it is a Dictionary for this question's sake.

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Oct 31, 2011

In Visual Studio 2010 express (using vb.net) I've somehow set two forms to use the same class.

Basicly I have two designer files with 1 implementation each. For some reason both designer files are calling the same implementation file, and I can't find any settings to correct the problem.

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Can't Open .vbp Files In Visual Studio 2008

Feb 22, 2011

When I'm in VS2008, and I go to File > Open Project/Solution, it won't let me select a .vbp file type when I have it set to Objects of type "All Project Files (*.sln; *.dsw; *.vcw; *.rptproj; *.dwp" (it looks like it's cut off at that point). Why can't I open a .vbp file with Visual Studio 2008?

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Code To Run - .exe In The Mix With My .vb Files In Visual Studio 2010

Dec 10, 2011

I have a .exe in the mix with my .vb files in visual studio 2010 and I can't figure out a code to run it. I added it through the add existing if that means anything.

Form1.vb

Form2.vb

form3.vb

TEST.exe

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I'm working on a VB.Net project and using SVN. I noticed that every time I open my main form, Visual studio slightly modifies my .resx file, which means that I keep having to re-commit it.url...

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