Class - Internationalization In .Net : Choosing The Right Structure Type?
Jan 22, 2010
I'm about to start translating my vb.net application, and I don't want to use the default methods provided by Visual Studio to do so. I need my application to be very light, and it nearly doubles it size to use the resources option.Therefore, I'm planning to use some thing like a class, of which I would have one instance per language. Since I don't want to distribute language files as separate files (I'd rather have them hard-coded), I would like to find an easy way to check if every field of the class is initialized. I was thinking of something like an Interface, where I would do something like this:
Public Interface Language
Dim HelloMsg As String
Dim GoodbyeMsg As String
End Interface
[code]....
It's obviously not the right way to do it (although I could use properties instead of vars), but I was wondering whether the was a way to have the compiler check that everything is translated and warn about it if not.
I'm a Python programmer and VB.NET newbie converting an application from Python to VB.NET (3.5).In Python, I have a function which returns a list of tuples which I run on two datasets with results like this:
Then I want to check if the two data sets are identical.In Python I check for equality like this:
"Equal" if data1 == data2 else "Not Equal"I want to know the easiest way to structure the data in VB.NET.
It looks like the right data structure for each data set in VB.NET is a List(of Something).
Should I create a Class to hold each data item, or is there a simpler way? If I do, will I need a custom way to decide if two instances hold the same data? What is the easiest way to compare the two data sets for equality?
I'm new to VB 2008 after having spent a long time with VB6, so I apologize if this is a stupid question. But I'd really like to have this straightened out.
Let's say I have a pretty large structure that has lots of properties.
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Now say that I want an internal database with about 10 instances of this structure total, describing, say, 10 different products that a store sells. When these values are loaded from a database, they remain totally static. (However, they can be different each time a program loads)
Now say that I have a class. Each instance of this class is a type of that BaseProduct structure. Meaning, each instance of the class pertains to one of the 10 types of products that the store sells. However, this class has additional properties that pertain specifically to each instance, which are not static.
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Now, the problem here is... If I have 200 different transactions, each one contains an instance of BaseProduct. BaseProduct is HUGE, and is largely redundant (only 10 types possible), so I think it's a little silly to include a whole copy of it with EVERY transaction. However, the Transaction class really needs information regarding the base product it pertains to. Is there a way to, instead of declaring a New BaseProduct in the Transaction class, to simply make one of the properties of the Transaction class a pointer to a BaseProduct variable?
In VB6, I would accomplish this by making a BaseProduct(10) array, and then giving each Transaction an ID number referring to an entry in that array. But in VB 2008, using class structure, this is impossible. I can't define the BaseProduct(10) array outside of a class in a namespace, and if I define it in the actual application's form, then the class loses modularity since it relies on the application that's using it.
I'm having a problem that's driving me crazy; I can't understand how to convert the XML structure into a class structure (that I want to use to hydrate a XML document).
The XML document looks like this:
xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <artists xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns="http://www.spotify.com/ns/music/1">
I'm sure there are several ways of achieving my goal but I am after opinions on what you think is the best option. I'm writing a vb.net application which (amongst other thinks) interfaces with media players in the home. Because there are different types of media playersI'm trying to structure it so each type of media player has it's own class which interfaces to a management class which sits on top of all the different devices types.
The device classes are responsible for discovering the phsyical devices and returning that information up to the management class. A device class may be responsible for monitoring 1 or more physical devices so..
I'm doing some internationalization for first time, and I have an issue: I would like to know if it is possible to internationalize from a master page. I added a dropdown list with some languages and I'm using a session , so when I change a language, the new Culture is detected and it changes, the page is reloaded and the contents (I'm using resources) translated. But it's not working. Here I attach some code:
Currently, if I have different classes containing functions etc, I would structure them all in the 1 VB file titled whatever the main Class is. For example:
[Code]...
However, the problem with this is the file can become 1000s of lines long making hard to find portions of code. Is there a way I can store SubClass in a file such as MainClass.SubClass.vb so that its easier to locate classes? Or is there a better, more standard, way of doing this?
illustration demonstrates my challenge in having accented letters in Spanish showing up correctly on a desktop application. I understand this forum is not for Windows forms but I thought someone may have run into this possible UTF-8,UTF-16,Unicode issue in other areas or web/desktop applications.
In a recent project I was working I created a structure in my class to solve a problem I was having, as a colleague was looking over my shoulder he looked derisively at the structure and said "move it into a class". I didn't have any argument for not moving it into a class other than I only need it in this class but this kind of falls down because couldn't I make it a nested class?
I have create a structure type array. sort the array so i can display the sorted array in a listbox. I want to be able to either sort by last name or the student with the highest score. Here's what I have so far:
Structure student Dim firstName As String Dim lastName As String
[Code]....
I heard about the IComparer thing but I didn't know how to implement it into my project.
This is purely a coding practice question concerning VB.NET structures. Where do you keep one?As an example, I've created a structure for the simple purpose of keeping information organized, I'd like this structure to be stand-alone, not belonging to any class so I wouldn't have to access it through SomeClass.MyStructure but rather simply MyStructure. So, do I keep it in a separate class and import it into my namespace? Do I keep it in a module (Static class, essentially)? Do I just make a separate VB.NET code file and place is there (I would like it to live in a separate file). Just to clarify, I need this structure to be accesses by the whole application, not just a single class.
Dim a as Type=GetType(className) would gimme the type. But I have only the name of the class as string. I want something like GetType("class1") which would return the type.
I epochly failed creating an array structure. How would I build it like I tried to do with values for each data type.
Structure PovertyGuidelines Dim Id As Decimal Dim NumberOfPersons As Decimal Dim AnnualIncome As Decimal End Structure Private Data(20) As PovertyGuidelines Private Id(,) As Decimal = {{1D, 2D, 3D}} Private NumberOfPersons(,) As Decimal = {{6D, 9D, 7D}} Private AnnualIncome(,) As Decimal = {{24000D, 32000D, 27000D}}
I found out that you cannot set the array size for a structure when you are making it, i.e
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I have to fix this by making a variable with type made by Structure bullet and then redimming it, i.e
[Code]...
This means for every variable with the bullet type i create i have to redim. Is there a way i can set the size of .mesh with .capacity for every single variable created with the bullet type automatically?
Im trying to save a structure that consists of regular variables, some of my own structures and rectangles. Now while all the other data types get saved/loaded nicely the rect information is lost, why is that?
save sub:
Dim ForSaving As SaveDat Dim file_num As Integer = FreeFile() ForSaving.OVIRect = ESpec.OVIRect
I have a serializable class and structure I created for an ArrayList to be access within a Web Application. The problem I am having is the count comes back as zero after calling New. I debugged the code and the Arrylist is being populated
I am trying to figure out a class/struture to handle the following JSON format:
{ "ReturnData": [ { "id": "msg2DoesNotExistName",
[Code]......
I may or may not have Data for ReturnData and SetValue (one or both at a minimum). I am trying to let the serializer handle most of the formatting without having to check for empty sections and single-item arrays.
Dim target As Object ' target gets properly set to something of the desired type Dim field As FieldInfo = target.GetType.GetField("fieldName", _ BindingFlags.Instance Or BindingFlags.Public Or BindingFlags.NonPublic) field.SetValue(target,newValue)
This snippet works perfectly IF target is set to an instance of a CLASS.However, if target is set to an instance of a STRUCTURE, the code does not actually change the value of the field. No error, but the value remains unchanged.And, oddly, if I'm stepping through code, watch the SetValue fail to do anything, and immediately go to the Immediate window and type exactly the same SetValue operation, that works.
Edit:
Per request from Jon Skeet, actual code: Private Shared Function XmlDeserializeObject(ByVal objectType As Type, _ ByVal deserializedID As String) As Object[code].....
I am making a class that has a property that I want to be of type System.Drawing.Size. I don't seem to be able to reference system.drawing from within my class, and therefor can't set my property's data type to Size. Anyone know how I might do this?
Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to class type 'rjsDocMan.Folder'.Instances of types that represent COM components cannot be cast to types that do not represent COM components; however they can be cast to interfaces as long as the underlying COM component supports QueryInterface calls for the IID of the interface.The code where it is flagging the error is:
I have to create an array of structure type in VB.net. but I am getting error while marshaling this error. I have to pass this array of structure type in to Dll function. Code: Structure declaration: <StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet:=CharSet.Ansi)> _ Public Structure dx_entry <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst:=10)> _ Public dx As String [Code] .....
I am getting the following error: An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentException' occurred in Audit_Demo_2307.exe Additional information: Type dx_entry[] can not be marshaled as an unmanaged structure; no meaningful size or offset can be computed.
I've got this Function: Public Class QueryStringUtil Public Shared Function GetQueryStringValue(Of T As Structure)(ByVal queryStringVariable As String) As T Dim queryStringObject As Nullable(Of T) = Nothing If queryStringVariable <> Nothing Then If HttpContext.Current.Request.QueryString(queryStringVariable) IsNot Nothing Then queryStringObject = CTypeDynamic(Of T)(queryStringVariable) End If End If Return queryStringObject End Function End Class
When I try to call it like this: Dim intTest As Integer = QueryStringUtil.GetQueryStringValue(Of Integer)("stuff") Dim stringTest As String = QueryStringUtil.GetQueryStringValue(Of String)("stuff") Dim datetimeTest As DateTime = QueryStringUtil.GetQueryStringValue(Of DateTime)("stuff")
stringTest gives me the error: 'String' does not satisfy the 'Structure' constraint for type parameter 'T'.
I want our other developers to not worry about having to convert a class to a structure or some stuff like that when they call this function. I just want them to be able to put a standard type in the (Of T) and have it work. I don't mind writing in extra calculations to achieve that. The other problem is I also need the function to be able to return an actual null value, so I kind of need the queryStringObject as Nullable(Of T). Which means I have to have T as Structure otherwise it tells me that won't work. So looks like if I change what T is I need to run some calculation to delcare the var as nullable or not.
I tried overloading this method so that one returns T and one returns Nullable(Of T) like so: Public Shared Function GetQueryStringValue(Of T As Class)(ByVal queryStringVariable As String) As T Public Shared Function GetQueryStringValue(Of T As Structure)(ByVal queryStringVariable As String) As Nullable(Of T) And naturally it's telling me it can't do that since they just differ by return types. Is there anyway to overload this? I really don't want to have two functions.
how to make a new structure somewhat, but what I need to know is how I can do something like, GetItemByName without having to do a loop when I have a list of my structure type. What I mean by this is if I had a structure like this:
I have this application that users can make exams that contain exercises of different ... whatever. Anyway when student takes the exam he chooses it from a list and then all exercises are loaded from database. I wanted to make loading process faster by loading only first exercise data and putting others in background thread.
Actually in other parts of this application something like that is done but not by me. Basicaly an api class is built around BackgroudWorker and i can use this class to put certain functions of objects to be executed in background. The idea sounds great but in real life there are some problems with it. For example for historical reasons this application uses global functions and reader and uses global connection to Access database which means if in background something is being fectched from data base and you try to fetch from database in main thread then a „reader is already open" error occurs. To avoid this error if im doing something in main thread and want to fetch some data i have to move my function from main thread into background worker function list. And basically this in my opinion stinks cuz you end up with many delegātes, invoked checking and thre result... I was just thinking that there maybe is another way to allow (maybe with events) not put everything in background in case something is happening in bakcground but rather allow bgworker to finsih current thing, then do my thing and then resume bgWorker and not create havoc in code.
Basically i have to classes - exam and exercise that each implement many interfaces (like IExercise, IExerciseResult, IExerciseYesNo, IExerciseMultipleChoise etc.)And then i have DataBase classes like ExerciseDB, ExerciseResult etc. That have functions that preparē the sql params and call sqlHelper functions.And for example when i load up exam i go throug all exercises and call LoadData function that in turn calls ExerciseDB function selectData and then i put the returned data in Exercise object. And this type of thing of course would producē error if i at the same time would try to register the answer in database for another exercise. Ofcourse i could always check and put this in background... but as i said i'd rather want to work with database from both threads.
