I've been looking at using PROPERTIES [URL] but frankly I don't understand it that well. Before I invest the time to read, understand, and truly comprehend this, I want to make sure it's the best way. My intended goal is to create my database connection string in a function/sub somewhere, then assign it to this project wide string variable, then I can use it in any form, project wide without having to recreate it.
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I am developing an application that has multiple forms and I wanted to know the best method to have application wide methods and functions. Currently I am using a Module with all my methods that are needed to be used across the entire application in it. However, I read at one point that modules should not be used, as they are only there to preserve backwards compatibility with older VB code. Is there a better way to have methods able to be called anywhere?
View 1 RepliesI've gone brain dead and can't remember how (where) to declare a variable to be shared by 2 forms (classes) in the same project.
View 2 RepliesI seem to be drawing a blank. I'd like to create a "shared" variable that is shared with all instances of a class but not classes that inherit from it. For example.Class A: Shared list As New List(Of String): list.Add("A")
Class B Inherits A: list.Add("B")Class C Inherits B: list.Add("C")The end result I'd like is that any instance of A has just A in the list. Any instance of B has A and B in the list. Any instance of C has A, B, and C in the list. I can accomplish it by creating Instance variables, but I have to construct the list for each instance of a class. I'd like to construct it once for a specific point in the Hierarchy and then share it accross other instances of that class.
I've taken over the maintenance of the website (ASP.NET VB) and on one particular page I noticed the below code
Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
Public Shared UserNumber As String
Private Sub Page_Init(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Init
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My question is whether the variable UserNumber can be accessed or changed by any other user than the current one?
I am trying to write vb program that creates system wide Hotkeys and runs at the background. The hotkey is to enter system date in another application.
View 6 RepliesI would like to create/use a system-wide independent universal 'counter object' that can be called via COM in a thread-safe manner. The counter object will be passed an ID to identify which counter to return, handle the counting, 'persist' the count (occasionally), have reasonable performance (as fast as possible) perhaps capable of 1000 counts per second or better (1mS) and be accessible cross-process/out-of-process. The current count status must be persisted between object restarts/shutdowns.
The counter object is liklely to be a 'singleton' type object implemented in some form of free-threaded dictionary, containing maybe 10 counters (perhaps 50 max). The count needs to be monotonic and consistent, (ie: guaranteed unique sequential values).Each counter should have a few methods, like reset, inc, dec, set, clear, remove. As a luxury, I would like to have a variable-increment (ie: 'step by' value). To support thread-safefty, perhaps some sorm of critical-section or mutex call. It just needs to return a long/4byte signed integer.
I really want something that can be called from anywhere, including VBScript, so I figure COM is my preferred solution.The primary use of this is for database keys. I am unable to use autoinc or guid type keys and have ruled out database-generated counting systems at this point.I've spent days researching this and I have really struggled to find a solution. The best I can find is a free-threaded dictionary object that can be instantiated using COM+ from Motobit - it seems to offer all the 'basics' and I guess I could create some form of wrapper for this.
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What is the use of shared variable in vb.net?
View 3 RepliesI have the following code:
Public Class TestClass
Public Sub Main()
If theGlobal IsNot Nothing Then Throw New Exception("What gives!")
End Sub
Private Shared theGlobal As Object = Nothing
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Why is theGlobal object NOT Nothing?
How to dispose the shared variable in vb.net.i am using shared object of Asterisk.NET Manager Variable, i assigned it in form load and i dispose it in main form closing, My problem is after closing the application, application.exe keeps live in task manager, if i not initializing the shared object in form load there is no problem,[code]
View 3 RepliesI have an arraylist in a user form (Mainform) that I would like to be able to share among multiple forms and edit the contents. Using the Public Shared method I have been able to view and even edit the arraylist, but it does not seem to be changing it back on the main form. I can give more detail if needed.
View 9 RepliesI am planning to use a shared variable to implement a logging facility. Have a look at the code below:
Imports System.IO
Public Class TestClass
Public Shared objError As New StreamWriter("C:Test.txt")
End Class
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I think I have found my answer here: [URL] "A static variable continues to exist and retains its most recent value. The next time your code calls the procedure, the variable is not reinitialized, and it still holds the latest value that you assigned to it. A static variable continues to exist for the lifetime of the class or module that it is defined in."
I am not convinced that this is the best way to create a logging facility.
Does session variable shared accross different browser? If not is there away that I can share information accross browser similar to the functionality of caching but the scope is wider.
View 3 RepliesHow many instances of a shared variable will be created in a class? just one? correct
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So, in other words, the DocumentDelivery class will only have one instance of RenderList, correct? can somebody confirm?
I need some tips for shared variable to share the information for multiple running application. For example, the value of variable become 1 when a user run the first instance(execution), and become 2 when the user executes the second(in sames OS or through network).
View 3 RepliesI currently have two forms, and I need to share the value of a variable in one of them.
I declared the variable to be 'Public Shared', and assigned a value to it. However,
when I inspect the value it appears as 'Nothing'. Here is the snippet:
Public Class A
Public Shared sVar As String = Nothing
Private Sub A_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I have declared a class in VB.NET using VS2K5 with some shared variables and made that class a dllI made use of that dll in another project and tried to make use of those variables. Even though I can able to make use of them, Im unable to view the values of those variables like the values of normal variables when Im debugging. Is there any way that I can watch the values of those shared variables during debugging.
View 1 RepliesHere's an example of what I'm talking about...
Public Class Sample1
Public Shared Function MyValue() As Integer
Return 0
End Function
Public Sub Code()
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Me.MyValue gives a warning in VB.NET and (the equivalent code gives) an error in C#. Is there a particular reason for this? I find it more intuitive/natural to access the shared function using 'Me.MyValue' - but I avoid it to keep my warnings at 0. Did someone else just decide 'Nah, it makes more sense to do it the other way' or is there some technical reason I don't understand?
EDIT: I was thinking of it wrong, more like a 'sub class' in OOP. Even if something is declared in the base class, you access it through the instance you have. But that relationship is not the same with shared or static.
shared variables of particular form in vb.net 2005
View 1 RepliesInside my .aspx I have some JSON code that looks like this:
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Basically what I'm doing is pulling text from two labels on one page, and sending them to another page by calling the "doIt" function which looks like this:
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Just so I'm clear, the "doIt" function and the JSON call are on two separate web forms. My problem is that with the "doIt" function being Shared, I can't access any global variables of the class. And if I remove the Shared, my JSON doesn't execute.
I've been trying implement Constructor method in passing variable between two forms.Just a rough user interface guide - issue Invoice. User would type in all the Customer Name, Document Number. Once he reached Item Details, a Child Form would pop-up for the User to select/search the Invoice's Item; Once selected, the selected item would showed in the primary Form.
What I had tried is, the Constructor method worked perfectly when it is self-contain in a new project, yet to be implement in my application.But when I implemented, there is an error: Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference.
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Will the list in this shared method keep its state throughout the life of the method? Or will a new list be created every time this method is called?
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I am just testing how to use dll and after googling a lot, I made it work partially...Created new project Class Library, named it myFirstDll and made a Public Shared Sub helloDll to do something. Now since this is my first time, the dll is simply showing the input in a msgbox:
Public Shared Sub helloDll(ByVal msg As String)
If msg <> "" Then
MsgBox(msg, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "WE HAVE SOME MSG")
Else
MsgBox(msg, MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "NO MSG")
End If
End Sub
After building the dll-file, I started a new project using normal windows forms, named it "useMyDll", I clicked Project -> Add Reference, and added my dll. The program file that I made needed a textbox and a button for using the dll:
Private Sub useDllButton1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles useDllButton1.Click
Dim msg As String = Nothing
msg = TextBox1.Text
myFirstDll.myFirstDLL.helloDll(msg) 'this will be in msgbox in dll-file
End Sub
And when running this I could write something in the textbox and a msgbox with that input would pop up. Really happy with that. My first attempt to make a dll and use it was very successful. Then I thought, what about running the dll from rundll32.exe? It would be handy to make a dll that could be run without my exe. After googling a long time, I tried to add a new button:
Private Sub useDllButton2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles useDllButton2.Click
'Now let us see if we can open it using rundll32.exe ?
Dim msg As String = Nothing
msg = TextBox1.Text
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Now the first button still works just fine, but the second button gives some error (translated to english would be) like "missing entry: helloDll" I also tried to open with command prompt, same result.
After googling again I read one place that you can't run a visual basic dll with rundll32.exe, so is this true? Or is there some way of doing it? I read one place that it works if you make the dll be "COM-Visible", but I don't really understand how to or what it means. I tried to open properties, clicked Assembly Information, and "Make assembly COM-Visible", but this doesn't change anything. Then I read somewhere that it has to be in a module to work. Could it be that I need to rewrite some codes and it would work, or would I have to start learning c++ in order to accomplish this?
I've created a Class Library using vb.net, the thing is that several applications should use this file.
I'm using Inno setup, and I'm declaring the dll file to be shared.
in the client app i've added refrence to the dll and set "Copy Local" to false.
Now if i put the exe file (the client app) in the same folder with the dll everything works correctly, but once I move the exe or use another application that should use the so called shared dll the assembly cannot be loaded because the system cannot find him ("IOFileNotFoundException")
I'm doing some LINQ which requires a custom comparer, so I created a new class implementing IEqualityComparer. However, when I use it, I have to create an instance of it each time.
Dim oldListOnly = oldList.Except(newList, New MyEqualityComparer)
Dim newListOnly = newList.Except(oldList, New MyEqualityComparer)
I may be misunderstanding how .NET works, but it seems wasteful to create a new comparer each time. I really just want one instance (the equivalent of static in C++/C#).So I tried creating a "static" class, which in vb.net is a module. But got an 'Implements' not valid in Modules error.I then tried making the Equals and GetHashCode function shared methods on my class, but got this error: Methods that implement interface members cannot be declared 'Shared'.how to accomplish my goal here?
NetShareAdd API from a VB.NET application (.NET version 2.0) and although I can get the API to just create a basic shared folder I now want to create a shared folder and specify its Share permissions (not NTFS permissions) as well, which means I have to pass in a SHARE_INFO_502 structure rather than just a SHARE_INFO_2 like I was previously doing for creating a basic share. I have spent over 5 hours solid just trying to get this working and am getting to the point now where I really cant think of anything else to try.I've encountered several problems whilst trying to make this work but the one I am finally stuck on is this: When I call NetShareAdd it returns the error INVALID_PARAMETER and the parm_ err object (which is supposed to specify which member of the SHARE_INFO_502 structure caused the error) holds the value 501. I know it is something to do with the security descriptor because if I comment out the line where I set the SHARE_INFO_502 structure's shi502_ security_descriptor field then the code works without an error (just obviously does not set the share permissons I want).I think posting all of the code here might be a bad idea as its currently over 150 lines long (yes that is only code for getting this API working...) so I'll just post my definitions of the SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR structure and the code I am actually using to call the various APIs involved: [code] Each of those API calls prior to NetShareAdd returns a non-error value in the Debug.WriteLine that is done after each one, but there is obviously an issue somewhere with the security descriptor.
View 2 RepliesI want to create an enterprise wide dataset so that my function will call this same dataset from any of the webpage. I've created shared code in the App_Code folder. In it, there's are dataset properties. Will the pages extract info from these dataset properties each time I call the shared program or will create new property for each page.I'm trying to emulate an Enterprise Java Bean type of coding.
View 2 RepliesI like to create an extension method to Image.FromStream Public Shared Function FromStream(ByVal stream As System.IO.Stream) As System.Drawing.Image
With possibility to cancel processing like Public Shared Function FromStream(ByVal stream As System.IO.Stream, ByVal CloseTask As ManualResetEvent) As System.Drawing.Image
Basically i am creating a vbnet system software. I want to create a shortcut key to lock the system with out affecting the windows explorer (just my system only). Is it possible to create one for that? Or let's say create a procedure that triggers anywhere whether the focus is on a control, on a form (whether shown as normal or modal), or on any other that has the focus on it.
View 1 RepliesI am trying to work my way through the NerdDinner tutorial - and as an exercise I'm converting it to VB as I go. I'm not very far in and after having gotten past the C# Yield statement I'm stuck on Shared VB Array Initialisors.
static IDictionary<string, Regex> countryRegex =
new Dictionary<string, Regex>() {
{ "USA", new Regex("^[2-9]\d{2}-\d{3}-\d{4}$")},
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