What's the proper way to declare variables in a class? I've been doing something like:
'in a class
public shared teststring As String = "first"
'on a code behind
[Code]....
with shared variables loading a second window or reloading the page (without clicking the button) renders the hello world string. so how do I declare variables in a class but make it per instance?
Is it possible for a class of exposing a type for function returns, without allowing users of that class to create variables of that type? A couple usage scenarios:A Fluent interface on a large class; a statement like "foo=bar.WithX(5).WithY(9).WithZ(19);" would be inefficient if it had to create three new instances of the class, but could be much more efficient if the WithX could create one instance, and the other statements could simply use it.A class may wish to support a statement like "foo[19].x = 9;" even when foo itself isn't an array, and does not hold the data in class instances that can be exposed to the public; one way to do that is to have foo[19] return a struct which holds a reference to 'foo' and the value '19', and has a member property 'x' which could call "foo.SetXValue(19, 9);" Such a struct could have a conversion operator to convert itself to the "apparent" type of foo[19].In both of these scenarios, storing the value returned by a method or property into a variable and then using it more than once would cause strange behavior. It would be desirable if the designer of the class exposing such methods or properties could ensure that callers wouldn't be able to use them more than once. Is there any practical way to accomplish that?In formulating a question, it's difficult sometimes to draw the line between complicated usage cases, and simpler usage cases which aren't quite so important. Here's another usage case, and one closer to the one I'd be most interested in (though I'm also interested in Fluent chaining; being able to have something behave like a C++ reference to a value type would be nice, but probably too much work to bother with).I have a type which is somewhat like the Windows registry, in that it is a hierarchical collection of items, each of which may have a string value, an integer value, and/or a nested collection of items. I wish to be able to support the following types of usage:[code]As for the Fluent interface, my thought would be to have the WithXXX properties return a new instance of a derived class which shadows (not overrides!) the WithXXX properties with versions that simply modify the current instance. The return object from WithXXX would be known to be of the derived class, and would thus use the shadowed WithXXX methods, but once it was assigned to a variable, it would be regarded as an instance of the base class, so the next WithXXX would create a new instance.
C++ a stronger concept of value types than C# or vb.net, including the very useful concept of references to value types; it ensures that references to value types cannot be persisted outside the scope of the type in question. Unsafe code in C# can use pointers to value types, but they don't have the protections offered by C++ references.
Does the memory used in declaring variables are reclaimed by the OS when these variables go out of scope?Does the memory used be released by setting thier value to nothing? if not, then how can I force the garbage collector to run or excecute at a certain/desired time..How about in Windows Forms..How can we make sure that the memory used in initializing and showing forms be released if those forms were closed?
View 13 RepliesI actually came from VB6 and starting to learn VB.NET. I saw this line of code which I cannot understand how it works nor how it goes.
Private MAX_VALUE As Integer = (1 << 14)
I have just been experimenting with nesting classes within a User class I had already created.
E.g.
Friend Class User
[Number of Properties...]
Friend Class Address
[code]....
I get the same error message!!! "Declaration expected". Also I notice the variable's name is not coming up in intellisense. I have not come across this before as declaring an using variables and objects has been straight forward up until now.
The user clicks a button, a new form is generated where the user enters his/her password? How can I keep an in-memory copy of the username?
For instance in web forms, I can just use Session ("User"). How can I replicate this with winforms?
I've created a 30 point wizard. Every step gathers between 1 and 3 variables. I've created a module and publicly declared the variables there. At the end of the wizard, one master form opens, gets all the variables, and displays them on one form. At this point calculations are run too which populates more variables. This works fine for one instance of the process.
the user may want to be running two instances of the wizard at once. Obviously, if the previous wizard is part complete and they start a new one, the variables are going to get crossed or replaced by the new wizard.Is there a way for the variables to be declared publicly but used in multiple instances?
OK, I'm working on a project and i need to access the property of a usercontrol which I have set.Here is the code in the UserControl
Private Color As Color = ColorTranslator.FromHtml("#000000")
Public Property InkColor() As Color
Get
[code].....
When I am writing a sub or function that does some calculations etc. I often need a loop or a integer variable to count.
An example:
''' <summary>
''' Compare elements with the new data and perform all necessary actions.
''' </summary>
[Code]....
As you can see, variables like timespan, nullCount and seconds are declared within this sub.
My question is, is it better to declare these in the class? I can imagine that would boost performance.
Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Dim chatters As List(Of Chatter) = New List(Of Chatter) chatters.Add(New Chatter(New Guid("CD863C27-2CEE-45fd-A2E0-A69E62B816B9"), "Me")) chatters.Add(New Chatter(Guid.NewGuid, "Juan")) chatters.Add(New Chatter(Guid.NewGuid, "Joe")) Application.Add("Chatters", chatters)
[code]....
I am unable to understand last 3 lines that are bold and underlined. Please what is hppening here. Chatter and Chat are two classes defined in App_Code folder. Is there any sight that contains all possible ways to declare and initilaze variables and data structure:
Dim chatters As List(Of Chatter) = New List(Of Chatter)
I need to write a simpe calc. program to add, mutiply, subtract and divide. I want to have two textboxes that I enter numbers in and when I click a button, +,-,/ or * a third text box will display the result.Rather than declaring my variables inside each instance of a click event I would like to declare them globally so I just need to perfom the calculation on them and display result. However declaring them globally doesn't work for me. I;ve tried the variables inside the btnAdd click event which works, but as I said I'd prefer to declare them onece globally.
Public Class Form1
Dim number1 As Double = CDbl(txtNum1.Text)
Dim number2 As Double = CDbl(txtNum2.Text)[code]...
recently started converting our project from 1.1 to 2.0
It was fine with the following:
Public ghtAllAppMsgs As New Hashtable(300)
Now it is complaining to change to the following is this the right way:
Public ghtAllAppMsgs As New System.Collections.Hashtable(300)
This is under global.vb class file: here are the imports i already had in this file:
Imports Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.MultiPage
Imports System.Web
[Code]......
I am writing a program and i need to declare matrices but there will be a different number to declare everytime the program is run so I was wondering if anyone knew how to declare them inside a for loop
eg.
For i = 1 to NumberOfMatrices
Dim matrix i (5,5) As Double
Next
I am new to the forum and new to the visual studio set up and have been working at a practical at home and have ran into some difficulty. The notes say that I am to declare several module variables below the section entitledI have the rest of the form complete but have been unable to locate where I am to place this code
View 1 RepliesI am at a loss to figure out why this code results in 2 errors when I try to Parse it inthe SSMS.
@Collection varchar = Books,
@Title varchar = 0,
@Authors varchar = 0,
[Code].....
I think that I re wrote this query ten times todaday and continue to get errors and don't know what my problem is
There are underlines in red under the 0 in the BookLoanStatus and under all of the parameters in the SQL.
I am new to Visual Studio.NET but very familiar with the old ASP (using DreamWeaver).I am unfamiliar with this system of having seperate files for VB code and HTML, in my Visual Studio project I have a Default.aspx file and a Default.aspx.vb file. Now I want to declare a variable that will be accesible to all my functions on the Default.aspx.vb file. I.e. if a user clicks on one button and it launches a Protected Sub called Button1_Click, I want that button to be able to read or write to that variable and then if a user clicks on another button, I want it to likewise be able to read and write to that variable.So where should these variables be dimmed?
At the top of the aspx.vb file? Before or after the line that says "Partial Class _Default"?Or at the top of the aspx file? (Within <% %> brackets?)
I'm wondering about the performance differences between imports and inherits in a .net app.I currently program by creating multiple classes that logically define my objects. e.g. a class for customers, users and product.When i want to use these classes in a page i have to import them eg. "Imports Custmomers" and then later in my code i have to create a variable and datatype it before i can use the sub routines and functions from class.I understand from a coding perspective this keeps it all neat and tidy.So my question Would it be not better to combine all my classes into a base class, inherit that base class, rather than import it, when i want to use it and so cut down on the extra declarations and associated code that come from importing a class; and if i did this would it aid performance?
View 1 RepliesI define some global variables of a class as follows:
Private Class MyClass
Private var1 as Decimal
Private list1 as List(Of string)[code].....
But I found that after this form is closed, all above variables, var1, list1, list2 still exist in memory. I thought they should be collected by gc since the form is already disposed as I confirmed.
Add: I have monitored half an hour after the form is closed. But these variables are not collected by gc. I have an automatic update procedure on the form which uses above variables.Since the above variables still hold values, the automatic update procedure is always called which causes exception. (One quick fix is to check if form.isDisposed in update procedure. But I do not think this is elegeant. Besides, these variables occupy memory.)
Ok, basically i have 3 different classes: one is a NormalUser, one is a SuperUser, and one is an Administrator. I have on one of my form loads an if statement like this:
If frmLogin.lstCurrentUserData(frmLogin.lstCurrentUserData.Count - 1).Contains("Normal") Then
Dim player As New NormalUser
[Code]....
So based on an item in a list, i want to create a new instance of that class to be my player. now i know that code doesn't work, because the variable is only present within the if statement. my question is, how can i declare "player" as a new instance of the correct type, and still be able to access it in other subs?
I'm new in .NET programming.I have a class Form1 that includes Button1_Click event.Button1_Click creates a multiple Text Boxies at run time)Here is the class:
Public Class Form1
Dim shiftDown As Integer
Dim counter As Integer
[code].....
I had a problem with CLR profiler. But it worked eventually and the results were outstanding. My app took 47 milliseconds to run before and after some adjustments CLR profiler runs in 6 miliseconds! This had to do with String values in a resource file which apparently takes a lot of time. So this got me thinking, isn't it more effective if you would declare 1 String at the top of your class and constantly change it throughout your code? Instead of creating a new String in a method when you need it.
Instead of using:
Dim text = "blalblalba"
You would do this everytime you needed a string:
text = "blalbla"
My question is... What exactly happens when you say text = ""? Does .net create a new String? It looks like you replace the text but what happens in the background? Would it be faster then declaring a new string?
I'm trying to develop a class in VB .NET in order to manage a language globalization stored in a database and editable by the user.What I need is to know what kind of class I need to declare in order to use it without declaring a new object. For example, the way My.Settings is used.
One of the goals is that in some project the developer imports the reference and after that access directly to a property. For example: My.CustomLanguage.GetWord("Hello") without declaring objects.
Is this possible? And if it's what is the best way to aproach it?
I have a class that I would like to link at construction to a given control (say a textbox)
I know I can put a variable into a subroutine referentially but is there a way to store it in the same capacity?
I've decided to forget the d@mned custom code because everything I do with comes up with errors I don't know how to fix and it seems no one else does either. Or they do and they're keeping to themselves.
I put the functions that I needed to use in a class called MsgBoxOperations. The file name is MsgBoxOperations.vb In the report, up on the standard bar where file, edit, view, and all the other stuff is, is one that says report. You click that and go to report properties and it brings up where you can name the report and put in custom code...(hate custom code right now...) and where you can put references and class instances. Clicking on the Reference tab brings up wher you put in your references and classes.
In the classes area it asks for the Class Name, which I put in MsgBoxOperations, and the instance name of that class, this case mbo. I get that far and put in those two things and save it. Then I go to the textboxes where the values need to be. I put in the text box: =Code.mbo.GetStartDate
I've already tried taking the Code. part out and it screams that mbo isn't declared. So it does have to be there. I go to run the code and comes up with this error: QuoteError in class instance declaration for class MsgBoxOperations: [BC30002] Type 'MsgBoxOperations' is not defined.
I've posted before and still have received no help or someone tried to help but then stopped when their suggestion failed and then no one else wanted to help. I've googled this problem to the point where every link that it comes up with I have already clicked and found their information useless. I've got a freaking migraine because of this issue and have been in tears over it more than once.
how do i use a class without first declaring an instance of it with the new keyword?i have a class items that has a function toArray.how can i call it this way:
View 1 RepliesI have a base class foo that will be used in multiple child classes of similar but slightly different function:
Public MustInherit Class foo
Public Function bar1() as Something
''// Perfectly OK to change what this method does
[code]....
How do I get the compiler to generate an error when bar2() is overridden by a child class?
I have a collection of objects (classes I created), and each one ties to a record in a database. I want an easy way to update the information, so I thought about declaring a record in the class, that would tie to the record on the database. However, I'm having a problem updating it now.
1) Can I declare a global variable for the data context, and leave it open the entire time the program is running? This would solve my problem, but I don't know if I can do that.
2) If not, besides coming up with a complicated class to do this, is there an easier way? Here is an example of what I am trying to do:
VB.NET
Public C as Record
Public Sub GetValue()
Dim SQL As New DBDataContext
Dim X = From T in SQL.Records Select T
[Code] .....
I'm writing a class that represents a diagram (an image). Within that class, there is textbox class. That is, each diagram can have any number of textboxes on it. I want each instance of the textbox class to have access to the members of its parent diagram class. Specifically, I would like each textbox class to be able to access the instance of the Drawing.Graphics object located in the parent Diagram, so it can handle the drawing of itself
View 5 RepliesWhat is the impact of creating variables using:
Dim ds as New DataSet
ds = GetActualData()
where GetActualData() also creates a New DataSet and returns it? Does the original empty DataSet that was 'New'ed just get left in the Heap?
What if this kind of code was in many places? Would that affect the ASP.NET process and cause it to recycle sooner?
I am trying to add shared members in derived classes and use that values in base classes...
I have base
class DBLayer
public shared function GetDetail(byval UIN as integer)
dim StrSql = string.format("select * from {0} where uin = {1}", tablename, uin)
end function
end class
[Code]..
currently there is error using the tablename variable of derived class in base class but i want to use it i dun know other techniques if other solutions are better then u can post it or u can say how can i make it work? confused...
