I've tried this example directly from MSDN:
Dim Screens() As System.Windows.Forms.Screens
and I can't find a way to get a reference to the Screen. I've checked my references and they seem fine but I may have missed something. Anyone experience this or know of a bug?
I am using VB 2008 Express: The template forms for splash and about screens have a background image
consisting of 3 circles (orange, green and blue).I would like to use this image throughout my app,
but can't find it anywhere.Does anyone know where this is located in the visual studio program
structure?
i have a user define object which i'm initializing with data from external datafiles.... the purpose of this object is to reduce the amount of disk/data access and processing required every time i need to add an instance of this object to a collection.so, whenever i add a copy of this object to a collection, i would simply reference the "base" object, and avoid having to process all the data and perform the conversion and so on...the issue is when i add the object
Collection.add(Base_Object, Key)
the collection ITEM is a Reference to the base object and not a copy.
I often have a class defined and I also define another class that is simply a collection of the other class. To do this I found it easiest just to define the other class as Inherits List(Of Type). The reason I define a collection class is to add extra functionality to the collection. Take the following code for example.
Class Car
Property Name As String
Property Year As Short
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how can I define my own collection so that I can reference it by index or name like that. Right now I can only reference it by index.
When it comes to creating trees or collections, sometimes I want child elements to have a reference to the parent. Obviously it is important that the parent and child references to each other remain in sync. It seems natural to have code in the parent "addchild" and "removechild" methods that updates the child's parent reference.t also, the reference to the parent should probably be readonly, so it can only be changed at the appropriate time.Two examples in .Net that I've seen are the TreeNode and datagridview controls
View 11 RepliesI am writing a simple control translation function that reads an XML file containing control names and their localized text. Within the application, each time a form is loaded, it iterates through every control and tests to see if that control is defined in the XML file. If it is, it then sets the control text to whatever localized text is defined in the XML file.
There are some tests and additional requirements (i.e. nested loops) for TabControl and MenuStrip etc., but the control that is giving me the most trouble is the ContextMenuStrip.[code]...
I have an error while using a collection that has been stumping me for years.I wrote a class to allow users to write equations in a txt file using RPN (stack based notation).The class runs through a select statement while reading the equation and then ends up with a final number as the answer. I have a collection to place these objects in for easy reference. For whatever reason I get random object reference not set to an instance of an object errors when there is nothing in the program that would remove objects from the collection, kill objects, or change the collection in any way. It is possible for one thread to call the calculate function while another thread calls the CurrentValue property. I'm not sure if this could be causing the error, but once it happens I get an error every time the program enters that code until I run out of memory.
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I use Ms VB 2008 express edition with SQL server express. I want to know what is the reference to be added to make a connection the SQL express database?
View 1 RepliesOkay I've been wondering about this for a while now, but whenever you assign variable values to objects they tend to just become references to the original object
For example:
Dim copiedCollection As ListBox.ObjectCollection = ListBox1.Items
For Each L As String In copiedCollection
If L = "Goodbye" Then ListBox1.Items.Remove(L)
Next
As soon as it encounters the string "Goodbye" and removes the item from the listbox, the program will throw an error saying the the collection (copiedCollection) has been modified. How can I make copiedCollection a true copy (not a reference) to the Listbox1.Items collection?
I want to add a reference to a libary in Microsoft SDK (SnmpAPI.lib) Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition but is says "C:\Program File\blah\SnmpAPI.Lib" cannot be added.
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to communicate through a serial port with separate subroutines for establishing the connection to the device and handling routine messages. I'm able to establish the connection, but reference to the COMPort in another subroutine fails with a message that the port is closed. I can successfully communicate using COMPort.Write commands within the connection subroutine, so I know that works. How do I pass a reference for the comport to other subroutines?
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Is the my reference library is available in visual basic 2008 Express Edition?
View 1 Repliesclicking the reference in solution explorer gives me: This project cannot be viewed in the object browser because its unavailable or not yet built. Please ensure that the project is available and built.
View 1 RepliesI was able to use the VB off line iso file to install VB 2010 Express but it did not include the Reference Library
View 9 RepliesI'm not sure exactly if the folder icon is in shell32.dll, but nonetheless if it is.Basically, whenever I come across a folder in a FileSystem list, I want to add the icon for a folder to the image list that I am using for the ListView. The problem is that I'm not sure how to reference a specific icon location in a icon collection in a dll.Is this possible with Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon and shell32.dll?
View 14 RepliesI am aware of the Screen class, but when trying to use Screen.AllScreens[0], I get something like .Device1. Instead, I'd like to have my screen's name, something like HP 24' something.
View 5 RepliesI often use VBA to automate internet explorer and interact with web sites.I can find links on regular URLs I navigate to, fill in forms on them, etc.But I don't know what these types of windows are that come up or how to get a hold of them to click links on them or enter text in their forms if there is any. It comes up then grays out the screen it came from. It looks like its some java popup or something. I'm not interested in the site this is from, its just an example of one to show what I mean. I've been searching and looking but can't figure it out.
View 5 RepliesI have 2 screens, and 2 forms. I want each form to fill a screen, so I did the following code:
s = Screen.AllScreens
f1.Bounds = s(0).Bounds
f2.Bounds = s(1).Bounds
(s(0) is my primary screen, and s(1) is above it.) F1 fills s(0), but f2 does not fill s(1). The size of f2 is set correctly but the location is set to (50, 0) instead of (0, -1024). Maybe location won't accept negative numbers? If so, how can I get my form to the other screen?
I want to develop a score card to s small stadium it will have 2 42'' LCD i one lcd i want to put the team's name and score
the lower screen i wan to to elapsed time, remain time and first or second time is it possibel Visual basic 2010 (visual studio 2010 Pro), to display on form in one screen and the other form on the other screen
It must be to setup, so that the user does nothing but to put the name of the team's, the the score?
for a test project that i'm doing i am looking for ways to program a LED screen. I ordered a few LED screens (320x160) that can be connected together). Using a special controlcard the whole thing can then display text etc. Using the software that a Chinese supplier gave me. All the above works fine. But I am depending on the software I have. I have VB.Net experience and I would like to put the software aside and write my own software. I would like to set up the COM connection and tell what LED to activate.
Problem i'm facing is that the chinese cannot provide me good use of the software dll files. I need a small Vb.net program that does the above. Would somebody be able to figure out how to do this.
I have a PC with four LCD monitors attached, but often I leave it unattended and need only one monitor running. I've set up power strips so that I can flip one switch on a power strip to turn on or off the other three monitors. The problem is, when I turn off the other three monitors, the computer makes the disconnect sound every few seconds. you can go into Control Panel->Display->Change display settings, and under 'Multiple displays' disconnect the monitors you are not using, and them reconnect them when you need them again. However, this is time consuming to do manually.can I program this in VB .Net, i.e. is there a Class or some registry keys that I can use to connect or disconnect monitors the same way as through the Control Panel?
View 4 RepliesPrivate Sub Resizescreen()
Width = Screen.AllScreens.First.WorkingArea.Width
Width *= 2
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I am using this to size the screen to two, but not sure how to be able to tell if it is a multi monitor display.
I am writing a program that tests our hardware write blocker units.When i send it the command to delete a text file on the device it should ONLY respond with my error message coded with a try...except statement.However the error message seems to be coming from windows 7 when it says "The disk cannot be written to becuase it is write protected. Please remove the write protection from the volume POCKET in drive F:" then it has the buttons Cancel, Try Again and Continue. If i click on Cancel or Continue then my error message comes up.Is there anyway I can suppress the "The disk cannot be written to." error message in Visual Basic 2010?
View 1 RepliesI'm building an application that essentially attempts to fill up all of the user's screens with a maximized form. On most machines this works. I'm simply using My.Computer.Screen.AllScreens enumeration to get a reference to all the user's screens (assuming a multi-screen setup). I'm then using the following to set the forms:
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In the very near future I'll have to develop an application that uses multiple screens.
So I'll give you a practical example:
I have 4 screens where different pricing infomation is being displayed. At any given time, I have to show a Promotion which is a single image that needs to be displayed across all of the screens with text scrolling across the screens.
Now I'm wondering what the best way would be to achieve this.
At first I was thinking of using one form and to stretch it across 4 screens, while I create 4 'areas' on the form that represent a screen. However when you extend a form this big I'm afraid the text is going to look horrible.
Then I was thinking of using 4 forms and split up the image into 4 different images which are displayed on the different screens. However to get a scrolling text right on 4 different forms, that's going to take some trial and error.
how I can achieve this form of digital signage?
I want to use VB.Net unless this would seem impossible and I have to use other software?
Issue : Is there any efficient way to arrange many independent Windows Forms in .Net? I have to display many forms at the same time in my application. It is a graphic charting application, and the number of forms depends of what the user wants, so it has to be dynamic. Is it possible to arrange it like with MDI Layout ?
Example: For example, if user chooses 12 output chart forms, I would like to have them auto-arranged 4x3 on the default screen. Ideally, User could even choose many target screens among the monitors he has.
Why not use MDI: I do NOT want MDI, since my application is multi-screen and I want to leave the opportunity to the user to put his external output chart windows scattered over different screens wherever he wants. But I would though like to have a default arrangement of output windows, without calculating manually screen and forms width/heights by dividing and stuff (Already doing this, it's a real pain). I would like to spare myself this ant-work and focus on business logic.
What I am looking for: If somebody knows an open source library or tool or cool method that could be great. By the way, I found a very useful and handy tool that could help people having the same needs I am formulating here: It is named AquaSnap, but unfortunately code is not Open Source. PS: Again, I Know how to do it "by hand" and assign monitors to forms. It is not the kind of answers I am looking for.
I have this cod to take a picture of this location
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but it uses the edge of my screen as 0,0 how could i make 0,0 the edge of the application. Edit: ALl i know to do was copyfromscreen butthat uses the screen
I am new with VB.NET 2008 and I would like to know how to make a project so the forms will show correctly on various sizes of monitors. Do you have to put code in every form for this?
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Is there an event generated when you plug in or remove screens/monitors. I know you can keep checking but wondered whether there was an event generated.?
How can I check if a computer has multiple screens?And is it possible to move form to other screens aswell?
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