Trying to use icons on my visual basic form but don't know how to place the icon and label so that they are linked and when the are clicked they get highlighted and stuff like the basic desktop icons.
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I am using Visual Basic 2008. My form has a transparent background, and on it are several PictureBoxes. I'm trying to load icons into the PictureBoxes using ExtractAssociatedIcon.picIcon.Image = Icon.ExtractAssociatedIcon(path).ToBitmap The problem is ExtractAssociatedIcon gets 32-bit icons, which contain the alpha channel (i.e. shadows), which don't display correctly on a transparent background because the form itself does not support the alpha channel. What happens is I get ugly-looking icons with the TransparencyKey showing through under the shadows.
View 16 RepliesVisual Basic NET. I have coded a programme which save the icon of a *.exe file into a picture, and now the question, how can I convert the picture to a real icon file?
View 1 RepliesHow can I put a gif file as the icon of a tab?
View 2 RepliesI have an issue when I place a label box in the MDI Parent form and then open a child form the label box highlighted in child form?
View 6 RepliesIs it possible to add a small icon/picture within a button (to the left of the button text)? I don't seem to find any solution to this
View 1 Replieshow to extract the various images from an icon file ie 256 x 256, 48 x 48, 32 x 32, 24 x 24, 16 x 16 etc.
View 1 RepliesI'm using resources in VB.NET(2008) to manage my files and have 3 icon files that need to be on 3 buttons on my form (clicking the button changes the icon of the form tot the pressed button)
ICO_1.ico
ICO_2.ico
ICO_3.ico
but when I try the code below i get the error that "Value of type system.drawing.icon cannot be converted to system.drawing.image" any idea what's wrong?
btnIcon1.image = my.resources.ICO_1
btnIcon2.image = my.resources.ICO_2
I am reading a temperature value from a transceiver into the serial port and I want this value to change the value of a label in my Visual Basic Form. This value changes every few seconds. I am using the code below:
Me.dataReceived.Text &= [text]
where dataReceived is the label I am using and [text] is the data I am reading from the serial port. This results in the data being displayed but instead of overwriting the label, it writes the value after each other. (The data is appended). I tried to remove the & before the = but this did not work as nothing showed up.?The code I am using is the following:
'To receive data into the text field
Private Sub SerialPort1_DataReceived(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.IO.Ports.SerialDataReceivedEventArgs) Handles SerialPort1.DataReceived
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I was wondering how to get a certain data from a MS database and display in a label. Example(Database entries)
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The name will be displayed in the label depending on the year and number typed in two text boxes. So if typed 2009 and 1001, the label should display name2. I don't have any background on SQL. The only thing I did for now is that I added the database in the data sources and added a TableAdapter.
What is the advantage of using a text box to display an answer in Visual Basic versus a label?
View 2 RepliesIn a label box, I want to list a couple of websites, email address along with some text. How do I go about it?
Potential uses- As a Help > About dialog box where websites, email of the author can be listed.
To make things as easy as possible for the user, and encourage visiting of the mentioned websites.
Simple text will be ignored, while standard blue color, underlined text with hand mouse-cursor will need no thinking on user's part.
I'm looking for a way to search a string variable for two words and copy the text in between them into another variable. This needs to be done as many times as the match occurs.
View 3 RepliesHow do you extract source code from a VB.NET .EXE file?
View 3 RepliesI have a form, user logs in and another form is generated. User submits a query. My problem is that I cannot keep a record of who is making the query.
The user has a uid and usernamae but once the new form is generated where the user submits the query both these identifiers are gone. Is there a way in which I can overcome this?
Okay guys this is my first thread as well as my first dive into programming. So my question is, I want to have this design on my form that would fade from blue to black, and I have no idea how to do this. So picture a form thats blue and when you look
View 3 RepliesHow can I add a string to my visual basic form?
I'm creating a study application for myself and this is what I have:
Imports System.Diagnostics
Public Class Form1
Dim amounts As Integer
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I'm trying to display a line of text on my form saying.. "Prevented firefox from running X times.
X being my "amounts" variable.
Here's what my form looks like:
So how can I put my amounts variable in place of the X?
I am trying to display *.rpt file in visual basic submit form, how would I do that? I have Report2.rpt and Form1.vb, I like to call Report2.rpt when submit button is clicked, it will then show the report on screen.Private Sub SubmitButton_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SubmitButton.Click.[code]And also how do I get the date to be queried in my crystal report, I don't want all records, I just want the records in between fromDate and toDate.
View 2 RepliesI've managed to find from other questions some data that allows me to achieve the next code:
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
<DllImport("user32.dll")> _
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My problem is that I can't manage to find the DOS console window.
The question in C# Embedding a DOS console in a windows form
Adding custom buttons to a visual basic form
View 6 RepliesI have Visual Basic 5.0 and need to print the full form in landscape mode. My form has lines,textboxes, and labels that need to be printed as they are on the screen. I understand that printform.print does not respond to changing to landscape orientation. I have tried the paint picture method, but did not like the quality of the text. I have also tried having a common dialog box before printing and even set the default to landscape, but the form still printed in portrait. Is there a way that I can print my form in landscape mode in Visual Basic 5.0?
View 1 Replieshow can i change the skin of the form in visual basic 2008 .
View 1 RepliesI have a appliction developed on Visual studio 2003, .Net Frame work 1.1.After I migarted that application to Visual studio 2008, .Net Frame work 3.5, Visual Studio is crashed as opening some Visual basic designer files by Visual Basic Form Editor.The below is detail error message of Visual studio:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: devenv.exe[code]......
how to make a layered form (im a begginer!). I've found something about calling API, but that sounded like old; cant I do this with .Net? If api is necessary, with that hwnd thing, how do I call it? And if you are so kind, is there a way to search for thing only for visual basic .net 2010? Because i dont find a way to practice a strict filter, and visual basic 6, or old visual basic stuff (if not other languages) appear mixed with the program i use.
View 1 RepliesHow to make stylish form in VB.Net?I am working on Final year project for graduation. Project on a "Service center" of a Mobile company. how to make project more beautiful or easy user interface.
Programming language: VB.Net (2008)
Database: SQL Sever
I have a form in visual basic 2008 express edition and i want to be able to press a button to make the form go into fullscreen i have tried various codes but they all just remove the taskbars and i want the form to increase in size and not leave a section of the side blank i want it to sort of zoom the form size
View 10 RepliesI have created a form that we use for our employee goal setting. I would like to let the users print the form. The form is quite large and has scroll bars. I am trying to use the Printform to print the form. I would like to use autofit or some other type of scaling to get the form to fit on one page. I have done some looking aroung and have seen the following instrutions a couple of times.
1.Drag a PrintForm component onto the Form from the Visual Studio Toolbox
2.Set the PrintForm.BodyContainer property to reference your Form
3.Drag a PrintPreviewDialog component onto your Form from the Visual Studio Toolbox
4.Set the PrintPreviewDialog.Document property to reference the PrintForm component
5.Add a button and button click handler. In the handler call PrintPreviewDialog.ShowDialog()
I don't know how to set the PrintForm.BodyContainer propery (number 2). I am using Visual Basic 2010 express.
how do I go about selecting a time of day in a form??
I have tried using a datetimepicker but it just selects a date and it displays the static time (current time).
i'm creating a program in visual basic and i want to have a shortcut key that opens up another form even though my application is not the foreground window
View 1 RepliesI have read a few chapters, and researched a few websites but none of which fulfil my question, which is where should I put this If statement
Public LoginName As String
Public Password As String
LoginName = txtUserName.Text
Password = txtPassword.Text
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The idea is once the user has finished inputting text into both text-boxes the image on the button changes from a no-go to a green-submit button but unsure what declaration it would go under and which element. I have tried several form elements and declarations but not having the desired effect that I would like
