Winforms : Where Is Default Constructor Of A Windows Form
Jan 1, 2011where can I find the default constructor of a windows form? I mean:
Public Sub New()
End Sub
I should say that I Use Visual Studio 2008 as my editor.
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IDE :: Set Project Default For Winforms Projects S/ Default Modifier For Controls Added To Winforms Is Private
May 28, 2010Is it possible to set a project default for VB.NET winforms projects so that the default Modifier for controls added to winforms is Private (not Friend)?I know there's a "modifiers" property in the properties window so I can set it for each individual control however I would like to change the project so from now on myself and other developers have to specifically decide to change from friend to private. (Which I would strongly discourage them from doing).I believe there is no way of doing this, but on another forum a while ago someone mentioned it would be possible with an add-in (but didn't name the add-in or where to get it).
View 1 RepliesReplace Default Windows Cursor With A Custom Cursor (winforms)?
Feb 16, 2011This VS010 solution is not providing my intended outcome as a custom override of a 'crosshair' or 'reticle' cursor e.Graphics.DrawPath() is the function that isn't working. This
WORKING solution demonstrates how it's supposed to work. The additonal PictureBox added to a Panel is, for reasons I don't understand, not allowing the 'new' cursor to appear.
Option Explicit On
Option Strict On
Imports System.Drawing
[Code]....
Default Value At Declaration Or In Constructor?
Mar 4, 2011One would think I'd already know this, but I never really gave it much thought before now. When declaring a member variable for a class, is it better to set the default value at the declaration
Private m_strMyVariable As String = ""
Or is it better to do it in the constructor
Private m_strMyVariable As String
[Code]....
Should I maybe always specify a value at declaration, even if it's Nothing, and just override that value in the constructor(s) as needed? Or is it situation specific? If so, a really quick rundown of which situations might warrant which treatment would be nice.
C# - MVVM ViewModel Default Constructor?
May 25, 2011I have been getting up to speed with the MVVM pattern in Silverlight and was wondering how to implement binding from the View to the ViewModel when the ViewModel constructor has a parameter if an interface type.If I bind the viewmodel to the view in XAML then you can not use a parameterised constructor. Given that I was creating a default constructor passing an instance to the parameterised constructor but this breaks the abstraction.
View
<navigation:Page x:Class="QSmart.DataViewer.Report.RecentFailures.Report"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
[code]....
Is it recommended to use the code behind of the view to pass into the parameterised constructor and then bind to the viewmodel?
VS 2010 How To Eliminate Default Constructor
Jan 19, 2011I have written a number of classes in my time in VB.NET which set the basic elements in a custom New constructor through parameters. This makes things easier and enforces discipline. However, using Public Sub New() becomes pointless. If someone else tried to use this class, he or she could make a mess of it all by using Sub New without the arguments. I'd like to remove this method but I haven't found out how. I could make it raise an exception, but that somehow seems unseemly. I'd like a neater way. Does anyone know how?
View 22 RepliesVS 2008 - Creating Default Constructor Within Class
Feb 3, 2010I'm doing a lab for school, and I came across something I have never done before: create a default constructor within my class. It involves creating a private field to store the connection string, then create a default constructor that sets the connection string.
Here is what I have so far:
Public Class Appointments
Private sqlconnection As String = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("ConnectionString")
Private Property connectionstring() As String
Get
Return sqlconnection
[Code] .....
VS 2010 Dll That Is Implemented By A Class With A Default Constructor
Dec 27, 2010I have a base class which must be overriden. This base class sits in one dll shared by all. The derived classes will each be in their own dll such that the addition of a new derived class can be done by distributing a new dll. The set of dlls, and therefore the set of derived classes, will be discovered by the main program on startup. That's all pretty straightforward. The problem is that the main program needs to be able to query a database to figure out which type of derived class it needs, then create a class of that type. Naturally, it can't know which types will be available ahead of time because even I don't know that. The program has to be dynamically extensible.The obvious way to do this is to have an interface in the dll that is implemented by a class with a default constructor. The sole purpose of that class would be to return an object of the type (one of the derived types) defined in that dll. The derived types can't really be this class, because they can't have a default constructor since the base class doesn't have a default constructor, and the derived class can't make up the arguments that the base class constructor needs.
So basically, each dll that houses a derived class would also house a simple class that implemented an interface for the sole purpose of creating that particular derived class. The main program would examine the dll to find a class that implemented the interface, and once it found one, it could ask it what type of class it created, or it could ask it to create an instance of that class. It seems like there ought to be an easier way to dynamically add new classes to the project. It seems like the derived class ought to be able to tell the main project what type it was. This could be done, except that the derived class would have to exist before any of its methods could be called unless the methods were shared. Since you can't have a shared method in an interface, the interface itself would make no sense at that point, in which case I would need to discover whether the class in the dll derived from the base class in the second dll, just to figure out whether or not I wanted to create it. That's getting convoluted by now, so I guess I'll leave it there. The basic point is that the base class is known to the main program from a common dll. The number and types of derived classes can't be known at this time, so the program has to be able to discover them dynamically. Each derived class will sit in its own dll (or there could be more than one in a dll), and has to be discovered, and instances created, as needed, by the main program.
Inheriting Windows Form And Editing The Properties - Customizing The Default Form
Jul 2, 2009So I was wondering if anyone has done their own Forms (inheriting windows form and editing the properties) and if so, what your finished result was. And, if you are willing to post a screenshot of your finished result, that would be sweet! Trying to get some ideas of what can be accomplished with customizing the default form.
View 1 RepliesWinforms - Get Form To Focus Above Existing Users Windows And Applications?
Feb 14, 2010I have a Visual Basic .Net form (launches after the splash screen tests database connectivity) and it is not focusing above other existing windows on launch. How do I get it to focus above all existing windows and Windows Explorer windows?
View 1 RepliesWinforms - Pass Dynamic Connection String To Another Windows Form?
Feb 20, 2012I am creating a windows application which required Dynamic Connection String in the app starting (user need to provide db credentials through a form), After entering the connection credentials user redirected to new win form Everything is working fine but how can I pass my dynamic connection to another form.I tried to save it to App variable but I couldn't (I think its read only) Also I tried save it to registry but can't retrieve values.Is there any other option available ? like writing & retrieving ConString to a text file or XML.
View 1 RepliesWinforms - Load System.Drawing V4.0.0.0 On A Windows Form In Visual Studio 2010?
Mar 4, 2012I've decided to learn Visual Basic .Net as this is what some of my colleagues work with, and this will allow me to work with them on projects.I have purchased Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Step by Step and downloaded the sample files. When I am trying to debug the first sample application (a Windows form), it is telling me that it can't load System.Drawing V4.0.0.0. However, if I create a new Windows Form application (C# or VB.Net) this works fine.
I had a look at the References tab in the project settings and System.Windows.Forms is referenced, but the version referenced is 2.0.0.0. I have removed and re-added this reference and it stays at 2.0.0.0 and I still get the error.Does anybody have any ideas as to what may be going on?
Overriding Default Property Values In .Net, WinForms?
Jan 9, 2010I create a class "Planet" that can be inherited. One of the purposes of inheriting is to create a template with different default property values. Eg:
Public Sub New
MyBase.New
MyBase.ForeColor = Red
[code]....
Now, to stop the defaults serializing in the InitializeComponent method, there are 2 ways:If I've implemented the properties using the 'DefaultValue' attribute, and made them overridable, the attribute can be overriden with the new value.The problem with this is, there's no way to just make just the attributes overridable, as opposed to the whole property.I could implement every property with protected Reset'PropertyName' and ShouldSerialize'PropertyName' methods. However, this is a bit of a pain in the arse.Is it, generally, an important consideration to ensure that someone who overrides your base class has the ability to change the default values of a property?
Winforms - Changing Default File Location For .net?
Aug 26, 2009i would like to be able to set the change the default file location. for example if i do a filestream on a "file.txt", i want it to look by default in the desktop. is there somewhere in the settings of vb.net express 2008 where i can change this default location of working with files?
View 1 RepliesModify Designer.vb (form Designer) To Remove A DataSet Control From Winforms Windows?
Jan 27, 2011I am attempting to update an existing winforms application, that was created with a dataset control on all the winforms pages. I have ported it from VS 2008 to VS 2010 and I need to update the database section and connect it to the SQL backend using traditional code method.In the Solution explorer, when I click on the Dataset files, and click "Exclude From project" I am unable to build the project.Is it advisable to comment out the code lines that refer to the dataset in the .designer.vb files?
View 1 RepliesWpf - PageFunction OnReturn And The Default PageFunction Constructor?
Mar 16, 2012I'm trying to create a Wizard at runtime in VB.NET using the WPF NavigationService and I'm having some problems. I need to add controls to the PageFunction pages at runtime which seems to involve passing arguments to the PageFunction pages when I create them (prior to navigating to them). This means that the PageFunction pages need to override the default constructor and add arguments to it. This seems to work fine.
The problem is that I also need to call OnReturn once I've navigated beyond the first page (to go back to a previous page) but the OnReturn doesn't work unless I use the default constructor on the PageFunction page it is navigating back to. The work around I've been considering is creating some global values that the PageFunctions could acssess at runtime in their default constructor but I can't figure out how to define global variables in the MainWindow that the PageFunction pages can get access to.
Pass A Delegate Into A Constructor Of An Abstract Class From A Descendant's Constructor?
Feb 15, 2010I have an abstract class which requires a delegate to function. I pass the delegate into the constructor. Now that I have a non default constructor I need to call the abstract class's constructors from the concrete class which means that I need to use MyBase.New(...). I have included a quick example below.
Public MustInherit Class BaseClass
Public Delegate Sub WorkMethod()
Private _Work As WorkMethod
[code]....
I have tried to do this but I keep getting the following error: "Implicit reference to object under construction is not valid when calling another constructor".Can I not do what I am trying to do above? I initially had the delegate setup in its own setter method. But then I am creating a deceptive API because it does require a point to a method to work properly.
Winforms - How To Load Binary To Windows Media Player In Windows Forms
Jul 24, 2011I've successfully saved video files into SQL server as varbinary. Now, my problem is, how can I play those videos in Windows Media Player (embedded in my Windows Forms).
View 1 RepliesWhy Is Constructor Call Valid Only As The First Statement In An Instance Constructor
Nov 2, 2009what's the rationale behind this limitation: Constructor call is valid only as the first statement in an instance constructor i want to pass an argument to my constructor which validates this argument and calls mybase.new according to this argument but it doesn't let me
example:
Public Class prob
Inherits System.ApplicationException
Public Sub New(ByVal problem As String, ByRef inner_exception As Exception)
[code]....
C# - What Is Startup Form Constructor
Feb 16, 2012I need to put following code in the Constructor of my startup form.
JohnKenedy.BusinessSQLEXPRInstaller _ins = new JohnKenedy.BusinessSQLEXPRInstaller(" _ <Installation Display Name>", "localhost", "<New database instance name>", _
"<new database name>", "<database password>", "<database backup filename>");
if (_ins.IsDone == false) _ins.ShowDialog();
if (_ins.IsRestart == true) {
Application.Exit();
this.Close();
return;
}
But I really do not know what the Constructor is and how to access it?
Create New Form Constructor?
Feb 28, 2012How come when I create new instances of a form and show it, it loads the form twice?[code]...
View 2 RepliesCall A Method And Define It From The Constructor Of A Form?
Nov 12, 2010I am suppose to call a method and define it from the constructor of a form.
MSDN says this in regards to something im doing.
Whatever, does it mean?
Constructor Returning Data To The Calling Form?
Jun 7, 2010I have a MDI app that I am creating. It, of course, will have multiple MDI child forms. In each child form, I have an options button so that each child form can have it's own set of options. When I click the options button it opens an Options form. This options form is not an MDIChild.
I have a class that contains the child forms options. I pass this class to the options form using a constructor. This is how I call the options form:
Dim dlgPatternOptions As dlgOptions = New dlgOptions(thisPatternOptions)
thisPatternOptions is the class that I am passing to the Options Form.
This works fine and the options form does populate the options correctly. The Options form constructor is this:
Public Sub New(ByRef thePatternOptions As CanvasOptions)
Me.InitializeComponent()
Me.txtCanvasWidth.Text = thePatternOptions.CanvasWidth.ToString
Me.txtCanvasHeight.Text = thePatternOptions.CanvasWidth.ToString
End Sub
I change the options in the options form. How can I get those changes back to the calling form? Do I need to somehow pass a handle of the calling form to the constructor to get the changed values back to the calling form? Is there some way to pass a handle to the options form so that changes made to options will be pushed back to the calling form?
VB - Constructor - Use To Populate Other Data Fields On The Form
Jun 20, 2011CODE:
This tells me "End of Statement" is expected. I'm trying to instantiate a new form, and I'm trying to pass information into the form that I will use to populate other data fields on the form.
I've tried looking up constructors, but I can't find where my is different than other examples.
VS 2010 - Form Constructor Recursion Exception
Aug 15, 2010I developed an app, tested on few computers and all seemed fine. But now, some people suddenly get an error, which I can't repeat on my computers. Part of the exception:
** Exception Text **
System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'NumoABC.functionsBurtuSummas' threw an exception. ---> System.InvalidOperationException:
The form referred to itself during construction from a default instance, which led to infinite recursion. Within the Form's constructor refer to the form using 'Me.'
at NumoABC.My.MyProject.MyForms.Create__Instance__[T](T Instance) in 17d14f5c-a337-4978-8281-53493378c1071.vb:line 180
at NumoABC.My.MyProject.MyForms.get_MainForm()
[Code] .....
The If Me.Created = False Then is because while the form is loading, some events fire the updatePersonDataHandlers() sub, but I don't want it to happen until form is fully loaded. In the module functionsBurtuSummas line 2
Module functionsBurtuSummas
Private f As MainForm = MainForm
I have many modules who work with the MainForms' controls, so I use a private variable f to refer to the MainForm.
Pass Constructor Arguments To Application Main Form?
Oct 23, 2010I've constructed a custom System.Windows.Forms.Form that requires arguments to New. I want to use one of these as the MainForm in a Windows Forms Application. How do I get the Application Framework to pass those arguments as needed?
View 1 RepliesWinforms Menu Item Shortcuts Overriding Default Shortcuts?
Aug 19, 2010In a VB.NET Winforms application, I have a form that contains both a datagridview and a textbox. I have some menu item entries that have shortcuts of Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, and Ctrl + V that operate on the datagridview. However, these override the default cut, copy, and paste shortcuts for the textbox. How can I make the menu shortcuts only apply when the datagridview has focus?
View 2 Replies.net - Gotfocus() Mdi Child Windows Winforms?
Jul 13, 2010I have a mdi and 3 child windows.The program start with an empty mdi.With a menu you can open each child window once.When i open for example 2 windows. And close the one on top. The one left(the window under the one i closed) should get focus. How can i manage this?
why i need this?each childwindow has a event gotFocus. Depending on the focus my menu should change.
Private Sub frmMain_gotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.GotFocus
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