Visual Basic

controls dissappearing on my form?

2-Nov-03 18:31

What do you mean by an "array of winsock ports"? What are they going to be used for? And which version of VB? And are you going to be using this DLL exclusively in another VB app or in a C/C++ app?

RageInTheMachine9532

Backcolor on Tab Control

trevord2-Nov-03 17:11

trevord

2-Nov-03 17:11

Hi
I am pretty new to this, so I hope the question is not too dumb. I am trying to get a tab control to look halfway decent on a form with a color background. It seems I can set the backcolor on individual tabs, but I always end up with a grey border and tabs. Is there any way around this?

Thanks

Trevor Doble

Anonymous2-Nov-03 10:33

Anonymous

2-Nov-03 10:33

I am writing a program using the tab control. For no reason it keeps re-arranging the order of the tabs, which has to be fixed by manually going into the collection and re-setting the order. Well now it decided to make my controls on a couple of the tabs dissappear? The controls still exist as far as vb is concerned because the defenitions and properties are still accessible, but they are not visible. I have tried bring to front/back, deleting things to see if they are behind, restarted vb, rebooted, moved things, and they are no where to be found????

any one had this problem, cuz it sucks.......

thanks
Ryan
hooleyrk@comcast.net Mad | :mad:

VB Splash Screen?

kobi1kobi1-Nov-03 21:22

kobi1kobi

1-Nov-03 21:22

I'm trying to make a splash screen where the program opens with frmOpen, and the form stays up for 5 seconds, and then frmMain should open.

I know, it's probably silly, but I'm a total newbie in VB Smile | :)

Thanks,

kobi

R. Thomas1-Nov-03 21:31

R. Thomas

1-Nov-03 21:31

go to project explorer window..right click on your project name->add->form->choose a splash form...
vb has a inbuilt splash form...
then set yourpoject properties startup object as frmSplash that u just added..
as for the five seconds
add a times set it to 5 seconds(which i think is a bit too long)
and on the routine of time unload the splash form and load your first form

Have a Super Blessed Day!
-------------------------
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2 Timothy 1:7
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expet."
Luke 12:40

kobi13-Nov-03 3:55

3-Nov-03 3:55

I must be doing something very wrong, but I don't see any reference to splash screen in the new items I can add in the VB project.

There are lots of forms, source files, scripts, and other stuff, but no splash screen.
What I need is help withthe timer control.. how to code a " hold the form1 open for X seconds and then close form1 and open form2"

thanks,

Kobi.

Guillermo Rivero3-Nov-03 4:03

Guillermo Rivero

3-Nov-03 4:03

Hold the current thread for a while..

Thread.CurrentThread.Sleep(5000)

This code waits for 5 seconds...

Free your mind...

kobi13-Nov-03 4:48

3-Nov-03 4:48

does it allow for any action to be performed on the form during those 5 seconds? like clicking?

thx.

Guillermo Rivero3-Nov-03 5:03

Guillermo Rivero

3-Nov-03 5:03

Do you wanna build splash screen ?, if so, why you wanna performs clicks on the form ?

Give it a try man, it won't take more than 5 minutes.

Free your mind...

kobi13-Nov-03 5:24

3-Nov-03 5:24

I wish it was that simple..

I need to put an easter egg in the opening form.
I have a "about" button there, and I have a timer control set to 5000, with a ME.Close() code in the timer_elapsed(..) function, but I don't know how to open the next form I want to be opened.

R. Thomas3-Nov-03 6:01

R. Thomas

3-Nov-03 6:01

i wouldn't suggest putting th emain thread to sleep....
cause when u show the splash screen the user must have the opetion to click the splash screen to make it go away..so i suggest using a timer and then on click put unload form
for splash screen...are u able to add it yet?

Have a Super Blessed Day!
-------------------------
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expet."
Luke 12:40

kobi13-Nov-03 6:30

3-Nov-03 6:30

I go the main form to close, using a timer, but I don't know how to make a different form open after the "splash" screen closes.

Dave Kreskowiak4-Nov-03 12:39

4-Nov-03 12:39

OK. Your main form is NOT your splash screen. What you do in your main form is this: (From memory...so there may be some mistakes...)

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim SplashScreen As New Form2

    SplashScreen.Show()
End Sub

Now, Form2 is your splash screen. It has the timer on it and enables the 5 second countdown in it's Form_Activate or Form_Load event. When the timer expires, in it's event, just close the form:

Private Sub Form_Activate()
    Timer1.Interval = 5000
    Timer1.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
    Me.Close
End Sub

During the 5 second countdown, your Splash screen is able to respond to events just like any other form.

RageInTheMachine9532

Dave Kreskowiak4-Nov-03 14:42

printing to the printer with vb.net

4-Nov-03 14:42

Or for a quick VB.NET discussion on MSDN, try this[^]

RageInTheMachine9532

rich edit box

R. Thomas1-Nov-03 5:29

R. Thomas

1-Nov-03 5:29

hi,
i havea rich edit box...i wanan save its contents to a random access file and then retieve it back...
i know how to save a normal edit box's contents...
but i cant save the contents of a rich edit box...
can someone help with codes or an example of HOW TO SAVE AND RETRIEVE back the contents of a rich edit box thru RANDOM ACCESS FILE??
tks a lot... Smile | :)

Re: rich edit box

R. Thomas2-Nov-03 6:35

R. Thomas

2-Nov-03 6:35

what i mean is when we save a piece of text we save it with the help of a record no. in a random access file....
put ... ... ... ...
somethig like that....
so when we retieve...
we can use that record number to retieve what was saved.,...
in case of rich edit box...were is the record number???
if rich edit box is just ONE OF THE THINGS that is saved inside a random access file..
then how do i make sure that i get the contents of the rich edit box when i retieve it and not anything else?????
tks...

Have a Super Blessed Day!
-------------------------
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expet."
Luke 12:40

Re: rich edit box

J. Dunlap2-Nov-03 8:28

J. Dunlap

2-Nov-03 8:28

Joseph R. Thomas wrote:
if rich edit box is just ONE OF THE THINGS that is saved inside a random access file..
then how do i make sure that i get the contents of the rich edit box when i retieve it and not anything else?????

You always put it a the exact same place in the file, so that you know where it will be, and then you put something at the end of the rich text section to tell you where it stops, or you tell at the beginning of the section how long the section is so you can tell where it stops. Smile | :)

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Re: rich edit box

R. Thomas2-Nov-03 12:20

R. Thomas

2-Nov-03 12:20

coul du gimm an example or something please???
i have been trying and have been unsuccessfull all the way... Frown | :(

confused:
what if i have to write in a string then a type then a Rich edit bx content..???
i cant seem to make it work... Frown | :(

tks a lot..

Have a Super Blessed Day!
-------------------------
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expet."
Luke 12:40

yulyos31-Oct-03 23:59

yulyos

31-Oct-03 23:59

Hi,

printing to the printer with vb.net

how do i print to the printer from right to left with vb.net

example in vb6:

Printer.RightToLeft = True
Printer.Print "abcd"
Printer.EndDoc

please send me small example

thanking you in advance

From:
yulyos@yahoo.com

Random Access File (VB)

R. Thomas31-Oct-03 1:31

R. Thomas

31-Oct-03 1:31

hi,
i have a question...If i open up a Random Access file in a vb form...witha file number..
lets say then i need to unload the form and go to another form...and use the same file number....
can i take the file number acquired while opening one form to another???
how can i do it??

OR

is it better to open and close file at every form??instead of keeping the file number???isn't that bad..keep opening and closing the same file in every file???

can u tell me which way is better??

tks for help...

Have a Super Blessed Day!
-------------------------
For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
John 3:16
"Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expet."
Luke 12:40

Re: Random Access File (VB)

Dave Kreskowiak31-Oct-03 7:07