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But then is'nt it utilising extra resources. What is connection pooling for then? I don't understand why we can only attach one object with a connection. Then it means that if i have to query the same table again using a different object(SQLReader) then for that i have to open a new connection, despite of the fact that a connection is already open on that database, putting extra load on sql server(it dosen't sound much of an issue when we are using in a simple data application, but it is a big issue with a erp model based application).
I am using vb 2005 beta. don't u think that in the next version they should allow multiple objects on sqlconnection or am i wrong?
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Connection pooling is for recycling connection objects very rapdily. For example, when hundreds or thousands of users are hitting your data-driven web page, the connection objects are constantly being recycled in the pool, each making a single call to the database.
I don't know the reason behind why you can only attach one reader to a connection, maybe it's because of something to do with server-side cursors, who knows. But, best practice, unless absolutely necessary, is to open a connection, use it for whatever query you need, then close it and detroy the objects. This applies even if you have to open a new connection for a second simultaneous query.
You're really not putting that much of an extra load on the server. Going back to the website example, if connection pooling can open and close connections at a rate of thousands per second, how much of a load are you really puting on the server by opening a second connection in your application?
But, leaving a connection open DOES consume resources on the server. How many users are going to be hitting the database all at once? How much RAM is in the SQL server? How many connection licenses does your server have? Starting to get the picture?
And no, I don't think they should implement this feature to allow multiple command objects access to the same connection object. I think it'll promote bad practices, like people opening a global connection for the life of an application, which is a very bad idea!
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Hi,
How can you close a form form within another one.
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You can only do this if the current form has a reference to the form you want to close. If that's the case, all you have to do is call its Close() method.
What exactly are you trying to do with this?
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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I have one main form and then a settings form. When i change the settings i need to close the main form as the settings won't take effect till i restart the program. How to I create a reference to the form i want to close
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it depends on the scenrio you are using. like if setting form is the dialog form then on completion it will go to your main form and you can check the settings changed or not. If it is not the dialog then pass the main form reference to child form and on changing close the form by using this reference.
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I've been writing code for 27 years and I can't follow what you just wrote.
There is no need to pass a reference to anything or have a child form or whatever... It's simple. The Settings form deal with only changing the settings, it should do anything else. Let the main form worry about restarting the app, not some child form that shouldn't be worried about such things.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Let me simplify that a little bit... Your Settings form should deal with just that, changing the settings. It shouldn't have anything to do with restarting your application.
Your Main Form should launch the Settings Form as a Dialog (.ShowDialog). When the Settings Form is done saving any changes, it should set a flag exposed as Public in the Settings Form. When closed, control will return back to the Main Form immediately after the .ShowDialog statement. This is where you check that public property on the Settings Form (it's been closed, not removed from memory!) to see if you should restart your application or not. This is where you can launch another copy of your application and quit the current one.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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 How to print the current form or a particular file by browsing the window simply by clicking on the button
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You'r going to have to supply ALOT more detail than this. Printing the current form is no big deal, but what's with the "particular file by browsing the window simply by clicking on the button"? What are you talking about here.
Code: Printing a Windows Form (Visual Basic)[^] on MSDN.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Also you're going to have to let us know what version of VB you are using, for 6.0 printing the form is really simple (Me.printform), but in VB NET 2003 it's much more complicated. I had to do a project for a class that printed the form in 2003, utter chaos. I'll post the source later.
Treacherous_1
Here's what I came up with, it enables print preview, page setup, and printing in .NET 2003:
_________________________ Printing Form _____________________________
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Public Class frmMain
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
' storage for form image
Dim formImage As Bitmap
' create API prototype
Private Declare Function BitBlt Lib "gdi32.dll" Alias "BitBlt" (ByVal hdcDest As IntPtr, _
ByVal nXDest As Integer, ByVal nYDest As Integer, ByVal nWidth As Integer, ByVal nHeight As Integer, _
ByVal hdcSrc As IntPtr, ByVal nXSrc As Integer, ByVal nYSrc As Integer, ByVal dwRop As System.Int32) As Long
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Me.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.WindowsDefaultLocation
End Sub
Private Sub mnuFilePrint_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuFilePrint.Click
GetFormImage() 'Takes the screen shot to be printed
If pdbMgrReport.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
docMgrReport.Print()
End If
End Sub
Private Sub mnuFilePreview_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuFilePreview.Click
GetFormImage() 'Takes the screen shot to be previewed
Try
ppdMgrReport.ShowDialog()
Catch es As Exception
MessageBox.Show(es.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub mnuFileSetup_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuFileSetup.Click
With psdMgrReport
docMgrReport.DefaultPageSettings.Margins.Left = 0.5
docMgrReport.DefaultPageSettings.Margins.Top = 0.5
docMgrReport.DefaultPageSettings.Landscape = True
.PageSettings = docMgrReport.DefaultPageSettings
End With
Try
If psdMgrReport.ShowDialog = DialogResult.OK Then
docMgrReport.DefaultPageSettings = psdMgrReport.PageSettings
End If
Catch es As Exception
MessageBox.Show(es.Message)
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub mnuFileControl_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuFileControl.Click
nextForm = "frmPreview"
End Sub
Private Sub mnuFileExit_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles mnuFileExit.Click
nextForm = "Exit"
Me.Close()
End Sub
Private Sub PrintDocument1_PrintPage(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintPageEventArgs) _
Handles docMgrReport.PrintPage
e.Graphics.DrawImage(formImage, 50, 50)
End Sub
Private Sub GetFormImage()
Dim g As Graphics = Me.CreateGraphics()
Dim s As Size = Me.Size
formImage = New Bitmap(s.Width, s.Height, g)
Dim mg As Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(formImage)
Dim dc1 As IntPtr = g.GetHdc
Dim dc2 As IntPtr = mg.GetHdc
' added code to compute and capture the form
' title bar and borders
Dim widthDiff As Integer = _
(Me.Width - Me.ClientRectangle.Width)
Dim heightDiff As Integer = _
(Me.Height - Me.ClientRectangle.Height)
Dim borderSize As Integer = widthDiff \ 2
Dim heightTitleBar As Integer = heightDiff - borderSize
BitBlt(dc2, 0, 0, _
Me.ClientRectangle.Width + widthDiff, _
Me.ClientRectangle.Height + heightDiff, dc1, _
0 - borderSize, 0 - heightTitleBar, 13369376)
g.ReleaseHdc(dc1)
mg.ReleaseHdc(dc2)
End Sub
End Class
_________________________ Print Preview ________________________________
Public Class frmPreview
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
Private Sub ppcMgrReport_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ppcMgrReport.Click
Try
ppcMgrReport.Document = docMgrReport
Catch es As Exception
MessageBox.Show(es.Message)
End Try
End Sub
End Class
__________________________ Global Variables ____________________________
Module GlobalVariables
Public nextForm As String 'Which form should be displayed next?
Friend WithEvents docMgrReport As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintDocument
Public Sub main()
Dim frmCurrentForm As Form
frmCurrentForm = New frmMain
Do While nextForm <> "Exit"
Select Case nextForm
Case "Preview" : frmCurrentForm = New frmPreview
End Select
frmCurrentForm.ShowDialog()
Loop
End Sub
End Module
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Hi there,
Actually,i'm designing a IQ test program that include a lot of pictures to be display all together at the same time.And it has a option button to select the answer for each question. At the end,I can calculate the result. After i finish the a question, then i can easily go to the next question just by scrolling. So, i need a form big enough to fit all the pictures.
I wonder if VB isn't the right software to use?Or i need to change to other programming language. Thank you, I'm really grateful if you can help me and thanks again.
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VB Means VB6 or VB.Net . if vb.net then enable the scroll bar option in the form property and design your form as big as you want...
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OOO...what is the different between VB6 and VB.NET. Can vb.net complie to an execute file(.exe)?
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Of course it can! Well, all the .NET Framework managed code languages actually compiled to MSIL. When you double click the .EXE, the .NET Framework takes that and translates the MSIL into processor specific instructions on-the-fly.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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I have found that Win32_ServerSession in WMI returns the details of users that have connected to a network share. This is exactly the information that I am after, except that Win32_ServerSession doesn't work with Windows 2000.
Are there any API calls, registry locations, or older WMI providers that may supply this information on Windows 2000 machines?
Thanks in advance,
Paul T.
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i want to find all the name of the registry key present in the specifice key
suppose i have a folder(key) in the registry at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/MAINKEY
if there are five more folder in the in miankey
subkey1.....subkey5
i would like to have solution in vb6
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The solution is MUCH too long to post here. You'd have a better chance at looking at some existing examples, or maybe using an existing module. Google for "VB6 Registry" and you'll come up with tons of examples. Google Results[^]
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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Hi,
I have 2 windows form . both for startup based on some condition but i donno how to change startup form at run time. I just know that the form which has sub Main method can be used as startup only .
plz guide me in this regard .
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Have you tried adding a Module to your code?
Then you can shift the "Sub Main" code into the module, evaluate the condition, then launch the appropriate form.
Regards,
Paul T.
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Omnipass is software that comes with the APC biopod fingerprint scanner. This program can differenciate between password fields and none. This carries over to most software programs and the web. I recently completed a program that requires you to login with a password and i would like to login with the Omnipass software. But the Software does not recognize my form as having a password field on it. I just want to see if anyone knows what i can do to make omnipass recognize my program. Thank you
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Since we can't possibly know abou the tens of thousands of controls and libraries out there, you're best bet is to ask Softex.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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I had a feeling that what would be said because thats what i would say. I was just hoping maybe someone has already crossed that bridge. Thank you
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I've never heard of the product until you posted the question. Then it was a little matter of Googling. It looks like it's a pretty popular product for it's niche market. But that's your problem, it's a niche market product that doesn't have widespread use.
RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome
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