Re: Text Box Coloration - Visual Basic Discussion Boards

Re: I need help with Panels on vb .net

Dave Kreskowiak31-May-07 5:38

Dave Kreskowiak

31-May-07 5:38

Easy enough. Remove it from the Controls collection of Panel1 and add it to the collection of Panel2.

Private Sub ButtonsClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ....
    Dim btn As Button = DirectCast(sender, Button)
    Panel1.Controls.Remove(btn)
    Panel2.Controls.Add(btn)
End Sub

Warning! This code is not tested. You get what you pay for. It will NOT check to see if the control is actually a member of Panel1's Controls collection before attempting to remove it from the collection!

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regular expression to validate UserName

santy14331-May-07 4:05

santy143

31-May-07 4:05

I want the regular expression to validate the following things in RegularExpressionValidator(REV)

1. Contain at least 6 alphanumeric characters.
2. NOT be all numeric
3. NOT allow the User ID to be House OR Guest

Can any one suggest on this.....Thanks in advance.

Kumar Santhosh.

Re: regular expression to validate UserName

TwoFaced31-May-07 4:44

TwoFaced

31-May-07 4:44

Check out this site. http://www.ultrapico.com/Expresso.htm[^]It's a great utility you can use to test regular expressions. There is also a basic tutorial on regular expressions that will help you get started.

DataGridView Image Column

Kschuler31-May-07 3:43

Kschuler

31-May-07 3:43

I have a project which displays data in a datagridview control. The first column is an image column that uses the image of a pencil to symbolize editing the record. Up until now that has worked fine, but now I need to hide the icon for selected records, based on a flag. How can I hide the icon in one row but not the others? I've tried looping through the grid and setting the visibility of just that cell to false, but it is a read only property. If I can't do it with an image column, what kind of work around should I look at? I would appreciate any advice and/or links to articles that deal with this issue. Thanks.

Re: DataGridView Image Column

Dave Kreskowiak31-May-07 4:05

Dave Kreskowiak

31-May-07 4:05

You can't change the visibility of the cell. You have to change the value of the cell based on your requirements. There is either going to be an image in that cell, or there isn't. See what I'm saying? Either that, or the other option is to change that picture that's in the cell. One with a pencil, the other blank.

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Re: DataGridView Image Column

Kschuler31-May-07 5:09

Kschuler

31-May-07 5:09

Thanks! I guess I wasn't looking for cell value because previously my column was unbound. I'm able to accomplish my goal now by binding the column and setting the value to either the pencil image or the blank. Thank you very much for your help.

Text Box Coloration

Ian Uy31-May-07 3:18

Ian Uy

31-May-07 3:18

Hi Sir/Maam,

I have designed an assembler for 80x86 assembly language using VB6.

The app itself is working fine and im in the proccess of beatification.

What I want to do now is to COLORIZE the opcodes (Mneumonics/Commands) according to type.

Example:
MOV AL,AH -> Data Transfer Instruction -> Blue
MUL BL -> Arithmetic Instruction -> Red
SAL AL -> Bit Manipulation Instruction Orange
Comments -> Green

So, say the user type MOV, I want my program to color it BLUE. Just like a modern day compiler.

After much research, I've learned that I should have used a RTF box as opossed to an ordinary textbox.

Is there a way to procceed using a textbox? and can you please guide me to the right path.

Thank you great geniuses!

Re: Text Box Coloration

Dave Kreskowiak31-May-07 4:02

Dave Kreskowiak

31-May-07 4:02

Ian Uy wrote:
The app itself is working fine and im in the proccess of beatification.

You're getting your application blessed by the Pope? Click[^]

Ian Uy wrote:
After much research, I've learned that I should have used a RTF box as opossed to an ordinary textbox.

Not quite. It's possible to do, but the colorization process gets slower and slower with the longer the text in the RTB. Do some research on the project first[^] before you waste your time on coding something that may disappoint you.

There is no way to do this using a TextBox. It only support a single color for the entire contents of the box.

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Re: Text Box Coloration

Ian Uy31-May-07 4:04

Ian Uy

31-May-07 4:04

Sorry Sir bout the spelling. Beautification. LOL.

Ok, I'll try to change it to RTB. Thanks.

MSI Versioning

lucyzhu31-May-07 3:12

lucyzhu

31-May-07 3:12

How can I give a version to MSI install package and where can I see the version of MSI afterwards?

string

WhiteGirl2331-May-07 2:39

WhiteGirl23

31-May-07 2:39

Hi,
I must split a string after the numbers of his letters(the size of the string).

i want to do something like this:

dim str as string<br />
<br />
 If Len(str) > 4000 Then<br />
            str = str.Split(.

..)

help please

regards.

Re: string

Christian Graus31-May-07 2:46

Christian Graus

31-May-07 2:46

use the SubString method instead.

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Re: string

shally_7931-May-07 2:47

shally_79

31-May-07 2:47

hello dear,
u can use this
str = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Mid(str, 4000)
or use
str = str.Substring(4000)
love
shally

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Re: string

WhiteGirl2331-May-07 3:38

WhiteGirl23

31-May-07 3:38

thanks,it works

Re: string

Guffa31-May-07 5:25

Guffa

31-May-07 5:25

shally_79 wrote:
str = Microsoft.VisualBasic.Mid(str, 4000)
or use
str = str.Substring(4000)

Note that these give different results, as indices are one based in Mid and zero based in Substring.

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Transfer Cursor via Enter Key Input

Duane in Japan31-May-07 2:19

Duane in Japan

31-May-07 2:19

First time here, thanks in advance for any help. I am currently finishing up a project that does not use Buttons and I have been able to move around through 50 user input boxes via the TAB key. I have used _Validating so when I TAB out of the block of code, the code is activated automatically.

TextBox1_Validating..............Checkbox1_Validating............, its all good and it all works. I only need the Checkboxes under certain scenarios and I cannot program and infinite number of scenarios, so, to make my project completely Button and mouse free, I would like to move from a textbox to a checkbox the sits right next to it when needed by pushing the Enter Key.

I have done my homework and have not seen anything of the sort, I do not need the Enter key anywhere else in my code nor does it work even if I accidently bump it.

Duane in Japan

Sorry, I have VB Studio '05.

Re: Transfer Cursor via Enter Key Input

Marcus J. Smith31-May-07 2:47

Marcus J. Smith

31-May-07 2:47

Add the following line to your form load for each control that it is relevant for.

AddHandler uxControlWhereEnteredKeyPressed.KeyPress, AddressOf Me.NameOfEventToHandleThis

Here's the event.

Private Sub NameOfEventToHandleThis(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyPressEventArgs)
        If e.KeyChar = Chr(13) Then
            SelectNextControl(Me.ActiveControl, True, False, True, True)
            e.Handled = True
        End If
End Sub

The False will stop on Non-tab stop items so just make sure your tab order is in the correct order but set the CheckBoxes to TabStop = False.

If you want to speed up adding the handler use the following snippet of code.

For Each ControlOnForm In Me.Controls
                If TypeOf ControlOnForm Is TextBox Then
                        DirectCast(ControlOnForm, TextBox).KeyPress, AddressOf Me.NameOfEventToHandleThis
                End If
Next

I hope this helps.

_Cle^aKO

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Re: Transfer Cursor via Enter Key Input

Duane in Japan31-May-07 13:15

Duane in Japan

31-May-07 13:15

Thanks for your assistance, sorry, I am still a bit new to naming conventions, I have been sticking to the default names so I am not sure what to insert into your code. This includes the Form Load line of code also please. I have set the TAB index up to what I believe is by your instructions. Here is a piece of what I am working with. Where do I insert your code and how do I name the events.

Private Sub TextBox5_Validating(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox5.Validating
Dim Box2 As Double = 0
Dim Box5 As Double = 0
If TextBox5.Text.Length = 0 Then
'http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/139z2azd.aspx, MsgBox
MsgBox("A 'B1' value is required.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
e.Cancel = True
ElseIf Not IsNumeric(TextBox5.Text) Then
MsgBox("This 'B1' value is not numeric.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
e.Cancel = True
'http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.checkbox.checked(VS.80).aspx, CheckBox
ElseIf CheckBox2.Checked Then
e.Cancel = False
Else
Box2 = CDbl(TextBox2.Text)
Box5 = CDbl(TextBox5.Text)
TextBox3.Text = CStr(Box5 + 1)
TextBox4.Text = CStr(Box2 - Box5)
End If
If Box5 <= 0 Then
MsgBox("Your 'B1' value must be greater than zero.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
ElseIf e.Cancel = True Then
End If
TextBox35.Clear()
TextBox36.Clear()
TextBox37.Clear()
TextBox38.Clear()
TextBox39.Clear()
End Sub

Private Sub CheckBox2_Validating(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles CheckBox2.Validating
TextBox35.Text = TextBox5.Text
TextBox36.Focus()
End Sub

If needed right now, I would like to hit the enter key and go from textbox5 to checkbox2.

Duane in Japan

Re: Transfer Cursor via Enter Key Input

Marcus J. Smith1-Jun-07 1:31

Marcus J. Smith

1-Jun-07 1:31

If you double click on the form itself that is the form load event. You would put the handler piece in that method.

The other part would be it's own function and would happen when you hit enter in the textboxes that you assign a handler to. The validating would still occur and if it didnt validate correctly you would just call e.Cancel = True in the validating event.

_Cle^aKO

"Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

Re: Transfer Cursor via Enter Key Input

Duane in Japan3-Jun-07 4:12

Duane in Japan

3-Jun-07 4:12

This is just one of ten exact calculation events, with the code that you gave, with limited infor from me, it worked but some code later in the calculator was not working properly.

The Enter key did something to the CheckBox and its name (CheckBox + Label) but it did not physically check the box, since my entire project is about Validating and the Checkbox was not actually Checked then code later did not run as intended.

Played with your code unnecessarily and played with some of my own guessing until I just had to add in CheckBox2.Checked = True. within your code so more of my code could run later.

Thanks again to all for this help, sorry for taking so long to get back, this forum moves fast.

I put the correct line of code in the Form.Load event up top too.

Private Sub TextBox5_Validating(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles TextBox5.Validating
Dim Box2 As Double = 0
Dim Box5 As Double = 0
TextBox5.SelectAll()
If TextBox5.Text.Length = 0 Then
'http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/139z2azd.aspx, MsgBox
MsgBox("A 'B1' value is required.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
e.Cancel = True
ElseIf Not IsNumeric(TextBox5.Text) Then
MsgBox("This 'B1' value is not numeric.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
e.Cancel = True
'http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.checkbox.checked(VS.80).aspx, CheckBox
ElseIf CheckBox2.Checked Then
e.Cancel = False
Else
'http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ewf8xx62(VS.80).aspx, Convertion
Box2 = CDbl(TextBox2.Text)
Box5 = CDbl(TextBox5.Text)
TextBox3.Text = CStr(Box5 + 1)
TextBox4.Text = CStr(Box2 - Box5)
End If
If Box5 <= 0 Then
MsgBox("Your 'B1' value must be greater than zero.", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation)
ElseIf e.Cancel = True Then
End If
TextBox35.Clear()
TextBox36.Clear()
TextBox37.Clear()
TextBox38.Clear()
TextBox39.Clear()
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox5_Validating(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As KeyPressEventArgs)
If e.KeyChar = Chr(13) Then
SelectNextControl(Me.ActiveControl, True, False, True, True)
CheckBox2.Checked = True
e.Handled = True
End If
End Sub

Private Sub CheckBox2_Validating(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles CheckBox2.Validating
TextBox35.Text = TextBox5.Text
TextBox36.Text = 0
TextBox37.Focus()
End Sub

DataGridView columns reorder themselves when I open the designer

Marcus J. Smith31-May-07 1:41

Marcus J. Smith

31-May-07 1:41

I manually re-ordered the DataGridView columns many times until I thought, Ahhh I can do this in code, so I did the following (note this grid contains many columns but I removed them for simplicity).

uxInformationGrid.Columns.Clear()
Me.uxInformationGrid.Columns.AddRange(New System.Windows.Forms.DataGridViewColumn() {Me.IDColumn, Me.NameColumn})

The problem with this is that it doesnt do anything. Is there a piece missing from here?

_Cle^aKO

"Now, a man would have opened both gates, driven through and not bothered to close either gate." - Marc Clifton (The Lounge)

Re: DataGridView columns reorder themselves when I open the designer

shally_7931-May-07 2:59

shally_79

31-May-07 2:59

hello,Please try by changing DataGridViewColumn() to DataGridViewTextBoxColumn
Rose | [Rose]

shally

Group by/sum average

cstrader23231-May-07 1:32

cstrader232

31-May-07 1:32

I need to get a dataview containing the sums, counts and averages of columns in a datatable that have the
same value in another column. For instamce the SUM returned dataview from this table:

A B
1 5
2 10
1 5
2 10

should return

A B
1 10
2 20

What is the computationally fastest way to do this?

tia!

Re: Group by/sum average

Guffa31-May-07 1:44

Guffa

31-May-07 1:44

Make a nested query. Example:

select Cnt, sum(Value)
from (
	select count(*) as Cnt, Value
	from SomeTable
	group by Value
) as x
group by Cnt

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Re: Group by/sum average

cstrader23231-May-07 3:05

cstrader232

31-May-07 3:05

OK, I see that an SQL query is good.

But I have a local datatable -- it doesn't have or need an SQL connection or dataadapter.

Should I make one to do this selection? (seems like a lot of overhead?)

Or is there a better alternative - perhaps a loop is faster?

Thanks

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