Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub - Visual Basic Discussion Boards

RickMagenta2-Jul-07 8:18

2-Jul-07 8:18

Hello

I have created an application in VB.NET using VS2005. I wanted to do a custom installation for it (not use ClickOnce), so I looked on the internet which showed me that I need to Add a New Project, and seclect the "Setup and Deployment" on the left and choose the correct template.

However I do not have this. Whenever I choose New Project, all, I get is the following:
* Windows Application
* Class Library
* Console Application
* My Movie Collection
* Screen Saver Startewr Kit
* Search Online Templates (which does nothing!!)

I have installed everything that came on my CD, VB, C#, C++, Java, Web, SQL. Why can I not see the same New Project dialog box as everyone else!

It's hard tp exlain without showing screenshots - but I don't know how to do this on this messagebox. Sorry.
I have looked in the Settings and cannot find any settings to turn this on or off.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Re: Corrupt VB.NET Installation??

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 8:21

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 8:21

Is this the Express edition? If so, it doesn't come with the Setup projects, nor does it support them. Express only supports ClickOnce deployment.

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Re: Corrupt VB.NET Installation??

RickMagenta2-Jul-07 12:03

RickMagenta

2-Jul-07 12:03

Yes it is the Express Edition. I believe it came free with a magazine!!

Assuming that it is not possible to download the template / project that is require to do the custom installations, what version of Visual Studio do I actually need?

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Re: Corrupt VB.NET Installation??

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 12:45

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 12:45

Any edition except Express. You can download the project templates all you want. They still won't work because the designer support to use them isn't in the Express editions.

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Re: Corrupt VB.NET Installation??

RickMagenta3-Jul-07 7:52

RickMagenta

3-Jul-07 7:52

OK.
In that case I will browse the inerent to find the best deal for VB.NET 2005 (or maybe even try Microsofts new version).

Thankyou for your time in resolving this matter for me.

Passing a DataTable to a Sub

HurricaneDan2-Jul-07 7:45

HurricaneDan

2-Jul-07 7:45

I have a Public Sub that returns values from an Access database and populates a combo box. I have another sub that is called when the selected value of the combo box changes. I want the second sub to be able to access the data table that was retrieved earlier and check for a flag that may or may not be set. Can a data table be passed? Or is this not the proper method to do this?

Thanks,

Dan

Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 8:22

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 8:22

Yes, you can pass a DataTable, but unless you're processing the data in the entire table, you should only be passing the row in question.

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Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

HurricaneDan2-Jul-07 8:49

HurricaneDan

2-Jul-07 8:49

How about this, what I have done is passed to the other the .text value of my combo box. So my function call looks like this:

<br />
TwentyFourHourReport(cboDiseaseName.Text)<br />

And inside of my sub I have created a new SQL statement that looks for the particular row in the data base that corresponds with the above .text value and return two columns, one for the DiseaseName and the other for TwentyFourHourFlag.

Thanks again Dave

Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 9:23

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 9:23

A combo has both value and display members. Usually, if you're going to pick something from a combo that's been populated by records from a table, you pass the value (normally the record ID) to a function that will return that record from the database.

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Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

HurricaneDan2-Jul-07 10:08

HurricaneDan

2-Jul-07 10:08

Dave,

While in a meeting I had some time to think about this. What I am trying to do is this, I have a Sub that populates the combo box on a form -

<br />
Public Sub DiseaseList(ByVal connectionString As String)<br />
        'Disease List<br />
        Dim strSQLDiseaseList As String = "Select DiseaseName, DiseaseCode, SurveillanceFormFlag, TwentyFourHRReportFlag, CausativeOrganismFlag, SerotypeFlag, SiteOfInfectionFlag From Disease"<br />
        Dim daDisease As New OleDbDataAdapter(strSQLDiseaseList, connectionString)<br />
        Dim dtDisease As New DataTable("Disease")<br />
<br />
        Try<br />
            daDisease.Fill(dtDisease)<br />
        Catch ex As Exception<br />
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)<br />
        End Try<br />
<br />
        'daDisease.Fill(dtDisease)<br />
<br />
        With cboDiseaseName<br />
            .DropDownStyle = ComboBoxStyle.DropDownList<br />
            .DataSource = dtDisease<br />
            .DisplayMember = "DiseaseName"<br />
            .ValueMember = "DiseaseCode"<br />
            .SelectedIndex = cboDiseaseName.FindStringExact("")<br />
        End With<br />
        'End Disease List<br />
    End Sub<br />

Then I have an event for SelectedValueChanged -

<br />
Private Sub cboDiseaseName_SelectedValueChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cboDiseaseName.SelectedValueChanged<br />
        Dim strDiseaseName As String<br />
<br />
        TwentyFourHourReport(cboDiseaseName.Text, StrConnectionToDatabase())<br />
    End Sub<br />

I will eventually have 4 function calls in the above Sub to test for flags set in the database.

In the function (which I am still in the middle of writing) will test to see if the flag is set, if it is then it will display a label informing the user of a 24 hour reporting criteria.

Having read your most recent reply I was thinking that I could actually query the DataTable that I filled with the first Sub to find out if the TwentyFourHRReportFlag is set. This way I am not making another call to the database when I should have the data in a DataTable already.

Also, if I place a message box in the cboDiseaseName_SelectedValueChanged Sub I will get that message box to pop up about 4 times before the form actually loads. I think it is due to database calls for the other combo boxes but I am not sure. Is there a better way than SelectedValueChanged to be the event to check for changed criteria?

Thanks,

Dan

Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 10:13

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 10:13

HurricaneDan wrote:
This way I am not making another call to the database when I should have the data in a DataTable already

Great! Why make another round trip if you already have the data. All you have to do if Filter the datatable by the DiseaseCode and you should get a single row returned.

HurricaneDan wrote:
Also, if I place a message box in the cboDiseaseName_SelectedValueChanged Sub I will get that message box to pop up about 4 times before the form actually loads.

SelectedValue will get fired once after the combo is bound to the data. If you have a MsgBox in each combobox's SelectedValueChanged event, this is why you're getting 4 Message Boxs.

No, there is no "better method" of doing this.

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Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

HurricaneDan2-Jul-07 14:41

HurricaneDan

2-Jul-07 14:41

Right now I only have the MsgBox in the one Sub but it calls it multiple times. I have something I will try when I get into work tomorrow and see if this works.

I have also been reading some various posts on CP and I have noticed that you are one of the most active posters. I have also seen some of your posts to people in answer to some crazy questions. Your patience is pretty good. Did you ever find out what the hell >.< means? It looks like a set of mouse whiskers.

Thanks again,

Dan

Re: Passing a DataTable to a Sub

Dave Kreskowiak3-Jul-07 2:01

Dave Kreskowiak

3-Jul-07 2:01

HurricaneDan wrote:
have also been reading some various posts on CP and I have noticed that you are one of the most active posters. I have also seen some of your posts to people in answer to some crazy questions. Your patience is pretty good.

After doing this for 4 years, you can really tell the difference between the newbies who want their hjomework done for them and the people who actually have a question! Big Grin | :-D

HurricaneDan wrote:
Did you ever find out what the hell >.< means?

Nope.

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Get serial number of monitor

ctlqt122-Jul-07 7:08

ctlqt12

2-Jul-07 7:08

Hi all,

How to get serial number of monitor?
I think that's difficult, because in our system environment variables, serial number of monitor is not record.

If you have any ideas, please tell me.

Thank you

Re: Get serial number of monitor

Dave Kreskowiak2-Jul-07 8:32

Dave Kreskowiak

2-Jul-07 8:32

The only reliable way to get the serial number of the monitor is to turn it around and look at the tag with your Mark 1 Eye Ball.

It can be done in code, but not reliably. There is nothing in the EDID spec that says the manufacturer of a monitor has to supply the serial number in the data the monitor sends to the machine.

Here[^] is the code sample to do it. Be sure to read the code comments for why this will not work 100% of the time.

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Virtual keyboard window focus and SendMessage.

remarkpk112-Jul-07 6:20

remarkpk11

2-Jul-07 6:20

Hi All,

I'm developing an on-screen keyboard using VB.NET and need some advice. Currently, I'm using a few User32 API calls to GetActiveWindow() and SetActiveWindow(). Right now, I've got the active window handle number and using it as follows: SetActiveWindow(8975651603260375040), which seems to work... kind of. The desired window receives the focus but as the user types, the window receiving the focus flickers as my keyboard application sets focus to it just before it sends the keystroke to that window.

The keystroke is indeed sent to that window, but as suggested by another Code Project member, I would like for my keyboard to always keep the focus and then use SendMessage or SendInput to send the key strokes to the desired window that the user had previous selected before they began typing.

I've googled SendMessage, SendInput, etc, and not found many examples that illustrate window focus and how SendMessage actually works in the context of a virtual keyboard.

Any help would be much appreciated!!

Thank! -Patrick

button on a datagrid cell

cutequencher2-Jul-07 6:19

cutequencher

2-Jul-07 6:19

i want to make a cell of a datagrid as a button...

i am using .NewRow predefined function to add a new row.. i am not using any data adapter neither data set... i am adding new row straight to the datagrid...

what should i need to do...

please help me...

i am using vb.net 2002.

if ever, much better if you can give me sample codes. thanks!

Re: button on a datagrid cell

remarkpk112-Jul-07 6:26

remarkpk11

2-Jul-07 6:26

Depending on where the new row is added, you can use a RowDoubleClick or Click event to process the data in that field. For example, if the row is added to the end of the data grid, you can use a collection of the rows and access the last element of the collection array directly.

Then, you could systematically go through the cells you want to extract the data out of by passing the column name to one of the functions provided by the data grid class (something like SelectedIndex() or Index() and then you pass the name of the column).

Hope this helps.

Re: button on a datagrid cell

cutequencher2-Jul-07 6:29

cutequencher

2-Jul-07 6:29

i already know about that... but i really need to put a button in a cell. but thanx anyway...

Re: button on a datagrid cell

remarkpk112-Jul-07 6:34

remarkpk11

2-Jul-07 6:34

Oh, sorry. Didn't understand what you meant. Good luck!

Hide a property that isn't overridable...

Nick Rioux2-Jul-07 3:46

Nick Rioux

2-Jul-07 3:46

I'm creating a control and don't want it to be resizable. Most people say to hide it from the designer and throw an error when it's called, but I can't do that because the Size property isn't overrideable! Right now I set the size back the the default height and width in the resize event, but this may be confusing to the user as it looks resizable.

Thanks,
Nick

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