Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe - Visual Basic Discussion Boards

jithen_dt6-Apr-04 20:07

6-Apr-04 20:07

You need not write saperate help files for each control,
what you can do is create 1 help file which has help info
about all controls in your app, and in the control property
provide different help keywords.

Every thing is MAYA

DataGrid Error - Need help

ibok236-Apr-04 15:20

ibok23

6-Apr-04 15:20

I have added a data grid. I am trying to change the default header of each column to another name. For example:

dgtsPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(0).HeaderText = "Employee ID"
        dgtsPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(0).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center

I keep getting an error. I want my first column to have employee id as the header. Any Sugggestion

Thank you,

ibok23

Re: DataGrid Error - Need help

Dave Kreskowiak6-Apr-04 17:48

Dave Kreskowiak

6-Apr-04 17:48

ibok23 wrote:
I keep getting an error.

And that error would be ....?

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: DataGrid Error - Need help

ibok237-Apr-04 2:47

ibok23

7-Apr-04 2:47

I am trying to put a header on each of my columns in my data grid. I have the columns already there, but with a different name from when I made the data relations. For example on column one it has "fldEmployeeId". I just want "Employee ID". I am getting an error while trying to run it. It is telling me that

An unhandled exception of type 'System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException' occurred in mscorlib.dllAdditional information: Index was out of range. Must be non-negative and less than the size of the collection.

The error is on the first line in this part of the code.

What am I doing wrong? I have a total of 6 columns. Any suggestions.

dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(0).HeaderText = "Employee ID"
        dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(0).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center        
dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(1).HeaderText = "Payroll ID" 
       dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(1).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center        
dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(2).HeaderText = "Pay Date" 
       dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(2).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center       
 dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(3).HeaderText = "Gross Pay"  
      dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(3).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right        
dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(4).HeaderText = "Withholding" 
       dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(4).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right        
dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(5).HeaderText = "Net Pay" 
       dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles(5).Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Right

Thank you,

ibok23

Re: DataGrid Error - Need help

Dave Kreskowiak7-Apr-04 5:51

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Apr-04 5:51

You need to create the GridColumnStyle first, then added it to the GridColumStylesCollection. Just indexing a GridColumnStyleCollection, like your doing, will not create a new column.

    Dim newGridColumnStyle As New GridColumnStyle
    newGridColumnStyle.HeaderText = "Employee ID"
    newGridColumnStyle.Alignment = HorizontalAlignment.Center
 
    dgPayrollInfo.GridColumnStyles.Add( newGridColumStyle )
    .
    .
    .

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: DataGrid Error - Need help

Member 7660846-Apr-04 21:33

Member 766084

6-Apr-04 21:33

Dim GridTableStyle1 As New DataGridTableStyle()<br />
GridTableStyle1.MappingName = "Customer"<br />
'Customer is the name of the table in the dataset<br />
<br />
Dim GridColStyle1 As New DataGridTextBoxColumn()<br />
        With GridColStyle1<br />
            .HeaderText = "ID"<br />
            .MappingName = "CustID"<br />
<br />
        End With<br />
GridTableStyle1.GridColumnStyles.Add(GridColStyle1)<br />
<br />
MyDataGrid.TableStyles.Add(GridTableStyle1)

Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

nvmoss6-Apr-04 11:05

nvmoss

6-Apr-04 11:05

I am finishing up the deployment package for my first VB.NET application. Is there a way I can add the VB redistributable to my startup project so that it will automatically install before my application, if it isn't already on the target machine?

Thanks!

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

Dave Kreskowiak6-Apr-04 11:15

Dave Kreskowiak

6-Apr-04 11:15

No because your VB.NET app won't even launch without the .NET Framework already installed.

You'll have to install the framework during your app's installation. Search CodeProject and www.GotDotNet.com for articles on Bootstrapping Setup.

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

nvmoss7-Apr-04 3:20

nvmoss

7-Apr-04 3:20

OK - I downloaded the dotnetfx.exe file and the Bootstrap example. I think I have those correct, but in one of the MSDN article on this, it says that "The following line of code launches a silent install of Dotnetfx.exe:

dotnetfx.exe /q:a /c:"install /l /q"

Nowhere does it say where this code goes, or how it is called. This is my first VB.NET applicationm and things like this are very frustrating. Can anyone tell me how to implement this command? I am trying to put this application on a CD snd set it up so that the install begins automatically when the CD is inserted in the target computer, or the CD is inserted and the user clicks on "Startup" in the "Run" dialog box.

Thanks!

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

Dave Kreskowiak7-Apr-04 5:55

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Apr-04 5:55

That command goes inside the Bootstrap sample. i haven't seen the code for it yet, mainly because I've deployed the .NET Framework to all of my client machines so I dont have to worry about this problem...

I'll check into the bootstrap sample and let you know...

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

Dave Kreskowiak7-Apr-04 6:03

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Apr-04 6:03

OK. After looking at the docs for the Setup.exe bootstrap sample, you don't have to do anything with that command. It just said that that is the command that will be used to start the setup for the .NET Framework. All you need to do is create a Settings.ini file with the appropriate information in it and make sure it is in the same directory as the Setup.exe file:

CD Root Directory

Setup.exe
Settings.ini
dotnetfx.exe
myapp.msi
any other files your app needs...

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

nvmoss9-Apr-04 5:05

nvmoss

9-Apr-04 5:05

I tried that and the .NET Framework installed, but the innstall was visible to the user. Isn't there a way to have .NET Framework install in the background?

Thanks!

Re: Deployment with dotnetfx.exe

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa7-Apr-04 18:32

Sarvesvara (BVKS) Dasa

7-Apr-04 18:32

If you are using .NET framework 1.1 then download and use the following plugin for VS.NET from Microsoft. Its cool and simple. Any doubts please feel free to ask, I have used this for Windows, Web application installation Smile | :)

Using Visual Studio .NET 2003 to Redistribute the .NET Framework[^]

He who controls others may be powerful,
But he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

Split function

leezardd6-Apr-04 5:40

leezardd

6-Apr-04 5:40

Dim chrEachCharOut() As String =
Split(txtAcctInXor.Text, "^")

For Each chrSet In chrEachCharOut
‘do stuff here
Next

txtAcctInXor.Text contains 14^7^26^90

After the Split, chrEachCharOut has a length of 5. I was expecting 3 since the split returns a zero-based array containing the substrings. Why is the length 5? If I step thru the code I see 14, then 7, then 26, then 90, then I receive the following error -'System.InvalidCastException' occurred …”….Additional information: Cast from string "" to type 'Integer' is not valid. I only want the information between the ^ to be returned to me. Any ideas?

All help appreciated!

Re: Split function

Mike Ellison6-Apr-04 5:50

Mike Ellison

6-Apr-04 5:50

Hi nug. Are you sure that txtAcctInXor.Text contains "14^7^26^90" and not "14^7^26^90^" with an extra "^" at the end?

Re: Split function

leezardd6-Apr-04 5:59

leezardd

6-Apr-04 5:59

Sorry, there is an extra ^ at the end.

Re: Split function

Mike Ellison6-Apr-04 6:02

Mike Ellison

6-Apr-04 6:02

It happens to the best of us Wink | ;)

Windows CRC Programming Requested

Member 9170836-Apr-04 5:14

Member 917083

6-Apr-04 5:14

Hi All,

I am writting a CRC program (for Windows use) now for my project. But, the code not working so far. Any of you have a sample code for me?

Code in VB.Net is my preference.

Thanks in advance!

FG

Re: Windows CRC Programming Requested

Dave Kreskowiak6-Apr-04 6:11

Dave Kreskowiak

6-Apr-04 6:11

Your going to have to post a more specific question!

What's not working? What are you having a problem with?

RageInTheMachine9532

Re: Windows CRC Programming Requested

Member 9170837-Apr-04 3:59

Member 917083

7-Apr-04 3:59

Hi,

The whole programming can't run. When I run, it show me some header file cant work.

Please advise.

Thanks.

Re: Windows CRC Programming Requested

Dave Kreskowiak7-Apr-04 5:26

Dave Kreskowiak

7-Apr-04 5:26

You can do better than that! What's the EXACT message the compile spits out and what does the code look like around that line. Without it, there is nothing we can do to help you with the problem.

RageInTheMachine9532

Removing program

LeprosyLM6-Apr-04 4:52

LeprosyLM

6-Apr-04 4:52

Is there a way to access the programs that are built into the add/remove program in control panel. I want to be able to write a vb program or script that removes the .net framework silently. Is it possibly to access what happens when you go to the control panel and click add/remove programmically?
thanks in advance
lep

Re: Removing program

Dave Kreskowiak6-Apr-04 6:10

Dave Kreskowiak

6-Apr-04 6:10

The easy way to uninstall an app is to use the System.Management classes and WMI. You would be using the Win32_Product class. The downside is it won't do a silent uninstall.

The hard way would be to use the Windows Installer API's. The documentation starts here[^]. The upside of using this method is that you get total control of how the uninstall behaves. The down side is it's complexity.

I hope your doing in in VB6 and not VB.NET. Trying to write a program in VB.NET to uninstall the .NET Framework is never going to work since you cannot uninstall something that your program absolutely needs in order to run...

RageInTheMachine9532

Multilingual in VB6

adarsh_sebiz6-Apr-04 3:47

adarsh_sebiz

6-Apr-04 3:47

Hi all..

Can anybody there guide me regarding how to implement multilingua support in Visual Basic 6?
Basically, i m trying to build an application in which i could give different language options, and depending upon selected language option i would be able to change my application layout(in terms of language).

NOTE:
smaple codes will really help me a lot, as i m new in this filed.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,
ADARSH

Finding focus on windows forms

David O6-Apr-04 0:47

David O

6-Apr-04 0:47

I am trying to code a generic function under the Click event of an Edit > Copy menu. It needs to get the text value of the current textbox (or whatever) and place that value on the clipboard. I tried the following:

Clipboard.SetDataObject(Me.ActiveControl.Text)

However, the window form in question actually contains a grid and a second windows form container which has the actual text boxes on it. As a result, "ActiveControl" is in fact the containing control.

As a convert from a 4GL to VB.NET, I am struggling with the basic issues like getting the currently focused control. Most of the examples are so basic as to be useless in a real application. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
David

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