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Re: Office-like menu...

The ANZAC16-Jul-06 21:40

The ANZAC

16-Jul-06 21:40

When you sy main menu, are you referring to a menustrip that you have placed on the form.

Posted by The ANZAC

Re: Office-like menu...

Agus Budianto18-Jul-06 0:15

Agus Budianto

18-Jul-06 0:15

yes, i am.. i dont know how to add icon to it.

Re: Office-like menu...

giddy_guitarist16-Jul-06 21:44

giddy_guitarist

16-Jul-06 21:44

i dont know about VB.NET.But in VB6 you need to use this API function:

Declare Function ModifyMenu Lib "user32" Alias "ModifyMenuA" (ByVal hMenu As Long, ByVal nPosition As Long, ByVal wFlags As Long, ByVal wIDNewItem As Long, ByVal lpString As Any) As Long

This is how you use it in VB6

Get the handle of the form's menu<br />
hMenu = GetMenu(Me.hWnd)<br />
'Get the handle of the form's submenu<br />
hSubMenu = GetSubMenu(hMenu, 0)<br />
<br />
'Change first item (index=0)<br />
picBitmaps(0).Picture = picBitmaps(0).Image<br />
lngID = GetMenuItemID(hSubMenu, 0)<br />
Call ModifyMenu(hMenu, lngID, MF_BITMAP, lngID, CLng(picBitmaps(0).Picture))<br />

i heard VB.NET has some API inbuilt.So look it up OK!

hope i helped
Gideon Laugh | :laugh:

Re: Office-like menu...

Agus Budianto18-Jul-06 0:18

Agus Budianto

18-Jul-06 0:18

ok, i will try it out, thankz for the info.. Wink | ;)

Ghost

Help Please

mayoush16-Jul-06 2:27

mayoush

16-Jul-06 2:27

I NEED HELP IN VB.NET CAN ANYONE HELP ME PLEASE
I NEED TO SEND A VIDEO FILE THROUGH THE INTERNET USING AN ADSL CONNECTIONS
CAN ANY ONE HELP ME WITH THAT
THX A LOT
YOUR,
MAY

Re: Help Please

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 10:40

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 10:40

First, read this[^].

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

File transfer

mayoush16-Jul-06 1:37

mayoush

16-Jul-06 1:37

HELLO,
i need some help please
i need to send a video file through the internet using an ADSL connection, can anyone help me please??
yours
may

Re: File transfer

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 2:13

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 2:13

The type of connection doesn't matter. What does matter is how your sending this file. Is your application a server, streaming the file to a Media Player, or are you trying to upload this file to a web server, FTP server, ...???

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Re: File transfer

mayoush16-Jul-06 2:30

mayoush

16-Jul-06 2:30

I'M TRYING TO UPLOAD THE FILE TO A FTP SERVER

Re: File transfer

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 10:41

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 10:41

You could have said that in your original post.

Is there some reason why your YELLING?

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Re: File transfer

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 12:26

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 12:26

Under the .NET Framework 2.0, you can use the WebFtpRequest[^] class. The link is complete with examples.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Re: File transfer

mayoush16-Jul-06 21:36

mayoush

16-Jul-06 21:36

thx

make string to contain quote doubles (")

pedestrian79716-Jul-06 1:11

pedestrian797

16-Jul-06 1:11

I'm using VB2005, how to make a string to contain double quotes?

and MORE IMPORTANTLY how to replace an existing string to contain double quotes?

eg. FROM visual basic TO vi"sua"l b"asi"c

I appreciate your help. Wink | ;)

Re: make string to contain quote doubles (")

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 2:10

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 2:10

In a string, you specify double quotes by using pairs of them:

Dim str As String = "vi""sua""l b""asi""c"

pedestrian797 wrote:
how to replace an existing string to contain double quotes?

Smae as you would any other String Replace operation.

' Replace all occurances of ' with "
newStr = str.Replace("'", """")

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Re: make string to contain quote doubles (")

pedestrian79716-Jul-06 14:47

pedestrian797

16-Jul-06 14:47

That's great! Thanks ... Cool | :cool:

Microsoft SQLHelper

Chintan Parikh16-Jul-06 0:56

Chintan Parikh

16-Jul-06 0:56

Hi ,
I have been using SQLHelper.vb provided by Microsoft in DAAB
But looking at the long itrating code ..

IS IT ADVISABLE TO USE SQLHelper.VB FOR Applications With Heavy Data Access Rate

Thanx

Vola !!!!

Re: Microsoft SQLHelper

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 2:05

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 2:05

Chintan Parikh wrote:
IS IT ADVISABLE TO USE SQLHelper.VB FOR Applications With Heavy Data Access Rate

I've never had any problems with it, but then again, that all depends on your definition of "Heavy Data Access Rate"!

You could write a smaller test app against the library, simulating what you think your data transactions are going to be, then run your own benchmarks.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

In the Registery?

Anybloodyid15-Jul-06 22:51

Anybloodyid

15-Jul-06 22:51

I have written a program that requires a password to be created when it is first run, this is then encrypted and stored on the computer C:/Test.txt. the next time the program is run you enter your password, which is encrypted and compared against the encrypted password on file, and if they match you can use the program.
I don't think storing the encrypted password as C:/Test.txt is a good thing, so where is the best place to hide it away, and how is it done?
Any help, advice or interesting articles will be welcome.

A Clever Man Knows the Answers,
A Wise Man Knows Where to Find Them.

Re: In the Registery?

giddy_guitarist15-Jul-06 23:13

giddy_guitarist

15-Jul-06 23:13

yea , like your subject says .go for the registry.You can put it HKEY_LoCALMACHINE\softwares\[software name]\pass

but this is the most obvious place some1 will have it stored.So i suggest having your encryption really strong because there is no place you can acutally "hid" your password.. there are crackers that can dissamble the program and fine out.

but hey i have got one really good sugesstion.. try using these API ->

<br />
Public Declare Function WriteProfileSection Lib "kernel32" Alias "WriteProfileSectionA" (ByVal lpAppName As String, ByVal lpString As String) As Long<br />
Public Declare Function WriteProfileString Lib "kernel32" Alias "WriteProfileStringA" (ByVal lpszSection As String, ByVal lpszKeyName As String, ByVal lpszString As String) As Long

they write stuff in .ini format into WIN.INI.I' bet very very few would guess u have it there.Also u should;nt have names that correspond to your app. So even if some one checks the win.ini file thy should NOT see ur app name or something thats on ur app in there!

good luck

Gideon

VB.NET basic questions

areon2515-Jul-06 15:43

areon25

15-Jul-06 15:43

hi all...

i have a questions about VB.NET. actually, i'm the newbie in VB.NET. i a bit confuse about accesing the web that we create.

Question

1. can we access the web that we just created in the internet??

2. if yes, can everyone access the web that i've create??

3. i dont understand about how to get the 'server name' to make the
project. actually i've read about creating an XML Web service client
Project that about ASP.NET Web Aplication. i've confuse about the
address of the web server?? actually the default the project server is
"http://localhost". so what actually happen if i just use "http://localhost"?
can everyone access my web???

can someon plese me solve this problem...
i hope to hear from u all soon..

thanks..

areon25

Re: VB.NET basic questions

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jul-06 2:01

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jul-06 2:01

areon25 wrote:
1. can we access the web that we just created in the internet??

That depends on what you mean by "access the web". But, generally, yes, VB.NET can get the any publicly available website as well as create them using ASP.NET technology.

areon25 wrote:
2. if yes, can everyone access the web that i've create??

Of course! So long as the website is publicly visible on the Internet. There are MANY hosting companies that support ASP.NET applications.

areon25 wrote:
3. i dont understand about how to get the 'server name' to make the
project. actually i've read about

OK. You've got some homework to do. Especially in how the Internet and web servers work, along with general IP networking.

The webserver address specifies the location of the IIS server that your going to develop your ASP.NET project on. It is HIGHLY recommended that you develop your site on an IIS server on your own network, then transfer the completed site to a hosting server.

Can anyone on the Internet see your website? Only if the machine that is hosting the site is visible on the Internet. Generally, this answer is no, unless you properly configure your network and machines and have them patched up and properly secured.

If you're asking these kinds of questions, I would HIGHLY suggest you DON'T do this. There are many security concerns with opening up your private network to the real world. You'll probably have your network attacked within hours and risk having your machines turned into zombies, if not wrecked, spamming the rest of the world for you.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic

Determining what components of Microsoft Office are installed

Pixa15-Jul-06 10:16

Pixa

15-Jul-06 10:16

Hi all,

Seeing as there's no MS Office board, I thought I might try here.

Basically what I want to do is during setup is to check that all components of Microsoft Office have been installed and if not, launch Windows Installer to install the rest of the components. Doing this during setup is not a problem for me, it's just the checking of components of Microsoft Office that's the real difficulty.

Re: Determining what components of Microsoft Office are installed

Ed.Poore15-Jul-06 13:11

Ed.Poore

15-Jul-06 13:11

Don't know if it's any use but have you had a look at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\{Version}\{Application}? I can't tell what's in here since I always install everything. But under each {Application} node there is an InstallRoot key.

The Welsh will always support two teams: The Welsh, and anyone playing England

Re: Determining what components of Microsoft Office are installed

Pixa15-Jul-06 21:37

Pixa

15-Jul-06 21:37

As far as I can tell, the Install Root key only contains the path to which Microsoft Office was installed. Any other ideas?

Re: Determining what components of Microsoft Office are installed

Ed.Poore15-Jul-06 22:33

Ed.Poore

15-Jul-06 22:33

That would be correct because if you look in that directory you'll see that Word, Excel, Access, InfoPath etc are all installed there. A possibility would be to use this registry key to get the root path. Then check for the existance of:

winword.exe    =    Word
excel.exe        =    Excel
msaccess.exe =    Access
infopath.exe    =    InfoPath
ois.exe         =    Picture Manager

etc etc

Any use? If the exe doesn't exist then presumably the application doesn't exist.

The Welsh will always support two teams: The Welsh, and anyone playing England

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