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You can start by NOT naming your variables the same as class names, for example:
Dim XmlDocument As New XmlDocument
is a bad idea. This is because you can give yourself a headache wondering why the compiler is complaining about Static and Instance members, when your code looks correct.
Change the names to something less confusing...
Private Function GetConfigParameter(ByVal MyKey As String) As String
Dim doc As New XmlDocument
Dim node As XmlNode
' It's a bad idea to use CurrentDirectory, simply because the current directory
' can change during the execution of your app.
doc.Load( Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "app.con") )
node = doc.DocumentElement.SelectSingleNode("//configuration/AppDefaultValues/add[@key=""" & MyKey & """]")
Return node.Attributes.GetNamedItem("value").Value
End Function
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Thanks Dave I will look at it...
What a curious mind needs to discover knowledge is noting else than a pin-hole.
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Hello,
Is it possible to use the GridView Component in VB.NET?
If yes how can I add it to my project?
Thank you,
Eric H.
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Which version of VB.NET (.NET Framework) are you using? GridView showed up in the .NET Framework 2.0, and it should be in the ToolBox. You add it to your Web Form just like any other control.
Anything further and you'll have to provide more detail as to what the exact problem is.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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I am using VB.NET (Framework 2.0)
The problem is this component is a web component. Therefore, I don't see it in the toolbox list. I tried to add it as a part of the toolbox but I didn't success.
Eric H.
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If your writing a Windows Forms app, then it wont show in the ToolBox. GridView only works in an ASP.NET app. It's in the ToolBox under the Data tab ... or did I miss something in your posts??
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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You understand write, I am writing a windows form application.
What can I use instead GridView?
Have you got some example to use the instead component?
Thank you much
Eric H.
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ayeleteric wrote: You understand write, I am writing a windows form application.
This is the first time you mentioned that.
ayeleteric wrote: What can I use instead GridView?
Windows Forms uses the DataGridView. Again, under the Data tab in the ToolBox.
ayeleteric wrote: Have you got some example to use the instead component?
The Web has thousands of them. All you have to do is Google for "VB.NET DataGridView tutorial".
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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My problem is to open design view of report so that end user can design report acording to his choice...
is it possible to open design view of rdlc or crystal report at runtime to give control to end user.
sweety
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the string contains some value eg. a,b,c,d,e
I want to replace 'a' to 'f'. can we do it and if yes please guide me as how to doit?
thanx
Taher
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Use the Replace method of the String class, see [^].
If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
-- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
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You can't actually change a string. The Replace method returns a *new* string with the values changed.
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++
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Hi,
How can we get data or characters which is present on image.Actually i have captcha images in .JPEG extension and from that images i have to remove noise, extract the characters and then i have to convert the extracted characters in to string.So please give some idea how to proceed further.
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There's a reason why it's noisy and distorted. It's so that you CAN'T use automation to get those characters!
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Hai Dave,
The image is noisy because, the image is a captcha image as you know there will be noise in captcha image.I have captcha images with JPEG extension, i have to remove noise from captcha image and after that i have to extract characters from captcha image.
please give reply it would be help full for me.........
regards,
Balu.
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What did I just get done telling you?? You CAN'T DO THAT because CAPTCHA was designed specifically to defeat what you're trying to do!
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Dave i understood what u have suggested me.
ok removing noise is difficult, but give some idea how can i extract data from captcha image.Give reply if u have idea about extracting data from image.
Regards,
Balu.
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What part of "YOU CAN'T DO THAT" don't you understand?
The text in those images is deliberatly wavy a filled with noise so that no OCR software can read it. You can't get the text in a CAPTCHA image because there's no technology out there that can read it!
That's the whole point behind CAPTCHA!! It's a test to determine if a machine is trying to access a website or if its a human doing it. The machines will always fail this test because there's no way they can make out the text in the image.
Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP - Visual Basic
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: You can't get the text in a CAPTCHA image because there's no technology out there that can read it!
not yet at least.
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Dave Kreskowiak wrote: What part of "YOU CAN'T DO THAT" don't you understand?
I am sorry Dave, I am afraid can't do that.
"Throughout human history, we have been dependent on machines to survive. Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony. " - Morpheus
"Real men use mspaint for writing code and notepad for designing graphics." - Anna-Jayne Metcalfe
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Hahahaha!!!
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No, you haven't understood. The whole purpose of captcha images is to ensure that it is a human that is viewing the image. They are specifically designed to make it impossible for any kind of automated tool to extract the data.
So, not only is it as impossible as makes no difference, you also can't really have a good reason to be doing it - attempting to bypass security controls is a bad thing.
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JanapatiBalu wrote: i understood what u have suggested me.
Oh no you haven't!
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As Dave and Nish have said, CAPTCHAs are explicitly designed to defeat OCR. It may not be totally impossible, you're going to have to do a good amount of research to try and process them. Noone has written a CCaptchaOcrConverter class that you can just copy/paste into your application.
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CleaKO The sad part about this instance is that none of the users ever said anything [about the problem].
Pete O`Hanlon Doesn't that just tell you everything you need to know about users?
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