Visual Basic

Re: How to make a "Boss Key" in Vb .Net ?

5-Mar-06 12:59

If you're looking to do this when using any application, not just yours, you'd have to implement a global keyboard hook.

Search the articles for "keyboard hook" and you find a few results[^]. The code for these articles is in C#, but is easily convertible to VB.NET.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Dynamitebox5-Mar-06 23:53

Dynamitebox

5-Mar-06 23:53

Thanks for your help. I'm checking it right now. Smile | :)

Edit: http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/globalhook.asp this article was great! but I can't convert it to Vb .NET, I used the C# offline Converter by Kamal and it didn't work. Could someone please help? Thanks again for your time & effort.

Dynamite

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Packaging/Deploying a VB.Net

directred5-Mar-06 9:49

directred

5-Mar-06 9:49

I have written the code, my next step is to produce a setup exe to install on other PCs. How is this done?

H@is@here5-Mar-06 12:32

H@is@here

5-Mar-06 12:32

Just use a setup and deployment project.
Add all the files needed and thats it.

FeRtoll5-Mar-06 15:10

FeRtoll

5-Mar-06 15:10

Batter is that you build the project in relese mode not debug... and then make setup program with Ino Setup! My suggestion is that.
<marquee>I work like that, Easy, Quick, Clasic, Not complicated... :->

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Orcrist6-Mar-06 12:12

Orcrist

6-Mar-06 12:12

I strongly recommend Inno Setup http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php[^] as well (it's free).
It takes only a few hours to figure out how it works and it works very slick

David

united185-Mar-06 15:50

united18

5-Mar-06 15:50

go to new project and select 'setup and deployment projects' from the left pane. and then u can either select 'setup wizard' or any other template as per your convenience. Before that test ur software for any bugs.

Formatting textbox out at design time

mayhem_rules5-Mar-06 18:04

mayhem_rules

5-Mar-06 18:04

You can fid detailed steps on the msdn website.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vbtskcreatinginstallerforyourapplication.asp[^]

With Best Regards,

Mayur

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Scott34155-Mar-06 8:18

5-Mar-06 8:18

Is there a way to format a textbox control at design time?

For example:
The database contains a string of 9 characters, and I want to display the following:
xx-xxxxx-xx

Or I would like to display a textbox that only displays currency values, without using the format currency method.

Thanks!

Dave Kreskowiak5-Mar-06 8:44

5-Mar-06 8:44

No. The TextBox doesn't support formatting at design time. You have to use the String.Format() method to set it's Text property or you have to use a different control, such as a MaskedEditBox.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Scott34155-Mar-06 9:03

5-Mar-06 9:03

Dave,

Thanks for the response. I have a problem however. I have some "money" type values in a database that I would like to format as currency on a form. I'm using bound controls and a dataset and when the form loads for some reason it doesn't apply the textbox.Text = FormatCurrency(Textbox.Text). Is there a better way of doing this?

Dave Kreskowiak5-Mar-06 9:19

5-Mar-06 9:19

FormatCurrency won't work with Strings. You have to pass it a number to format, which will be returned as a String.

You'll have to use a Binding[^] class to intervene when the data is bound. You'll handle the Format event of the Binding class where you'll get a value and you have to format it and return the equivilent String. There's a couple of examples in the link.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Scott34155-Mar-06 9:24

5-Mar-06 9:24

Can you be more specific, I am using TextBox.Text = FormatCurrency(textbox.text) on form load, however, the textbox is not formatting. If I apply this to another event (cbobox.selectedItemChange or LostFocus) it will then work. But not on form_load.

Scott34155-Mar-06 9:39

5-Mar-06 9:39

Dave,

I just realized the reason, however, I don't know how to fix it. This form is being called by an MDIParent. If I set the child form to the startup object it displays the currency, and applies the cbo.selectedindex = -1 properly. However, if called by the parent it ignores these (and I'm sure other commands). Would you know why?

Dave Kreskowiak5-Mar-06 9:41