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Why are you even doing this?? You can't compile VB6 in Visual Studio 2008.
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Simon give me a hint in another section. But Visual 2008 can help you compile or translate your vb6 code. It doesn't do it very good, by save some time, but 2008 ´reads many thing diffents than vb6 (or .net code) I'm new at this 
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vbMr'J wrote: but 2008 ´reads many thing diffents than vb6 (or .net code)
That doesn't make any sense at all... There is a VB6 Migration Wizard that will convert your VB6 project and code to something resembling VB.NET code, but it really does just wrap your VB6 code in a kind of emulator that lets your old VB6 code (converted to VB.NET equivilent code) run. It's by no means a perfect solution and there is no product out there that will do a perfect conversion, other than recoding the entire project by hand.
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I am making a application in vb.net .
I need a VB.NET function that will move the mouse cursor relative to an external application(eg-note pad or paint or a game) such as at X: 200, Y:150. However, I need these coordinates to be relative to the external application window, not for the user's screen. I want to create such function.plz help.
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You'll have to write the function yourself. There is no support for this in the .NET Framework.
Are you familiar with Windows internals and how windows and mouse messages work?
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Is it possible to force a property some how in VB.NET.(For a form) One way I could do this is to use a parameter in the constructor and delete the default constructor, but from what I have been told you are not supposed to modify the windows generated code. I am a noob with properties so any help would be appreciated. BTW the reason I am trying to do all of this is because if we do not have a parameter passed to this form when it is opened then it will not work properly and I would like to make it so that if we call this form without passing that property the compiler generates and error.
Humble Programmer
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You should look at the "New" sub.
If you put code like the following, then everytime you create an instance the form, all parameters will be required:
Public Sub New(Param as String)
Blah
Blah
End Sub
Does this work with forms? I think so.
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Would this not be considered modifying windows generated code? Also the new is the constructor is that correct?
Humble Programmer
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Yes, the New sub is the constructor. You are only adding an additional overloaded constructor which takes the parameters you need. If you want to ensure that only your contructor can be called (and not the default parameterless one) you can make the default constructor be a private function.
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But again would that not be modifying form generated code by changing the New sub to be Private?
Humble Programmer
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No, it's not. There are also pitfalls do removing the New() method, as I've descrbied in my other post.
The designer generated code sits in a #Region block specifically designated as "designer generated".
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As far as I can tell, when you create a new class that inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Form, Visual Studio will not automatically generate a default (parameterless) constructor in the code. The direct answer to your question is that, since the code does not already contain a default (parameterless) constructor, adding a new private default constructor is not changing generated code.
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Whoops! My bad.
[Edit] Actually, it's in the base Form class. But, you can't remove it if you want the form to show up in the designer. The designer uses only the parameterless constructor to create an instance of the form to show on the design surface. Removing it kills the ability to design the form.
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Hmmm...I actually created a blank VB WinForms project and didn't see any constructors, even in the designer generated file (Form1.Designer.vb). I do see it if I look at the compiled code with Reflector.
Yes, I found that if I created my own private default constructor the code wouldn't compile, throwing errors in the Application.Designer.vb file.
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Scott Dorman wrote: Hmmm...I actually created a blank VB WinForms project and didn't see any constructors, even in the designer generated file (Form1.Designer.vb).
I already correct my mistake. It's not in the designer generated file. It's in the base Form class that your Form1 class is inheriting from.
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Maybe I'm missing something. You're trying to create your own Form class, removing the New constructor that doesn't take any parameters, and adding another New constructor that does take a parameter?? Am I correct?
You cannot remove the parameterless New method. Doing so will make the form unusable in the form designer since it will only create an instance of your form using the parameterless New method.
OK, what's the property you're trying to "force" on this form??
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I have and existing form that calls another form which were both designed visually. I need to force a client number when calling this form or we cannot retrieve the correct information.
Humble Programmer
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Simply create a instance variable and a parameter in the form class:
Private _clientNumber as Integer
Public Property ClientNumber() As Integer
Get
Return _clientNumber
End Get
Set(ByVal Value As Integer)
_clientNumber = Value
End Set
End Property
After you instantiate the form, but before you display it, set this value in the calling code. Then use the value stored in the property when you show the form.
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This is actually what we are doing now. What I want to know is there any way that you can say if that does not have a value when the form is shown don't compile throw a compile time error. Like if you did remove the New Sub and made your own with parameters and when you called the class you did not supply the parameter it would blow up.
Humble Programmer
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programmer_vb.net_c++ wrote: What I want to know is there any way that you can say if that does not have a value when the form is shown don't compile throw a compile time error.
Not correctly, no. You would check something like this at runtime, not design time. You'd throw an exception if the proper values were not in place.
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We have a VB6 DLL in production, but, the source code that can be found is missing a function found in the DLL.
The source code has sections of hard-coded SQL statements that are used to extract data from a legacy system (Ingres II).
All I really need is the SQL statements for the missing function.
Does anyone know of a way to open and read the DLL? I have tried notepad, but, it doesn't appear to show me the missing section.
Yes, the code SHOULD have been replaced in SourceSafe, but, it wasn't. And, the 3 most likely developers left the company some time ago.
Thanks,
Tim
modified on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 11:42 AM
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Just a thought - If the SQL was MS SQL2000, I am pretty sure you can use SQL Profiler to dump all sql queries run on the database, which would show the queries actually run by the DLL...
Sql Profiler may be availiable for other DBEngines, but I have only used the one in SQL2000.
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You're best option is to run a tool like SQL Profiler which can show you all of the active database connections and the SQL statements being performed. SQL Profiler specifically is only available for Microsoft SQL Server, but Ingres should have something similar. Red-Gate may also have a similar tool that will work as well.
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Ack what a head ache. Profiler could work to get the queries, but of course requires that you know how each part of the logic is called to hit all the different queries/statements.
I feel for ya.
Any suggestions, ideas, or 'constructive criticism' are always welcome.
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For those that tried to help, thank you.
If this was a SQLServer database, I could have used Profiler, unfortunately, this is an Ingres II database (legacy, text only environment).
So, since I could see the data for process was generating (the DLL was storing data in SQLServer), I talked to the people working on the legacy system and showed them the data.
From there, I slowly rebuilt the query to produce identical results.
The new query is stored in a table in SQLServer; the DLL will call a stored procedure that returns an SQL statement. If the source data changes, SQL changes are then made in SQL, not in the code itself.
Thanks,
Tim
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