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Steven Campbell20-Sep-04 11:24

20-Sep-04 11:24

Lots of ways to skin this cat...

* Just about any reporting tool
* 3rd party .NET PDF component (there are many)
* Open Source .NET PDF component (there are a couple)
* Print to PDF using (free) PDF995 or (pay) Adobe software

I have used Aspose PDF with some success. Try This search for some articles.

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Create PDF / VB.NET

partt20-Sep-04 10:55

partt

20-Sep-04 10:55

Anybody know how I can programmatically have a PDF file created and shoot records into it, then save it?
Thanks!
I'm using VB.Net and SQL Server.

vb6 - changing printer settings

steff kamush20-Sep-04 4:07

steff kamush

20-Sep-04 4:07

Someone pls tell me how to change the page orientation setting for a printer before sending a job to printer, and how to restore the setting after printing.

i.e. i want to change the setting completely so i can even see it in control panel as the new setting.

In vb6. Thanks.

Rose | [Rose]

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Re: vb6 - changing printer settings

Duncan Edwards Jones20-Sep-04 4:16

Duncan Edwards Jones

20-Sep-04 4:16

use the GetDeviceCaps API call to see if you can set the printer landscape.
If so use the OpenPrinter API call to get a handle to the printer and pass this to the SetPrinter API call to change the settings.

..although rememeber that users don't really like you to change their settings system wide...

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Duncan Jones
Merrion Computing Ltd

Crystal Reports and CSV files

KreativeKai20-Sep-04 3:40

KreativeKai

20-Sep-04 3:40

I'm trying to setup a CSV file to report data on a Crystal Report from within .NET using Visual Basic.

I'm setting the data source up under the "More data sources", "Access/Excel" section. I can pull the fields and place them on the report and the project builds without any errors, but when executed it asks for the login id and password.

There is no login id or password on a csv file. Is it possible to pull data into a crystal report via a csv file? If it is possible, does someone have a solution or sample code?

Thanks in advance for any help! Confused | :confused:

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

Re: Crystal Reports and CSV files

KreativeKai24-Sep-04 5:36

KreativeKai

24-Sep-04 5:36

I didn't receive any replies at CodeProject to this thread, but I did want to share the solution that I was given on GotDotNet.com. Hopefully this will help someone in the future with the same problem. Here is the link:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/MessageBoard/Thread.aspx?id=264311&Page=1#265396

Blush | :O

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

Re: Crystal Reports and CSV files

NarendraSinghJTV19-Jan-10 19:09

NarendraSinghJTV

19-Jan-10 19:09

hey
i have the same problem
but your given link is down
can you provide any new link
or provide any example
thanks in advance
waiting for rply

Regards
Narendra Singh
(Jindal Tech Ventures)

Re: Crystal Reports and CSV files

KreativeKai25-Jan-10 5:10

KreativeKai

25-Jan-10 5:10

Hi Narendra,
Sorry for the delay in response. I was on vacation last week when you posted. The Microsoft GotDotNet.com website is no longer maintained so the link I posted in 2004 no longer works. I dug back through the e-mails I kept and here were the 4 suggestions I received on that forum. Not sure which one I used or even which project I was working on at that time to even check, but hopefully posting the actual responses that they gave me will help you in some way.

Smile | :)

1st answer:

You could write the schema of the dataset created out to an xmlfile, and then add the xml file to crystal reports using More Data Sources, ADO.Net(XML).

Public Sub CreateXmlFile(ByVal XmlFilename As String, ByVal XmldataSet As DataSet)
Dim XmlFile As System.IO.FileStream
Dim XmlFileStream As New System.IO.FileStream _
(XmlFilename, System.IO.FileMode.Create)
Dim XmlOutput As New System.Xml.XmlTextWriter _
(XmlFileStream, System.Text.Encoding.Unicode)
XmldataSet.WriteXmlSchema(XmlOutput)
End Sub

2nd answer:

Can't you just connect to the CSV file with an OleDb.OleDbConnection, and fill a DataSet with an OleDb.OleDbDataAdpater?

I fill datasets in this way all the time.
-------------------------------------------
Dim txtConn as New OleDb.OleDbConnection
txtConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=miscrosoft.jet.oledb.4.0;Data Source=Directory Name;Extended Properties=Text;"

Dim txtCmd as New OleDb.OleDbCommand
txtCmd.Connection = txtConn
txtCmd.CommandText = "SELECT * FROM [filename.csv];"

Dim txtAdpt as New OleDb.OleDbDataAdpater
txtAdpt.SelectCommand = txtCmd

Dim ds as New Dataset
txtAdpt.Fill(ds)
------------------------------------------------
Now you have a disposable dataset that should be able to interact with Crystal Reports.

3rd answer:

There is a workaround for this problem on page 262 of the book at this site:
http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/?cpgn=ngcr_021803

This is a very good .Net Crystal Reports book.

It states to connect to the Excel file using DAO, then design the report, and since the DAO connection prompts for login, password, switch the connection to ODBC after the report is designed.

4th answer:

I think crystal made a fix to this problem, you might check their support site.

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

vb.net template

bassemhoussam20-Sep-04 0:32

bassemhoussam

20-Sep-04 0:32

hi i want to know how to make windows application template for vb.net

Re: vb.net template

Dave Kreskowiak20-Sep-04 6:31

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Sep-04 6:31

Try reading Building a Custom Project Wizard in Visual Studio .NET[^] on MSDN.

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

VB.NET threading with WinHTTP

Amitpd19-Sep-04 23:09

Amitpd

19-Sep-04 23:09

Hi,

Has anyone worked with WinHTTP and multithreading in VB.NET

I have written a small application for understanding threading in VB.NET.

It consists of initializing new thread, each consisting of a winHTTP request to open a particular page located on our local LAN.

The code for opening a new page in a new thread is

Private Sub Start()
Dim myWinHTTP As New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest()
myWinHTTP.Abort()
myWinHTTP.SetTimeouts(5000, 5000, 5000, 5000)
myWinHTTP.Open("GET", "http://192.168.0.60/Alliance/Login.aspx", False)
myWinHTTP.Send()
textbox.Multiline = True
textbox.Text = textbox.Text & " $$$ " & myWinHTTP.StatusText & ". Thread Id : " & Thread.CurrentThread.GetHashCode()
countLbl.Text = serial
End Sub

As observed, there were frequent errors in opening the page. The sub Stated above too was not completely exectued for quite a few threads. The control used to dissaper from the code post the command 'Dim myWinHTTP As New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest()' itself.

In anyone has any clue abt the corresponding error, please inform.

Amit

Re: VB.NET threading with WinHTTP

Dave Kreskowiak20-Sep-04 6:27

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Sep-04 6:27

I've got a couple of questions...

Why are you using WinHTTPxxx instead of the System.Net namespace and the WebRequest class? Are you using some component for Web requests or are you using a library your put together yourself?

Why are you creating a new WinHttpRequest object and the first thing you do is call the .Abort method?

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

How to find a list of computer names for a network

Laurie Comerford19-Sep-04 21:25

Laurie Comerford

19-Sep-04 21:25

I need the user of my program to select a computer name from the computers attached to his network, but have no idea how to get started to make a list of the computers.

This has to be done in VB6 (or Delphi)

Once that is done I can readily handle all the rest of the code I need.

Laurie

Re: How to find a list of computer names for a network

Mekong River20-Sep-04 3:31

Mekong River

20-Sep-04 3:31

Try to check the information from here.[^]

A thousand mile of journey, begin with the first step.

APO-CEDC
Save Children Norway-Cambodia Office

Re: How to find a list of computer names for a network

jonathan1521-Sep-04 5:20

jonathan15

21-Sep-04 5:20

In VB6 you can find a lot of info regarding the network using the Active DS Type Library (Domains, Groups, Users and Computers).

First set a reference to the above library
then declare your object variables

Dim objIADsContainer As IADsContainer
Dim objIADsDomain As IADsDomain
Dim objIADSComputer As IADsComputer

If you need to find a list of the domains first use the following code:

Set objIADsContainer = GetObject("WinNT:")
For Each objIADsDomain In objIADsContainer
Debug.Print objIADsDomain.Name
Next

If you only have 1 domain and want to find all computers on that use the following:

Set objIADsContainer = GetObject("WinNT://" & "Your_Domain_Name")
objIADsContainer.Filter = Array("Computer")
For Each objIADSComputer In objIADsContainer
Debug.Print objIADSComputer.Name
Next

All this assumes you have a windows NT network. You should be able to get the basic info above on any NT network. If you have a well designed Active Directory structure you can find a lot more than just the computer name.

Hope its helpful

Jonathan

Levels In Treeview

Sumit Domyan19-Sep-04 19:24

Sumit Domyan

19-Sep-04 19:24

how can i calculate total levels in a treeview?

Sumit Domyan
Software Developer
ANALEC INFOTECH

Re: Levels In Treeview

Dave Kreskowiak20-Sep-04 5:39

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Sep-04 5:39

What do you mean by "total levels"?

Are you talking about how many levels deep the deepest child node is from the tree root?

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

Re: Levels In Treeview

Sumit Domyan20-Sep-04 21:05

Sumit Domyan

20-Sep-04 21:05

yup dear, you got my point, any solution?

Sumit Domyan
Software Developer
ANALEC INFOTECH

Controlling System Audio (Resolved)

EekimusMaximus19-Sep-04 18:49

EekimusMaximus

19-Sep-04 18:49

Hey, this is my first time, so I'll try to be as clear as possible

What I am trying to do, is control the system device audio levels in my VB app. Basically I want to create my own "mixer board" very similar to the supplied "Volume Control" program supplied with windows. On first glance, it seems relatively easy, however I am running into some problems.

Here is what I have so far...
Public Declare Function auxSetVolume Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal uDeviceID As Integer, ByVal dwVolume As Integer) As Integer
Public Declare Function auxGetVolume Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal uDeviceID As Integer, ByRef lpdwVolume As Integer) As Integer
Public Declare Function auxGetNumDevs Lib "winmm.dll" () As Integer etc.

the problem is, whenever I call auxGetNumDevs(), it returns 0, which means there are no sound cards present (which is NOT the case), or an error occured. I have no idea why it keeps returning 0.

Maybe this isn't the best way to go about controlling the system audio, so I am open to any suggestions

Thanks in advance

Re: Controlling System Audio

Dave Kreskowiak20-Sep-04 5:35

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Sep-04 5:35

Since auxGetNumDevs doesn't return an error value, there's no way to tell why the call is failing. auxGetNumDevs doesn't exactly return the number of sound cards, but returns the number of controllable auxillary audio output devices. This might not be supported by your sound card.

I think your just using the wrong interface to get at the sound cards' mixers. Try using mixerGetNumDevs instead. The docs start here[^] on MSDN.

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

Re: Controlling System Audio (Resolved)

EekimusMaximus20-Sep-04 15:11

EekimusMaximus

20-Sep-04 15:11

Thank you sooo much, I've asked questions about this on many forums, and have had no good responses, this seems to be EXACTLY what I need, I'll keep working on it and probably be back with more questions

Thanks again Dave!

-Eric

Macro Subtitution

Member 120813919-Sep-04 18:07

Member 1208139

19-Sep-04 18:07

Hi All,

Please help me with this problem, say in VB I have two variables of string type

dim x as string
dim y as string

x="y"
y="dd"

Is there any way by which I can change the value of y through x, like in some languages u can use
&x="fff"
which actually changes the value of y thru x.

Is there any thing like that in VB, Please help

Re: Macro Subtitution

Dave Kreskowiak20-Sep-04 5:21

Dave Kreskowiak

20-Sep-04 5:21

Your talking about pointers and VB/VB.NET doesn't support them. That's reserved for C++ and C#.

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

VarPtr / AscB pls. help..

Member 129565019-Sep-04 17:25

Member 1295650

19-Sep-04 17:25

Hi! Im trying to convert this stuff and im new to his vb.net Can somebody help me to convet this in .NET.. thanks for your help guyz..

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      If pPayload.Length > 0 Then<br />
            ReDim pPayload.Data(pPayload.Length - 1)<br />
            For i = 1 To pPayload.Length<br />
            pPayload.Data(i - 1) = AscB(Mid(txtPayLoadData.Text, i, 1))<br />
            Next i<br />
      End If<br />

<br />
        ' kernel32 Windows API<br />
      CopyMemory(pPayloadBuffer(0), VarPtr(pPayload.Length), 4)<br />
      If pPayload.Length > 0 Then<br />
           CopyMemory(pPayloadBuffer(4), VarPtr(pPayload.Data(0)),  <br />
           pPayload.Length)<br />
      End If<br />

setting text in another form

V_A_S_S19-Sep-04 14:24

V_A_S_S

19-Sep-04 14:24

Another question to make (and so soon). How can i make a label on another form (lets say Form1) to change from a Form2. In vb6 we used to say Form1.lblTest.caption = "Test"

in VB.NET how is it possible???

So far i have:
==============================
Dim frmRead As New Form2
Form2.Show
==============================

In Form2 when i click a button i want to change a label text in form1.

=====================================================================
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
form1.lblTest.Text = txtTestBox.text
=====================================================================
the above command produces an error.
Any help? Please?
Eek! | :eek:

Trying to find the way

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