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Updating a form from a class ( same instance) problem

Hardboiled862-Aug-07 23:58

2-Aug-07 23:58

Been trying find a way to update a form ( same instance) directly from a class.My example below compiles but the form result leaves the textbox blank.
using the Form1 myform = new Form1 thing works but again leaves the form blank.

Can anyone help? I'm new to this so go easy on me.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace test1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public string strStringVarible;

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
classtest1 clstest = new classtest1();
clstest.external_class();

}

public void accessor_method()
{
this.textBox1.Text = strStringVarible;
this.textBox1.Refresh();
}

private void textBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

}

}
}

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms.Design;
using System.Data;

namespace test1
{
class classtest1 : Form1
{

public void external_class()
{
this.strStringVarible = "test123";
this.accessor_method();

}

}
}

I'm new so go easy on me please

Re: Updating a form from a class ( same instance) problem

Martin#3-Aug-07 1:34

Martin#

3-Aug-07 1:34

Hello,

What you did is:
You have a Form named "Form1" (which derives from System.Windows.Forms.Form).
Than you have a Form named "classtest" (which derives from your Form1).

Hardboiled86 wrote:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
classtest1 clstest = new classtest1();
clstest.external_class();

}

At the button Click, you instanciate a new Form (classtest1), which means that now two Forms are in memory (one that you see, and the new second one).
You call the method "external_class" from your second Form, which calls "accessor_method" also from your second Form.

So it should be clear that your first Form, which is visible will not change.

Look at this excellent Article from Colin Angus Mackay[^]

Hope it helps!

All the best,

Martin

Re: Updating a form from a class ( same instance) problem

Chintan.Desai3-Aug-07 2:57

Chintan.Desai

3-Aug-07 2:57

NEVER put such code in forum,only put the code wich u feel having a problem.No one has time to see this kind of stupid stuffs.

Regards
Chintan
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AVI frames to JPG or BMP conversion using C#

sriathma2-Aug-07 23:46

sriathma

2-Aug-07 23:46

Hi I have to convert the
AVI frames to JPG or BMP
format. Kindly send the C# code
for the same.
Thanking you
Sridharan

open file which can see inside of it

nhathoang2-Aug-07 23:24

nhathoang

2-Aug-07 23:24

when we want open a file,we have to double click on the file,but Right now,i want open it by command,What must I do?,(note: open file which can see inside of it)

Re: open file which can see inside of it

Christian Graus2-Aug-07 23:27

Christian Graus

2-Aug-07 23:27

File.GetAllText ? Hard to know, your question isn't really laid out in a way that makes much sense.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

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Re: open file which can see inside of it

Manoj Kumar Rai2-Aug-07 23:53

Manoj Kumar Rai

2-Aug-07 23:53

Use StreamReader object to read the content of the file and display it in a window. Also, please make sure that your file may not only contain text data but it can contain picture etc. Hence, if you want to see the real world inside the file you should reading it in binary format and display the records.

Manoj
Never Gives up

Re: open file which can see inside of it

nhathoang3-Aug-07 0:02

nhathoang

3-Aug-07 0:02

thanks you,I am sorry because I don't display obvious my ideal
After that,I will display my question
when we double click a file,the window of file will display,and we can see the tittle of it(EX: file.txt)
If we use command of C#,what will we do to see the window of file.txt opended ?

Re: open file which can see inside of it

Chintan.Desai3-Aug-07 2:58

Chintan.Desai

3-Aug-07 2:58

just use Process class.Inside it there one method which takes input as file name and opens it.

Regards
Chintan
www.visharadsoft.com
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Create a telephone directory

sgeorgije2-Aug-07 22:49

sgeorgije

2-Aug-07 22:49

I want to represent telephone directory in this way.
Certainly, anybody may have more phones and each of them must be visible.

It is all dispose in more columns, that economically use working surface.

Table:
TelDirectory (ID,Name,Tel)
PK(ID) - primary key

How to show data like this:

Name1.....Name4
------.....------
Tel11......Tel41
Tel12

Name2
------
Tel21
Tel22
Tel23

Name3
------
Tel31

...

Thanks for any help.

Re: Create a telephone directory

Christian Graus2-Aug-07 23:06

Christian Graus

2-Aug-07 23:06

where are you showing it ? If in a web app, a repeater is your best option.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

"I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Re: Create a telephone directory

sgeorgije2-Aug-07 23:12

sgeorgije

2-Aug-07 23:12

It's a win app.

Re: Create a telephone directory

Christian Graus2-Aug-07 23:21

Christian Graus

2-Aug-07 23:21

Then it's up to you to render the results any way you like. No built in control will give the layout you're wanting, however.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

"I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Re: Create a telephone directory

Manoj Kumar Rai2-Aug-07 23:15

Manoj Kumar Rai

2-Aug-07 23:15

First of all, the ID cannot be a Primary Key as it will not be unique, since anybody can have more than 1 phones.

You can get the list sorted on ID/name of the customer. Once it is sorted it will be esily printed.

Manoj
Never Gives up

Re: Create a telephone directory

Colin Angus Mackay2-Aug-07 23:45

Colin Angus Mackay

2-Aug-07 23:45

Manoj Kumar Rai wrote:
First of all, the ID cannot be a Primary Key as it will not be unique, since anybody can have more than 1 phones.

How does that make ID not unique

1 Colin Mackay 0123 456 7890
2 Colin Mackay 0321 654 0987

Looks fine to me - What did you think was wrong with it?

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Re: Create a telephone directory

Manoj Kumar Rai3-Aug-07 0:00

Manoj Kumar Rai

3-Aug-07 0:00

Ahhh, Ok. Its record ID and not the ID of the person where I thought wrongly. But in either case for the problem we had to print this Unique key do not have any role to play. We have to sort the list on the basis of the Name and get the values printed.

Manoj
Never Gives up

Re: Create a telephone directory

Malcolm Smart2-Aug-07 23:40

Malcolm Smart

2-Aug-07 23:40

You posted this exact same question a few days ago. What have you tried since then? Even writing some long, slow, even poor code, to get the job done will give you a starting point. Then post snippets of that code, and the people here will help optimise it.

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Re: Create a telephone directory

sgeorgije3-Aug-07 1:04

sgeorgije

3-Aug-07 1:04

It isn't difficult as a table, but I dont know how to displey data on win form in this way. If I get names and phones into dataset, how show them?

How can I provide repetition structure unequal form, that contain name and suitable phones, where all phones are visible?

It seems datagridview isn't proper control to realize that. How else can I do it?

Detect certain substrings multiple times?

dianenacario2-Aug-07 22:24

dianenacario

2-Aug-07 22:24

how can i count the number of words or letters that i used
as an input?

SAMPLE:
\\ input string: mississippi
\\ input search word: i
\\ result: search found 4 occurences of the word 'i'

Re: Detect certain substrings multiple times?

Christian Graus2-Aug-07 22:32

Christian Graus

2-Aug-07 22:32

If you call string.split and pass in 'i', you can work it out by how many strings it returns.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

"I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Re: Detect certain substrings multiple times?

Martin#2-Aug-07 22:34

Martin#

2-Aug-07 22:34

Or:

string textold= "mississippi";
int countold = textold.Length;
string textnew = textold.Replace("i", "");
int countnew = textnew.Length;
int Found = countold-countnew;