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You could use Visual Studio Express Editions to start building some applications.
However, you should have some basic programming knowledge.
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thanks for that i have been using vb but l was looking for A MORE POLISHED look but thanks you for taking the time to respond to question
jon
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I'm not entirely sure what you mean by 'polished', but you could check out MDI forms in Visual Studio, which is the basic Windows way of working with multiple documents.
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hi
thanks for the adivce l meant looking modern formswith front skins that make it look like a windos programme.
l guess you can tell l dont have a great deal of experence in this type of work. I was looking for ready made templates which l could apply to my programme.
te ones that come with visual basic. its a front end for client to monitor incoming data so it needs to look sharp.
Thanks again for the advice
jon
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You mean, Aero interface like?
Have you looked at Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)? I haven't any experience with it myself, but it could possibly be the framework you are looking for. Else, there might be GUI-kits/frameworks available that have the looks you like (again, I'm not familiar with any).
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..or cash out the money to buy some "sharp" looking controls from a third party. There's some free ones one CodeProject, and we got some similar discussions on the subject here[^].
The grey controls might look dull to you, but they have been designed with great care and are recognizable for most of your users because all other apps use 'em too. That way you needn't worry about discoverability.
As an end-user, I rather have an app that's performing sharp and that just does it's job with the lowest amount of possible bells and whistles.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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Hay thanks for the info no offence meant on the windows look a just need somthing that looks upmarket to sell on.
I've use ld the other windows before l just needed som pointers on other products and a don't have issue on spending money to get the look I you read the fill message it does say l have been trying to get someone to do the work on my behalf so it wasa. Dig any programmers
Thamks ago. For the infor and taking the time to respond to my message
J
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jon1888 wrote: Hay thanks for the info no offence meant on the windows look a just need somthing that looks upmarket to sell on.
You're welcome, and none taken; it's a request we often hear here.
jon1888 wrote: I've use ld the other windows before l just needed som pointers on other products and a don't have issue on spending money to get the look I you read the fill message it does say l have been trying to get someone to do the work on my behalf so it wasa.
If you can spend some money, I'd recommend using DevExpress. They provide a lot of functionality out of the box. It's a shame that they don't adhere to the liskov substitution principle, meaning that they work just a bit different from the "boring" (and thus, tested and trialed!) Windows controls. If you used a grid, it'd be worth the extra time.
Take your time to browse the articles on controls here on CodeProject, that's the best advice I can give. There's some pearls between them 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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Again thanks for the lead l will review the articles as you suggest. Hada look at light switch and skin and they look ideal but cost a small fortune £ 500 and £800 are a bit steap. Mot somthing l would use every day
A will have a look as you suggest
Thanks
Jon
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jon1888 wrote: they look ideal but cost a small fortune £ 500 and £800 are a bit steap. Mot somthing l would use every day
Depends on how much money you can save by using it
Bastard Programmer from Hell
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Man you make it hard for a guy to ask for help. Am not looking for somthing for nothing nor to l porfess to be a programmer. Am consultant engineers that need some
Professional help that's it nothing more than that. I have been curtious but l am getting the impression you think am a free loader or maybe you just enjoy winding
People todo me a favour and
Jog on to someone else a don't need the hassle
But thank you for you enlightenment
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jon1888 wrote: Man you make it hard for a guy to ask for help.
My apologies, didn't mean to.
jon1888 wrote: Am not looking for somthing for nothing nor to l porfess to be a programmer. Am consultant engineers that need some
Professional help that's it nothing more than that. I have been curtious but l am getting the impression you think am a free loader or maybe you just enjoy winding
People
I'll try to change my tone.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
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I would at least try with the good old controls that come with Visual Studio (whatever version) out of the box. They change appearance with Windows' visual settings. At least in Windows XP you can choose XP native look or classic Windows look. I guess, the same application would get a nice transparent frame on Vista and up.
Ciao,
luker
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This works:
FOR /F "delims=" %%I IN (
:END
however, it takes the date of modification instead of creation, hence, if an old file in that folder got edited, it takes it!
Any ideas??
Thanks.
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Look into Robocopy, if your target is Vista and above.
Else, there might be freeware utilities that can do what you need.
Finally, you could probably code it yourself, using the FileInfo and related classes. SetCreationTime could be used to set the creation date on the copied file to the creation date of the source file.
modified on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 8:06 PM
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Hi
You've missed the timefield switch /T
So I reckon you want
DIR . /B /O:-D /T:C
DIR [drive:][path][filename] [/A[[:]attributes]] [/B] [/C] [/D] [/L] [/N]
[/O[[:]sortorder]] [/P] [/Q] [/S] [/T[[:]timefield]] [/W] [/X] [/4]
[drive:][path][filename]
/O List by files in sorted order.
sortorder N By name (alphabetic) S By size (smallest first)
E By extension (alphabetic) D By date/time (oldest first)
G Group directories first - Prefix to reverse order
/T Controls which time field displayed or used for sorting
timefield C Creation
A Last Access
W Last Written
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Thank you mate, you've helped a lot and you sound like an expert in DOS so I thought maybe you can assist with this..
The file to be copies has a name format of "PO 123.2011.txt"
Now it is copied, is it possible to generate the next name (i.e. "PO 124.2011") probably using an expression for the math, concatenation and storing it into a temporary variable??
I'm using this for now..
FOR /F "delims=" %%I IN (
:END
START /MAX new.txt
Many thanks mate!
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Yes, I'd say it's possible to generate the next filename using batch commands but probably not advisable as it is going to be difficult to guarantee any kind of robustness. Here's something that will do it but you'll find out that it's a bit of a train wreck with anything other than the expected input format.
@echo off
REM generate next PO NNN.2011.txt where NNN is a number
SET FILENAME=PO 156.2011.txt
REM SET FILENAME=PO ABC.2011.txt
ECHO Initial filename %FILENAME%
REM get 2nd token using '.' and ' ' delimiters
for /F "tokens=2 delims=. " %%a in ("%FILENAME%") do SET /a NNN=%%a
REM what did we get
ECHO NNN %NNN%
REM Increment the value
SET /a NNN=%NNN% + 1
ECHO NNN+1 = %NNN%
SET FILENAME=PO %NNN%.2011.txt
ECHO New filename %FILENAME%
PAUSE
We can do a little bit better by attempting to check if the extracted token is actually numeric and then bailing out if something really bad has happened.
@echo off
REM generate next PO NNN.2011.txt where NNN is a number
SET FILENAME=PO 156.2011.txt
REM SET FILENAME=PO ABC.2011.txt
ECHO Initial filename %FILENAME%
REM get 2nd token using '.' and ' ' delimiters
REM Store token as both number and text
for /F "tokens=2 delims=. " %%a in ("%FILENAME%") do SET /a NNN=%%a & SET TEXT=%%a
REM what did we get
ECHO NNN %NNN% TEXT %TEXT%
REM Should be the same if the token is a decimal number
IF %NNN%==%TEXT% (
ECHO Yippee, got a number
REM Increment the value
SET /a NNN=%NNN% + 1
ECHO NNN+1 = %NNN%
SET FILENAME=PO %NNN%.2011.txt
ECHO New filename %FILENAME%
) ELSE (
ECHO Darn it, got a non numeric token
)
PAUSE
Have fun!
Alan.
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Thank you Alan! That was very helpful.
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How to code prime read code using a while loop?
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Google: .net filestream examples[^]
Is a good place to start, but this link shows where you'd use the while loop
Filestream and while loop[^]
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Hi Everyone,
In Windows OS, if I used UDP protocol to transfer data through only one router (one path), is there a possibility that the packages are out of sequence on the receiver side?
For my application, I want to stay with UDP. I just wonder if I need buffer the data and re-order them on the receiver side.
Thanks a lot!
zipliu
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Yes, it's possible, but highly unlikely. This would be due router misconfiguration, possible buffering issues inside the router, memory failure in the router, ...
It's not just the router that can cause problems. You can also run into issues with switches causing problems where packets would drop or misroute.
If you really are worried about packets arriving in the wrong order, use TCP.
You're making the huge mistake of coding your app to fit a specific network configuration. Don't! How long is it going to be before another router or switch is added to the network? How about if the company moves locations and reconfigures the network for a new location??
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