Visual Basic

3-Apr-07 8:17

This will only happen if you either write the code to do the comparison or find a 3rd party library that does what you want. There is nothing in the .NET Framework that will do this for you.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

text box control

Esmo20003-Apr-07 6:53

Esmo2000

3-Apr-07 6:53

Hello everyone:

I have a quick question about rich text box controls in visual basic. I basically want to change the colour of the text in one of these controls, but I can't see another way to do it then use the "Select" command. This basically highlights text and then you can make whichever changes you want. The problem is of course that this has all sorts of unpredictable behaviors which can't be foreseen, and of course, its outright sloppy. The problem is I see no other way to edit the internal data easily! What's the standard correct way to do this sort of thing?

Regards,
James

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Stigmurder3-Apr-07 8:10

Stigmurder

3-Apr-07 8:10

Are you trying to change the color of all the text? or just a certain piece?

Dave Kreskowiak3-Apr-07 8:16

3-Apr-07 8:16

What you have now is about the only method you've got. ...Unless you want to start parsing the RTF string and inserting the formatting codes yourself.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

Esmo20003-Apr-07 8:25

Esmo2000

3-Apr-07 8:25

Ah, that's too bad. Yeah, I only want to edit parts of it. Using the select method has such unpredicatable side effects, its a shame there is no provided control to get around that.

Thanks guys,
James

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Dave Kreskowiak3-Apr-07 10:07

3-Apr-07 10:07

It's a simple implementation of a RichTextBox control. It's not meant to be something like Word. If you wanted more complex functionality, it would require a more complex implementation, like a 3rd party control or something you write yourself.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

OpenURL problem

Huling3-Apr-07 6:11

3-Apr-07 6:11

When I open the web page "http://finance.yahoo.com/q/os?s=qqqq&m=2007-04" and view the source in

Internet Explorer with Notepad, the text I am looking for looks like

class="yfnc_h" align="right">11.67<

but when I use

RichTextBox1.Text = Inet1.OpenURL("http://finance.yahoo.com/q/os?s=qqqq&m=2007-04")

it looks like

class="yfnc_h" align="right">11.67<

in the RichTextBox.

What happened to the

Stigmurder3-Apr-07 7:33

Stigmurder

3-Apr-07 7:33

What happened to the what? those two lines of text look the same to me.

Dave Kreskowiak3-Apr-07 8:15

3-Apr-07 8:15

And what is Inet1 defined as? What class?

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

Huling3-Apr-07 11:03

3-Apr-07 11:03

Inet1 is an Internet Transfer Control.

Basically, I am loading the webpage into a richtextbox with

RichTextBox1.Text = Inet1.OpenURL("http://finance.yahoo.com/q/os?s=qqqq&m=2007-04")

But a search for "yfs_l10_" will find nothing.

However, if you use View Source in Internet Explorer, "yfs_l10_" will be found.

I don't understand if the text is getting altered by the Internet Transfer Control or the RichTextBox.

Thanks for you help,

Huling

Huling3-Apr-07 11:09

3-Apr-07 11:09

Dave, I now see your confusion which is really the basis of my question.

When I cut and pasted some of the text from Notepad into my post it was automatically changed and the text is missing from my post.

This is the same thing that is happening in my program.

So is there a way to turn off the formatting in the richtextbox and make the text appear as it does in Notepad.

I have tried most of the property settings with no success.

Thanks,

Huling

Dave Kreskowiak3-Apr-07 12:08

3-Apr-07 12:08

No, there isn't. Some of the RTB formatting codes look like something out of HTML. If you want to see all of the HTML, you'd have to use a TextBox to do it. The TextBox doesn't support any kind of formatting so there won't be a problem with it trying to interpret the data (Text) of the document.

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

Huling4-Apr-07 4:48

How can i use DropDownList?

4-Apr-07 4:48

Dave,

Thanks for your replys.

I tried a TextBox and that did not work either. I think it's the Inet control that is reformatting the text.

I did get it working with the API call URLDownloadToFile which apparently saves the raw text a file. I then reload to the RichTextBox for searching and all the text is there.

Thanks again,

Huling

mghiassi3-Apr-07 3:59

mghiassi

3-Apr-07 3:59

Hi all,
I use a DropDownList control.When I want to select one row of this,it's not select and the item that it's index is zero selected which means that SelectedIndexChanged event dose not work well.
I set the AutoPostBack property to true but it dosen't work well.
Can you help me?
Thanks in advance

project Documentation(sample)

paranth3-Apr-07 2:31

paranth

3-Apr-07 2:31

hi dear friends ,

I need a full project Documentation(sample) .Or how can i prepare a documentation for a project ,what are all the information that a doc should contain ,please help me

Thanks and regards
D.Paranthaman

hi,this is from D.paranthaman india

Re: project Documentation(sample)

Member 38798813-Apr-07 2:33

Menus - is there a better way of doing this .....

3-Apr-07 2:33

First index
Then what are the software u have used...,
Then s/w configuration..,
Whjats the need of that project...,
Then screen shot with some what explanation...,
Then future analysis...,
The bibliography..
Then finally conclusion...

Magi

penguin50003-Apr-07 2:19

penguin5000

3-Apr-07 2:19

I'm working with menus at the moment, and I'm reading in the contents of an XML file to create the menu.
The number of rows in the DataView I am iterating through is around 190. Adding all these rows to a menu is simple enough, but 190 items on a menu doesn't look good.
So, I'd like to break the 190 items into submenus - perhaps 20-ish items on a menu. The bottom option will be "More", and another 20 or so is presented, again with the bottom item "More", and so it continues until all 190 have been accomodated.
A snippet of what I've got so far is:

' Sort the DataView by Country<br />
dv.Sort = "Country"<br />
<br />
For Each dvRow In dv<br />
    view_coun_tsmi.DropDownItems.Add(dvRow("Country"))<br />
Next

What I think I need is something like:

Dim counter As Integer<br />
Dim view_coun_tsmi_more As New ToolStripMenuItem<br />
<br />
For Each dvRow In dv<br />
    If counter < 21 Then<br />
        view_coun_tsmi.DropDownItems.Add(dvRow("Country"))<br />
    End If<br />
    If counter = 21 Then<br />
        view_coun_tsmi_more = New ToolStripMenuItem("More ....")<br />
        view_coun_tsmi.DropDownItems.Add(view_coun_tsmi_more)<br />
        view_coun_tsmi_more.DropDownItems.Add .... some more options<br />
    End If<br />
    counter += 1<br />
Next

But this, I think, is a horrible way of doing it.
Is there a better way?

Re: Menus - is there a better way of doing this .....

Richard Jones3-Apr-07 4:00

Richard Jones

3-Apr-07 4:00

What about cascading menus?

item1
item2->item1
       item2
item3
item4

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Print report.........

Member 38798813-Apr-07 1:11

3-Apr-07 1:11

Hi how to print the crystal report......,
with out using that crystalreportviewer toolbar.........

Magi

CPallini3-Apr-07 1:45

CPallini

3-Apr-07 1:45

What about setting DisplayToolbar=false?

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Member 38798813-Apr-07 2:03

3-Apr-07 2:03

Hi friend,
I did already toolbar status is false...,
Then i think to print from my command button.....,
In that command click event i said:
report.PrintToPrinter(1, True, 1, 1)
But its not printing what can i do?,
anyother option is there?,

Magi

CPallini3-Apr-07 2:11

CPallini

3-Apr-07 2:11

PrintReport method doesn't work?
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If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler.
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Member 38798813-Apr-07 2:18

3-Apr-07 2:18

Halo frd,
See i did tolbar status is false
and try to print from based on button click...,
so i given report.PrintToPrinter(1, True, 1, 1) this command in my click event...,
But its not printing anything...,
Now i am asking any other way is there to print that report...,
got it now?,

Magi