Visual Basic

TheMrProgrammer wrote:

I think it will be faster to iterate through the string array rather than
iterating through the database, thats why i load it in a string array. am I correct in thinking so?

TheMrProgrammer wrote:

because the app needs to iterate through the data many times.

TheMrProgrammer wrote:

I think it will be faster to iterate through the string array rather than
iterating through the database, thats why i load it in a string array. am I correct in thinking so?

TheMrProgrammer wrote:

Is there a way to have the strings in the memory, without eating up the RAM?

Luc Pattyn wrote:

Magic powder perhaps.

Member 4196521 wrote:

Is VB (and GDI+) a bad choice for this type of work?

Dim mouseheight As Integer
    Dim slidepos As Integer
    Dim handletop As Integer


    




    Private Sub sliderhandle_mousedown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles sliderhandle.MouseDown
        handletop = sliderhandle.Top
        If MouseButtons = Windows.Forms.MouseButtons.Left Then
            SliderTimer.Enabled = True

        End If


        mouseheight = MousePosition.Y
    End Sub
    Private Sub sliderhandle_mouseup(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles sliderhandle.MouseUp
        SliderTimer.Enabled = False
        handletop = sliderhandle.Top


    End Sub


    Private Sub SliderTimer_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SliderTimer.Tick




      
        slidepos = handletop + MousePosition.Y - mouseheight


        If slidepos >= EmptyBar.Bottom - 15 Then
            sliderhandle.Top = EmptyBar.Bottom - 15


        ElseIf slidepos <= EmptyBar.Top Then
            sliderhandle.Top = EmptyBar.Top

        Else
            sliderhandle.Top = slidepos
        End If

endTimer:

    End Sub
End Class