Visual Basic

Invoking PrintDialog for Notepad

18-Jul-05 23:09

hello, i am using vb.net and i am making an address book. i want to search a specific line from the textfile. Example if i want to see Adrian's details i can go to Adrian from a listbox and click a button on to it. it then appears another form with all the details of Adrian. Adrian is in the 4rth line of the textfile and i want to bring out Adrians details onto the form. How can i make this in vb.net??

Anonymous18-Jul-05 11:14

18-Jul-05 11:14

Hi all,

I am using the following line to print a file in my VB .NET app.

Shell("Notepad.exe /p " & lsFile, AppWinStyle.Hide)

This way I don't have to worry about drawing out a PrintDocument and wordwrap is handled for me by Notepad.

I was wondering if there is a way of invoking the Print Dialog for Notepad through a command line argument? Or someway of passing the printer name to the Notepad command line argument /pt filename printer ?

Any suggestions? Thanks

progload18-Jul-05 12:42

18-Jul-05 12:42

I think the command lines for Notepad looks like this so:

/P <filename> print filename
/PT <filename> <printername> <driverdll> <port>

somthing like this:

Shell("Notepad.exe /PT " & lsFile & " <printername> <driverdll> <port>", AppWinStyle.Hide)

MSDN: Pathname
Required. String. Name of the program to execute, together with any required arguments and command-line switches. Pathname can also include the drive and the directory path or folder.

Http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vblr7/html/vafctshell.asp

Anonymous19-Jul-05 3:46

19-Jul-05 3:46

I'm still looking around for an answer, but do you know if the driverdll and port are required as a command line argument?

Also, is there some way to get that information from the PrintDialog control in VB.NET?

All I could find in the properties is: PrintDialog1.PrinterSettings.PrinterName

But that doesn't pass to the command line properly...or perhaps I am doing something wrong? Confused | :confused:

progload19-Jul-05 8:19

19-Jul-05 8:19

The printer name is exactly how it is shown in the printers and faxes control panel under properties for the printer settings.

example: mine is "EPSON Stylus Photo 785EPX"

Run this from the command line in a dos window and it will give you the rest of the info you need:

RUNDLL32 PRINTUI.DLL,PrintUIEntry /Xg /n "<put your printer name here>"

progload19-Jul-05 9:32

19-Jul-05 9:32

Ok, Anonymous I think I got it now,
to use the /pt switch everthing must be in quotes(") past the switch.

Here's how i got it to work:

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim lsFile As String = "NotePad.exe /pt " & """c:\results.txt""" & """Okidata ML 320 Turbo/D (IBM)""" & """LPT1:"""
Debug.WriteLine(lsFile)
Shell(lsFile, AppWinStyle.NormalFocus)
End Sub

Anonymous19-Jul-05 13:18

Help: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

19-Jul-05 13:18

Thanks progload! It's working great Big Grin | :-D

Anonymous18-Jul-05 10:50

Re: Help: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

18-Jul-05 10:50

My application works fine on my computer, but when I try to run it on someone else computer I get the following error.

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in system.windows.forms.dll
Additional information: Class not registered

This error occurs at a line within the Windows Form Generated Code. My form contains an Adobe Control for ActiveX 1.3.

CType(Me.PDFViewer, System.ComponentModel.ISupportInitialize).EndInit()

Can someone point out how to fix this COMException? Or point me in the right direction to trouble shoot this error?

progload18-Jul-05 11:09

Re: Help: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException

18-Jul-05 11:09

It looks like the COM Component is not registered (Your Adobe ActiveX Control)

You'll need to register it from a command line like: regsvr32 <ControlName>

Anonymous18-Jul-05 11:10

18-Jul-05 11:10

Thanks...I just figured it out on my own Big Grin | :-D

Variable

ADY00718-Jul-05 10:37

18-Jul-05 10:37

How to make a variable active in 2 forms within the same project?? how can i use a variable called intNumber in two forms? answer me pls!

Re: Variable

Christian Graus18-Jul-05 13:01

Christian Graus

18-Jul-05 13:01

You can't put a variable in two classes. You can share it via a third class, or pass it between the two. If you use a third class, you need to pass an instance of that class, or make it static.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

Re: Variable

progload18-Jul-05 13:29

18-Jul-05 13:29

Right about the middle of the page, here, but I suggest you read the whole page.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchWorkingWithMultipleFormsInVisualBasicNETUpgradingToNET.asp[^]

TextFile

ADY00718-Jul-05 7:58

18-Jul-05 7:58

Hello, I am doing an address book and i want to read the first word of every line in a textfile. How can i loop in every line throgh vb

Adrian De Battista

Re: TextFile

KaptinKrunch18-Jul-05 9:57

KaptinKrunch

18-Jul-05 9:57

You can read through each line of txt file like this.

Dim sr as new StreamReader(filepath)
Dim foo as string
Do while sr.Peak() > -1
foo = sr.readline()
Loop

sr.DiscardBufferedData()
sr.Close()
sr = nothing

Also checkout the StreamReader Class at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemiostreamreaderclasstopic.asp[^]

Re: TextFile

ADY00718-Jul-05 10:07

SNMP coding using Visual Basic

18-Jul-05 10:07

Thanks Very Much My Friend!!!

Anonymous18-Jul-05 6:51

Re: SNMP coding using Visual Basic

18-Jul-05 6:51

How can I write code in Visual Basic to send data using SNMP over the network to a network manager

progload18-Jul-05 15:57

Re: SNMP coding using Visual Basic

18-Jul-05 15:57

I haven't seen any pure vb snmp trap code.

Most folks use a commercial snmp activex control.

But, here's some places to start if you realy want to build your own.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widely used protocol for monitoring the health and welfare of network equipment (eg. routers), computer equipment and even devices like UPSs. Net-SNMP is a suite of applications used to implement SNMP v1, SNMP v2c and SNMP v3 using both IPv4 and IPv6.
http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=12694

SNMP Packet Library
The SNMP Packet Library is a C++ library for encoding and decoding SNMP packets. Extremely easy to use. Create those useful SNMP applications without worrying about the underlying protocol details. Includes classes to support UDP tranmission and a Poller class with asynchronous callbacks
http://www.ncomtech.com/download.htm
http://www.ncomtech.com/software/PktLib/Nt/pl295.zip
http://www.ncomtech.com/software/PktLib/pktlibmanual.pdf

Jul 23, 2002 - Creating an SNMP Component
Ben Garcia sheds some light on the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). First he provides a history of SNMP, then he dives right into its architecture. Finally, he shows how to build a COM component that communicates with SNMP-enabled devices.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020723.htm

Sep 4, 2002 - Creating an SNMP Component - Part 2
In part two of this intriguing article series, Ben Garcia shows how to build an updated and improved SNMP component in VC++ AND VB, and he briefly explains why limitations in VB make VC++ a better language for developing this type of application.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/020904.htm

How to develop a SNMP extension agent DLL
By T.YogaRamanan
http://www.codeproject.com/internet/SNMP_Agent_DLL__Part1_.asp

How to install SNMP extension agent DLL
By T.YogaRamanan
http://www.codeproject.com/internet/SNMP_Agent_DLL__Part2_.asp

and

http://www.wtcs.org/snmp4tpc/links.htm

hope this helps you out.

progload18-Jul-05 16:15