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Re: How to open pdf-file with button

10-May-07 2:21

1 - just provide a link to the PDF, the browser will open it
2 - the back browser goes back to the last URL, always.

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koolprasad200310-May-07 21:21

koolprasad2003

10-May-07 21:21

To open a pdf file in vb.net application use
1. web browser control
and give the code like

webbrowser1.nevigate("PDF File Path")

Hope it will help
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crystal reports

Sonia Gupta9-May-07 20:40

Sonia Gupta

9-May-07 20:40

I made the crystal report three days back.It was all-right then... but now more then 70 percent of it's page - where i drag dropped the information part controls and the labels - have got converted into grey(I mean disabled).Now I am not able to change it's controls location(coordinates) which were drag dropped.
Is there any way out for this problem ?

bar code ?

Mr.Kode9-May-07 20:26

Mr.Kode

9-May-07 20:26

i'm working with pharmacy appliucation , i had performed the most database and GUI work , excpt the portion of bar code which will read the code from any medicine box and display the item properties like price , expiration date , and so on ..
how can i do that ?
may any help in code please ?

many regards

Christian Graus9-May-07 21:15

9-May-07 21:15

You can buy a barcode scanner, but you need to build or buy a database that turns the numbers that a bar code represents, into the details of the product that carries it.

Mr.Kode9-May-07 22:38

Mr.Kode

9-May-07 22:38

please i need more details..
do you mean that barcode scanner automatically with application to read codes and all i nned here is tp attach this application with my database

regards

Arun.Immanuel9-May-07 22:44

Arun.Immanuel

9-May-07 22:44

The barcode reader will only scan the code of the product.
You have to interface it with the PC.

You should have a database with columns like

Barcode,ProductName,Cost,Weight and so on.

And create an application that reads the scanned Barcode(from the barcode reader)
and fetch the corresponding properties from the database
and display them in the UI.

Regards,
Arun Kumar.A

How to create a function that does not return a value?

klaydze10-May-07 17:20

klaydze

10-May-07 17:20

the only stuff you need is barcode reader. just install the barcode reader to the computer then he can read now the code in the box. thats to easy. Smile | :)

if you scan the barcode in the box then the barcode reader will paste the code to your textbox or even in notepad.

Don't block the drive way of all the newbies in programming. Smile | :)

Vivek Narayanan9-May-07 20:05

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

9-May-07 20:05

i want to create a function that utilizes a String and does just about the same thing as a Sub,but does not return a value ,can any one help me out?

Christian Graus9-May-07 20:11

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

9-May-07 20:11

A function returns a value, a sub does not. This is another VB disaster, IMO. But, the void return type is a sub. If it's a function, it returns something. Otherwise, there's no difference, AFAIK.

Steven J Jowett9-May-07 23:28

Steven J Jowett

9-May-07 23:28

A function that does the same as a sub ??? I would have thought the solution to be obvious; use a sub

Steve Jowett

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

Vivek Narayanan10-May-07 2:57

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

10-May-07 2:57

I meant a function that does the same as a sub ,but like all functions do,utilizes an Object or a Component but does not return any value

Vivek Narayanan10-May-07 3:04

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

10-May-07 3:04

Let me make it clear,its something like this

Function str() as String<br />
<br />
'code related with str ,which does something to the form,just like code in an event sub<br />
<br />
RETURN<br />
'I've got nothing to return<br />
<br />
End Function

Say if i choose null as the return value,will the code above it be processed,irrespective of the fact that the function will always return null

Steven J Jowett10-May-07 3:17

Steven J Jowett

10-May-07 3:17

You could do this :-

Function str() as string<br />
<br />
'your code here<br />
<br />
Return Nothing<br />
<br />
End Function

but surely that is the same as :-

Sub str()<br />
<br />
'your code here<br />
<br />
End Sub

Or is it you what to provide an object for the "function" to work with and change, in which case :-

Sub str(ByRef myObject as Object)<br />
<br />
'do something to myObject<br />
<br />
End Sub

This would receive the memory address the the object and change it directly, without the need to passing back the result

Steve Jowett
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Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

Vivek Narayanan10-May-07 3:31

Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

10-May-07 3:31

thanks,i might appear like a newbie,but i'm not,its just that i learned everything by trial and error and my knowledge of the vb lang is here and there

Colin Angus Mackay10-May-07 3:52

Colin Angus Mackay

10-May-07 3:52

Vivek Narayanan wrote:
i learned everything by trial and error and my knowledge of the vb lang is here and there

I suggest you buy a book and fill in the gaps.

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Re: How to create a function that does not return a value?

Dave Kreskowiak10-May-07 3:26

Dave Kreskowiak

10-May-07 3:26

What you're talking about is still a Sub.

Private Sub SetupDataGridView()
     ' Code to setup your DGV goes here.
End Sub

Seriously, pickup a book on VB.NET for Beginners. This is really basic stuff you're asking about.

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days calculation in vb.net

Sonia Gupta9-May-07 19:52

Sonia Gupta

9-May-07 19:52

How should i calulate the no of days in a particular month?
I have a complete datail of the date like the day , month and year.

Re: days calculation in vb.net

Christian Graus9-May-07 19:55

Re: days calculation in vb.net

9-May-07 19:55

DateTime.DaysInMonth

Sonia Gupta9-May-07 20:11

Sonia Gupta

9-May-07 20:11

Hi Christian Graus ,
i have a query .
it is non technical that's y i am not saying here in this very forum .if u get some time to go to Meetings and Get together forum.

Re: days calculation in vb.net

Christian Graus9-May-07 20:17