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Two VB.Net problems...

Started by Emonious Nov 21, 2003 at 3:32 AM 6 replies 450+ views

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Nov 21, 2003 at 3:32 AM

Working on a semester project for a VB class for my CS major, and have run into two very odd problems. I thought someone on here who knows VB may be able to help me find them, as I cannot find the solutions after many hours of looking. 1: I''ve put text in a label for a title screen. A white font (arial) on a blue form background. However, when the program runs, all the text is changed to a 3d almost indented DARKER version of the font color. I''ve shown this to the teacher and the class and no one had a clue what it was caused by. While VB is not the instructers specialty, he is quite experienced in other language and was at a loss to the cause. I haven''t a clue and everything seems set correctly. 2: How do you set a menubar''s color and font color? I''ve checked all properties, and unable to find anywhere it might be changed. Is this something much more technical then just a property setting? I was hoping to change it to a blue background with white pudgy letters (after I fix the color problem) but NOTHING seems to be connected with the color. Thanks for any help you guys may provide, it is appreciated.

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Nov 21, 2003 at 3:42 AM

Hey Emonious.

1: Have you set any properties on the incorrect label color? If not, have you tried running it on an other PC? It could be a setting on your PC, or something which casues diffrent effects on your window but in VB the handling context is diffrent which does not cause the undesired effect.

2: You cannot set the menu-bar''s color or font directly in VB. Although it is possible through API, as I''ve seen a few examples, etc. just look for some VB sites that also provides API code.

Hope this helps.

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Emonious

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Emonious

Nov 21, 2003 at 4:02 AM

It shows up as the wrong color on any computer it seems (I''ve tried three). I don''t think I have set anything else to the incorrect color. I can change the color and it seems to take taht color and make it darker for the text anywhere. I have NO idea why!

As for the menu bar... crud! I''ve never worked with API''s yet. Any tips for a first timer? I will eventually have to get into them but I know just about nothing working with them at this point.

Thanks for the info

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Nov 21, 2003 at 4:07 AM

Maybe you can mail your code to me so that I can check it out. (Just the form that has the problem).
If its VB 6.0 or .NET its OK, I can check them both.

I hope maybe that (or I) can help.

AS for the API, its not a MUST but if you would like some pretty nifty stuff in your VB code, then API can do a lot of that. I used to visit vb-world.net but I guess they don't exist anymore.
Use google and look for VB and API. You'll find a lot of sites that can help you there.

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[edited by - Last Attacker on November 21, 2003 5:10:25 AM]

Emonious

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Emonious

Nov 21, 2003 at 4:12 AM

Don't have it on this computer right now, but tomorrow night if there are no posts I'll load it up to the college server so I can email one of the forms to you to look at. Thanks for the help, maybe you'll spot something right away that I missed.

While I only have a few years of minor programming experience I have found so far it is always something simple that is wrong, it just seems to be a matter of finding it, or knowing how to.

At least at my level

I'm sure it gets more complex later.

[edited by - Emonious on November 21, 2003 5:12:49 AM]

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Nov 21, 2003 at 4:17 AM

Ok cool, I just want you to know that I don''t know when I can go online (gotta ask my dad and stuff) so I hope you''re not in a rush to finish it or anything.

And I have to agree that the more you program the more you are prone to making little mistakes which can lead to HUGE consequenses (I hope thats spelled right).

Hope I can help you with your problem.

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