"eBob.com" <faken***@totallybogus.com> wrote in message
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> I have several applications which mine web sites for personal information
> which they publish.  They publish the info in one form, I transform the
info
> into Excel spreadsheets.
>
> So all these programs pick up name, telephone number, age, sex, etc..  And
> as they pick up the information they display it in text boxes.  The text
> boxes are display only, and the info is displayed only for debugging
> purposes.
>
> Right now I have a lot of duplicate code in these several applications.
> What I'd like to do is create one something, a class library or a user
> control, which eliminates all of the duplicate code.  So this "something"
as
> I envision it will be a collection of labels and textboxes (tbxName,
tbxTel,
> tbxSex, etc.) and a class with corresponding fields (Name, Telephone, Sex,
> etc.).  The something should also contain related subroutines such as the
> code which opens, writes, and closes the Excel spreadsheet.
>
> I wasn't sure if I needed a user control or a class library, but I have
> opted for the user control because I want to be able to plonk down the
> collection of labels and text boxes during the design of the consuming
> applications.
>
> I am now at the point where I have a bunch of labels and text boxes
defined
> on my "UserControl1.vb[Design]* tab.  And now I am trying to define a
class
> of corresponding fields.  So following my "Windows Form Designer generated
> code" I have ...
>
> Public Class Person
>
> Private mpName As String
>
> Public Property Name() As String
>
> Get
>
> Return mpName
>
> End Get
>
> Set(ByVal Value As String)
>
> mpName = Value
>
> UserControl1.tbxName = Value     '<<<<< this is where I have a problem
>
> End Set
>
> End Property
>
> ...
>
> If it matters, note that this Person class is nested within the Public
Class
> UserControl1.  I didn't know classes can be nested but I guess I do now.
>
> I suspect that I am really not going about this in the right way at all.
> But, if I am, then my problem is that I do not know how to specify the
> controls which correspond to my fields.  You'll see above that I tried
> UserControl1.tbxName which I knew was wrong, but it at least conveys what
I
> am trying to do.  I had high hopes for me.tbxName but that did not work
> either.
>
> So ... any advice or pointers you can share with me will be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,  Bob
>
>

"Cerebrus99" <zorg***@sify.com> wrote in message
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> Hi eBob
>
> You could consider creating both a Class Library (which contains all your
> business logic and properties)  and a UserControl (which contains all UI
> elements.) and then link both of them together. There is of course the
> option of nesting everything within one class, but it's not very good
> coding
> practice in my opinion, especially considering that the Reusability
> requirement in your project is high.
>
> As for the confusion about whether to use a Class Library or UserControl,
>
> By Definition :
> - A Class Library template is used to quickly create reusable classes and
> components that can be shared with other projects.
>
> - The UserControl provides an empty control that can be used to create
> other
> controls, and gives you the ability to create controls that can be used in
> multiple places within an application.
>
> So, to summarize, the Class library should contain all the logic by which
> you load data, it will have properties and methods, while your UserControl
> should handle the displaying of the data in the TextBoxes.
>
>> UserControl1.tbxName = Value     '<<<<< this is where I have a problem
>
> I fail to understand what exactly you are trying to do by this statement.
> You are equating a Control (texbox) with a string value, which won't work.
> I'm assuming that you want to change the text of the Textbox here.
>
> if tbxName is the name of a TextBox, then to change it's text, just do :
> tbxName.Text = MyClass.PropertyName
> where MyClass is the name of your ClassLibrary and PropertyName is the
> name
> of the relevant property.
>
> I would recommend that you check up on some tutorials on the web or MSDN,
> which will clear these concepts.
>
> Lemme know if you need more info,
>
> Regards,
>
> Cerebrus.
>
>
>
> "eBob.com" <faken***@totallybogus.com> wrote in message
> news:ujkwVQYNGHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> I have several applications which mine web sites for personal information
>> which they publish.  They publish the info in one form, I transform the
> info
>> into Excel spreadsheets.
>>
>> So all these programs pick up name, telephone number, age, sex, etc..
>> And
>> as they pick up the information they display it in text boxes.  The text
>> boxes are display only, and the info is displayed only for debugging
>> purposes.
>>
>> Right now I have a lot of duplicate code in these several applications.
>> What I'd like to do is create one something, a class library or a user
>> control, which eliminates all of the duplicate code.  So this "something"
> as
>> I envision it will be a collection of labels and textboxes (tbxName,
> tbxTel,
>> tbxSex, etc.) and a class with corresponding fields (Name, Telephone,
>> Sex,
>> etc.).  The something should also contain related subroutines such as the
>> code which opens, writes, and closes the Excel spreadsheet.
>>
>> I wasn't sure if I needed a user control or a class library, but I have
>> opted for the user control because I want to be able to plonk down the
>> collection of labels and text boxes during the design of the consuming
>> applications.
>>
>> I am now at the point where I have a bunch of labels and text boxes
> defined
>> on my "UserControl1.vb[Design]* tab.  And now I am trying to define a
> class
>> of corresponding fields.  So following my "Windows Form Designer
>> generated
>> code" I have ...
>>
>> Public Class Person
>>
>> Private mpName As String
>>
>> Public Property Name() As String
>>
>> Get
>>
>> Return mpName
>>
>> End Get
>>
>> Set(ByVal Value As String)
>>
>> mpName = Value
>>
>> UserControl1.tbxName = Value     '<<<<< this is where I have a problem
>>
>> End Set
>>
>> End Property
>>
>> ...
>>
>> If it matters, note that this Person class is nested within the Public
> Class
>> UserControl1.  I didn't know classes can be nested but I guess I do now.
>>
>> I suspect that I am really not going about this in the right way at all.
>> But, if I am, then my problem is that I do not know how to specify the
>> controls which correspond to my fields.  You'll see above that I tried
>> UserControl1.tbxName which I knew was wrong, but it at least conveys what
> I
>> am trying to do.  I had high hopes for me.tbxName but that did not work
>> either.
>>
>> So ... any advice or pointers you can share with me will be greatly
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,  Bob
>>
>>
>
>