be58d2003 Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 I am learning to program in VB .NET (as a hobby right now), I have .NET Framework 1.0 installed on my system. Is there anyway to install 1.1 on my system so it can be used with my VS or do I need to buy VB. NET 2003? I hoping there is an answer (that doesn't require me to buy 2003, as I really don't have a lot of money to spend on something that is just a hobby). Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
Arch4ngel Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Even if you install 1.1 you won't be able to implement features of it. Your apps will be 1.0 complient but will be able to run on 1.1. My Opinion : Don't bother with it. Stay with 1.0 if it's a hobby. Quote "If someone say : "Die mortal !"... don't stay to see if he isn't." - Unknown "Learning to program is like going out with a new girl friend. There's always something that wasn't mentioned in the documentation..." - Me "A drunk girl is like an animal... it scream at everything like a cat and roll in the grass like a dog." - Me after seeing my girlfriend drunk and some of her drunk friend. C# TO VB TRANSLATOR
Answer Posted April 7, 2004 Posted April 7, 2004 Since its just a hobby, you might want to checkout Sharp Develop (#develope) it now supports vb, and its pretty freakin cool! Best of all, its completely free. http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ Quote
be58d2003 Posted April 7, 2004 Author Posted April 7, 2004 Thanks, I am checking out the product Answer recommended. Will let you know how it goes. Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
be58d2003 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Posted April 8, 2004 Okay, that is basically what I already have. I just wanted the new features 1.1 has to offer (especially) application.enablevisualstyles. My some one here can help, I know it can be done in 1.0 using a manifest file. I have a sample file manifest file from a book, however... I follow the instructions and nothing happens. Can anyone help?! Oh, I guess I should be a little more specific, I am trying to apply the Windows XP controls (buttons, etc) to my form(s). Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
Answer Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 i dont believe you can get the new features in vs.net 2002. hence the reason i pointed you to that becuase it works with the .net framework 1.1 :) Quote
be58d2003 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Posted April 8, 2004 i dont believe you can get the new features in vs.net 2002. hence the reason i pointed you to that becuase it works with the .net framework 1.1 :) So, you are saying... that the Application.EnableVisualStyles will work with it?! Maybe I should check it out a little better, however... When I tried using, there was no tool bar on the left where I can drag and drop buttons, etc. Can you point me in the direction to the tool bar display? Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
Answer Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Sure, there seems to be a small bug, to get all the tool bars etc, you need to go to the view menu, and uncheck the different options, then recheck them. Once you recheck them, they will appear. I think it has somethign to do with the new dock manager control they are using. I have to admit that i dont use this ide myself, however i have been following it closely and like where its going. I dont know if it will do completely what you want, however it is for the 1.1 framework, so i imagine it can. Quote
be58d2003 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Posted April 8, 2004 Thanks, I will give it another chance. Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
*Gurus* Derek Stone Posted April 8, 2004 *Gurus* Posted April 8, 2004 Use Visual Studio .NET 2002 to program the applications and compile them from the command line using the .NET 1.1 compilers found in the SDK. The whole process can be automated with a batch (*.bat) file. Quote Posting Guidelines
be58d2003 Posted April 8, 2004 Author Posted April 8, 2004 Use Visual Studio .NET 2002 to program the applications and compile them from the command line using the .NET 1.1 compilers found in the SDK. The whole process can be automated with a batch (*.bat) file. Thanks, but I haven't the slightest clue as to what you are talking about I am still very new to programming. I completed a task from one of my books on how to create an auto-complete ComboBox, I got all excited... does that tell you how new I am? :D I created the manifest file like my book showed (for 1.0) and followed the rest of the directions. But, it still didn't work. Do I have to make my program call the manifest file? If so, how? The book is a little more on the advanced (for me at least) side, and I am guessing they are assuming I already know how to do this. Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
mooman_fl Posted April 8, 2004 Posted April 8, 2004 Getting the visual style with the manifest is fairly simple but there is one step you might be overlooking. Not only do you have to include the manifest in the directory with the executable.... but you have to set the "FlatStyle" property of each control that you want to appear XP style to "System". It is set to "Standard" by default. Quote "Programmers are tools for converting caffeine into code." Madcow Inventions -- Software for the Sanity Challenged.
be58d2003 Posted April 9, 2004 Author Posted April 9, 2004 Getting the visual style with the manifest is fairly simple but there is one step you might be overlooking. Not only do you have to include the manifest in the directory with the executable.... but you have to set the "FlatStyle" property of each control that you want to appear XP style to "System". It is set to "Standard" by default. I did that, I put it in the directory with .exe, I set the FlatStyle property to System and I renamed the file as the same as the application and added .exe.manifest as the extension (this didn't work), I tried just .manifest as the extension (that didn't work). When creating the XML file, is there any one type of file it should be i.e. Inherited Control, etc? Quote Firefighters do it with a big hose...
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