How to call a function in Visual Basic - vb.net

Im fairly new at visual basic and im having trouble using function. ive tried many ways but failed, so ive deleted the funtion to start again. i want this function to run once someone has clicked a button, however the button is on a different form.
When button(btnAdd) is clicked on form 2 i want this to run on form one...
Using writer As System.IO.StreamWriter = New System.IO.StreamWriter(filepath", True)
Dim recipient As String = tbRecipient.Text
If (tbRecipient.Lines.Count > 1) Then
recipient = ""
For Each line As String In tbRecipient.Lines
recipient = recipient & " " & line
Next
recipient = recipient.Trim()
End If
writer.WriteLine(recipient)
End Using
Im not sure if this is the right code to achieve what i want it to do. What the code should do is when the user clicks the button add, it reads the checked options in a checklistbox and adds them to a file. that file is the outputted to a different textbox, which is on a different form. I have the funtion working correctly for the adding of the checkboxlist but need to then display it in a text box on another form. if anyone can help or point me in the right direction that would be great.

Double click on the button(btnAdd) in design window then write:
myFunction()
then in the second form code window:
public function myFunction()
'your code
end function

just call the function name where you want to execute it, or using the reserved keyword Call as Below:
First Way:
'Call by taping the function name
myFunctionName(Argumets)
Second Way:
'Use the Call Keyword:
Call myFunctionName(Argumets)

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Append Strings and values together to target a form control in VBA

I'm so close to getting this code working, I just need a little push please. I would like to
take the name of a combo box and then add a string to the end, But then get the value of a textbox with that string. This is to create a dynamic function instead of pasting the same code over and over.
Here's what I have so far, after you select something in the dropdown, the data is then pulled to populate the boxes next to it. I have about 8 drop downs so far so that's why I need this to work.
'Combobox after update
Call GrabData(Me, Me.ActiveControl)
Then
Private Sub GrabData(ctl As Control)
'name of ctl/combobox is "Kitchen"
data1 = (ctl.Name & "Size") '"KitchenSize"
'Here is where it all goes wrong
data1.Value = size.value
'size.value is just a textbox for example
End Sub
I can debug this with:
msgbox(data1)
'outputs "KitchenSize"
But I cannot get the value of kitchensize's textbox with data1.value
Error:
Object Required
I have also added Dim As String / Dim As Control.
I will be assigning the variable to some other stuff in this 50 line code I wrote so please don't take the above example as exactly what I intend to do, I just need help appending the ctl.name to a string, then use that to reference another control and so on.
EDIT
For anyone who wants to know, I figured it out.
Dim Ctrl As Control
Dim CtrlName As String
CtrlName = ctl.Name & "Size"
Set Ctrl = Me.Controls(CtrlName)
Ctrl.Value = 'Wherever you want to send the values to
See the edit.
You need to dim it as a string, then use Set Ctrl

Check if data exist in file

I need help. I want to check if user exists by entering their ic number and I want to display another rest of their data by using file in visual basic. Unfortunately, an error occurs while doing that. I need help. If the user exists, then It will display automatically name, email, address and so on but if a user doesn't exist, then it shows message box. Here I attached the image of the display screen and the code. Please help me. Thank you.
Public Class Form1
Private Sub btnSearch_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnSearch.Click
Dim userFile As String = "C:\Users\HP\Desktop\userdata.txt"
Dim inputFile As String
If System.IO.File.Exists(userFile) = True Then
Dim objReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(userFile)
Dim intIc As Integer
Dim intCount As Integer = 0
Dim strName As String
Dim strEmail As String
Dim intPhoneNum As String
Dim strAdd1 As String
Dim strAdd2 As String
Dim intPostcode As String
Dim strState As String
Do While objReader.Peek() <> -1
intIc(intCount) = Convert.ToInt64(objReader.ReadLine())
If (intIc(intCount).Convert.ToInt64(objReader.ReadLine())) Then
strName(intCount) = objReader.ReadLine()
strEmail(intCount) = objReader.ReadLine()
intPhoneNum(intCount) = Convert.ToInt32(objReader.ReadLine())
strAdd1(intCount) = objReader.ReadLine()
strAdd2(intCount) = objReader.ReadLine()
intPostcode(intCount) = Convert.ToInt32(objReader.ReadLine())
strState(intCount) = objReader.ReadLine()
lblName.Text = strName
lblEmail.Text = strEmail
lblNum.Text = intPhoneNum
lblAdd1.Text = strAdd1
lblAdd2.Text = strAdd2
lblPostcode.Text = intPostcode
lblState.Text = strState
objReader.Close()
Else
MessageBox.Show("User Does Not Exist")
End If
intCount = intCount + 1
Loop
Else
MessageBox.Show("File Does Not Exist")
End If
End Sub
End Class
Your task, the easy way:
make a new project
add a DataSet to this new project
open the DataSet, in the properties call it something sensible
Right click the surface, add a new datatable, name it Person
Right click the datatable, add a column, name it IC. Right click, add column, name it Name. Keep going until you added all the fields you want to track(email,phone,address1 etc)
save the DataSet
open the form
show the datasources window (view menu.. other windows)
expand the nodes til you can see Person
click the drop down next to Person, switch from DataGridview to Details
drag Person onto the form. Text boxes, labels etc appear. In the tray at the bottom more things appear
add a textbox to the form and call it searchTextBox
add a search button to the form, double click it, add this line of code to the click handler:
personBindingSource.Filter = '[ic] LIKE '" & searchTextBox.Text & "'"
If personBindingSource.Count = 0 Then MessageBox.Show("No records")
double click the form background to add a form load event handler, put this line of code:
If IO.File.Exists("data.xml") Then .ReadXml("data.xml")
switch back to designer, single click the form background and switch to event properties of the form, add a handler to the form closing event:
.WriteXml("data.xml")
That's it, you now have a program that will open, read and fill the DataSet with data from the data.xml file, it will search it when you type something in the ic box, the text boxes use databinding to show values automatically, and when you close the program it will save updates data. The only task now is to load the xml file with data.
When the textboxes were added to the form you should also have seen a bar appear across the top with some left/right controls in and a green plus. Click the green plus, type some data in, click it again, type more data. Navigating back, if you're adding new data, will commit the data. If you're looking at existing data, editing it then navigating will commit it
After you added some data, you can search for existing data using the search box. When you've searched for a single value it should be the only thing shown and the nav will show "1 of 1". To get back to the mode where all data is showing, put a single asterisk in the search box and hit search; it should show the number records in the top bar and you can scroll them with the arrows.
If you already have lots of data in a file, like you use in your question, you can read it in a loop (like you do in your question, except don't use that code exactly cos it has loads of errors) as a one time thing and assign it into the datatable, or you can manipulate it directly into being XML in a text editor. This is easy to do if you have a capable text editor but I'll not offer any particular advice on it in case you don't have a large amount of existing data. Ask a new question if you do

VB.Net Handling Multiple Forms into Panel

I have tried to find an answer to this already, but cannot find one that answers this question.
I have a Master Form which contains two panels. In the master Form I am trying to write a subroutine to handle the loading of a form into one of the panels.
One panel always contains the same form and the code which works for this is:
'Configure Toolbar Import
Dim toolbarHandler As _pnl_header = New _pnl_header()
toolbarHandler.Size = pnlHeader.Size
toolbarHandler.TopLevel = False
pnlHeader.Controls.Add(toolbarHandler)
toolbarHandler.Show()
The panel successfully shows the form _pnl_header as expected.
The second panel will change the displayed form depending on user input, so rather than having to write the above code for every eventuality i would like one Public Sub to handle them all...
I've started writing a sub along the lines of:
Public Sub LoadContentPanel(WhichForm As Form)
Try
Dim contentHandler As WhichForm = New WhichForm()
contentHandler.Size = pnlContent.Size
contentHandler.TopLevel = False
pnlContent.Controls.Add(contentHandler)
contentHandler.Show()
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Unable to Handle Content Panel Change. Error: " & ex.Message, vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Load Error")
End Try
End Sub
However this fails as 'WhichForm' is not defined - how is best to correct this? or is there a better alternative?
Thanks
Without going into what you are doing I can explain where the error comes from.
Here you declare argument variable WhichForm of type Form
Public Sub LoadContentPanel(WhichForm As Form)
. . . . .
Code is incorrect in the next declaration line. WhichForm is a variable and not a type. Hence
Dim contentHandler As WhichForm = New WhichForm()
is invalid at As WhichForm. Because after As you need a type name. If you did
Dim contentHandler As Form = New Form()
it would work.
It seems that all you need to do is remove Dim contentHandler As WhichForm... and rename argument WhichForm to contentHandler.

access make list field visible when clicking Button

In an access form, I try to make a list field visible when the fokus is on another textfield in which new data should be filled in. The backround is that one should know the last data inputs to create a new one.
As a first step I tried to make the list (liste91) visible when clicking on a button, but I failed using the following code.
Private Sub Befehl97_Click()
Forms!projects!liste91.SetFocus
Me.liste91.visible = True
End Sub
I get error in the line Me.list91
what is wrong?
thank you for your help!
You can't set focus to something not yet visible. Just switch the order:
Private Sub Befehl97_Click()
Me.liste91.visible = True
Me.liste91.SetFocus
End Sub

VBA - The Form Class has no the show method

I want create one form from another. But the Form class has no the Show method, which described at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/gg251540.aspx
It's code in Form_Main:
Private Sub btnTemp_Click()
Dim frmOpt As Form_Option
Set frmOpt = New Form_Option
frmOpt.Show vbModal
End Sub
But I received the "Compile error: Method or data member not found".
Where I made mistake?
Thanks
(VBA version 6.5; Access 2007)
=====
Sorry for my previous comment: right now I see that comment isn't obvious.
I don't have subForm on my mainForm.
I have two simple form: Form_Main and Form_Option. And I want to be the next logic:
Form_Main has button "btnOption"
Click on "btnOption". The Form_Option is opening
I change options on Form_Option
And click the btnSave button on Form_Option, and the next idea is executing:
Form_Main.TimerInterval = CLng(Form_Option.edtTimerInterval.Value)
At the moment I made it simple. And that is enough for me.
I write so:
Private Sub btnOptions_Click()
' After changing options, refresh timer interval of main form
DoCmd.OpenForm "Options", , , , , acDialog
Me.TimerInterval = 1000 * CLng(MOptions.loadOption("fPeriodVerifyNoticeInterval"))
End Sub
Where fPeriodVerifyNoticeInterval is parameter that stored in the options table.
And the Options Form changes the "fPeriodVerifyNoticeInterval" parameters at saving.
My problem is solved, Thanks
The "mistake" is that Show isn't a valid Method for Access Forms. The link you provided is for UserForms which are forms made in VBA.
If you want to create a new form that way what you want is something like this:
frmOpt.Modal = true
frmOpt.Visible = true
Though what I would recommend is doing this instead:
DoCmd.OpenForm "Option", , , , , acDialog which will open the Option form as a dialog.
Caution: If you create your form using New even though you set it as modal it will not halt the progress of VBA code. This means that your variable will go out of scope as soon as the code finishes. If you want your form to remain open, you will need to set it as static within the sub or declare it outside the sub like this:
static frmOpt As Form_Option
or outside the sub private frmOpt = Form_Option or public frmOpt = Form_Option