Limiting my result set in VB - vb.net

So I can fill the combobox I have going in Visual Studio just how I want with ALL results with the following:
Dim pnum As New List(Of String)
For Each polnumber As InsuredDataSet.Claims_InsuredRow In Me.InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured
pnum.Add(polnumber.Policy_Number)
Next
pnum.Reverse()
Me.Policy_NumberComboBox.DataSource = pnum
Awesome. Now I want to limit the pnum by taking what was input/selected from Insured_NameTextBox on the form and only returning the Policy_Number with a matching Insured_Name. I figure this can be performed with an If statement, but everything I try (stringcompare, InsuredName_TextBox = Me.InsuredDataSet.ClaimsInsured, etc.) either doesn't limit the results OR limits the results entirely so nothing shows up. Any idea where to put the If statement and what should be compared?
UPDATE:
I think there is some confusion so I'm including the entire load sub below:
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'IncidentsDataSet.Claims_Incidents' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
Me.Claims_IncidentsTableAdapter.Fill(Me.IncidentsDataSet.Claims_Incidents)
'TODO: This line of code loads data into the 'InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured' table. You can move, or remove it, as needed.
Me.Claims_InsuredTableAdapter.Fill(Me.InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured)
'textbox autocomplete mode
Dim Iname As New AutoCompleteStringCollection()
For Each insname As InsuredDataSet.Claims_InsuredRow In Me.InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured
Iname.Add(insname.Insured_Name)
Next
Me.Insured_NameTextBox.AutoCompleteCustomSource = Iname
'combobox autocomplete code (now sorting by last included!)
Dim pnum As New List(Of String)
For Each polnumber As InsuredDataSet.Claims_InsuredRow In Me.InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured
pnum.Add(polnumber.Policy_Number)
Next
pnum.Reverse()
Me.Policy_NumberComboBox.DataSource = pnum
End Sub

Try something like this:
Me.Policy_NumberComboBox.DataSource = InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured.Where(Function(r) r.Insured_Name = Insured_NameTextBox.Text).Select(Function(r) r.Policy_Number).Reverse()
We're getting closer. Based on the update to your question, you're running this code when the form loads. However, at the point where the form loads, your textbox will always be empty. What do you do when the value in the textbox changes, to re-filter your data?

This is C#
Me.InsuredDataSet.Claims_Insured.Where(x => x.Insured_Name == Insured_NameTextBox.Text);

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datagridview last programmatically changed cell does not get included in changedrows

VB.net app changes values in a datagridview programmatically. The values are all as they should be, but the save routine (dtShipments is the datatable that is the source for the datagridview)
Dim dtChanges As DataTable = dtShipments.getchanges()
If more than one has changed, dtChanges is always missing the last row.
In the routine that changes the cell values, I have tried DatagridView1.EndEdit and DatagridView1.CommitEdit, but the behavior is the same. I even tried adding a SendKeys.Send(vbTab) line, since hitting the tab key when making the changes manually is enough to get all the changes to show up in .GetChanges.
What am I missing?
code per request:
Private Sub btnAssign_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnAssign.Click
strModErr = "Form1_btnAssign_Click"
Dim sTruck As String = ""
Try
sTruck = Me.DataGridView2.SelectedCells(0).Value.ToString
For Each row As DataGridViewRow In DataGridView1.SelectedRows
row.Cells("Truck").Value = sTruck
Next
DataGridView1.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit)
Catch ex As Exception
WriteErrorToLog(Err.Number, strModErr + " - " + Err.Description)
End Try
End Sub
Private Function SaveChanges() As Boolean
strModErr = "Form1_SaveChanges"
Dim Conn As New SqlConnection(My.Settings.SQLConnectionString)
Dim sSQL As String = "UPDATE fs_Shipments SET Truck = #Truck, Stop = #Stop WHERE SalesOrder = #SO"
Dim cmd As New SqlCommand(sSQL, Conn)
Dim sSO, sTruck As String
Dim iStop As Integer = 0
Try
DataGridView1.EndEdit()
DataGridView1.ClearSelection()
Dim dtChanges As DataTable = dtShipments.getchanges() 'DataRowState.Modified
If Not dtChanges Is Nothing Then
Conn.Open()
For Each row As DataRow In dtChanges.Rows
sSO = row("SalesOrder").ToString
sTruck = row("Truck").ToString
iStop = CInt(row("Stop").ToString)
With cmd.Parameters
.Clear()
.AddWithValue("#SO", sSO)
.AddWithValue("#Truck", sTruck)
.AddWithValue("#Stop", iStop)
End With
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
Next
End If
Return True
Catch ex As Exception
WriteErrorToLog(Err.Number, strModErr + " - " + Err.Description)
Return False
End Try
End Function
I am not exactly 100% sure why this happens. The problem appears to be specific to when the user “selects” the cells in the first grid, and then calls the SaveChanges code “BEFORE” the user has made another selection in the first grid. In other words, if the user “selects” the rows to “assign” the truck to in grid 1, then, “AFTER” the “selected” cells have been filled with the selected truck, THEN, the user selects some other cell in grid 1, THEN calls the save changes code. In that case the code works as expected.
All my attempts at committing the changes, either failed or introduced other issues. I am confident a lot of this has to do with the grids SelectedRows collection. IMHO, this looks like a risky way to set the cell values, I would think a more user-friendly approach may be to add a check box on each row and assign the truck values to the rows that are checked. But this is an opinion.
Anyway, after multiple attempts, the solution I came up with only further demonstrates why using a BindingSource is useful in many ways. In this case, it appears the DataTable is not getting updated with the last cell change. Again, I am not sure “why” this is, however since it appears to work using a BindingSource, I can only assume it has something to do with the DataTable itself. In other words, before the “Save” code is executed, we could call the tables AcceptChanges method, but then we would lose those changes. So that is not an option.
To help, below is a full (no-fluff) example. In the future, I highly recommend you pull out the parts of the code that do NOT pertain to the question. Example, all the code that saves the changes to the DB is superfluous in relation to the question… so remove it. The more unnecessary code you add to your question only increases the number of SO users that will “ignore” the question. If you post minimal, complete and working code that reproduces the problem so that users can simply copy and paste without having to add addition code or remove unnecessary code will increase you chances of getting a good answer. Just a heads up for the future.
The solution below simply adds a BindingSource. The BindingSource’s DataSource is the DataTable dtShipments then the BindingSource is used a DataSource to DataGridView1. Then in the SaveChanges method, “before” the code calls the dtShipment.GetChanges() method, we will call the BindingSources.ResetBinding() method which should complete the edits to the underlying data source, in this case the DataTable dtShipments.
If you create a new VS-VB winforms solution, drop two (2) grids and two (2) buttons onto the form as shown below, then change the button names to “btnAssign” and “btnApplyChanges.” The assign button will add the selected truck in grid two to the selected rows in grid one. The apply changes button simply resets the binding source and displays a message box with the number of rows that were changed in the dtShipments DataTable. It should be noted, that the code calls the dtShipments.AcceptChanges() method to clear the changes. Otherwise, the code will update changes that have already been made.
Dim dtShipments As DataTable
Dim dtTrucks As DataTable
Dim shipBS As BindingSource
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
dtShipments = GetShipmentsDT()
shipBS = New BindingSource()
shipBS.DataSource = dtShipments
dtTrucks = GetTrucksDT()
dtShipments.AcceptChanges()
DataGridView1.DataSource = shipBS
DataGridView2.DataSource = dtTrucks
End Sub
Private Function GetShipmentsDT() As DataTable
Dim dt = New DataTable()
dt.Columns.Add("ID", GetType(String))
dt.Columns.Add("Truck", GetType(String))
dt.Rows.Add(1)
dt.Rows.Add(2)
dt.Rows.Add(3)
dt.Rows.Add(4)
Return dt
End Function
Private Function GetTrucksDT() As DataTable
Dim dt = New DataTable()
dt.Columns.Add("Truck", GetType(String))
For index = 1 To 10
dt.Rows.Add("Truck" + index.ToString())
Next
Return dt
End Function
Private Sub btnAssign_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnAssign.Click
Dim sTruck = DataGridView2.SelectedCells(0).Value.ToString
'Dim drv As DataRowView
For Each row As DataGridViewRow In DataGridView1.SelectedRows
'drv = row.DataBoundItem
'drv("Truck") = sTruck
row.Cells("Truck").Value = sTruck
Next
'DataGridView1.CommitEdit(DataGridViewDataErrorContexts.Commit)
'shipBS.ResetBindings(True)
'DataGridView1.CurrentCell = DataGridView1.Rows(0).Cells(0)
End Sub
Private Function SaveChanges() As Boolean
Try
shipBS.ResetBindings(True)
Dim dtChanges As DataTable = dtShipments.GetChanges()
If (dtChanges IsNot Nothing) Then
MessageBox.Show("There are " & dtChanges.Rows.Count & " rows changed in the data table")
' update sql DB
dtShipments.AcceptChanges()
End If
Return True
Catch ex As Exception
Return False
End Try
End Function
Private Sub btnApplyChanges_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnApplyChanges.Click
Dim ChangesMade As Boolean
ChangesMade = SaveChanges()
End Sub
Lastly, since you are using VB… I highly recommend that you set the “Strict” option to “ON.” When this option is ON, it will flag possible errors that you may be missing. To do this for all future VB solutions, open VS, close any solutions that may be open, then go to Tools->Options->Projects and Solutions->VB Defaults, then set “Option Strict” to “On.” The default setting is off.
I hope this makes sense and helps.

What is the correct event to use to catch a new row when the user has finished editing?

I need to add several bits of data to my record such as created date and createdby when a user adds a new row in a datatable.
I am looking for the correct event on the bindingsource to catch this so i can add the information then save the record before the user moves onto the next row.
C# seems to have a RowEditEnding event on the datagrid but a)i'm not using C# and b) I can see from searching that its better to work on the datasource, which in this case is a bound datagrid so i presume i should be looking at the bindingsource object but there is not an obvious event to choose.
I think need something like currentchanged with condition if isdirty then...
Please can someone point me in the right direction here.
thanks
john
this seems to work
Private Sub TblOppQuoteDetailBindingSource_CurrentChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles TblOppQuoteDetailBindingSource.CurrentChanged
If sender.current IsNot Nothing Then
If sender.current.IsNew Then
Dim nr As DataRowView = sender.current
nr.Item("OppQuoteID") = 2
nr.Item("Created") = Now
nr.Item("CreatedBy") = G_UserName
ElseIf sender.current.isedit Then
Dim nr As DataRowView = sender.current
nr.Item("OppQuoteID") = 2
nr.Item("Updated") = Now
nr.Item("UpdatedBy") = G_UserName
End If
End If
End Sub
is this the correct way?

Vb.net how can I set Search level as user input string

Intro... I've got a counter in my project that counts files in specified paths. Now all this depends on the users input as concerned would go into settings and set which extensions (tbExt1.text) that should be searched for as well as path (tbpath.text). The paths are listed in lbchannel1 listbox. Now this wont matter too much to my question, but I filled it in so my example below is more understandable.
Here comes the question: The users should be able to address if its going to count TopLevelOnly (FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly) or TopAndSub (FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories).
So I made a combobox that they can select from either of those two options. When they select one of them, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly or FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories will become the text in a textbox tbTopOrSub1.text
That brings me to the next part. Instead of for example FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories in my counter, I now added tbTopOrSub1.text as I hoped this would work the same way, but now be a user depended option. Have a look:
Dim TopOrSub1 As String
TopOrSub1 = tbTopOrSub1.Text
Dim fileTotal As Integer
For Each item As String In lbChannel1.Items
fileTotal += My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(item.ToString, TopOrSub1, (tbExt1.Text)).Count
Next
I thought this would work like a charm, but it doesn't seem to work. I get this error The converting from string FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLev to type Integer is not valid (could be bad translation since the error was in Norwegian) and I notice how it sais TopLev. I suppose its too long? I can't figure out how to get around this.
First of all put Option Strict On for your VB project. This helps alot to avoid runtime errors.
The error occurs since you try to convert a string into an enumeration (=integer).
The good thing about comboboxes is that they have a DataSource property which can hold a collection of objects of any type. Additionally they have the following Properties:
DisplayMember: Name of a (public) property of the object set
in DataSource. The value of it will be displayed in the UI as "friendly" text.
ValueMember: Name of a property of the object set in DataSource. This value will not be shown in UI but you can accesss it in your code.
See my below exmaple how to use all these:
The object which holds the display text (Name) and the Value for your File Search Option:
Class FileSearchOption
Public Property Name As String
Public Property Value As FileIO.SearchOption
End Class
Fill your combobox and set its DataSource, DisplayMember and ValueMember:
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim searchOptions As New List(Of FileSearchOption)
searchOptions.Add(New FileSearchOption() With {.Name = "TopLevelOnly", .Value = FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly})
searchOptions.Add(New FileSearchOption() With {.Name = "TopAndSub", .Value = FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories})
ComboBox1.DataSource = searchOptions
ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Name"
ComboBox1.ValueMember = "Value"
End Sub
Handle the action when the user has chosen a search option. Remark that it is necessary to DirectCast the SelectedValue since it is of type Object.
Private Sub ComboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles ComboBox1.SelectedIndexChanged
Dim fileTotal As Integer
For Each item As String In {"G:\"}
fileTotal += My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(item.ToString, DirectCast(ComboBox1.SelectedValue, FileIO.SearchOption), (tbExt1.Text)).Count
Next
End Sub

combobox recalling previous datasource

Looking for some insight here...
On my form, I have three ComboBox controls. When the left most receives a selection, it calls a routine to enable and populate the 2nd, then the same happens for the 3rd when a selection is made in the 2nd.
Private Sub cboEquipment_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles cboEquipment.SelectedIndexChanged
Me.transData.isMobile = If(Me.cboEquipment.Text = MOBIEQIP, 1, 0)
If cboMembership.Enabled = False Then
Me.cboMembership.Enabled = True
End If
Call loadGroups()
End Sub
The method 'loadGroups'
Private Sub loadGroups()
Dim cn As New SqlConnection(My.Settings.MyConnectionString)
Dim cm As New SqlCommand("SELECT ... ORDER BY codeHumanName ASC", cn)
Dim ta As New SqlDataAdapter(cm)
Dim dt As New DataTable
Me.cboMembership.DataSource = Nothing
Me.cboMembership.Items.Clear()
Me.transData.membership = Nothing
cn.Open()
ta.Fill(dt)
With Me.cboMembership
.DataSource = dt
.DisplayMember = "codeHumanName"
.ValueMember = "codeID"
End With
cn.Close()
End Sub
This works fine an dandy, everything loads at should, and provides the appropriate .ValueMember results.
I should mention that when the Form first loads, boxes 2 and 3 are empty and disabled. After their initial load, I have to select an item from the list to get values (as expected).
The odd part is that once the 2nd or 3rd Combobox have been 'initialized', they seem to recall last settings. For example, if I call the Reset method, which sets the .DataSource property to Nothing, clear the list, and set the Text to Nothing; the next time I change the SelectedIndex on cboEquipment, the other boxes come back to life with SelectedItems and SelectedValues.
These values aren't wrong according to the new DataTable, but it is odd that they remember at all (they shouldn't have any reference, and behave as a fresh load).
Other points of interest; the populate methods are called during the SelectedIndexChanged event.
Any thoughts would be great!
UPDATE -
This behavior is tied in with the SelectedIndexChange Event bouncing around (raise! raise! raise!)
Removing and adding event handlers at strategic points has my code working as I want/expect it to.
Here is the article that put me on the right path...
On your second and third combo boxes try clearing the .Text/.SelectedText properties before you set the .DataTable
The combo box is probably just being too helpful and assuming that when you set the .DataTable a second time, you'd want the selected item to match your .Text property.
I ended up using AddHandler and RemoveHandler to prevent chain-firing events as the comboboxes were being populated.

How to change the data source of a ComboBox?

I have two comboboxes. The data sorce of combobox1 is a list of string that is fixed. Combobox2's data sorce will be a list of string that depends on the selection of combobox1. This is very similar to a common case as follows: first enter your contry, then depending on your enter, the second combobox will show you the list of universities in the country.
'Change selection of first combobox
Private Sub cbxClient_SelectedIndexChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles cbxClient.SelectedIndexChanged
Try
If cbxClient.SelectedIndex <> -1 Then
GetAccount()
End If
Catch
Throw
End Try
End Sub
'Based on selection of first combobox, update the data sorce of second combobox
Private Sub GetAccount()
Try
m_listAccount.Clear()
Dim strClient As String = cbxClient.SelectedItem.ToString
For i As Integer = 0 To m_listDS.Count - 1
If m_listDS(i).Client.Tostring = strClient Then
m_ds = m_listDS(i)
Exit For
End If
Next
If Not m_ds Is Nothing Then
For Each row As DataRow In m_ds.Tables("Account").Rows
m_listAccount.Add(row("account").ToString)
Next
End If
cbxAccount.DataSource = m_listAccount
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
My problem is that though m_listAccount updates (has the correct information), the choices shown in cbxAccount are not updated according to m_listAccount (has the wrong information). I do not understand why this happens.
Note: Assume that old string in m_listAccount is {"old1"} (the list only has 1 string) and after updating, the string in m_listAccount is {"new"}. Through break points, I get the following:
cbxAccount.DataSorce={"new"}
cbxAccount.SelectedItem={"old1"}
In the form, cbxAccount shows "old1" string.
Try this,
cbxAccount.DataSource = Nothing
cbxAccount.DataSource = m_listAccount
If you are just updating the same list object, the datasource might not automatically update, but should if the pointer changes to the datasource.
Or you could try,
m_listAccount.AcceptChanges()
If m_listAccount is a DataTable
Doesn't look like you're actually calling the databind method, i.e.
cbxAccount.DataBind()
Try putting that just after you set the data source.