NumericUpDown.value is not saved in the User Settings - vb.net

I have a NumericUpDown Control on a form. In the Application Settings / Properties Binding, for the value parameter, i can't select my USER setting called : Heures (Integer / User).
I tried to save the value by this way :
Private Sub NumericUpDownHeures_Leave(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDownHeures.Leave
My.Settings.Heures = NumericUpDownHeures.Value
My.Settings.Save()
End Sub
But it's not saved.
No problem for other settings (String / User). But i don't understand why the settings (Integer / User) are not saved.
Please help, Thanks.

As you are putting "NumericUpDown1.Value" you have to set the value at My.Settings.Heures to decimal.
In Form1_Load add:
NumericUpDownHeures.Value = My.Settings.Heures
and add to the event listener for your button or other widget:
My.Settings.Heures = NumericUpDownHeures.Value

I would guess the issue is that the Leave event is not being fired as you expect it to be, especially if the user just clicks the up/down arrows. I suspect that it is only fired when the user actually clicks into the value area, then leaves. You could verify this by debugging to see if your code is ever hit or by showing a simple msgbox from that event.
I think that you will have better luck if you hook the LostFocus or ValueChanged event.

I want to add to this as well for anyone looking at this in the future.
Save your settings as shown already by putting
My.Settings.Heures = NumericUpDownHeures.Value into your ValueChanged event, and then doing reverse in the form load event.
The problem is, this value changed event fires before the form load when you first initialize, so it will keep defaulting to whatever value you have set in the designer because you're overwriting the setting value with the designer value.
To get around this, you need a private/public boolean at the top of your code that is only set to true once your form has loaded (set to true at the bottom of your form_load event), then you can add the condition to the ValueChanged event checking if the form is loaded yet or not. If it is, then change the setting value, if not, then don't.
An example:
Private IsFormLoaded As Boolean = False
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
NumericUpDown1.Value = My.Settings.SavedNumValue
IsFormLoaded = True
End Sub
Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDown1.ValueChanged
If IsFormLoaded = False Then Exit Sub
My.Settings.SavedNumValue = NumericUpDown1.Value
End Sub
OR
Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDown1.ValueChanged
If IsFormLoaded Then
My.Settings.SavedNumValue = NumericUpDown1.Value
End If
End Sub

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Why does a form move trigger ResizeEnd?

I use the following code in my form:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_ResizeEnd(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.ResizeEnd
MsgBox("Resized")
End Sub
End Class
When I move my form, it also seems to trigger MyBase.ResizeEnd. Why is that? A move of the panel doesn't change the size, so I don't understand why.
Why does a form move trigger ResizeEnd?
Because this is the documented behavior. From the documentation:
The ResizeEnd event is also generated after the user moves a form, typically by clicking and dragging on the caption bar.
If you want an event that doesn't get triggered when the form is moved, you should use either Resize or SizeChanged. The problem with those two events is that they will be triggered while the form is being resized by the user. To work around that, you may use it with both ResizeBegin and ResizeEnd with a couple of flags to signal when the user actually finishes resizing the form.
Here's a complete example:
Private _resizeBegin As Boolean
Private _sizeChanged As Boolean
Private Sub Form1_ResizeBegin(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.ResizeBegin
_resizeBegin = True
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_SizeChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.SizeChanged
' This is to avoid registering this as a resize event if it was triggered
' by another action (e.g., when the form is first initialized).
If Not _resizeBegin Then Exit Sub
_sizeChanged = True
End Sub
Private Sub Form1_ResizeEnd(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.ResizeEnd
_resizeBegin = False
If _sizeChanged Then
_sizeChanged = False
MessageBox.Show("The form has been resized.")
End If
End Sub
One thing to note is that both ResizeBegin and ResizeEnd are only triggered when the user manually resizes* the form. It does not, however, handle other situations like when the form is resized via code, when the form is maximized, or restored.
* or moves the form, which is the part that we're trying to avoid here.

Disable password TextBox Caps-Lock is On warning

I am creating a login thing and I have this problem that every time I click on this "Show Password" Button and the Caps-Lock is activated, a Warning pops up and won't leave (at least I think it won't, which for the end-user would be even worse)
I would like to get rid of this warning completely.
Before redirecting my question to this question:
How to disable system's caps-lock notification on Textbox
I have already tried that.
Private Sub ShowPassword_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles ShowPassword.MouseDown
If txt_Password.Text <> "" Then
txt_Password.UseSystemPasswordChar = False
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ShowPassword_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles ShowPassword.MouseUp
If txt_Password.Text <> "" Then
txt_Password.UseSystemPasswordChar = True
End If
End Sub
The warning should disappear.
Hope this question can help other people other than just me.
Edit: Thanks Jimi. :D
When you do this:
[TextBox].UseSystemPasswordChar = [Bool Value]
the handle of the control is recreated each time (.Net source code)
The baloon tooltip will be shown for the new control handle, as soon as the TextBox.Text value changes: the tooltips will pile up.
A simple workaround - since disabling the warning may not be a good choice here - is to set the PasswordChar property to Char.MinValue or Nothing in the MouseDown handler of your Show Password Button, then set it back to the previous value on MouseUp. This won't recreate the handle (.Net Source code) and the balloon tooltip can be disabled pressing the Caps-Lock key.
Set UseSystemPasswordChar to False in the Designer.
In Form.Load or txt_Password.Enter: txt_Password.PasswordChar = ChrW(&H25CF)
Private Sub ShowPassword_MouseDown(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles ShowPassword.MouseDown
txt_Password.PasswordChar = Char.MinValue
End Sub
Private Sub ShowPassword_MouseUp(sender As Object, e As MouseEventArgs) Handles ShowPassword.MouseUp
txt_Password.PasswordChar = ChrW(&H25CF)
End Sub

Triggering an event in VB based on a change in a control in a group box

I have a group box with multiple Checkboxes(food item) and each one has a corresponding NumericUpDown control(quantity). For context, it is for a project based on a restaurant menu. I want to hide a button called btnSave whenever either a checkbox is unchecked or the quantity (NumericUpDown) is changed. I currently have btnSave.Hide under the CheckBox1_CheckedChanged and NumericUpDown1_CheckedChanged SubProcedures but I want to know if there's a way to do this when anything within this group box is changed instead of putting the code under each SubProcedure. Thanks
I think you meant .ValueChanged for the NumericUpDown control. (There is no .CheckedChanged) Although this doesn't matter much in this case, this is a good pattern for future reference. Instead of calling an event call a Sub from your events.
When you have several controls responding to a single Event handler, you can find out which control triggered the event by checking the sender parameter. Since, as you can see, sender is an Object you will have to cast it to the appropriate type to get the properties of a CheckBox.
Private Sub HideSaveButton()
btnSave.Hide
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBoxInGroupBox_CheckedChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged, CheckBox2.CheckedChanged
HideSaveButton()
Dim WhichCheckBox As CheckBox = DirectCast(sender, CheckBox)
Select Case WhichCheckBox.Name
Case "CheckBox1"
MessageBox.Show("CheckBox1 has changed")
Case "CheckBox2"
MessageBox.Show("CheckBox2 has changed")
End Select
End Sub
Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDown1.ValueChanged
HideSaveButton()
End Sub

Need help using Checkbox

i have a couple of questions about my basic project
if i have a check box and when its checked, it is going to a text box which is displaying the price, when i uncheck it my price still says in that text box, how can i make it dissapear as i uncheck the box?
Dim total As Double
If rb_s1.Checked = True Then
total += 650.0
txt_1.Text = total
thats my code.
and i have many combo boxes, how can i make them all add up as i check/uncheck them.
I would add this functionality into the CheckBox_Changed event handler. This way you can tell if it is unchecked or checked and add or subtract the value from price.
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
If CheckBox1.Checked Then
total += 650.00
Else
total -= 650.00
End If
TextBox1.Text = total.ToString()
End Sub
You have to use Checked_Changed event of checkbox.
SHARED void CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
IF ChkBx.Checked = true then
textBox1.text = "1500"
else
textBox1.text = ""
END IF
END SUB
To get your displayed text to change when the state of your checkbox changes, you'll need to handle the CheckedChanged event. In Visual Studio while in Desginer mode for your form/control, you can select the check box control, and then in the Properties window, select the Events tab (the one with the little lightingbolt icon), and double click the CheckChanged event to stub in an event handler method AND attach the event to the handler.
ETA: I re-reading this, I'm not sure how clear I was. When I mentioned stubbing in the event handler and attaching the event to the handler, I meant that going the route of double-clicking the event in the designer will do this for you.
As an aside, it sounds like you want the text to be a sum of only the checked items, so from an architechtueral sense, I would recommend creating a single method to determine the sum, and have all check-box check events invoke that method rather than trying to make the event handler method itself do too much directly (maybe that was already clear to you).
So you might do something like this:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub DisplayTotal()
Dim total As Decimal = 0
If (CheckBox1.Checked) Then
total += Decimal.Parse(txtItem1.Text)
End If
'Add other items
txtTotal.Text = total
End If
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox1_CheckedChanged(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
DisplayTotal()
End Sub
Private Sub CheckBox2_CheckedChanged(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles CheckBox1.CheckedChanged
DisplayTotal()
End Sub
End Class

Not checking for control key pressed properly

I got this timer tick function:
Private Sub controlTick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Label2.Text = (Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Control)
End Sub
That is supposed to make my label say "True" if I am currently holding down the Control key, and "False" if I am not.
But, how come my label is always "False"? What is interesting is that if I press the Control key at lighting speed a bunch of times I can see for a fraction of a second "True", but immediately turns to "False".
Timer ticks every 50ms.
I do not understand.... any ideas?
I can't reproduce the behavior you describe... I tried creating a new WinForms project, placed a Label control on the middle of the form, and added a Timer control.
Whenever I press the Ctrl key, the label reads True. Otherwise, it reads False. Exactly the behavior you would expect to see. I don't have to press anything at lightning speed.
(Edit: It doesn't break when more controls are placed on the form either. What are you doing differently?)
My code looks like this:
Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
' Start the timer
Timer1.Enabled = True
End Sub
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
' Update the label
Label1.Text = (Control.ModifierKeys = Keys.Control).ToString
End Sub
Only difference is that you're apparently compiling without type checking enabled (Option Strict Off).
I always prefer to code in VB.NET with this turned on (check your project's Properties window), in which case you have to explicitly convert the boolean type to a string type using ToString.
I have created a winform application to prove this.. I am using the form and I have set the "KeyPreview" property to true and for every key pressed I get the code correctly.
Please check again using the way I mentioned and let me know if it resolves.
private void Form1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.KeyCode.ToString());
}
Also for Control key the code is (e.KeyCode == Keys.ControlKey)....
I'm not sure this will help, but try using HasFlag, because maybe there is some other flag in ModifierKeys which is also on:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.enum.hasflag.aspx