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  • N Nish Nishant

    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

    Years ago, I've used, re-used and abused that InputBox thing you wrote and published. :laugh:

    I didn't want to mention it since I wrote that so long ago and today I bet the code would seem rather crappy to me :-O

    Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:

    But MFC does have CEdit which serves good. And there's there's CRichEdit for the greedy ones.

    True!

    Regards, Nish


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    Rajesh R Subramanian
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    Nish Sivakumar wrote:

    I didn't want to mention it since I wrote that so long ago and today I bet the code would seem rather crappy to me :O

    That's several years ago, so let that guilt of bad code not kill you. :) But then I was using it for quick and nasty things, and later evolved writing my own nasty code better and sophisticated controls.

    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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    • N Nish Nishant

      This one seems to be even better! :rolleyes: CInputBox 1.0[^]

      Regards, Nish


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      Colin Mullikin
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      Have you no shame, man!! :laugh:

      The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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      • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

        We normally look down VB (and hence VB.NET) because of its innumerous shortcomings. Today I had to make a quick utility to work on a export format. Though I started the 10-minute tool as a console application, in less than 30 minutes, I wanted a bit of small extensions like putting up a small inputbox. If I had to convert the entire 10 line app to Windows forms it would have been a long work. Fortunately, the quickly and nifty

        Microsoft.Visualbasic

        lended a helping hand with its 'Interaction.Inputbox' and a few other methods. Thank you, VB. :)

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        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar wrote:

        If I had to convert the entire 10 line app to Windows forms it would have been a long work.

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        • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

          We normally look down VB (and hence VB.NET) because of its innumerous shortcomings. Today I had to make a quick utility to work on a export format. Though I started the 10-minute tool as a console application, in less than 30 minutes, I wanted a bit of small extensions like putting up a small inputbox. If I had to convert the entire 10 line app to Windows forms it would have been a long work. Fortunately, the quickly and nifty

          Microsoft.Visualbasic

          lended a helping hand with its 'Interaction.Inputbox' and a few other methods. Thank you, VB. :)

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          The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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          Andrew Rissing
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          Using forms programmatically woudn't have been too hard honestly....

          var f = new Form();
          var t = new TextBox() { Dock = DockStyle.Fill };

          f.Controls.Add(t);
          f.Controls.Add(new Label() { Dock = DockStyle.Left, Text = "Give me input: " });
          f.ShowDialog();
          /* Insert code here to grab the t.Text value */

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          • R Rajesh R Subramanian

            What do you mean, "at the moment"? MFC was soooo 20 years ago[^] dude. :)

            "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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            Dave Calkins
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            That's a great one :) Despite each new fad coming in as the next big thing then being promptly dropped good old MFC/C++ is still going strong.

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              Using forms programmatically woudn't have been too hard honestly....

              var f = new Form();
              var t = new TextBox() { Dock = DockStyle.Fill };

              f.Controls.Add(t);
              f.Controls.Add(new Label() { Dock = DockStyle.Left, Text = "Give me input: " });
              f.ShowDialog();
              /* Insert code here to grab the t.Text value */

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              Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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              Interesting. Thanks Andrew for the snippet.

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                That's a great one :) Despite each new fad coming in as the next big thing then being promptly dropped good old MFC/C++ is still going strong.

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                Rajesh R Subramanian
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                Stayed up making some unavoidable and necessary changes to some rickety old, but excellently written C code. Or in a word, Joy. Jon done, so I'm off to bed. G'nite. :)

                "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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                • C Colin Mullikin

                  Have you no shame, man!! :laugh:

                  The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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                  Nish Nishant
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                  Apparently not! ;P

                  Regards, Nish


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                  • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                    We normally look down VB (and hence VB.NET) because of its innumerous shortcomings. Today I had to make a quick utility to work on a export format. Though I started the 10-minute tool as a console application, in less than 30 minutes, I wanted a bit of small extensions like putting up a small inputbox. If I had to convert the entire 10 line app to Windows forms it would have been a long work. Fortunately, the quickly and nifty

                    Microsoft.Visualbasic

                    lended a helping hand with its 'Interaction.Inputbox' and a few other methods. Thank you, VB. :)

                    Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
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                    The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                    Septimus Hedgehog
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                    Sorry to hear that. I can't mark you down 50,000 points but for for cussing at all of us by using VB you deserve nothing less. :-D

                    If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                      Sorry to hear that. I can't mark you down 50,000 points but for for cussing at all of us by using VB you deserve nothing less. :-D

                      If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.

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                      Vasudevan Deepak Kumar
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                      :)

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                      • V Vasudevan Deepak Kumar

                        We normally look down VB (and hence VB.NET) because of its innumerous shortcomings. Today I had to make a quick utility to work on a export format. Though I started the 10-minute tool as a console application, in less than 30 minutes, I wanted a bit of small extensions like putting up a small inputbox. If I had to convert the entire 10 line app to Windows forms it would have been a long work. Fortunately, the quickly and nifty

                        Microsoft.Visualbasic

                        lended a helping hand with its 'Interaction.Inputbox' and a few other methods. Thank you, VB. :)

                        Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage
                        Tech Gossips
                        The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep!

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                        ClockMeister
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                        VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

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                          VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

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                          DaveP62
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                          CodeBubba wrote:

                          VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

                          +10 Agree! .NET = .NET

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                            VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

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                            cabowaboaddict
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                            VB.Net has its place. Contrary to popular opinion, it is great for some things. :)

                            Cabowaboaddict

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                            • C ClockMeister

                              VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

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                              cabowaboaddict
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                              VB.Net has its place. Contrary to popular opinion, it is great for some things.:thumbsup:

                              CWA

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                              • C cabowaboaddict

                                VB.Net has its place. Contrary to popular opinion, it is great for some things.:thumbsup:

                                CWA

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                                ClockMeister
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                                I write mostly in C# now but VB is fine. It will get the job done just as well. These religious arguments over language exist to give us something to do. If you prefer VB then use it! :)

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                                  VB is fine. Everybody makes WAY too big a deal out of this!

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                                  marsman_CA
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                                  Absolutely agree. Bunch of MAC vs. PC BS (that's a metaphor)... just get the job done. I just wasted five minutes commenting on this.

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