:confused: No. I know where you're going with this now. I had another look at the first post again. I wasn't thinking that way at the time. As i said it all makes sense now. Thanks. Regards Zeldacat

Thanks John for the info. It is the sort of info i needed to look at before i tried again Regards Lawrence Zeldacat Regards Zeldacat

I'm assuming from the code you have given that the ball can only move by a cirtain amount each time (5pix up/down and 5pix left/right)... this might not be enough. What you need to do is calculate both the horizontal and vertical distances to the wall and then divide them by the number of ticks you want the ball to move until it reaches the wall: this is the amount you need to move the ball each timer tick... If the distance to the left wall is 100 pixels (for example) and the distance you want the ball to travel downwards is 40 pixels (giving the target position of (0, 40)) then the ball will need to move 100/N to the left and 40/N downwards each timer tick, where N is the number of ticks you want the ball to move until it reaches the wall. I believe this would work: it requires the ball's vertical/horizontal speed to be something other than 5 pixels per tick though. Essentially you need to use relative positioning rather than absolute positioning. (Small edit at 3:45). Hope this helps. Matthew Butler modified on Saturday, December 15, 2007 10:42:33 AM

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Thanks to all for the help. I have now resolved my query. Regards Zeldacat

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Hi, some comments: 1. you can add a single MenuItem Click handler for all four mnuFileRecent MenuItems. you can find its MenuItem from its sender argument, and the filename from its text. I see no need for Addressof. 2. you don't need PerformClick, it simulates clicking something. What I am missing is the code that sets the texts for mnuFileRecent1-4 3. You don't need tempArray: first check whether the new file is already in RecentFiles; if not, shift them down (from hi to lo index) before you add F at 0. if it is there, shift them down starting with overwriting the old F, upwards, then put F at 0. 4. You may want to improve the handling when fewer than 4 recent files are known (initially or after clearing the list, if that is offered). suggestion: set up a convention to store/load the situation to/from file; disable menu items that are not functional yet. 5. You might consider using Application.UserAppDataPath rather than your AppPath(), since the latter may be read-only, and the former automatically exists per user. :) Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] this weeks tips: - make Visual display line numbers: Tools/Options/TextEditor/... - show exceptions with ToString() to see all information - before you ask a question here, search CodeProject, then Google

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I suggest adding them to a list and deleting them after they are used. You can add them as strings to a string collection. Dim Questions as system.collections.specialized.stringcollection Dim UsedQuestion as system.collections.specialized.stringcollection dim ranQuestion as new random Dim CurretnQuestion as string = questions.item(ranquestion.next(-1, questions.count +1 ) questions.remove(indexof(CurrentQuestion)) UsedQuestions.add(currentQuestion) In this way, you never risk repeating a question. Posted by The ANZAC

:)'Or you can try this. --------------with comments----------------- Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If Me.TextBox1.Text <> Nothing Then 'make sure the textbox value is exist. Dim NameParts As String() = Split(Me.TextBox1.Text) 'split the name parts into an array. Dim FullName As String = "" 'make a buffer to save the processed name parts. Dim nMax As Integer = NameParts.GetUpperBound(0) 'number of name parts. For i As Integer = 0 To nMax 'iterate through the element of name part array. 'Replace first character with upper case character on each elements. NameParts(i) = Mid(NameParts(i), 1, 1).ToUpper & Mid(NameParts(i), 2).ToLower FullName &= NameParts(i) & " " 'save into buffer. Next Dim xTrim As Integer = FullName.Length - 1 'count characther length in fullname FullName = Mid(FullName, 1, xTrim) 'remove space character at the end of fullname. Me.TextBox1.Text = FullName 'put the processed value back into textbox End If End Sub --------------without comments----------------- Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click If Me.TextBox1.Text <> Nothing Then Dim NameParts As String() = Split(Me.TextBox1.Text) Dim FullName As String = "" Dim nMax As Integer = NameParts.GetUpperBound(0) For i As Integer = 0 To nMax NameParts(i) = Mid(NameParts(i), 1, 1).ToUpper & Mid(NameParts(i), 2).ToLower FullName &= NameParts(i) & " " Next Dim xTrim As Integer = FullName.Length - 1 FullName = Mid(FullName, 1, xTrim) Me.TextBox1.Text = FullName End If End Sub

You'll find your answer in the Date object. There is a public method called DaysInMonth which takes two arguments, the Year, and the Month - both integers. Label1.Text = Date.DaysInMonth(year As Integer, month As Integer) Label1.Text = Date.DaysInMonth(2006, 7) "I forgot to add, I am using a domain up and down for the months and a numeric up and down for the days" What do you mean 'domain up and down'. As for the Numeric up and down controller, just use the .Value property of the NumericUpDown control. You will also have to cast the value to an Integer, because the DaysInMonth method will not accept a Decimal value, which is what NumericUpDown naturally is. Private Sub NumericUpDown1_ValueChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NumericUpDown1.ValueChanged Label1.Text = Date.DaysInMonth(2006, CInt(NumericUpDown1.Value)) End Sub Jonathan Sampson www.SampsonResume.com