Yuo can call DoEvents() every once in a while to let Word process its WM_PAINT events. But, if your code is blocked on a long-running Search statement, this won't do you any good. If your code is blocked, your code is hung and so is Word, waiting for the statement to complete. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Word will use the current Regional and Language Options settings, which in VB.NET, is can be had from the Application.CurrentCulture[^] property. RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

I guess I could have done similar operations by using left() and right() parsing one character after the next one or copying it into an array, but well, I guess the result and the speed would be the same if not worse because of first copying it and afterwards parsing the array. I did the following: * I checked if the length of the searchstring is equal, then I found it * I checked if the length of the searchstring is one smaller (or the string in the paragraph one bigger respectively). If so I take the last char (with right and length operations) and compare it to the non printable or to a dot (this will get the 8.1. or 8.1x where x is the linefeed or tab or ...) * I checkd if the length of the searchstring is two smaller (or the string in the paragraph two bigger respectively). If so I once again take the last char to check, if it is a nonprintable. if it is, then I do have something like 8.1.x and not 8.1.2 e.g. Except in the first case I do range.select the paragraph and have a look for this word, by using the comparestring. I just tried with a test document, and it worked with the testtext which is part of a bigger one. Well I know this might not be correct in every case but it matches most of these cases. And besides I do parse every word in the paragraph, and if I find a possible match (using the InStr()) the operations above take place. To avoid parsing strings once again in the same paragraph, I marked those I already did the operations from above. Well, I guess I will try the other solution (rebuild the tochararray operation and the comparing every char) as well to find out which of those has fewer errors or even none! Thanks anyway! Stephan.

There are at least 3 ways to do what you want: 1. As already mentioned, use ubound. ubound is a vb only feature and is convenient because it returns the upper bound of the array which is usefull for loops. 2. mydata.Length basically returns the count of array items. This available in any language of .net. It is less convenient for loops because you must subtract 1 from it. 3. For Each loop: For Each str As String In MyData 'Do Something Next You don't have to know the array bounds to loop through the items.

Whoops! I forgot about that! Hardly ever use vbTab... RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

I found a solution. To get the optimal size of the cell in Excel via VBA you have to use the .autofit operation syntax Columns(index).Autofit This is the easiest solution! Stephan.

Public Function Ceiling(ByVal X As Double, Optional ByVal Factor As Double = 1) As Double ' X is the value you want to round ' is the multiple to which you want to round Ceiling = (Int(X / Factor) - (X / Factor - Int(X / Factor) > 0)) * Factor End Function Public Function Floor(ByVal X As Double, Optional ByVal Factor As Double = 1) As Double ' X is the value you want to round ' is the multiple to which you want to round Floor = Int(X / Factor) * Factor End Function

Well I realized I do not need every permutation, I do only need any combination of the min max values lets have alook at the followin example lets say I do have the intervals "A - B", "C - D" and "E - F" now I do want to get any min max combination (because I do want to use this for an addfunction there is no different if lets say A is in first, second or third place. Meaning e.g. ACE = CEA = EAC etc. Therefor I do only need ACE, ACF, ADE, ADF, BCE, BCF, BDE and BDF. Every other combination is not needed because plus is commutativ (see above) If you do have a look at this with it's index then you might realice there is every bitcombination in it. Because lets say the minimum is 0 and the maximum is 1 in indexing then you do get 000 up to 111. And that's what I do want to realize for "length" 2 to 10 (or even higher). Well I could use 2, 3 ... loops in loops but well in the beginning I do not know how many are needed. Well maybe I should try to think about a bitmap using an array doing something like if most right position in array is 0 then set it to 1, if it is already 1 then set it to 0 and increase the next position. if this is already 1 then increase the next and set this to 0 etc. :^) meaning 000 +1 => 001 001 + 1=> 010 .... 011 +1 => 100 ... Does anyone of you know a better solution for this? If so please let me know! Because in my example I have to check the bitarray and this task gets bigger for every combination, which is not a good idea concerning performance. :) Thanks! Stephan.

Sorry, In Excel, it would be something like: value = "123 - 456" Pos = Instr(value,"-") If Pos > 0 Then 'I think position starts at 1 in Excel a = Val(Left(value, pos - 1)) b = Val(Right(value, Len(value) - Pos)) Else a = val(value) End If I can't check at this computer because I don't have anything with old vb on it here.

Try placing the control in a panel. You can avoid flickering by hiding the panel and showing it when the new controls have been added: panelContainer.Hide(); //do the changes, display new data etc. panelContainer.Show(); You can put a "Please Wait..." label under panelContainer, so that the user sees a message until the control are visible again.

He can add his path to the Global PATH enviroment variable, or he can drop his dll in the project directory, cos this is the default directory when a program is launched from the IDE Papa while (TRUE) Papa.WillLove ( Bebe ) ;

Here is one possible approach: in start of program: object Item = GetData(); ...cast Item to specific type... in your data component: public object GetData() { ...read the data and determine the different types of data ...now cast that data to the specific type of data ...and return that type-specific object } public class DataTypeOne { .. what makes this unique .. } public class DataTypeTwo { .. what makes this unique .. } in your form InitializeComponents(); // look familiar? LoadForm(TypeSpecificItem); ... public void LoadForm(DataTypeOne item) { DataOneForm form = new DataOneForm(item); this.Components.Add(form); } public void LoadForm(DataTypeTwo item) { DataTwoForm form = new DataTwoForm(item); this.Components.Add(form); } .... overload for each object type .... This signature left intentionally blank

I decided to change the Icon iok=new Icon("myokicon.ico"); statements because there I hardcoded the icon and if I install my application as an addin the file is no longer found. So I decided to replace the code above by adding the iconfile as an embeded resource. So I have to access it via the resource. But I am not sure which "namespace" is ment in there. The definition for this is: namespace.filename.filetype But well is the namespace the namespace I chose for my whole WindowsForm or is it the object I assigned the ressource to (meaning an element out of the whole WindowsForm). lets say my icon is named FACE04.ICO what name does it have to be accessed with? In the main section of my WIndowsForm (Initialize) I saw something like ressource.GetObject("$this.Icon") well I guess my "filename" has to be very similar but no matter which I tried it always failed an the standardicon was used. Does the filename have to be casesensitive? Maybe one of you could tell me please, what the "filename" has to look like. I do want to create it as a global meaning I created a global icon for "OK" and one for "fail" but did not assign anything. Well to initialize it I will have to assign the icon, but what does it have to look like? I also tried the solution in the MSDN but again no icon found. The easiest way would have been to add the line in the Initialize section but you shouldn't put it there because changing the Form means this being rewritten as a whole and loosing every line which wasn't autogenerated. So I have to put it somewhere into the main. The icons should be assigned to the Window and to the notification object. Well this shouldn't be the problem, because it worked when being hardcoded. Thanks for any suggestion! Stephan.

Hy! Sorry, not really! It only displays the selfdefined class! But I do need WindowsForms10.Window.0.app8a for example (that's what spy++ says my classname to be. I just did some debugging and I guess this strange name is created after the run command. WindowsForm because it inherits from WindowsForms and Window because it's a window. But after the run command I am not able to get this anymore. Well I think I have to switch to another solution, maybe I should write the handleID in the registry for the other applications to fetch it. Thanks anyway! Stephan.

what about if you just do the following: add the handle hash in the registry and evey other application will be able to check it. And if it matches then the application is running. Or if the value is set, then the application is running. But do not forget to reset the value, because otherwise you won't know if there is an application running or not!

sreejith ss nair wrote: this.WindowState.ToString()=="Minimized") OUCH!!!!! WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized top secret xacc-ide 0.0.1

Thanks! It works! :-) Stephan.

hi, i can give a small hit. If you took the methods MergeMenu() -> This will merges another menu's items with this one's as specified by these mergeType and mergeorder properties. This method is used to merge an MDI continer's menu with that of its active child. CloneMenu() -> This will create a deep copy of another menu. ************************** S r e e j i t h N a i r **************************

Ok. You are using the Outlook object model. Sorry, for leading you down the wrong path. If you have a MapiFolder object then you can use GetDefaultItemType() method to get the type of items in the folder. I can't remember all the values but a google for Outlook GetDefaultItemType should return some more details. Michael CP Blog [^]