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VB Forum / General 2 / February 2004Format function
I was looking up info on how to use the format function on msdn. I found that you need format(expression, style) i have a list of preset styles and it says that you cna make your own styles and gives you a list of character to use however it does not tell me how to name my new format so that i may reference it when i call the format function? how do i do this ? WStoreyII > I was looking up info on how to use the format function on msdn. I found > that you need format(expression, style) i have a list of preset styles and > it says that you cna make your own styles and gives you a list of character > to use however it does not tell me how to name my new format so that i may > reference it when i call the format function? how do i do this ? A "style" can be any old string variable or constant. -- Joe Foster <mailto:jlfoster%40znet.com> Sacrament R2-45 <http://www.xenu.net/> WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha! > > I was looking up info on how to use the format function on msdn. I found > > that you need format(expression, style) i have a list of preset styles and [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to > because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha! ok but how do you set it for example I am suing Private Sub TxtBxEq1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TxtBxEq1.LostFocus TxtBxEq1.Text = Format(TxtBxEq1.Text, "99a 99a 99a 99a = 99a ") End Sub when ever i take the focus off of the text box is just prints 99a 99a instead of formating the text ????? > > "WStoreyII" <papastoreyii@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > <news:Ka70c.31703$G44.9565@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>... > > A "style" can be any old string variable or constant. > ok but how do you set it for example I am suing > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > when ever i take the focus off of the text box is just prints 99a 99a > instead of formating the text ????? "Handles"? "System.EventArgs"? This is a Visual Basic, not B#, newsgroup. Look for the "dotnet" newsgroups infesting the msnews.microsoft.com server. -- Joe Foster <mailto:jlfoster%40znet.com> Got Thetans? <http://www.xenu.net/> WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha! > > > "WStoreyII" <papastoreyii@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > > <news:Ka70c.31703$G44.9565@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>... [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to > because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha! what aer you talking about i am posting visual basic questions????? i dotn even know what b# is > > "Handles"? "System.EventArgs"? This is a Visual Basic, not B#, newsgroup. > > Look for the "dotnet" newsgroups infesting the msnews.microsoft.com server. > what aer you talking about i am posting visual basic questions????? i dotn > even know what b# is B# is the crippled macro preprocessor for C# that Micro$haft insists on passing off as "Visual Basic .NET". It is certainly not Visual Basic. -- Joe Foster <mailto:jlfoster%40znet.com> L. Ron Dullard <http://www.xenu.net/> WARNING: I cannot be held responsible for the above They're coming to because my cats have apparently learned to type. take me away, ha ha! > > > "Handles"? "System.EventArgs"? This is a Visual Basic, not B#, newsgroup. > > > Look for the "dotnet" newsgroups infesting the msnews.microsoft.com server. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > well know that we have that straightened out could you please help me out with my format() function questions or could you send me to a good tutorial that will help me out on this function? Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you may get a stray answer to VB.NET questions here, you should ask them in newsgroups devoted exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups with either the word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name. For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups... microsoft.public.dotnet.general microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb microsoft.public.vsnet.general There are some others, but these should get you started. Rick - MVP > > "WStoreyII" <papastoreyii@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message > <news:5B70c.31709$YA4.9749@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com>... [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > with my format() function questions or could you send me to a good tutorial > that will help me out on this function? > TxtBxEq1.Text = Format(TxtBxEq1.Text, "99a 99a 99a 99a = 99a ") > > when ever i take the focus off of the text box is just prints 99a 99a > instead of formating the text ????? If it was a VB6 program, that would be correct output. '9' and 'a' are not format string characters, so they would just get printed out. I would be suprised if that was a useful format string in VB.Net, though all things are possible. Lookup the format function and identify the formatting characters used for numbers, letters, etc. In VB6 they would be '0' or '#' for digits, @ for characters, etc. Try Const INFLATION_MONEY = "#00,," then you can use Format(Amount, INFLATION_MONEY) To my knowledge there is no standard convention for creating your name. The above was taken from: Visual Basic from the Ground UP, Gary Cornell, ISBN 0-07-882508-3 and that was all the text showed. Hope that helps. Jim Y > I was looking up info on how to use the format function on msdn. I found > that you need format(expression, style) i have a list of preset styles and [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > WStoreyII |
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