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Jun 18th, 2004, 08:21 AM
sk|Lance

MP3 Player

I have created a form and added a Drivelistbox and Dirlistbox and filelistbox and got it allw orking with each other, i was woundering someone could help into once selecting the file from the filelistbox to allow it to play using the windows media player ocx, could anyone help me with that code please.
Jun 18th, 2004, 06:34 PM
Pirate

There's no DriveListBox ...etc in VS.NET .:confused:
Jun 20th, 2004, 07:37 AM
sk|Lance

There is you just have to be smart enough to add it!

Code:

Private Sub Drive1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Drive1.SelectedIndexChanged Dir1.Path = Drive1.Drive

Code:

Private Sub Dir1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Dir1.SelectedIndexChanged File1.Path = Dir1.PathDir1
Jun 20th, 2004, 10:02 AM
Pirate

That's imported from VB6 controls .There's no such controls in VB.NET .
Jun 20th, 2004, 11:16 AM
sk|Lance

there is and that is why i have it created and working! you just need to add the components! and i have it working. you may call me a lier or a noob but its working and its not impossible!
Jun 20th, 2004, 03:53 PM
taxes

Hi,

Quote from MSDN Help.

"The Visual Basic 6.0 DriveListBox control was typically used to select or change drives in a File Open or Save dialog box. Visual Basic .NET has no equivalent for the DriveListBox control; however, the Windows Forms OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog controls provide the ability to create standard Windows dialog boxes for working with files.

During upgrade, any existing DriveListBox controls are upgraded to the VB6.DriveListBox control that is provided as a part of the compatibility library (Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility)."

So. If you are smarter than Microsoft Gurus, you are too smart for us:wave:

If, of course, you have created your own custom control, then you can't expect much help from others without giving the complete code.
Jun 20th, 2004, 05:26 PM
<ABX
Priate and Taxes are right, There is no .NET Drives Listbox that is suspose to be used.

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sk|lance,

If at all possible you should avoid the use of anything that is included for compadibity
VB Code:
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There is you just have to be smart enough to add it!
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I think that u should rethink this, just a tad. You shouldn't be quick to insult others( Priate is vary capable and respected in this commuity).

So as taxes previously posted

Quote:

During upgrade, any existing DriveListBox controls are upgraded to the VB6.DriveListBox control that is provided as a part of the compatibility library (Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility)."

and you should not be using it.
Jun 20th, 2004, 06:31 PM
Pirate

Quote:

Originally posted by taxes
Hi,

Quote from MSDN Help.

"The Visual Basic 6.0 DriveListBox control was typically used to select or change drives in a File Open or Save dialog box. Visual Basic .NET has no equivalent for the DriveListBox control; however, the Windows Forms OpenFileDialog and SaveFileDialog controls provide the ability to create standard Windows dialog boxes for working with files.

During upgrade, any existing DriveListBox controls are upgraded to the VB6.DriveListBox control that is provided as a part of the compatibility library (Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility)."

So. If you are smarter than Microsoft Gurus, you are too smart for us:wave:

If, of course, you have created your own custom control, then you can't expect much help from others without giving the complete code.

Thanks Taxes for clearning this up . That's what I was talking about but I was a little lazy to explain this ...lol :D
Jun 21st, 2004, 12:36 PM
sk|Lance

http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/Drivelistbox.JPG

http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/drivelistbox1.JPG

These are the pictures with my Drivelistbox within Visual Studio .net with also the filelistbox and dirlistbox. I didnt mean any offense with towards any of you. Also the quote you showed was for Visual Studio .net 2002 not 2003 i have also seen many other application created in Visual Studio .net with drivelistbox!
Jun 21st, 2004, 01:11 PM
Pirate

Quote:

Originally posted by sk|Lance
http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/Drivelistbox.JPG

http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/drivelistbox1.JPG

These are the pictures with my Drivelistbox within Visual Studio .net with also the filelistbox and dirlistbox. I didnt mean any offense with towards any of you. Also the quote you showed was for Visual Studio .net 2002 not 2003 i have also seen many other application created in Visual Studio .net with drivelistbox!

Dude , what I'm saying is : There's no pure .NET DriveListBox , FileListBox CONTROLS . Though , you can still use VB6 controls that are wrapped into a .NET controls to be hosted on .NET Windows Forms.
Jun 21st, 2004, 03:52 PM
CyberHawke

Hey all, just my two cents worth...

While Pirate, Taxes and the rest are correct and there are no equivalent File/Directory/Drive list boxes in .NET, you are missing the fundamental part of this poor chaps problem. He wants to know how to select an item in the file list and have the media player control open it.

The answer is, you will need to concatenate your Drive, Directory and File list selections to build a complete path to your file, then pass that string to the MediaPlayer control and it should be able to open the file.

John

btw sk|Lance, if Microsoft says there is no equivalent, what's the point of arguing with the rest of us, Microsoft is the one you need to enlighten with your brilliance, leave us poor dumb programmers alone with our ignorance :wave:
Jun 21st, 2004, 05:25 PM
sk|Lance

brillance i do not have i just copied the vb6 code from somewhere else and edited it abit from a vb .net book. The part you just mentioned the creating the path and then string in to media player is that part i need help wtith guys and if you could have any suggestions or help me out i would be very greatful.
Jun 21st, 2004, 06:28 PM
taxes

Quote:

Originally posted by sk|Lance
http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/Drivelistbox.JPG

http://skclan.skulkrush.com/extras/drivelistbox1.JPG

Also the quote you showed was for Visual Studio .net 2002 not 2003 i have also seen many other application created in Visual Studio .net with drivelistbox!

Sorry, but I've just checked my MSDN disks and they ARE 2003.

Check out this forum for peoples experiences with upgrading projects and see what the problems are.

I'm checking out of this thread and going to do something constructive like banging my head on the keyboard.:wave:
Jun 22nd, 2004, 10:03 AM
CyberHawke
Well, every control, or other object that is text based in .NET has a Text property. Bearing this in mind, if those controls are truly part of your .NET installation, then each of them should have a .Text property you could use to build your path eg.
VB Code:
```
Dim MP3File As String
MP3File = DriveListBox.Text & DirectoryListBox.Text & FileListBox.Text
```
But, IF (as most of us already know) they are VB6 controls cleverly embeded into your .NET project then this example will work for you:
VB Code:
```
Private Sub File1_Click()
    Dim MP3File As String
    MP3File = File1.Path & File1.FileName
End Sub
```