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Do you fancy a challenge?
I've decided my strengths are in organisation, design and creativity, so thought I'd share the design of an app I was creating - nothing too difficult, but a few areas got me stumped being a newbie at vb and my MSDN part of vb6 won't nstall" (it contains the help files!), so I've put everything on the back burner for the moment. Maybe you're up for a challenge?
I thought that maybe the app (myContcts) could still see the light of day if one or more people would like to complete or add a section to it and share the results with us all.
Anyway attached are the forms and blank .mdb file. I'd love somepone write the code, and we could call it a joint effort :) and release it as such. I'm not looking for fame or money, just a useful app.
The app is a personal Contact Manager with fields for Name, Addresses, Email, Telephone etc. in and a grid view as well as a single record view. It also includes a drag n drop picture box (this already works as it uses the OLE in Access and no programming just menu / proprties options).
I've cleared out 99% of my code so it won't clutter or confuse you as most didn't work as I wanted it to or it wasn't commented, and someone else would probably do it differently...
The zip below includes a blank MSAccess database with all fileds linked to fields in the vb form.
The form has the usual buttons etc... Add, Delete, Data Control, plus Sort, Find and a List menu option (for a DBGrid).
Those are the basics I'd like to see implemented as I'd like to use such an app. Other ideas for later additions would be alarms for birthdays, and it would be great if someone could implement a dialer too, and maybe add the funtionallity so that it could link to a central database on a server somewhere online. Oh and how about a Help.hlp file. I haven't got a clue how they are created. :-)
And FINALLY...
If you do contribute in part or otherwise, please comment your code (I'll be interested to see and learn how things are done correctly), and then please send it all back to the forum (in this thread) for someone else to contribute etc. Maybe it would be a good idea to register interest in adding certain parts then duplicates won't happen. Just post what you you intend to do then then its up to others should they also repeat the same thing. Assuming anyone responds at all. :blush:
I'm looking forward to seeing what happens next. Over to you people.
PM_86 15-Jan-2006
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msdn is online > msdn.microsoft.com
It would be better to do this yourself and then ask for help when needed. How else do you expect to learn?
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checked this out and it seems the prog would have to be written litterally from scratch. i doubt anyone on here is going to do that. its a place for learning, not doing it for you.
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Plus I'm getting a scent that its a school project :]
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same here, thats why i didnt bother with it. hit the trash after a few seconds.
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If you find any problems/difficulties then post it here, you'll learn better by doing it all on your own... :)
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hey, i learned everything i know from this place. we dont bite hard so nothing to be afraid of ;)
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As everyone has said, no one is going to write the application for you. However, this part
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Originally Posted by PM_86
I've cleared out 99% of my code so it won't clutter or confuse you as most didn't work as I wanted it to or it wasn't commented, and someone else would probably do it differently...
is where all of us excel and would be more than happy to provide you with assistance on.
Post what you did that wasn't working and that you "cleared out". Tell us what it does, and what it is supposed to do, and I'm sure that someone will be able to pop in with a useful suggestion or two.
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Without wanting to repeat myself, I'd like to clarify a few things.
First off, I'm not asking anyone to write an app for just for me (everyone could learn from commented code). As I stated, because I have been learning and have accepted that I'm not ideally suited to it, but would like to see and use as app as described (and thought a communal creation would be one option) this why I posted my suggestion and the forms.
I also mentioned that it would be a help for those learning (myself included) to see good commented code by those who know how to code (this is similar to the way Help books on vb and many other subjects work - it's not too unusual a concept).
PS. I left school many years ago so this isn't a "school project". LOL
Can someone provide a link to the Contents.hlp file at MSDN website? That's what I'm missing in my vb6 not a list of help pages covering C+, Java, and VB. Thanks.
I'll leave the invitation open and look forward to some positive and altruistic replies.
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as we all have suggested, you should write the app. everyone starts somewhere. it is a frustrating coding method but what isnt? i for one dont have the time to contribute, as many probably dont. we have our own apps in creation. mine is commercial and is going to be a huge project.
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dont give up, takes a while to get the hang of it, maybe a year or so before your fluent.
btw: is that you in the pic ?
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Thanks for your advice, but I've already decided what I'd like to do and that's learn by analyzing commented code at the moment.
As you haven't got time (apart from telling me what I "should" do), I'll let you get on with your own project. ;)
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as we all have suggested, you should write the app. everyone starts somewhere. it is a frustrating coding method but what isnt? i for one dont have the time to contribute, as many probably dont. we have our own apps in creation. mine is commercial and is going to be a huge project.
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dont give up, takes a while to get the hang of it, maybe a year or so before your fluent.
btw: is that you in the pic ?
I'm not giving up.
No, the pic here isn't me, it's an icon of a transparent perspex cube I created . Do you like it?
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Thanks for your advice, but I've already decided what I'd like to do and that's learn by analyzing commented code at the moment.
In that case I suggest you look thru our FAQ and CodeBank and UtilityBank forums, or look at our sister site FreeVBCode.com
People here (or anywhere else) are unlikely to create projects just for you to read the code.
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I'm not giving up.
No, the pic here isn't me, it's an icon of a transparent perspex cube I created . Do you like it?
:p
i meant the pic in your project.........
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@ PM 86
I did as you asked... I've filled in 95% of the code and will complete it and do an extensive error checking in the next hour or so...
But there's ONE problem...
I'm not giving you...
:D
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Originally Posted by Protocol
@ PM 86
I did as you asked... I've filled in 95% of the code and will complete it and do an extensive error checking in the next hour or so...
But there's ONE problem...
I'm not giving you...
:D
Hehe :D
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Si - Thanks for the suggestions.
Jmacp - Yes why?
Protocol - I didn't ask you to do anything.
Also thanks to those who contacted me and provided useful, highly detailed commented code. All I need now is a left-handed screwdriver, a long stand and a bucket of steam...
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Hi PM-86
I'll help if I can - I'm learning too. I think this place can be a bit anal. Email me.
