New lost user

Hi there,

I am new to this whole new programming thing. I use to work with excel.

Created Excel applications now I need to create the same apps as a stand alone application which can be installed on various computor with serial numbers.

I don't know if I am in the correct thread. If not please direct me to the right one.

Is it allowed to upload?

Regards

Hello and welcome to the forums! Which language were you thinking of creating the program in?

Welcome to the forums!
You'll find some great information as well as very knowledgable people here.

Uploading is fine, but no .exe files (I believe is the only stipulation)

You will get the best help if the threads have concise and specific questions. If you are new to the whole thing, you might have a read of the stickied threads, get yourself a beginner's level book to VB.Net and expose yourself to as much of the language as you can.

Hi that's just it.

I only know excel, which lang. whould be for beginners??

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Originally Posted by stateofidleness

Welcome to the forums!
You'll find some great information as well as very knowledgable people here.

Uploading is fine, but no .exe files (I believe is the only stipulation)

You will get the best help if the threads have concise and specific questions. If you are new to the whole thing, you might have a read of the stickied threads, get yourself a beginner's level book to VB.Net and expose yourself to as much of the language as you can.

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Actually the rule is no compiled code. Exe's and Dll's being the top two on the list but it's not limited to those.

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Originally Posted by joacro

Hi that's just it.

I only know excel, which lang. whould be for beginners??

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Hey,

When you say you have worked with Excel, are you referring to the fact that you have used VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)?

If so, then you will find some similarities between this and VB.Net, but also lots of differences.

If I were you, I would download the free editions of Visual Studio:

http://www.microsoft.com/exPress/

Try out the languages, there are plenty of getting started guides, and then decide which one you prefer.

Gary

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Originally Posted by gep13

Hey,

When you say you have worked with Excel, are you referring to the fact that you have used VBA (Visual Basic for Applications)?

If so, then you will find some similarities between this and VB.Net, but also lots of differences.

If I were you, I would download the free editions of Visual Studio:

http://www.microsoft.com/exPress/

Try out the languages, there are plenty of getting started guides, and then decide which one you prefer.

Gary

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Yes I have worked with VB in Excel. Currently I am trying to figure out Visual Studio starting again at the beginning.

When I try to create the Hello World with VB Windows Form App It is fine so with C but I can't seem to get it right with C++

Here is the code:
#pragma once


namespace Test5 {

using namespace System;
using namespace System::ComponentModel;
using namespace System::Collections;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
using namespace System::Data;
using namespace System::Drawing;

/// <summary>
/// Summary for Form1
///
/// WARNING: If you change the name of this class, you will need to change the
/// 'Resource File Name' property for the managed resource compiler tool
/// associated with all .resx files this class depends on. Otherwise,
/// the designers will not be able to interact properly with localized
/// resources associated with this form.
/// </summary>
public ref class Form1 : public System::Windows::Forms::Form
{
public:
Form1(void)
{
InitializeComponent();
//
//TODO: Add the constructor code here
//
}

protected:
/// <summary>
/// Clean up any resources being used.
/// </summary>
~Form1()
{
if (components)
{
delete components;
}
}
private: System::Windows::Forms::Button^ button1;
protected:

private:
/// <summary>
/// Required designer variable.
/// </summary>
System::ComponentModel::Container ^components;

#pragma region Windows Form Designer generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
void InitializeComponent(void)
{
this->button1 = (gcnew System::Windows::Forms::Button());
this->SuspendLayout();
//
// button1
//
this->button1->Location = System::Drawing::Point(34, 74);
this->button1->Name = L"button1";
this->button1->Size = System::Drawing::Size(204, 72);
this->button1->TabIndex = 0;
this->button1->Text = L"button1";
this->button1->UseVisualStyleBackColor = true;
this->button1->Click += gcnew System::EventHandler(this, &Form1::button1_Click);
//
// Form1
//
this->AutoScaleDimensions = System::Drawing::SizeF(6, 13);
this->AutoScaleMode = System::Windows::Forms::AutoScaleMode::Font;
this->ClientSize = System::Drawing::Size(284, 264);
this->Controls->Add(this->button1);
this->Name = L"Form1";
this->Text = L"Form1";
this->ResumeLayout(false);

}
#pragma endregion
private: System::Void button1_Click(System::Object^ sender, System::EventArgs^ e) {MessageBox.Show("Hello World");
}
};
}

Any suggestions I get error C2143 in line 85.

Please assist

Regards

This is a Visual Basic Forum

Hello World

Code:

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Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim dr As DialogResult
        dr = MessageBox.Show("Hello World, and Newman!", "Caption Here", MessageBoxButtons.OK)
    End Sub
End Class

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