[RESOLVED] Having trouble saving fields from form2 into public strings

what is weird is that it is actually saving some of the strings but not all..i dont understand
this is a xml reader i coded that turns the values into form fields..(works)
problem is taking those form fields and placing them into public strings
which is really weird because some of strings actually do return but some are blank


For example msgbox(__IRCVersion) returns the value from a textbox in the form
but msgbox(__AltNick) or msgbox(__Nick) does not...

Code:

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Xml
Imports System.Xml.Serialization
Imports System.Text
Imports WindowsApplication1.SettingsForm

Public Module XmlReaderT
    Public Class BlueNexusConfig
        Public _PassportInfo As EmailInfo
        Public _CookieInfo As Cookies
        Public _Settings As UserSettings
    End Class
    Public Class EmailInfo
        Public _Email As String
        Public _Pswd As String
    End Class
    Public Class Cookies
        Public _GKPID As String
        Public _MSRegCookie As String
        Public _MSProfile As String
        Public _MSTicket As String
    End Class
    Public Class UserSettings
        Public _PassportAuth As Boolean
        Public _CustGKID As Boolean
        Public _GKID As String
        Public _Nick As String
        Public _AltNick As String
        Public _Ident As String
        Public _VersionReply As String
        Public _IRC7Version As String
        Public _FindsFirst As Boolean
        Public _findsMethodPP As Boolean
        Public _FindsIp As String
        Public _ChatIP As String
    End Class
    Public Sub ReadSettings(filename As String)
        Dim serializer As New XmlSerializer(GetType(BlueNexusConfig))
        Dim fs As New FileStream(filename, FileMode.Open)
        Dim bnx As New BlueNexusConfig
        bnx = CType(serializer.Deserialize(fs), BlueNexusConfig)
        SettingsForm.GKPID.Text = bnx._CookieInfo._GKPID
        SettingsForm.Ticket.Text = bnx._CookieInfo._MSTicket
        SettingsForm.Profile.Text = bnx._CookieInfo._MSProfile
        SettingsForm.MSRegCookie.Text = bnx._CookieInfo._MSRegCookie
        SettingsForm.email.Text = bnx._PassportInfo._Email
        SettingsForm.Password.Text = bnx._PassportInfo._Pswd
        SettingsForm.TextBox1.Text = bnx._Settings._Nick
        SettingsForm.AltNick.Text = bnx._Settings._AltNick
        SettingsForm.IDENT.Text = bnx._Settings._Ident
        SettingsForm.ChatIP.Text = bnx._Settings._ChatIP
        SettingsForm.FindsIP.Text = bnx._Settings._FindsIp
        SettingsForm.VersionReply.Text = bnx._Settings._VersionReply
        SettingsForm.MethodcPP.Checked = bnx._Settings._PassportAuth
        If bnx._Settings._PassportAuth = False Then
            SettingsForm.MethodcG.Checked = True
        End If
        SettingsForm.NetworkChFinds.Checked = bnx._Settings._FindsFirst

        If bnx._Settings._FindsFirst = False Then
            SettingsForm.NetworkChChat.Checked = True
        End If
        SettingsForm.CustGateCheck.Checked = bnx._Settings._CustGKID
        SettingsForm.CustGate.Text = bnx._Settings._GKID
        SettingsForm.IRCVERSION.Text = bnx._Settings._IRC7Version
        SettingsForm.FindsMcPP.Checked = bnx._Settings._findsMethodPP
        If bnx._Settings._findsMethodPP = False Then
            SettingsForm.FindsMcG.Checked = True
        End If
    End Sub
    Public __Email = SettingsForm.email.Text
    Public __Pswd = SettingsForm.Password.Text
    Public __GKPIDX = SettingsForm.GKPID.Text
    Public __MSProfile = SettingsForm.Profile.Text
    Public __MSRegCookie = SettingsForm.MSRegCookie.Text
    Public __MSTicket = SettingsForm.Ticket.Text
    Public __ChatIP = SettingsForm.ChatIP.Text
    Public __FindsIp = SettingsForm.FindsIP.Text
    Public __PassportAuth = SettingsForm.MethodcPP.Checked
    Public __CustGKID = SettingsForm.CustGateCheck.Checked
    Public __GKID = SettingsForm.CustGate.Text
    Public __Ident = SettingsForm.IDENT.Text
    Public __Nick = SettingsForm.TextBox1.Text
    Public __AltNick = SettingsForm.AltNick.Text
    Public __VersionReply = SettingsForm.VersionReply.Text
    Public __IRC7Version = SettingsForm.IRCVERSION.Text
    Public __FindsFirst = SettingsForm.NetworkChFinds.Checked
    Public __findsMethodPP = SettingsForm.FindsMcPP.Checked
End Module

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any help would be appreciated..ive had help from here before..very greatful:wave:

Don't be using messageboxes to do the debugging. Put a breakpoint in the code and step through it. The messagebox HAS to happen too late. By the time that shows up, whatever is going to go wrong has already happened, which is why you are seeing the blanks. The reason they are blank is what you are concerned about, while the messagebox only shows that they are blank.

It may be sufficient to put a breakpoint on this line (or just after that line, actually):

bnx = CType(serializer.Deserialize(fs), BlueNexusConfig)

and take a look at bnx after the line has executed. It's probably going to be wrong, as well, in which case you know that the serializing is not picking up some of the fields. You'll also be able to see which ones. XML serialization doesn't work automatically for some types, which may be the whole problem, but finding out which ones it didn't work for is a good first step.

ok well so far i have found that the ones that work are

__ChatIP
__FindsIP
__GKID
__IRC7Version


and the rest do not
__Email
__Pswd
__GKPIDX
__MSProfile
_MSRegCookie
__MSTicket
__PassportAuth
___Ident
__Nick
__AltNick
___VersionReply

still cant tell what is going on..

i checked through breakpoint all values are saved.. some are just not saving from the form

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Originally Posted by Shaggy Hiker

Don't be using messageboxes to do the debugging.

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Been guilty of this a few times :D

That's not the set I would have expected. I don't see any pattern to those. It isn't one type in any way.

However, I'm also not clear on exactly which step is failing. Are you saying that you have stepped through lines like this one:

SettingsForm.Password.Text = bnx._PassportInfo._Pswd


and they work, but then when you get to this line:

Public __Pswd = SettingsForm.Password.Text

the variable ends up blank? That would be quite interesting, but I'm not fully clear on where the failure is happening. If this line is working:

SettingsForm.Password.Text = bnx._PassportInfo._Pswd

then the reading isn't the problem. If the Password.Text is then empty moments later, that would suggest that something in the SettingsForm is being triggered, such as a TextChanged event which deletes the text. However, I'm not quite clear if I have the situation right.

yeah.. this is a real pain in the ass..all of the values update to the form..but i cannot seem to get them put into their own global variable..will have to try another method

Referring directly to specific Forms in a Module? You deserve it to go wrong frankly! Horrible, horrible design. And what the heck is Imports WindowsApplication1.SettingsForm supposed to be about (especially since you then apparently forget you did it later in the code)?!

In any case, if you have the values in Textboxes what the heck do you need variables for anyway? The whole thing lacks logic.

As far as I can see the main problem is that you're assigning global variables with values that depend on external initialisations that may not have actually taken place. Having the declarations at the bottom of the code does not mean that they will be executed after the Subs that precede them. Variables declared in a module should only be initialised with values if said values are literal ( = 9, = "some stuff") in my opinion. To do otherwise is simply flirting with trouble.

yeah..figured passed that bit..thought i would in fact use the form instead of the variables..but then found that i couldnt see those form values through the thread i wanted...dont know what do really

OK GUYS ..thanks for everyones help i have figured this out
http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/vb-net...arameters.html

i now can see values from my settings window passed to the alternate thread..hope this helps

From this and your other thread it looks very like you leapt into this project without having truly thought out exactly what was to be achieved and how that translated into discrete tasks. I very much doubt that the secondary thread you speak of is truly required, for example, and even if it is you clearly have insufficient knowledge of the relationship of threads to UI controls and variables. And a module is without question the wrong way to go about this particular task!

Frankly I'd recommend that you go back to the drawing board and really put some effort into the planning stage. When you've identified those areas in which your knowledge needs improving you should also get hold of some appropriate tutorials to work through before you so much as code another line. At the moment you're in a hole and still digging and gathering workarounds for problems of your own making really isn't going to progress you in any way.

Also, as I noted in the other thread, since you are using the default instance of the form, if you try to access the default instance from a second thread, you will get a different instance of the form. That's quite likely why things are appearing to be empty.