Progress bar Question

[Rally]

Lets say that I want to load a very large amount of text int a textbox and watch the progress with my Progress Bar.
How would I code that??
Thanks

[The Phoenix]

Do you know how much text will be loaded ahead of time? I ask because an easy way I can think to do that would be to store a variable for the length o the text in the textbox, and on every firing of the "TextChanged" event compare the new length to the stored length, and if the new length is longer, increment the Progress bar. However, there would be a point at which the progress bar would stop incrementing but text would still be added.

If you knew the ammount ahead of time, you could say something like:

if txtTextbox1.text.length = LengthVar + 10 then
pgrProgress.value +=1
end if

or something like that, to make sure that the progress bar ends around the same time the text loading ends.

There is probably a much more elegant way to do that, but this is all that comes to mind right now.

[Edneeis]

Typically you would load the text in by assigning the text to the text property of the control, this does not provide a way to show progress. If you really wanted to show progress you'd have to load it in say line by line and increment the progress bar as you did.

[Rally]

Thanks a lot for the reply!! but I'm going to lay this to rest. I will pick it back up at a later time.
I did some research on the net and came to the conclusion that this is way way over my head.
Once again, thanks!
Sorry to have wasted your time with this.

I'm new to .net and also new to vb6.
I only made up a couple of small and insignificant programs in vb6 and am Looking for something to create in .net.

I have just one more stupid Question!
If I want to make something like a daily notepad how would I go about that?
Or what would I use for storage?
Will I have to use a database? I want to be able to use a “DateTimePicker” and enter in something a month in advance if need be.
Is this simple enough for a Beginner?

[The Phoenix]

I would say you could probably handle that. If you don't want to use a database, you could just write to a text file. Then, when you open your program and select a date, have the program search the text file for a date that matches, and display any data from that part of the text file.

[Rally]

Could I use something like a pre made Excel form?
I have used something like that in vb6 once but I have forgotten how to.
Also! Where is the Menu Editor?? I have not been able to find it yet.

[The Phoenix]

Beats me. I know nothing about Excel at all.

Also, here's the Menu control.

[Rally]

Well!!
No wonder everyone is saying it takes some getting used to.
Thanks!!

[Rally]

Now this makes me feel a bit better I see I’m not the only one that could not find the Menu Editor or “Menu Control”
LOL

[Edneeis]

This isn't really that hard here is an example.

[PT Exorcist]

another thing, putin it line by line will make the process like twice or more time consuming than loading it all at once..