History memory on WebBrowser

[fenhopi]

How do I make a combbox that remembers history in vb.NET

How can I make a favourites menu strip that lets the explorer save favourite information to next time i open explorer?

[Fromethius]

Really broad question..

Do you have experience saving and loadings things to and from an external file, respectively?

[.paul.]

you could save the information in a my.settings stringcollection

[fenhopi]

Really broad question..

Do you have experience saving and loadings things to and from an external file, respectively

No, I don't is it hard?

you could save the information in a my.settings stringcollection

Not sure how to do that..

[.paul.]

look in Project-->Properties-->Settings tab

[fenhopi]

oh, I see. Any idea how I adjust it to do what I want it to?

[.paul.]

in Project-->Properties-->Settings tab, change name to history, change type to stringcollection. you use a stringcollection like this:

Public Class Form1
 
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        If My.Settings.history Is Nothing Then
            My.Settings.history = New Specialized.StringCollection
            My.Settings.history.Add("one")
            My.Settings.history.Add("two")
            My.Settings.history.Add("three")
            My.Settings.Save()
        End If
        Dim msg As String = ""
        For Each history As String In My.Settings.history
             msg &= history & vbCrLf
        Next
        MsgBox(msg)
    End Sub
 
End Class

[fenhopi]

Thank you very much, I gave you a good rate for it.

[fenhopi]

yeah, and how do I connect the strings to the combobox?

[.paul.]

MsgBox(My.Settings.history(combobox1.selectedindex))

[fenhopi]

I get an error on the

 MsgBox(My.Settings.history(ComboBox1.SelectedIndex))

it says index out of range, in needs to be not-negative and smaller then the size of your collection.

[.paul.]

have you added all the items in the combobox to your history setting?
or, is the combobox empty? i.e. selectedindex = -1

when you load the program you should add all the history settings to the combobox

[fenhopi]

I tried it all, it won't work..

[.paul.]

heres a demonstration. it displays your history (descriptions) in the listbox. if you click an item in the listbox it'll display a msgbox withe the full URL + description as saved in my.settings.history

see attachment

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    If My.Settings.history Is Nothing Then
        My.Settings.history = New Specialized.StringCollection
        My.Settings.history.Add("http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=stringcollection+vb.net&btnG=Google+Search&meta=" & "," & "google search 'stringcollection'")
        My.Settings.history.Add("http://www.devasp.net/net/articles/display/233.html" & "," & "working with stringcollection")
        My.Settings.history.Add("http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/System/Collections/Specialized/StringCollection.aspx" & "," & "System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection Class")
        My.Settings.Save()
    End If
    For Each history As String In My.Settings.history
        Dim strArray() As String = history.Split(",")
        ListBox1.Items.Add(strArray(1))
    Next
End Sub

[jdc20181]

I know this is a old post goodness....But i got a question about it lol.....I am using a multi tab browser and would instead like the items displayed into a list box on another form. At this point im getting into a tangled up mess of confusion lol any tips or could someone simplify for me? I think i finally understand it just dont know how to contstruct it.