Visual Studio help wanted please

2009-06-04 03:29:34

#1

Bjenkins_X_123: Member; +11|6741|London, UK

I've hit a roadwall on a college project. I downloaded a piece of 'Hello World' VB code that supposedly enables Bluetooth chat, and I'm trying to modify it to integrate file transfers to be able to happen as well. I managed to work out the OpenFileDialog section, but I'm not sure how to make the file selected send over Bluetooth. Can anyone help me please? VB is, quite apparently, not my strong point, and I'm truly stumped. I'll pay back in the only way I can (with plenty of karma), along with my eternal gratitude.

Currently running Visual Studio 2008.

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Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "

Public Sub New()
MyBase.New()

'This call is required by the Windows Form Designer.
InitializeComponent()

'Add any initialization after the InitializeComponent() call

End Sub

Protected Overloads Overrides Sub Dispose(ByVal disposing As Boolean)
MyBase.Dispose(disposing)
End Sub

'NOTE: The following procedure is required by the Windows Form Designer
'It can be modified using the Windows Form Designer.
'Do not modify it using the code editor.
'Friend WithEvents InputPanel1 As Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms.InputPanel
Friend WithEvents MainMenu1 As System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu
Friend WithEvents Button1 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents txtMessage As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Friend WithEvents txtMessageLog As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Friend WithEvents MenuItem1 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Friend WithEvents MenuItem2 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Friend WithEvents TextBox1 As System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Friend WithEvents Button2 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents OpenFileDialog1 As System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
Friend WithEvents Button3 As System.Windows.Forms.Button
Friend WithEvents MenuItem3 As System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
<System.Diagnostics.DebuggerStepThrough()> Private Sub InitializeComponent()
Me.MainMenu1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MainMenu
Me.MenuItem1 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Me.MenuItem2 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Me.MenuItem3 = New System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem
Me.txtMessage = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Me.Button1 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Me.txtMessageLog = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Me.TextBox1 = New System.Windows.Forms.TextBox
Me.Button2 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Me.OpenFileDialog1 = New System.Windows.Forms.OpenFileDialog
Me.Button3 = New System.Windows.Forms.Button
Me.SuspendLayout()
'
'MainMenu1
'
Me.MainMenu1.MenuItems.Add(Me.MenuItem1)
'
'MenuItem1
'
Me.MenuItem1.MenuItems.Add(Me.MenuItem2)
Me.MenuItem1.MenuItems.Add(Me.MenuItem3)
Me.MenuItem1.Text = "Settings"
'
'MenuItem2
'
Me.MenuItem2.Text = "Connect"
'
'MenuItem3
'
Me.MenuItem3.Text = "Disconnect"
'
'txtMessage
'
Me.txtMessage.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 8)
Me.txtMessage.Name = "txtMessage"
Me.txtMessage.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 21)
Me.txtMessage.TabIndex = 2
'
'Button1
'
Me.Button1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(160, 164)
Me.Button1.Name = "Button1"
Me.Button1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(72, 20)
Me.Button1.TabIndex = 1
Me.Button1.Text = "Send"
'
'txtMessageLog
'
Me.txtMessageLog.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 190)
Me.txtMessageLog.Multiline = True
Me.txtMessageLog.Name = "txtMessageLog"
Me.txtMessageLog.ScrollBars = System.Windows.Forms.ScrollBars.Vertical
Me.txtMessageLog.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 66)
Me.txtMessageLog.TabIndex = 0
'
'TextBox1
'
Me.TextBox1.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 51)
Me.TextBox1.Name = "TextBox1"
Me.TextBox1.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(224, 21)
Me.TextBox1.TabIndex = 3
'
'Button2
'
Me.Button2.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(8, 87)
Me.Button2.Name = "Button2"
Me.Button2.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(72, 20)
Me.Button2.TabIndex = 4
Me.Button2.Text = "Browse"
'
'OpenFileDialog1
'
Me.OpenFileDialog1.FileName = "OpenFileDialog1"
'
'Button3
'
Me.Button3.Location = New System.Drawing.Point(159, 87)
Me.Button3.Name = "Button3"
Me.Button3.Size = New System.Drawing.Size(72, 20)
Me.Button3.TabIndex = 5
Me.Button3.Text = "Send File"
'
'Form1
'
Me.AutoScaleMode = System.Windows.Forms.AutoScaleMode.Inherit
Me.ClientSize = New System.Drawing.Size(240, 268)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button3)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button2)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.TextBox1)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtMessageLog)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.Button1)
Me.Controls.Add(Me.txtMessage)
Me.Menu = Me.MainMenu1
Me.Name = "Form1"
Me.Text = "Chat"
Me.ResumeLayout(False)

End Sub

#End Region
Dim infileHandler As Long
Dim outfileHandler As Long
Dim buffer() As Byte
Dim lBytes As Long
Dim temp As String
Dim numReadWrite As Integer
Dim t1 As System.Threading.Thread
Dim stopThread As Boolean = False

Public Sub connect()
'---port number for Bluetooth connection
Dim inPort As Short = 7
Dim outPort As Short = 8

'---Opens the port for Bluetooth
infileHandler = CreateFile("COM" & inPort & ":", _
&HC0000000, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0)
Application.DoEvents()
outfileHandler = CreateFile("COM" & outPort & ":", _
&HC0000000, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0)
Application.DoEvents()

'---invoke the thread to receive incoming messages
stopThread = False
t1 = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf receiveLoop)
t1.Start()
End Sub

Public Sub disconnect()
stopThread = True
CloseHandle(infileHandler)
CloseHandle(outfileHandler)
End Sub

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.Load

End Sub
Public Function stringToByteArray(ByVal str As String) As Byte()
'---e.g. "abcdefg" to {a,b,c,d,e,f,g}
Dim s As Char()
s = str.ToCharArray
Dim b(s.Length - 1) As Byte
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To s.Length - 1
b(i) = Convert.ToByte(s(i))
Next
Return b
End Function
Function byteArrayToString(ByVal b() As Byte) As String
'---e.g. {a,b,c,d,e,f,g} to "abcdefg"
Dim str As String
Dim enc As System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
enc = New System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
str = enc.GetString(b, 0, b.Length())
Return str
End Function

<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Private Shared Function CreateFile(ByVal lpFileName As String, _
ByVal dwDesiredAccess As Integer, _
ByVal dwShareMode As Integer, _
ByVal lpSecurityAttributes As Integer, _
ByVal dwCreationDisposition As Integer, _
ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As Integer, _
ByVal hTemplateFile As Integer) As Integer
End Function

<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Private Shared Function ReadFile(ByVal hFile As Integer, _
ByVal Buffer() As Byte, _
ByVal nNumberOfBytesToRead As Integer, _
ByRef lpNumberOfBytesRead As Integer, _
ByRef lpOverlapped As Integer) As Integer
End Function

<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Private Shared Function WriteFile(ByVal hFile As Integer, _
ByVal Buffer() As Byte, _
ByVal nNumberOfBytesToWrite As Integer, _
ByRef lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Integer, _
ByVal lpOverlapped As Integer) As Boolean
End Function

<DllImport("coredll.dll")> _
Private Shared Function CloseHandle(ByVal hObject As Integer) As Integer
End Function

Public Function send(ByVal message As String) As Integer
'---send the message through the serial port
Dim value As String = message & vbCrLf
Dim retCode As Integer = WriteFile(outfileHandler, _
stringToByteArray(value), _
value.Length(), _
numReadWrite, _
0)
txtMessageLog.Text += value
Return retCode
End Function

Public Sub receiveLoop()
'---receive the message through the serial port
Dim inbuff(300) As Byte
Dim retCode As Integer = ReadFile(infileHandler, _
inbuff, _
inbuff.Length, _
numReadWrite, _
0)
Application.DoEvents()
While True
If retCode = 0 Or stopThread Then
'MsgBox("Error reading message.")
Exit While
Else
Dim updateDelegate As New _
myDelegate(AddressOf updateMessageLog)

updateDelegate.Invoke(byteArrayToString(inbuff))
ReDim inbuff(300)
retCode = ReadFile(infileHandler, _
inbuff, _
inbuff.Length, _
numReadWrite, _
0)
Application.DoEvents()
End If
End While
End Sub

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles Button1.Click
If send(txtMessage.Text) = 0 Then
MsgBox("Error sending message.")
End If
End Sub

Public Delegate Sub myDelegate(ByVal str As String)

Public Sub updateMessageLog(ByVal str As String)
If str.Length > 0 Then
txtMessageLog.Text += "-->" & str
End If
End Sub

Private Sub MenuItem1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles MenuItem1.Click

End Sub

Private Sub MenuItem2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem2.Click
connect()
MenuItem2.Enabled = False
MenuItem3.Enabled = True
End Sub

Private Sub MenuItem3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MenuItem3.Click
disconnect()
MenuItem2.Enabled = True
MenuItem3.Enabled = False
End Sub

Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click

OpenFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
TextBox1.Text = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
End Sub

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
lBytes = 0

'

End Sub

End Class

2009-06-04 17:38:03

#2

Harmor: Error_Name_Not_Found; +605|6794|San Diego, CA, USA

I hope to God your school is not teaching you VB and that this is a project in your Comparative Language class.

2009-06-04 17:58:49

#3

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6768|...

wow old school com objects in .net

pm me with somewhere i can dl ur project ill help you

2009-06-05 17:03:29

#4

jsnipy: ...; +3,277|6768|...

Assuming your regular text send worked this would be how you send your file. I tested it in the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator.

edit: As a side tip use string.Concat() rather than "string" + "string" + "string". This can save memory and heap size. Normally not a big deal, but on a mobile OS it can make a real difference.

Code:

Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
        '
        Dim fs As System.IO.FileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(TextBox1.Text)

        Dim len As Long = fs.Length

        Dim fileBytes(len) As Byte

        ' To do it proper you want to check size and read in chunks
        fs.Read(fileBytes, 0, System.Int32.Parse(len.ToString()))

        Dim result As Integer = WriteFile(outfileHandler, fileBytes, len, numReadWrite, 0)

        'If result = some success value Then
        '    indicate success
        txtMessageLog.Text = String.Concat(txtMessageLog.Text, TextBox1.Text + "sent") 
        'Else 
        '    indicate fail
        'End If
    End Sub

I feel bad they are using VB for this (or anything lol)
C# would have been

Last edited by jsnipy (2009-06-05 17:05:57)

2009-06-05 17:24:34

#5

Bjenkins_X_123: Member; +11|6741|London, UK

jsnipy wrote:
Assuming your regular text send worked this would be how you send your file. I tested it in the Pocket PC 2003 SE Emulator.

edit: As a side tip use string.Concat() rather than "string" + "string" + "string". This can save memory and heap size. Normally not a big deal, but on a mobile OS it can make a real difference.
Code:
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
        '
        Dim fs As System.IO.FileStream = System.IO.File.OpenRead(TextBox1.Text)

        Dim len As Long = fs.Length

        Dim fileBytes(len) As Byte

        ' To do it proper you want to check size and read in chunks
        fs.Read(fileBytes, 0, System.Int32.Parse(len.ToString()))

        Dim result As Integer = WriteFile(outfileHandler, fileBytes, len, numReadWrite, 0)

        'If result = some success value Then
        '    indicate success
        txtMessageLog.Text = String.Concat(txtMessageLog.Text, TextBox1.Text + "sent") 
        'Else 
        '    indicate fail
        'End If
    End Sub
I feel bad they are using VB for this (or anything lol)
C# would have been

I may just fall in love with you and have your babies, thank you so much for your time on this

+1337 karma to you

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jsnipy wrote:

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