Multiple newbie problems with files and printers

[tilex]

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and to VB ( I was into learning C++ but I decided to take a little break and learn VB since it's good to know it and know multiple languages ) and I encountered multiple ( newbie ) problems.

#1

code:

'     ' PRINT     '     Private Sub cmdPrint_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdPrint.Click         Dim numCopies As Byte         Dim printSettings As Drawing.Printing.PrinterSettings         PrintDialog.ShowDialog()         numCopies = PrintDialog.PrinterSettings.Copies()         printSettings = PrintDialog.PrinterSettings()         If printSettings.Copies > printSettings.MaximumCopies Then             MsgBox("Your printer cannot print more than " + printSettings.MaximumCopies.ToString(), MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "Printer Error")         End If         End Sub

I can't use ShowDialog( ) in this code because I need to do something with PrintDialog.Document but I don't know what

#2

Quote:

'
' SAVE
'
Private Sub cmdSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdSave.Click
Dim fStream As System.IO.Stream
If SaveFileDialog.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.Yes Then
fStream = SaveFileDialog.OpenFile()
If Not fStream Is Nothing Then
FileOpen(FreeFile(), SaveFileDialog.FileName, OpenMode.Output, OpenAccess.Read, OpenShare.LockWrite)
FileClose(0)
fStream.Close()
End If
End If
End Sub

This code doesn't create the file... why ? I've never been good with files ( even in C, C++ and C# ... )

and #3 is almost the same as Save, but I don't know how to load...

I'd appreciate any help, even if it's only a link to a good tutorial.
Thanks to every replyers
PS: Don't be too hard on me, it's my 3rd day of VB coding...

[tilex]

Sorry I didn't specify my compiler, Visual Studio 6 . NET ( Student version )

[Tony]

hey, welcome to the site I'd love to help, but I donno about printing Last year in my project, I just send my output to an HTML file and then printed it using IE controls

preaty advanced stuff for the 3rd day of programming

[tilex]

It's because I've been on C/C++ for about half past a year ( 1 and 1/2 year ) and I've noticed things that are the same or similar

Ex:

This = Me
if = If .. Then + End If
while = While
for = For
public = Public
.... etc

and the structure is almost the same as C# ( except C# has more namespaces than VB )

[wtd]

tilex wrote:

It's because I've been on C/C++ for about half past a year ( 1 and 1/2 year ) and I've noticed things that are the same or similar

Ex:

This = Me
if = If .. Then + End If
while = While
for = For
public = Public
.... etc

and the structure is almost the same as C# ( except C# has more namespaces than VB )

Yeah, there are only just so many ways to write the same thing. The only real variants from these patterns seem to be either conveniences:

code:

# This is Ruby some_condition = true print "something" if some_condition

Or for reasons of readability. The following in Eiffel certainly leaves no question as to what each part is doing, unlike a C-ish for loop.

code:

from i    := 1 until    i = 6 loop    std_output.put_integer(i)    std_output.put_new_line end

And of course some languages feature additions to the usual complement of keywords, like "unless", which is nicer at times than saying "if not".

And any language that has access to the .NET runtime has the same number of namespaces, as those are a matter of libraries, rather than language.

Programming languages, generally speaking, are very limited things that are useless on their own. It's the libraries of already written code that make them valuable or not. Java isn't the greatest language around. In fact, it isn't particularly good as a language at all. But it has a huge library of code already written that you can reuse, and that makes it an invaluable tool.

It's important to understand he difference if you're going to continue on with a career in computer science.