what did I miss?

[jg]

I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub main was
not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs) still no luck.
What did I miss?

Public Class SolverForm
Dim icnt_pieces = 0, iCurrent_Row = 0, iExpected_piece s = 16, i As
Integer
Dim ipb_piece() As PictureBox
Dim str_label() As String
Dim chr_Atrribute(i Expected_pieces )() As Char
Dim chr_AtrributeFl ip(iExpected_pi eces)() As Char
Dim b_used() As Boolean

Dim ipb_origin_loca tion As System.Drawing. Point
Dim ipb_origin_offs et As Integer = 106

Const CSTR_LABEL As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVZ012345 6789"

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

MsgBox("MAIN - before new Game", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation, "@debug") ' never
appear
NewGame()
ipb_piece(0) = PictureBox1
ipb_piece(1) = PictureBox2
ipb_piece(2) = PictureBox3
ipb_piece(3) = PictureBox4
......
ipb_piece(15) = PictureBox16
MsgBox("MAIN - before calling rect", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation,
"@debug")
testRectangle()

End Function

[Armin Zingler]

"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> schrieb

I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub
main was not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs)
still no luck. What did I miss?

[...]

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

Shared function Main...
And set it as the startup object in the project properties.
Armin

[Rob Windsor [MVP]]

As Armin suggested, you need to make Maim shared but if you do it in place
it will cause other problems. Add a Form_Load event handler to SolverForm,
copy all the code from Main to Form_Load and delete Main then add this
class:

Public Class AppStart
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run (New SolverForm())
End Sub
End Class

Then, set the startup object to AppStart.Main

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
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I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub main was
not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs) still no luck.
What did I miss?

Public Class SolverForm
Dim icnt_pieces = 0, iCurrent_Row = 0, iExpected_piece s = 16, i As
Integer
Dim ipb_piece() As PictureBox
Dim str_label() As String
Dim chr_Atrribute(i Expected_pieces )() As Char
Dim chr_AtrributeFl ip(iExpected_pi eces)() As Char
Dim b_used() As Boolean

Dim ipb_origin_loca tion As System.Drawing. Point
Dim ipb_origin_offs et As Integer = 106

Const CSTR_LABEL As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVZ012345 6789"

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

MsgBox("MAIN - before new Game", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation, "@debug") '
never appear
NewGame()
ipb_piece(0) = PictureBox1
ipb_piece(1) = PictureBox2
ipb_piece(2) = PictureBox3
ipb_piece(3) = PictureBox4
.....
ipb_piece(15) = PictureBox16
MsgBox("MAIN - before calling rect", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation,
"@debug")
testRectangle()

End Function

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Isn't it sub main to startup from not function main?

Ken
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"Armin Zingler" <az*******@free net.de> wrote in message
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"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> schrieb

I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub
main was not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs)
still no luck. What did I miss?
[...]

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

Shared function Main...
And set it as the startup object in the project properties.
Armin

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsout h.net> schrieb:

Isn't it sub main to startup from not function main?

It will work with a function 'Main(ByVal Args() As String) As Integer' too,
even inside VS.NET.

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

[jg]

thank you all very much. . I look up the form load declaration.

why constructor does not work instead of this extra complexity? After all
is not a window app a class by in its own right?
( pardon me I am used to languages with constructors)

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro************ *****@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

As Armin suggested, you need to make Maim shared but if you do it in place
it will cause other problems. Add a Form_Load event handler to SolverForm,
copy all the code from Main to Form_Load and delete Main then add this
class:

Public Class AppStart
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run (New SolverForm())
End Sub
End Class

Then, set the startup object to AppStart.Main

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
news:uN******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub main was
not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs) still no luck.
What did I miss?

Public Class SolverForm
Dim icnt_pieces = 0, iCurrent_Row = 0, iExpected_piece s = 16, i As
Integer
Dim ipb_piece() As PictureBox
Dim str_label() As String
Dim chr_Atrribute(i Expected_pieces )() As Char
Dim chr_AtrributeFl ip(iExpected_pi eces)() As Char
Dim b_used() As Boolean

Dim ipb_origin_loca tion As System.Drawing. Point
Dim ipb_origin_offs et As Integer = 106

Const CSTR_LABEL As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVZ012345 6789"

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

MsgBox("MAIN - before new Game", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation, "@debug") '
never appear
NewGame()
ipb_piece(0) = PictureBox1
ipb_piece(1) = PictureBox2
ipb_piece(2) = PictureBox3
ipb_piece(3) = PictureBox4
.....
ipb_piece(15) = PictureBox16
MsgBox("MAIN - before calling rect", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation,
"@debug")
testRectangle()

End Function

[Rob Windsor [MVP]]

You can use the constructor if you want. People coming from a classic VB
background (like myself) are just used to putting the form initialization
code in the Load event.

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/

"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..

thank you all very much. . I look up the form load declaration.

why constructor does not work instead of this extra complexity? After
all is not a window app a class by in its own right?
( pardon me I am used to languages with constructors)

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro************ *****@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

As Armin suggested, you need to make Maim shared but if you do it in
place it will cause other problems. Add a Form_Load event handler to
SolverForm, copy all the code from Main to Form_Load and delete Main then
add this class:

Public Class AppStart
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run (New SolverForm())
End Sub
End Class

Then, set the startup object to AppStart.Main

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
news:uN******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...

I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub main
was not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs) still no
luck. What did I miss?

Public Class SolverForm
Dim icnt_pieces = 0, iCurrent_Row = 0, iExpected_piece s = 16, i As
Integer
Dim ipb_piece() As PictureBox
Dim str_label() As String
Dim chr_Atrribute(i Expected_pieces )() As Char
Dim chr_AtrributeFl ip(iExpected_pi eces)() As Char
Dim b_used() As Boolean

Dim ipb_origin_loca tion As System.Drawing. Point
Dim ipb_origin_offs et As Integer = 106

Const CSTR_LABEL As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVZ012345 6789"

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

MsgBox("MAIN - before new Game", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation, "@debug") '
never appear
NewGame()
ipb_piece(0) = PictureBox1
ipb_piece(1) = PictureBox2
ipb_piece(2) = PictureBox3
ipb_piece(3) = PictureBox4
.....
ipb_piece(15) = PictureBox16
MsgBox("MAIN - before calling rect", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation,
"@debug")
testRectangle()

End Function

[jg]

Thank you.

how do I make sure what I do is after the form is fully created and loaded?
e.g I want to get hold of the list of picture boxes and have an array of
picture box to point to them. this way I can manipulate the content of the
picturebox a bit easier.
The load event seem to occur before completion. I tried searching for form
events for vb.net and I got overwhelming irrelevant results.

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro************ *****@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:eo******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...

You can use the constructor if you want. People coming from a classic VB
background (like myself) are just used to putting the form initialization
code in the Load event.

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/

"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP10.phx.gbl. ..

thank you all very much. . I look up the form load declaration.

why constructor does not work instead of this extra complexity? After
all is not a window app a class by in its own right?
( pardon me I am used to languages with constructors)

"Rob Windsor [MVP]" <ro************ *****@gmail.com > wrote in message
news:uR******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

As Armin suggested, you need to make Maim shared but if you do it in
place it will cause other problems. Add a Form_Load event handler to
SolverForm, copy all the code from Main to Form_Load and delete Main
then add this class:

Public Class AppStart
Public Shared Sub Main()
Application.Run (New SolverForm())
End Sub
End Class

Then, set the startup object to AppStart.Main

--
Rob Windsor [MVP-VB]
G6 Consulting
Toronto, Canada
http://msmvps.com/windsor/
"jg" <ju**@mail.pl s> wrote in message
news:uN******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP14.phx.gbl...
I setup a new windwos application project but I found out the sub main
was not called, I tried various form of Main (functions, subs) still no
luck. What did I miss?

Public Class SolverForm
Dim icnt_pieces = 0, iCurrent_Row = 0, iExpected_piece s = 16, i As
Integer
Dim ipb_piece() As PictureBox
Dim str_label() As String
Dim chr_Atrribute(i Expected_pieces )() As Char
Dim chr_AtrributeFl ip(iExpected_pi eces)() As Char
Dim b_used() As Boolean

Dim ipb_origin_loca tion As System.Drawing. Point
Dim ipb_origin_offs et As Integer = 106

Const CSTR_LABEL As String = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVZ012345 6789"

Public Function Main(ByVal cmdArgs() As String) As Integer

MsgBox("MAIN - before new Game", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation, "@debug") '
never appear
NewGame()
ipb_piece(0) = PictureBox1
ipb_piece(1) = PictureBox2
ipb_piece(2) = PictureBox3
ipb_piece(3) = PictureBox4
.....
ipb_piece(15) = PictureBox16
MsgBox("MAIN - before calling rect", MsgBoxStyle.Inf ormation,
"@debug")
testRectangle()

End Function