visual basic 2005 help

andrew4862

Simple one for you guys i hope, bit of a newbie at this:

i have a text box that i need to be filled in i have a statement to display a text box if it is blank which works but it still moves on to the next screen how do i end the process if it is blank and display the message?

Private Sub NewToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripMenuItem.Click
If TextBox1.Text = "" Then MsgBox("Fill in Name") Else
Label6.Text = TextBox1.Text
TextBox1.Hide()
Label5.Hide()
Label6.Show()
Label7.Show()

This is what i got thanks for your help

Nov 9 '06 #1

willakawill

Simple one for you guys i hope, bit of a newbie at this:

i have a text box that i need to be filled in i have a statement to display a text box if it is blank which works but it still moves on to the next screen how do i end the process if it is blank and display the message?

Private Sub NewToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles NewToolStripMenuItem.Click
If TextBox1.Text = "" Then MsgBox("Fill in Name") Else
Label6.Text = TextBox1.Text
TextBox1.Hide()
Label5.Hide()
Label6.Show()
Label7.Show()

This is what i got thanks for your help

Hi. Don't know about this Hide() method.
In VB6 to make a control disappear you need to set the visible property to false

TextBox1.Visible = False

and

TextBox1.Visible = True

To make it reappear

Nov 9 '06 #2

andrew4862

the rest works and the show and hide is fine its just i want to know how to stop it going to that stage if the box is blank. i can get it to display the text box but when you press ok it still goes to the next stage i wnat to know what to type to stop it

Nov 9 '06 #3

andrew4862

the rest works and the show and hide is fine its just i want to know how to stop it going to that stage if the box is blank. i can get it to display the text box but when you press ok it still goes to the next stage i wnat to know what to type to stop it

sorry i mean msgbox not text box! I can get it to display the msgbox but it then still goes to the next stage what do i need to type to stop it?

Nov 9 '06 #4

willakawill

sorry i mean msgbox not text box! I can get it to display the msgbox but it then still goes to the next stage what do i need to type to stop it?

OK I see.
The structure of the If..Then..Else..End If block is important
There is no speed improvement by writing it on one line.

Nov 9 '06 #5