Hi,

OK, I'm not exactly sure how to describt this but I'll try anyway...

I'm writing an application using Visual Basic 2010, and I have 2 sets of Radio buttons. I have gotten as far as being able to select a button in each set, and that in turn sets a variable to a value depending on which button is selected. I should point out that I click a button to perform the calculation, which is what I want...

What I need is a way to have those values displayed somewhere on the screen.

I have managed to create a message box with the data displayed, but I want the data on the screen, as I will be re-using the variable for something else...

Here are some code snippets, if it helps...


This is where I set the variables, (some of which are no longer needed, but I'll remove them later)


I have one of these set up for each radio button, and yes I know that there is probably a far easier way, but I'll refine the code after I get the damned thing working!
By the way, I also use the same sort of code to assign a value to ssval



As I said, I can get the value, (expo1) to appear in a message box, but I want it to appear on the scree... Any ideas, (while I carry on searching)?

Thanks in advance,

John.

As an incomplete answer:

I think I'd use a label and then do something like:

Hmmm... interesting... I thought that the second command was Java, or am I losing the plot? Again

OK, I'll give it a go in a little while, once the PC has finished a fairly major encoding job and let you know how I get on.

Thanks.

That is Java, not VB...

The VB would be:

expo1 = ndval * ssval
mylabel.text = expo1

Aye, I knew Java did it, but I though that VB would be similar, at least similar enough to get you on the right tracks

Thanks guys. Ben, it din indeed put me on the right tracks, and Dave thanks also, for saving me a bit more searching.

It's coming along quite nicely now...

OK, update time... I had to leave this project alone for a while, but I'm finding it's a nice distraction for when I need to stop doing college/uni work for 10 minutes, but I've hit another road block.

I need a way of making a variable available in different forms.



The variable in question is expo1, and it is dynamically updated with a value, but when I click a button which opens a new form I can't get the value to carry across.

I've tried Googling it, but nothing I've seen has helped... Any bright ideas please?

TIA

If you want a variable to be global across all forms in a project, then you need to add a new module and define it in that. Variables defined in a form can only be used in that form.



I think

After I added the module and removed the variables from the individual forms it worked a treat, so thanks a million JJ!

Easiest way is a global (if vb supports it)

OR

Pass it via the method that opens the form I'd say

Thanks Fin. JJ's method did work, but I'll give the global variables a go as well... always nice to have a few different ways of doing the same thing.

Now all I need to do is find the time to code a countdown timer, (after converting seconds into hours minutes and seconds)

easier to make use of an initial datetime and getting the timespan instead. then you can calculate the difference then convert them (eg seconds = hours * 360)