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[skaryChinezeGuie]

I am making an HTML code generator and need to display text in a textbox that has quotations but when i tried it errored out.

[SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Private[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Sub[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] Button1_Click([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]ByVal[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] sender [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Object, [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]ByVal[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] e [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.EventArgs) [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Handles[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] Button1.Click
TextBox1.Text = "<marquee behavior="[B][COLOR=red][U]scroll" direction="down" "[/U][/COLOR][/B]
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]End[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Sub
[/COLOR][/SIZE]

 

[vis781]

Put it as an attachment on your next post. Go down the screen a bit and you'll see a button that says manage attachments. You can upload it in there.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

here it is in all it's glorious crappiness.

 

[vis781]

Ok, has a play with it, but as i said this is all from memory. I'm off to lunch now but i'll be back to help out ( or not as the case may be ) in about an hour or so.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

koo. thanx.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

LOL. After i corrected the spelling and removed the module.'s from the Form1 form it worked like a charm. thanks chief! By the way I noticed you're from the UK. have you seen Shaun of the Dead or Ali G in da house? I don't ususally like English or British movies but those are 2 of my favorites. Are people from the UK British or English? (Enlgish accent) Me loves 'he way yous guys tolk an oll 'at.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

Ok I copied the code from the generator and the double ' doesn't work. When i copied it to my myspace account it recognized ' ' instead of ". As a result the downward scroll and other stuff is ignored.

 

[vis781]

TextBox1.Text = "<marquee Behaviour=" + chr(34) + "scroll" + chr(34) + "direction= " + chr(34) "down" + chr(34) + " "

I posted this a bit earlier on, you must have missed it. Also here's a link to a site that has a bit of code that copies the contents of a textbox to the clipboard.

http://www.devcity.net/Articles/89/1/spellcheck.aspx

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

chr(34) is that " ? Where can i find out the other character #'s just out of curiosity? That could come in handy.

 

[vis781]

It is, and here's where you can get the rest....

http://www.lookuptables.com/

It's the decimal numbers you want.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

maybe i'm just retarded but I can't get it to work and it's bedtime. Here's what I have so far.

 

[JohnH]

It's much easier to use two double quotes when you need to quote something inside a quoted string. Chr(43) makes a lot of confusing &.
Also using String.Format may simplify string parameters.
Also using a System.Text.StringBuilder could be of help when building strings.
Three examples you should examine: (the 'str' variable is a string variable)
1. Substituted the quotes:

str = "<marquee behavior=""scroll"" direction=""down"" scrollamount=""" & scrollAmount.ToString & """ style=""position:absolute; left:" & LeftPosi.ToString & "; top:" & TopPosi.Tostring & "; width:14; height:900; z-index:1300; color:green;"">" & Symbols & "</marquee>" & vbTab

2. Using String.Format with parameters:

str = String.Format("<marquee behavior=""scroll"" direction=""down"" scrollamount=""{0}"" style=""position:absolute; left:{1}; top:{2}; width:14; height:900; z-index:1300; color:green;"">{3}</marquee>" & vbNewLine, _
                    scrollAmount.Tostring, LeftPosi.Tostring, TopPosi.Tostring, Symbols)

3. Using StringBuilder:

Dim sb As New System.Text.StringBuilder
sb.Append("<marquee ")
sb.Append("behavior=""scroll"" ")
sb.Append("direction=""down"" ")
sb.Append(String.Format("scrollamount=""{0}"" ", scrollAmount.Tostring))
sb.Append(String.Format("style=""position:absolute; left:{0}; top:{1}; width:14; height:900; z-index:1300; color:green;"" ", LeftPosi.Tostring, TopPosi.Tostring))
sb.Append(">")
sb.Append(Symbols)
sb.Append("</marquee>" & vbNewLine)
MsgBox(sb.ToString)

 

[vis781]

Ok, i've has a further play with it, and it will now do what you want it to do. I used one of JohnH's examples in the project, because it was a better idea than mine.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

I love this place. You better watch out we might have to bump up your reputation. Thanks for all the help.

 

[skaryChinezeGuie]

i'm finished with the Matrix HTML generator if anyone wants to take a look at it or point out what i did wrong, which I'm sure is something.

 

[vis781]

Yea, post it and i'll take a look.