bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i'm looking for something to let my wife store all the info on her penpals. email address/physical address/etc, but i don't want a full blown personal contact manager/email program/3d game/encyclopedia all in one program like everything i've managed to find so far. something that is open source in c# would be nice(not expecting that though). ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
have you tried www.softpedia.com ? they have lots of stuff like that,and if you just want a simple program why don't you make one in vb/vc++? it's fairly easy isn't it? ------------------ |
samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
You might try just whipping something up in a database (M$ Access?) ------------------ |
SSquared Member Posts: 654 From: Pacific Northwest Registered: 03-22-2005 |
Here is something from CodeProject. Uses a database for storage: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/database/DBManipulationADONET.asp There is the Address Book in Windows (Start/All Programs/Accessories/Address Book). I also wrote an extremely simple address book in C#. It reads/writes to a database (Access, I think) and also has examples for XML storage as well. I can e-mail it if you are interested, or maybe add it to the articles section as a starter example. It has no search functionality. Just forward/back traversal. |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i'm working on one in vb right now. but i don't know how to open/save stuff yet. i don't know if i should look into savint to a .txt file, something with xml(???), or a simple database. but like i said, i have no clue how to do that, and all the msdn library had was saving image files. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i need some help, even if it's just a good link. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
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samw3 Member Posts: 542 From: Toccoa, GA, USA Registered: 08-15-2006 |
What version of vb? .net? 6? Also, if you have/use M$ Access, try googling "VB ADO Tutorial" ADO is the component that hooks VB to databases. I believe its ODBC too, if so it can work with other odbc compliant databases. ------------------ |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
hey, i did some vb in the past,i think i did one or two database related programs, if you are going to use ms access you really don't need to know that much of odbc,or ado unless you are thinking of making a complex database with crystal report or something like that,if you just want a simple db, why don't you just use the simple stuff, if you want me to help you out, just tell me the fields and stuff and i'm sure i'll be able to make something for you, but really it's one of the simplest app's you could build.  wow, i just became an Elite member ,kewl [This message has been edited by spade89 (edited January 15, 2007).] |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
i'll have to do some thinking about it before i could tell you the fields, that is i never set down and thought about how the database would be laid out. thanks for the help, i'll post again when i get some of my(should've already been done) planning done. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |
Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
Why not access? I've worked with it for other reasons, and it works fine for me. ------------------ |
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spade89 Member Posts: 561 From: houston,tx Registered: 11-28-2006 |
it is access as the matter of fact all you need is vb to make access based programs ms access has a visual basic editor built inside it. ------------------ |
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Mene-Mene Member Posts: 1398 From: Fort Wayne, IN, USA Registered: 10-23-2006 |
No I mean I thought that he wasn't using Access. I know it has vb in it, I'm just having trouble finding the editor. I want to make formulas, but thats for another topic/day. ------------------ |
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bennythebear Member Posts: 1225 From: kentucky,usa Registered: 12-13-2003 |
if i was going to use access wouldn't i need to have access installed on my computer? i haven't had time to do anything, i've been pretty busy the past few days, and i prob'ly won't have any free time until tomorrow, maybe...hopefully...prob'ly not...anyway, thanks for the help guys. ------------------ proverbs 25:7 www.gfa.org - Gospel for Asia www.persecution.com - Voice of the Martyrs |