Is this "component" (still) available in VS2010 (Express Version)

Question

I retired recently from a job where we had VS2010 Professional for doing ourdevelopment. Now that I'm retired I can't afford "Pro" and cannot find the component than looks like this (see above). Is/was that component left out of the "Express" version? Do I have to "load" it (and, if so, what name should I look for)? I vaguely remember it being some kind of container for other components.

As a follow-up question - can anyone provide a (readable) example of creating a two dimension array of this item I could study?

Many thanks.

Answer 1

Hi Dfschrader0,

Welcome to the MSDN forum.

It seems to be a third-party component for Visual Studio according to the image.  It’s something about physics and math, do you remember its use or name?

As for your second question, please have a look at this MSDN reference link: Array Dimensions in Visual Basic. You can simply create a two-dimensional array by the code:

Dim officeCounts(40, 5) As Byte

I hope this will be helpful and I’m looking forward to your feedback.

Have a nice day!

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Answer 2

Shanks,

First I'll respond to the positive item - I'll look into the article you pointed me to regarding arrays. Hopefully it will resolve that question.

As to the name/source of the component - no idea and, without the "Pro" version and/or my setup where I used to work ( machine scrubbed by now)  I've no way to go back and get the name.

I'm almost certain that it some kind of container into which other components could be placed but wouldn't put money on it.

I keep looking and hope someone recogonizes my sketch.

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David (Whose retirement hasn't been as exciting as I was lead to believe.)

Answer 3

Sorry if my comments is too poor, but your picture looks like a GroupBox

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Atentamente [Best Regards] [Amicalement] Ivan Pequeño Andrade

Answer 4

Ivan,

That's something along the line of what I thought but I haven't been able to find any component in the collection(s) that even looks half way like that. That's part of the reason for my original message - validation that even though I've gotten *OLD* I haven'y gone crazy. =|:) Forgetful perhaps but not crazy.

Thanks for your feedback. If actually *find* it on your machine perhaps you can let me know in which component catagory you found it (and this is really stretching your good-naturedness) but who (which organization) created it.

David

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David (Whose retirement hasn't been as exciting as I was lead to believe.)

Answer 5

David,

I don't know how the Express Versions shows the ToolsBox, but I Think you should seek in "ToolBox", (at least in Vb 2005 to 2010) something like "Containers" and in That folder you should find the "GroupBox" object and this object I Think has been created by Microsoft.

In fact , I think is a standard objet of Vb

Hopping this help, don't hesitate to ask further question if I can help.

I have spent hours of mi life looking for silly things absolutely necesaries to go to the end of my project

So if I can Help I'am Here In Santigo of Chile with my poor knolege

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Atentamente [Best Regards] [Amicalement] Ivan Pequeño Andrade

Answer 6

Ivan,

I followed you instructions and did, in fact, discover that the component to which you directed me both was and is the component for which I was looking. Turns out that if you look at it while it is "selected" the text and the quad-arrow for moving the component over-lap one another. If you click somewhere else on the page the appearance of the component becomes (more-or-less) as my drawing looked except the little vertical bars weren't (included) in the drawing - if you want them you have to put an "|" on either side of the text you want shown.

My thanks. I don't think as a resident of Chile you should imply ignorance, you came up with the correct answer.

David

P.S. Now if I can only figure out a way to but the text at the bottom rather than the top of the component.  dfs

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David (Whose retirement hasn't been as exciting as I was lead to believe.)