Re: urgent: help required, vs.net 2008

Is this on the Grab Bag site? The biggest thing I think I ever tried to code up was a VB script to download a show I like. Their podcast doesn't work with anything but Itunes, and that thing installs enough background services to slow a machine down, much less use it as a pod catcher. I learned that the URL's, after a long constant string were predictable so I used variables so I could make what would be any given day's address to download. I had to use an array because it's the only way I knew to go through all 3 hours, generate a URL, and eventually download them, using x-http that I found googling. Is there a utility to convert a script like this to VB.net so I can add a browse button to the dialog box asking which date's show I want? I hard-coded the path to where the downloaded files go and have it set to create it if the folder gets deleted, so it can't fail there. The final big hurtle is getting a progress window. I honestly thought hitting OK after putting in a date just made it exit, but it hid to the windows task manager. Also, I'm a newbie enough to not have figured out what to do with the .mp3 files that only have 404 not found in them as this component I download with doesn't make an error on those that I could log or have a warning pop up saying the file couldn't be found, it's always happy. I whipped the thing together in textpad, but how would a similar thing work in VS 2005 Express? I thought I'd use this simple idea as a stepping stone to learn how to program other things in the future maybe, but vbs scripts are limiting on the interface, I don't like multiple dialog boxes for simple things like this. Is there a good utility to convert the script so that I can see what the IDE will have done, or am I going about learning this stuff the wrong way? 

Thanks.
----- Original Message ----- From: "RicksPlace" <ofbgmail@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 4:43 AM
Subject: Re: urgent: help required, vs.net 2008




Hi:
First, Brent, have you read my tutorials on the subject of positioning Winforms controls manually and using the Layout Table control? As for VS 2008 accessibility, it is almost identical to VS 2005 from an accessibility standpoint. I use Windoweyes and have found work-arounds for anything that was not particularly accessible under that IDE. Like VS 2005 it depends on the settings in the Options Menu Tree under the Tools menu bar that determine how the IDE will act with a screen reader. If you are familiar with 2005 you should have no problems with 2008 in my opinion. I can not speek to the JAWS scripts since I do not use them. Working in VB.net, VWD and Sql Server are what I do mostely and use most of the built-in UI controls, Data and Formatting Wizards and even some of the Designers with no problems. I have used the various Tool Bar controls in VB.net, mentioned in the other post, The Table Designer for my Databases and advanced XSD and Configuration processing, and, well if you have other questions just ask since there are over 1,000 diferent windows and what not in the IDE providing many, many development functions. 
Rick USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Brent Harding" <bharding@xxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: urgent: help required, vs.net 2008
Are there good blind-friendly tutorials out there for it like there were in the days of 2003? I know that when I was in a training program for the blind, this computer guy thought it might be fun, and he was kind of right, to play with that old tutorial on making a menu bar, maybe it did one other little thing, but things aren't at all the same any more trying to follow any of that old stuff. I tried following it with 05 express since I didn't have 2003 like that school did, not only did the scripts not work real well, everything's different about it. Is this a good language to start with, assuming I don't really want to deal with bogging my machine down with virtual machines and Orca with crappy sound that locks up in them a lot? I never got the whole pixel coordinate thing how much space each thing takes up, maybe there's an automatic mode by now? 

Finally, will I mess up my system uninstalling 2005 and grabbing 08?
----- Original Message ----- From: "sameer manohtra" <sameermanohtra@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: "programmingblind" <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 8:26 PM
Subject: urgent: help required, vs.net 2008



hey everyone,
writing here after long, hope you all are in great wellbeings.

folks, due to some reasons, i'd have to upgrade to vs.net 2008 now.
i have been successfully working with c# and vb.net 2005, but due to
some compulsions i'd have to switch it to vs.net 2008.
i have never worked with it before, those who have worked, are
requested to kindly guide me, if it is accessible or not?
can i independently work on it like 2005?
what are the things which are different in terms of accessibility?
do we have any jaws script for the vs.net 2008?

whatever else that one should take care while switching it, and
working with vs.net 2008.
 kindly tell me, i'll be greatful.

an early response is highly appreciated, kindly help this novis.

sameer manohtra.
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