Visual Basic.Net Help

[Nick]

I am trying to make a basic converter program on VB.Net however I am having a bit of difficulty as I am very inexperienced with code. I am trying to make a converter so that when you enter a value into one text box, it should output another in another text box.

I am trying to do: Text2 = Text1 multiplied by 5 then divided by 8.

However I have no idea as to what to do!

Cheers.

 

[kmote]

The issue you might be having is the types of the data. I haven't done VB in years and it wasn't .net so I'm sort of shooting in the dark...

try {
Integer t1 = new Integer(text1.getText());
text2.setText(new Integer((t1 * 5) /8).toString());
} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
errorHandler("String in first text field could not be converted to a number");
}

Before you get the wrong impression, this code isn't going to compile, certainly not in VB.net. I'm just demonstrating.

 

[jshultz]

You would want to do something to the effect of (add your own error handling)...
Text2 = Text1 multiplied by 5 then divided by 8.

TextBox2.Text = Val(Textbox1.Text) * 5 / 8

Of course, non numeric entries will fail.