Okay...so I am working on my project and things are going well with one exception...

I am using multiple forms and I can't figure out how to use an object that lives on one form on another form...

For example...I created a radFemale object on Form 1.  Now on Form3 I want to say if radFemale.checked = True then do the following equation.  However when I try to use it on the code for Form3 obviously it does not recognize it.  Then I am also trying to use the result for (ie:) decWeight which is captured on Form2 in this equation on to place results on Form3...what am I doing wrong/missing?  I am trying to follow the slides from the last week of class about using multiple forms, but I just am not following the whole parent/child form and how to use a result from one form on another!  Anyone know of any good websites that talk about using multiple forms?  I have been looking the last couple of days and have not come up with any.

Happy Spring!  It seems like it is finally here.  The days have been so nice that all I have wanted to do is be outside...except for...the semester is winding down and there is tons to do!  So I hope everyone is making progress with their project.  I have to take some time to really sit down and work on mine!  I just finally got a huge deliverable done for my Thursday night class so now my focus is this class.  Just wanted to do a quick post with well wishes for success on your project! 

It has been a while since I have "blogged".  I found myself very frustrated after class Tuesday night.  I left the lab portion of class with making little to no progress into the lab.  For whatever reason the computer I was working on did not want to seem to work.  I was receiving no blue or green squiggly lines (which I KNOW there should have been) and IntelliSense would not kick in.  Dr. Haines said it must have been a "hiccup" of VB on that machine and to try another computer.  So I moved computers and when I opened up my solution/project nothing would populate.  Needless to say...I gave up!  I was also frustrated overall in that I didn't really understand what we were doing...the last couple of weeks I have been struggling...especially with this whole concept of libraries and classes, etc.  I wish our book had some information on this because the powerpoints from class are not cutting it!  I think it is time to do a little research online and see what additional information I can find..something..anything that will help me understand a bit more.

On a brighter note...We had a wonderful weekend.  It was my birthday yesterday so my parents came down from Duluth for the weekend and we got to just hang out and relax (something that Kris and I haven't been able to do for a while seeing we have been working on the basement).  I haven't seen my parents since Christmas so it was wonderful to have them here.  We also had a bunch of other family over on Saturday including my niece and nephew.  They are getting so big!  They turn 1 in just a little over a month and I just can't believe how fast time has gone by.  Also, in mentioning the basement...It is DONE!!!  We finished up pretty much everything a couple weekends ago before my best friend and her husband came down for the weekend.  Then in the last couple of weekends we have been completing all the finishing touches; carpet, shelves, furnishings, etc.  IT IS GREAT!!!

Anyways..back to homework.  Just finished my reading and now off to work on my GUI and Use Case.  Then maybe I take another look at the Lab...maybe...

Happy Easter everyone!  Hope everyone is having an enjoyable day and is able to spend some time with family. 

I am just sitting here working on Assignment #3 thinking to myself that I don't know what happened to the last week.  I can't believe that Spring Break is already over.  I had such good intentions to get so many things done.  From one perspective we got A LOT done on the basement (which is good seeing that carpet is being installed Wednesday), on the other hand besides the basement work, I got nothing accomplished.  The week just flew by.  The next couple of weeks are going to be crazy too!  We have quite a few detail items to finish in the basement, work has been crazy lately, and we have guests coming from Duluth the next 2 out of 3 weekends, which includes my parents who have not been here since Thanksgiving so we want to have the basement completely done by the time they come down.  Lots of pressure!

Just wanted to drop a quick line...see you in class Tuesday!

Mara :)

So...took the midterm yesterday.  It was okay..  There were a couple of questions that my mind just went blank on.  I don't think I did horrible, but I am not necessarily excited to see my results.  On some positive weekend notes;  We FINALLY finished tiling (well not me...but my husband!).  The first tile went up New Year's Day and it has been a non stop process since then (I am betting that Kris wished he wouldn't have build such a big shower and bathroom!).  But it is done and it is all really starting to come together.  As soon as our shower door comes in we will have a fully functioning 2nd bathroom.  

And better yet...my niece and nephew were in town.  The family is moving back to the Waukesha area after spending the last five or so years in Chicago so Mom and Dad were out house shopping and we hung out with the kids.  I just can't believe how quickly they are growing up!  I don't even want to imagine what it will be like when I have my own kids!  I must say that a weekend can't get much better than that (minus the whole Midterm thing)!

Nothing really exciting to update on...still working on the basement and have even more white paint in my hair after this weekend!  I went to my hairdresser last weekend and she started working on my hair and promptly asked me if I had been painting recently.  I said yes.  She aid "I can tell...you have white paint in your hair!"  Oh well! 

Completed assignment #2 the other day.  Seemed to go quite well.  I am sure that there was a more efficient way to complete my coding, but all in all everything worked and I was very pleased! 

Interested to see what the midterm brings.  Spent some time this weekend at the library going through the chapters again and reviewing the lectures and my notes.  I am a little scared after having taken Dr. Haines' pretest at the beginning of the semester, but we'll just have to see!  I was excited to read that there are some opportunities for bonus points as I will take advantage of whatever I can get!  Have been doing some thinking about what I am going to do for my project and have some ideas.  I just want it to be something that is useful so hopefully something great will develop from there. 

Anyways...see you all in class tonight!

Good luck to all on the midterm! 

Happy Valentine's Day All!

A huge thank you to Dan who spent a few hours after class Tuesday night walking me through the entire download process for Visual Studio!  Now I am able to get to VB without a drive to campus! 

THANK YOU!