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Reply #91

Sedertree — Sat, 26 Feb 2005 00:24:03 GMT

I have to agree that a short-term draw history will yield better short-term results.Long-Term Stats just reinforces what we already know through the use of probability. Nothing to learn, or use, there to our advantage. eg; That Assorted (No-Match) Numbers hit with greater frequency (Pick-3). Duh!!I have some other useful knowledge that I can't divulge on this forum without killing the goose.Anyhoo!! I like the proggie screenshots. Is that the MS Chart Control in the lower pic? Probably not... [ More ]

Reply #90

Developer — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:53:22 GMT

This will be in LSA v4, I have about 70 diffrent graphs and charts showing everything I can think off

Reply #89

Developer — Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:51:03 GMT

Sedertree, Sorry I have not posted for a while, been updating my own software. Sounds like you are geting on top of things now, I know Pictureboxes use loads of memory, but they make good control holders where as an image control can not.Just wanted to show of what I have been doingWhat you thinkAlso see results for any month in any or every year Got to put the month names in yet but you can see the closest is Jan the one at the back is Dec

Reply #88

Sedertree — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:12:47 GMT

Oh, almost forgot.....Don't try the do...while form.Refresh = False loop. It returns an unexpected value error in runtime. I'm sure there is some API call or something similiar that would determine when the screen refreshes.Don't really need to know how to do it myself at this point though.A few additions to the chart code (top secret stuff). Then I can get back to work on more pressing matters.

Reply #87

Sedertree — Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:09:03 GMT

OMG!!!I thought this would be faster.... But I had no idea it would be that fast.The distribution chart analyzed, and displayed, the frequencies for all positions (2000 draws) in less than two seconds. No flicker whatsoever when switching positions.This is awesome

Reply #86

Sedertree — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:49:21 GMT

Apagogeas,I think I have solved this problem.I poked around in MSDN and came across a section entitled Lightweight Graphical Controls . It seems to advocate using the Shape Control in place of the PictureBox Control for what I need to do.Replacing the picturebox arrays with shape arrays; I should be able to speed things up.Sounds like a winner....

Reply #85

lottoarchitect — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 07:49:02 GMT

Double buffering is essential for graphics systems, especially computer games. There, most of the time you do not know how much time will take up to draw the next image to display and thus you need to have an already correct image (the last completed) to display, as the monitor beam constantly refresh the monitor. In computer games the trigger is the vertical blank period of the scan beam (or vertical synchronization as called the last years).In computer applications and operating systems, windo... [ More ]

Reply #84

Sedertree — Sun, 20 Feb 2005 02:31:52 GMT

Apagogeas,I think I understand what you mean;On the same form;I copy each array to a spot outside the display window.Then as I draw (.visible = True) one array, I (.visible = False) the copy. Then as the copy array finishes drawing or erasing, I make array1 = array2?I'll try it out and see what happens. My question now is what is my trigger to make the visible array = the off screen array. If the last cell (picture) in the last array is the trigger. The boolean value will be true even though the... [ More ]

Reply #83

lottoarchitect — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 12:15:36 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Sedertree on February 19, 2005 Anyone understand double-buffering and how to use it?This is a common technique. You use two draw buffers. Whilst the 1st one is being displayed on the screen (or a window), you draw on the 2nd buffer. When the 2nd buffer has been filled up by whatever you want, you set this buffer as the display buffer and you start drawing on the 1st buffer. When you have finished drawing on the 1st buffer again, you set this as the display buffer and

Reply #82

Sedertree — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:20:12 GMT

Anyone understand double-buffering and how to use it?Drawing the charts is no problem. It takes so much time to erase a (large) chart and then draw a new one that the graphics can't keep up with the code, which I think is causing the flicker. I found some info on double-buffering but don't understand how to utilize it. Here is the reset code to erase the previous arrays.For x = 1 To 100 If Val(txtCount0) = 0 Then Exit For Picture0(x).Visible = False If x = Val(txtCount0) The... [ More ]

Reply #81

Sedertree — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:16:06 GMT

Replacing the large procedures with for...next loops has cut the compiling time down to less than ten seconds vice 5 minutes.The only problem right now is that switching position analysis with large amounts of data with frequencies over 100. Produces a large flicker that turns part of this form white, or what I call whiteout . Probably a computer memory issue. The minimum requirement will have to be 512mb of ram with 1gb recommended. I should probably add a timer control to give the graphics ti... [ More ]

Reply #80

Sedertree — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:29:05 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Developer on February 16, 2005 Question What is PopBar0? is it a progressbar?Major problem with your code.Why Picture1(0). Picture2(0). etcwhy not....Hi Jamie,PopBar0 is POPulate BAR graph 0.... I suppose if a progress bar could stand on two legs then that would be my array(s). Seriously tho'...That was my point in the last message... I dove right in on this new form and didn't look far enough ahead when creating the first arrays.I'm happy to report that all is well.... [ More ]

Reply #79

Badger — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 01:08:10 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Sedertree on February 13, 2005Thanks Badger,Here is another problem that popped up tonight. Procedure is too large. I don't know how I'm going to make a For..Next loop for the arrays. I'll need help from the fellow programmers for this.Private Sub PopBar0_Click() Label3.ToolTipText = txtCount0.Text 'Digit 0 If Val(txtCount0) = 1 Then Picture1(0).Visible = True If Val(txtCount0) = 1 Then Exit Sub If Val(txtCount0) = 2 Then Picture1... [ More ]

Reply #78

Developer — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:54:45 GMT

Major problem with your code.Why Picture1(0). Picture2(0). etcwhy notPicture1(0). Picture1(1). Picture1(2) Picture1(3). Picture1(4) .etcPicture2(0). Picture2(1). Picture2(2) Picture2(3). Picture2(4) .etcCould make it work easy if you done it like thatHeres a little function I made for you but I don,t think it will helpFunction PopBar(frm As Form) For Each Control In frm.Controls If TypeOf Control Is PictureBox Then i = i + 1 With Control .Vis... [ More ]

Reply #77

Developer — Wed, 16 Feb 2005 22:29:33 GMT

Question What is PopBar0? is it a progressbar

Reply #76

Sedertree — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:47:58 GMT

Well that didn't work....I have to make (n) an array variable instead. Which means that again I have to recreate the arrays and stack them. Like developer said, it's better to do it the right way while the code is still young.However, I did finish one array using a for...next loop to populate. Very fast this time around.

Reply #75

Sedertree — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 04:22:17 GMT

Ok,Maybe I was too tired to think about this rationally last night.I think I have a plan to make this work. I'll create a list of strings (Picture1 to Picture100). Then dim a string variable Picstr , and loop through the list. A crude explanation but I think you get the jist. I'll post the for..next loop if it works.This should work....

Reply #74

Sedertree — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 07:47:22 GMT

Thanks Badger,Here is another problem that popped up tonight. Procedure is too large. I don't know how I'm going to make a For..Next loop for the arrays. I'll need help from the fellow programmers for this.Private Sub PopBar0_Click() Label3.ToolTipText = txtCount0.Text 'Digit 0 If Val(txtCount0) = 1 Then Picture1(0).Visible = True If Val(txtCount0) = 1 Then Exit Sub If Val(txtCount0) = 2 Then Picture1(0).Visible = True If Val(txtCount0) = 2 Then Pictur... [ More ]

Reply #73

Badger — Sun, 13 Feb 2005 02:48:18 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Sedertree on February 10, 2005Curious on how the majority would like the digits represented;Right now they are listed as....<Green> Overdue: (Below Probability)<Red> Biased: (Above Probability)<Blue> Normal: (At Probability)Color isn't important but I would like to know if the nomenclature is correct.Would you prefer: Cold, Hot, Warm instead of Overdue, Biased, Normal.... Or just a renaming of the latter. Trying to make this as easy to understand as possible.In... [ More ]

Reply #72

Sedertree — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 06:14:50 GMT

Carbob,Thanks for the input....For awhile there I thought I was going to have to change them to;Don't CareSo WhatShut Up

Reply #71

CARBOB — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 22:39:42 GMT

cold, hot, warm The colors you have George are good. Carbob

Reply #70

Sedertree — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:16:47 GMT

Curious on how the majority would like the digits represented;Right now they are listed as....<Green> Overdue: (Below Probability)<Red> Biased: (Above Probability)<Blue> Normal: (At Probability)Color isn't important but I would like to know if the nomenclature is correct.Would you prefer: Cold, Hot, Warm instead of Overdue, Biased, Normal.... Or just a renaming of the latter. Trying to make this as easy to understand as possible.Input is appreciated.

Reply #69

CARBOB — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:35:58 GMT

George, thanks for keeping us posted. Carbob

Reply #68

Sedertree — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 17:21:08 GMT

Friends,Just wanted to update this thread before I get back to work on SMWS.Last night I finished stacking the arrays to 100 in each column. If you happen to analyze a drawfile with digit frequencies greater than one-hundred, ie; complete drawfiles. You can mouseover the digits at the bottom of the chart and the tooltip will give you an exact frequency count. At larger frequencies; the color-coded bars , although beyond the scope of the histogram, still show the correct color coding.Today I am

Reply #67

Golgo13 — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 15:02:33 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Sedertree on February 2, 2005From the chart above you can see at a glance that the 0 and 7 are below the expected probability in the second position. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 have hit at the expected probability. And 2, 3, 8 have hit more than the expected probability in the second position.The number of draws you can analyse goes from 1 draw, to as many as are in your drawfile. I'm working on the algorithms to increase the speed at which the graphics are drawn when you decid... [ More ]

Reply #66

Sedertree — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:46:26 GMT

Carbob,I'm optimistic that I should have it ready for, at least, beta-testing in a few months.Remember that I'm working on it after work most of the time. Usually until 3-4am in the morning. Also weekends when I'm not splitting the computer time with my wife and daughter. Which is a good thing since I need a break sometimes to collect my thoughts as I ponder the next direction in which to go.I have a lot of awesome ideas that I would like to see happen. I suppose I should change my signature... [ More ]

Reply #65

CARBOB — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:57:09 GMT

George, Give yourself a couple of slaps on the back and atta-a-boys. Remember, though just 1 aw-s--t takes away 4 atta-a- boys. Thought, I would toss a little humor your way. Seriously, now what kind of time frame, for releasing your new version? Carbob

Reply #64

Sedertree — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 19:54:51 GMT

The Midday Number here in Michigan was, drum roll please...... 5-0-8Whoooo Hoooooo I love it when a plan comes together Hannibal - (The A-Team

Reply #63

Sedertree — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:04:37 GMT

From the chart above you can see at a glance that the 0 and 7 are below the expected probability in the second position. 1, 4, 5, 6 and 9 have hit at the expected probability. And 2, 3, 8 have hit more than the expected probability in the second position.The number of draws you can analyse goes from 1 draw, to as many as are in your drawfile. I'm working on the algorithms to increase the speed at which the graphics are drawn when you decide to chart the whole drawfile.Personally, I think less is... [ More ]

Reply #62

Sedertree — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:49:55 GMT

Hi Golgo,Here is a screenshot of the new chart. Pardon the mess at the top, I'm still stacking arrays.

Reply #61

Golgo13 — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:25:09 GMT

Hello Sedertree, its been quite a while since i played around with the Matrix system 1.5I only use the graph info to find me a digit that is more likely to show in one of the 3 positions. I do that by looking for a certain pattern the line makes on the graph itself. For instance, for New York the digit 7 in position 3 has that line pattern that i'm talking about. Now i know one digit in one position that will possibly show will not win us any money but what i do is play front pairs/ back pairs... [ More ]

Reply #60

Sedertree — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 00:43:30 GMT

Just sitting here at work now and thought that last part may have sounded presumtious of me. If so please disregard.Full source of your hard work might not be something you want to go passing out to every Tom, Dick or Harry you meet on Lotterypost, regardless of how well intended. Again, my apologies for suggesting it.I know this may draw fire from pro-open source folks.

Reply #59

Sedertree — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:42:08 GMT

Jamie,Officially, I'm considering offering the prog as donation-ware. I don't want to fix a pricetag to it at this time. I would be happy to receive at least a dollar whenever someone wins when using it. I think in the long-term the compounded return would exceed shareware purchases. A fixed pricetag may turn off some potential buyers who may not find it 100% to their liking. I think I've been to planet-shareware recently. The website is not up as of this writing.My software has a steep learning... [ More ]

Reply #58

Developer — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:07:38 GMT

Thank you for the kind words regarding my program, and it has taken years to make it as it is today.Will the program your creating be sold as shareware? It's just that I also own http://www.planet-shareware.com and could help you out with promotions and things, the site is getting about 10,000 unique IP hits a week and is just 12 months old.Also if you need a hand with any code in your program just email me what your working on, I will soon make it do what you want , been making programs in VB f... [ More ]

Reply #57

Sedertree — Mon, 31 Jan 2005 02:42:22 GMT

Jamie,I'm not much for the pick-5 + games but your app is really something to behold. Very nice work......I've been working today on the graphs. Decided to up the number of draws the user can check for frequency. I had to make the up/down number of draws go in increments of ten. I can't have the program telling someone that two digits have the same occurrence, but one is higher than the expected probability and the other isn't. Don't want to deal with fractional probabilities. Don't think users... [ More ]

Reply #56

Developer — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:49:14 GMT

Ok a double was not the best choice but using a Double in that function will not effect its preformance in any wayLook at the function it will only loop 6 maybe seven times before it ends.Try it speed test against other datatypesIf you wanted to choose the best type use Byte, but I have tested many times and simple routines such as the one I posted are not effected to that level of preformanceDouble 64-bit should be used when high accuracy is neededInteger 16-bit, only use if accuracy in numbers... [ More ]

Reply #55

Developer — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:32:33 GMT

This will blow you away then, some ideas I have been playing with for my next software releaseI am re-making my lottery program http://www.lsa-lottery-software.com but taking a much more hard lined approch to it.I want the program to generate the following statisticsPercents versus totals in true perspective to one anotherAnalyzing trends through graphs and comparing with other trends found in selected date rangesHistogram's showing symmetric, skewed right, skewed left, bell-shaped, and the vari... [ More ]

Reply #54

Developer — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 21:11:50 GMT

Yes Todd is right about the Lcase() thingSo I have revamped it for you SedertreeFunction RemoveSpecialChrs(WhatString As String) As StringDim sConts As String sConts = LCase(WhatString) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbBack, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbTab, ) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbLf, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbVerticalTab, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbFormFeed, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, , ) sConts = R... [ More ]

Reply #53

Todd — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 14:21:13 GMT

Another speed tip: When you're using whole numbers, always use either Integer or Long data types, not Double or some other real number data type. Computers handle integers substantially faster.

Reply #52

Sedertree — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:15:33 GMT

Dang Jamie,That's enough to choke a horse. lolI've coded in high gear for a few days now (in my spare time of course). A lot of things have come together and the app is looking and running very well. I have a somewhat anal attention to detail so I always seem to find little things that need tweaked. Either for speed, program flow or aesthetics.I re-coded the ST filters last night. A discovered how the original programmer set the values for those filters. This will come in handy at a later tim... [ More ]

Reply #51

Todd — Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:33:44 GMT

Developer,Only the first Replace() function needs to contain the lcase() function. After that is executed, the sConts is all lower-case, so there's no point to waste CPU cycles by continuing to execute lcase().

Reply #50

Developer — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:53:28 GMT

Almost made it for you nowSo when will it be ready then?Jamie

Reply #49

Developer — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 23:52:04 GMT

Another tip you may find usefull, use replace to get rid f all the rubbish in many files.Heres one I made earlierFunction RemoveSpecialChrs(WhatString As String) As StringDim sConts As String sConts = WhatString sConts = Replace(sConts, vbBack, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbTab, ) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbCrLf, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbLf, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbVerticalTab, vbCrLf) sConts = Replace(sConts, vbFormFe... [ More ]

Reply #48

Maryland — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 23:39:21 GMT

George, Expert Lotto's import wizard is awesome for importing database files.

Reply #47

Sedertree — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:31:38 GMT

Developer,That's definately some good advice as I prepare to start the actual conversions. Thanks for the tips.

Reply #46

Developer — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 20:02:38 GMT

O by the way in real use may code snippit would be inline and return a value, what I mean is its a function so it should return a value not a msgboxSo in the real world use it somthing like thisPrivate Sub Command1_Click()If Len(SplitString(Text1.Text)) <> 0 Then MsgBox SplitString(Text1.Text)End SubFunction SplitString(WhatString As String)Dim SplitStr() As StringDim SplitCount As DoubleDim TheResult As StringDim I As Double SplitCount = 0 TheResult = If SplitCount <= 0 Then SplitStr... [ More ]

Reply #45

Developer — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:54:29 GMT

Thinking back when I made my converter, you will find it hard to tell if its a powerball/bonus or normal lottery number.This really got me for a few days, until I wrote a list of rules for each draw so the parser knows pri to parsing which line is the extra ball.Good luck, it took me a week when I did it but can convert anything I find now.

Reply #44

Developer — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:48:57 GMT

On the conversion side of things it gets tricky, I know been there done that as they say.Points to think about and look out forDates (The real hurdle in your quest)dd/mm/yyyy, or dd/mm/yy or mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyyThis can be a real headache.Parsing stringstip use IsNumeric() , IsNull(), IsDate()Also use the split functionI wrote a little function to split space and comma strings for youFunction SplitString(WhatString As String)Dim SplitStr() As StringDim SplitCount As DoubleDim I As Double

Reply #43

Sedertree — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:26:45 GMT

Getting ready for work....So far I have the drawfile converter recognizing;VersaBet, LottoBuster, LotteryPost and Michigan Lottery Formats. Tonight after work I'll work on some more of the formats listed in my previous post.It will be nice to get all these formats recognized so I can work on the actual conversions.This will be nice for non-standard members of lotterypost to convert Todd's drawfile format into a format that SMWS will recognize.Are there any other lottery software drawfiles that s... [ More ]

Reply #42

Sedertree — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:30:17 GMT

Yes, notepad saves as a .txt file. Also check that your format is correct.00/00/0000<sp>000

Reply #41

retxx — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 15:22:44 GMT

I think when I take notepad and save as and add it to sedertree it is a text file,right

Reply #40

Sedertree — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:01:11 GMT

Worked most of the night and succeeded in determining that drawfiles were either in Lottobusters' Pick-3 or Pick-4 formats. Haven't started the actual conversions yet to SMWS. I have a handful of formats that I'll need to analyze and find out what they are before I start doing conversions.Some formats can be converted and some cannot. What's exciting is that some official lottery websites archives can be converted as well. Here is a list of those I can convert;VersaBet:LottoBuster:LotteryPost... [ More ]

Reply #39

Sedertree — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:46:12 GMT

Retxx, load another file .....Do you mean a .sed profile or a drawfile.

Reply #38

retxx — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:22:17 GMT

as far as I know it happens when i hit the reset button and I try and load another file such as one I built from notepad. Does this make any sense? as far as the profile I keep all in range as far as I can see. thanks

Reply #37

Sedertree — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 04:01:40 GMT

Retxx,The error invalid property value is not OCX related. It would help to know what you are doing when this error comes up. It could be one of many things - all user defined logic errors .The first thought is that you are using a setting that doesn't exist or is out of range. Since, I believe, all the settings have limits to what values the user can assign. You might have an invalid setting in a .sed file. Like trying to assign a sum total setting higher than 27 for the pick-3. Or using a s... [ More ]

Reply #36

retxx — Mon, 24 Jan 2005 01:06:50 GMT

george question; I got a pop up saying runtime error 380 invalid property value. i went to the website to the ocx's and looked at the entire list to download and could not find what to download. Can you help by pointing it out

Reply #35

Berley — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 01:43:04 GMT

Sedertree check the draw files in versebet they can be saved as excell or text files.hope this helps.

Reply #34

Todd — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:47:15 GMT

George,Creating a good parser is a huge challenge and can really suck the life out of you. If you're up for a good challenge, then go for it.By the way, if you're not versed in regular expressions, this may be a good opportunity to learn. They are monumentally powerful, but syntactically difficult to learn. The good thing about regex's is that there is a way to parse just about anything using them, but you'll find that creating the regex string is an art form.You may want to search the net fo... [ More ]

Reply #33

Sedertree — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:43:58 GMT

Todd,I'm ashamed to admit it, but I'm really not that versed in Excel. I read somewhere that you can use spreadsheets? in VB. I really haven't done a lot of research into that yet.My goal with the converter is to allow the user to use any source for their drawfile data. There has to be a permutation limit on how many ways the source can display that information.Like Michigan for example has gif's along with the data. But if you copy and paste - including gif's - to notepad it comes out like th... [ More ]

Reply #32

Todd — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:13:17 GMT

George:Just use Excel. It is AWESOME at quickly converting large amounts of data, and is equally awesome in its copy paste abilities. Those dates would convert in a snap.

Reply #31

Sedertree — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 06:10:09 GMT

Back at it again this weekend....Had an idea for a Drawfile Converter to add to my Drawfile Editor arsenal. Here is the format SMWS uses.01/21/2005 21101/20/2005 42401/19/2005 92501/18/2005 225Lotterypost Uses;Fri, Jan 21, 2005 2-1-1Thu, Jan 20, 2005 4-2-4Wed, Jan 19, 2005 9-2-5Tue, Jan 18, 2005 2-2-5How many different formats can we come up with to convert to SMWS format.

Reply #30

Sedertree — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:50:13 GMT

Got the bugs/logic errors worked out for the side-by-side drawfile comparison function tonight. Decided to add a statusbar to the bottom of the listboxes that will show how many entries there are in each drawfile that you are comparing/contemplating for integration. That should help to track down where the missing entries are in each, I'll do the code for those totals in the morning.I'm not really teasing I want to keep a running log of the progress as it happens. I'm not a platinum member yet s... [ More ]

Reply #29

undress — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:20:28 GMT

George doing a great job would love to help test this program. Just let me know.

Reply #28

Maryland — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:15:39 GMT

Stop teasing George . Patiently waiting for the finished product. Gratification of your own work is better than that of your job's work. Todd knows this well, his site is awesome.

Reply #27

Sedertree — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:23:12 GMT

Phew!!!! That is one loooooong file, but it worked.01/17/2005 76301/17/2005 48801/16/2005 13601/16/2005 91901/15/2005 01301/15/2005 17601/14/2005 75801/14/2005 75001/13/2005 83301/13/2005 60801/12/2005 62601/12/2005 56201/11/2005 22601/11/2005 55101/10/2005 32901/10/2005 00901/09/2005 56601/09/2005 301<snip>I've left the option open to save weird combinations of drawfile data. Have to add a Compare Drawfiles button/option so you can scroll down both drawfiles at the same time in case they ar... [ More ]

Reply #26

Sedertree — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:16:26 GMT

Clashing with my Inspection Algorithm so I had to make some adjustments; Dim x As IntegerDo While x < List2.ListCount Text1.Text = List3.List(x) List1.AddItem Text1.Text Text1.Text = List2.List(x) List1.AddItem Text1.Text x = x + 1Loop

Reply #25

Sedertree — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:12:07 GMT

Finally!!!!!!Do While List2.ListCount > -1 Text1.Text = List3.List(0) List3.RemoveItem (0) List1.AddItem Text1.Text Text1.Text = List2.List(0) List2.RemoveItem (0) List1.AddItem Text1.TextLoop

Reply #24

Sedertree — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:17:27 GMT

I posted the problem to a VB Help Forum....Hopefully I can get a response by this weekend.Planet Source Code

Reply #23

Sedertree — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 08:57:25 GMT

Pulling my hair out all night with nothing to show. How easy it should be to create a loop that alternates putting the first entry of two listboxes into one. Then deleting those first entries before the loop begins again.list3.?(0) then list2.?(0) into list1(list1.listcount +1)... back and forth like a tennis game. I've tried everything..... The best I got was a bunch of 0's in listbox1.Can't find any code snippets on google or the other vb sites. Tried to modify other code with no joy. Maybe... [ More ]

Reply #22

Sedertree — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:18:04 GMT

Found another possible error....The user tries to combine the same drawfile. Duplicate Error - Drawfiles Must Contain Different Data (Hey, you just don't know what some people will try to do....

Reply #21

Sedertree — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:05:59 GMT

Maryland,That's a good one....If you're taking the time to combine two drawfiles. There should be a minimum of entries in each drawfile to make it worth the effort.I don't want to make the requirement too outlandish though. Maybe 250 draws is good for each drawfile. That would make a combined drawfile of at least 500 entries.So to code this. I'll need to check that each listcount > 250, in addition to making sure that listcount1 = listcount2.I'll make it an; Insufficiency Error - Drawfile(s) Mus... [ More ]

Reply #20

Maryland — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 20:39:45 GMT

Insufficient Data if there is a minimum of history for software to use.

Reply #19

Sedertree — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:27:11 GMT

It's a pain to try and figure all the ways a person might scr** up the programs feng shui. Here is a list of errors that may happen. Any suggestions for other errors

Reply #18

Sedertree — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 08:24:01 GMT

Well,It's late and I didn't reach my goal of seeing the combination of drawfiles take place tonight.Wasted time earlier when I couldn't get the midday draw to load. Turns out the file was empty. Lost about 2 hours of programming for nothing. Without that I could have got it up and running.Looking good so far. Have to code the actual combining later. There are a couple of runtime errors that need resolved. They only pop up when the instructions are not followed. So they will be a high priority.Th... [ More ]

Reply #17

CARBOB — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:54:10 GMT

George, Thank you for update, waiting for final program. Carbob

Reply #16

Sedertree — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:51:58 GMT

My next project is giving the Drawfile Editor more functionality. Currently I am working on a Drawfile Combinator that - you guessed it - combines midday and evening drawfiles into one combined drawfile.Took me about three hours to fine tune what I have here. Totally dynamic, it searches the drawfile directory and populates the checklists with all filenames ending with the .txt file extension.Hopefully by tommorrow I'll be able to see it run.

Reply #15

Sedertree — Sat, 15 Jan 2005 07:49:10 GMT

Sandy,Yes, I'll have a regular installation file. Better to wait for this version anyway. Much better all around.Retxx,No, it's not finished.....

Reply #14

retxx — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:16:40 GMT

george,are you saying that you released it? If so where?Thanks

Reply #13

Sandy K — Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:57:13 GMT

George, are you going to fix that .ocx file thing? Too confusing how to fix...I deleted the whole thing because I ain't fussing

Reply #12

Sedertree — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 06:24:59 GMT

Retxx,Yes.... As you can see, it is DonationWare. I'm sure there will be some software freeloaders out there. But I'm hoping some people will enjoy it enough to reward me for my time and for making them some money.Lantern,The Distribution Chart shown in the screenshot is fully interactive and easy to understand. A major improvement over the freeware version. The Actual and Sorted buttons have not been coded yet. You might be asking yourself Why the buttons? I don't want to give the secre... [ More ]

Reply #11

LANTERN — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 03:00:45 GMT

So it seems that you are working on a new better version of your Wheeling system.That's very good.Good luck.

Reply #10

retxx — Sun, 09 Jan 2005 02:50:20 GMT

hi will you allow us to try it out in our own states when it is ready? Thanks

Reply #9

Sedertree — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:25:04 GMT

Screenshot

Reply #8

Sedertree — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 09:22:16 GMT

Forgot that I don't need Val(text1.text) because I have a user-defined function that handles the digits as integers. Which generates the frequency chart(graphics array). Anyway the code is working as; Dim digitString As String Dim strChar As StringPrivate Sub FourthPosit4_Click() digitString = Text1.Text '(String of winning numbers) For x = 4 To Len(digitString) Step 5 strChar = Mid(digitString, x, 1) 'Add strChar to Digit Textbox String... [ More ]

Reply #7

Sedertree — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 01:09:25 GMT

Yea,I knew about .value, but good looking out. And thanks for the footnotes about the variable values for x. I'm sure that would have been my next question when the code wouldn't recognize the digits in the first and/or second numbers of the string.Forgot to post that last part earlier, was in a hurry....

Reply #6

JADELottery — Sat, 08 Jan 2005 00:01:26 GMT

Todd, he's the man. If he can't code it, no one can.

Reply #5

Todd — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:50:22 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Johnny5 on January 7, 2005Good work Todd.I would though make sure he knows to capture information in the Text Box in VB.It will look similar but like this:strString = this.text1.valuefor x = 1 to len(strString) step 5strChar = mid(strString, x, 1)'Do whatever with strCharnextIf you have a variable without value it won't work. Unless you specify the this.text1.value in place of the strString variable.Anyway, Todd gave you the base of the code. I just wanted to ad... [ More ]

Reply #4

Sedertree — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 23:37:33 GMT

Thanks Guys,I haven't put this specific code to work yet. The all positions digit tabulator code I finished this morning for the position frequencies has swollen my app to 1.14MB. Oh well, at least I'm generating the bar graph array now.I've had to start compiling in safe mode just to cut the time down to 5 minutes. I'll probably start parsing specific positions this weekend. I'll put up a screenshot when I finish this phase of programming.

Reply #3

Johnny5 — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 20:58:31 GMT

Good work Todd.I would though make sure he knows to capture information in the Text Box in VB.It will look similar but like this:strString = this.text1.valuefor x = 1 to len(strString) step 5 strChar = mid(strString, x, 1) 'Do whatever with strCharnextIf you have a variable without value it won't work. Unless you specify the this.text1.value in place of the strString variable.Anyway, Todd gave you the base of the code. I just wanted to add in case you forget to assign the value.Hey it can... [ More ]

Reply #2

Todd — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 11:32:33 GMT

Quote: Originally posted by Sedertree on January 7, 2005Hello Fellow Programmers,Need some help with handling strings.I need to parse every nth character from a string/textbox control in Visual Basic.Any suggestions or links?To parse every 5th character of strString:for x = 1 to len(strString) step 5 strChar = mid(strString, x, 1) 'Do whatever with strCharnext(Or change the x = 1 to x = 5 to start at the 5th character instead of the first character.

Reply #1

BigJer — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:41:04 GMT

While looking for programmers I would like a routine that will count the pairs from an output of lotto632 and or lotwon to see what pairs or triples of numbers were generated by these programs for 5/ 39 and or 6/52 games , to this end we could see if a given set of two or three is most likely to hit sets could be used in a wheeling program.BigJer

Parsing

Sedertree — Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:04:17 GMT

Hello Fellow Programmers,Need some help with handling strings.I need to parse every nth character from a string/textbox control in Visual Basic.Any suggestions or links