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  1. July 28th, 2003, 08:40 PM #1
    xtremebuster
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    Exclamation random function in VB

    I am developing a project in VB and I thought it would be nice idea to have some sort of animation which would poke out from everwhere RANDOMLY.

    I am looking for a function like the one in C++ that's called rand()
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  2. July 28th, 2003, 09:14 PM #2
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    xtremebuster you can do something like the following to create your random numbers.

    Dim theRandomNumber 'declare theRandomNumber

    Randomize 'needed to creat the random number

    theRandomNumber = Int((8 * Rnd) + 1) 'creates a random integer between 1 to 8

    Note that Rnd does the randomizing. I hope that helps.

    P.S- Your post is in the wrong forum.

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  3. July 28th, 2003, 10:24 PM #3
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  4. July 29th, 2003, 11:55 AM #4
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    i like to use the timer for the "Randomize" seed...

    Code:
    Randomize Timer
    maybe use a timer control, set the timer duration to a random number + 5000...
    yeah, I\'m gonna need that by friday...
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  6. July 29th, 2003, 06:49 PM #5
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    Thanx Cutty and tampabay420.
    I'll be giving a try to both the methods explained.
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  7. July 30th, 2003, 01:10 AM #6
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    I thought it would be nice idea to have some sort of animation which would poke out from everwhere RANDOMLY
    err...you also have to think about what the user would like. I certainly wouldnt like some bunny hopping randomly over my text while i am trying to type in values. Anyways, if you are the user, then do whatever you want, but if this is for a job, your boss will be mad
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