VB Help: Fix "Conversion from string to type 'Double' is not valid" Error

[youngsc]

Ok I'm just starting to teach myself and I thought I could have at least gotten this part but I'm getting a Conversion from string "" to type 'Double' is not valid. error message.

Private Sub StockPricetxt_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles StockPricetxt.TextChanged
        Dim StockPricetxt As Double
        StockPricetxt = ""
    End Sub

What's happening when I test it is the second you put anything in the text box it freezes and return the error message above. The larger code will be to take this value and another and divide them. I'm assuming it has to do with the use of double but I'm lost. I would appreciate any help you all could give me. Using VB 2008 btw.


Also, great forum I've been surfing it for a little while now and it's a lot of good info to be had.

 

[youngsc]

Ok that problem is solved now I got a new one.

    Private Sub StockPricetxt_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles StockPricetxt.TextChanged
        Dim StockPricetxt As Double
        StockPricetxt = CDbl(StockPricetxt)

    End Sub

    Private Sub EPStxt_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles EPStxt.TextChanged
        Dim EPStxt As Double
        EPStxt = CDbl(EPStxt)
    End Sub

    [B]Private Sub PEtxt_TextChanged(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles PEtxt.TextChanged
        Dim PEtxt As Double 
        PEtxt = StockPricetxt / EPStxt[/B]

    End Sub

I'm trying to divide these values and the last sub bolded I'm having trouble with. It's telling me "Operator '/' is not defined for types 'System.Windows.Forms.TextBox'". Any ideas? I am searching this stuff on the web and can't come up with exact results to give me what I need.

TIA

 

[zeitghost]

Are you attempting to do arithmetic on text? (i.e. a string?).

Convert the text to a double before attempting the divide.

 

[youngsc]

Are you attempting to do arithmetic on text? (i.e. a string?).

Convert the text to a double before attempting the divide.

Thanks for the reply. I got it figured out, I used C# instead. I'm trying to teach myself quite a bit of this and I'm doing as much of it "example" based as possible. I couldn't find any good examples in VB but found a lot in C#. Thanks again.

 

[CRGreathouse]

C# is better than Visual Basic, to be sure. Just be sure to do math on numbers, not strings or UI elements.