I have a visual basic shell command that installs an IPP printers with a shell command. It asks for the username for the port.
userport = username.Text
How do I Incorporate that into:
Shell("rundll32 printui.dll,PrintUIEntry /b ""AT-LAB-BWQ"" /if /f %windir%inf
tprint.inf /r
""[URL]"" /m
""HP Color LaserJet 2800 Series PS"" /z /u")
I'm trying to run batch files code within Visual Basic. I've been told you can do this using the Shell command, however I'm running into trouble with double quotes.As the Shell command syntax is Shell("codecodecode"), I'm not sure what to do when the batch file already contains quotes.
For example, how would I use the code:
copy "file location" "destination"
ok, i've been able to figure out that i can add a button to a menubar (like the file edit view, ones at the top of most programs) and so far i have figured out:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
form1.MenuStrip1.Items.Add(TextBox1.Text)
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If I try to display a command line argument that has double quotes around, the double quotes are always stripped off. How can I avoid this?
for example, the argument is "c:xx.txt" and this displays c:xx.txt instead Console.WriteLine((My.Application.CommandLineArgs(4)))
User enter a command like 2+2 and instead of displaying 2+2 in the designated textbox 4 appears.
View 3 RepliesMy program creates a CSV file, this works fine and each line created is correct except it does not have a double quote at each end. How does one add a double quote to the beginning and end of each record without the program thinking it is a formatting function.[code] Although neither method caused an error, neither did they achieve the desired result. Is there an easy way to do this that works?
View 1 Replieslabel1.text = "<a href='#' onclick="window.open('PageTwo.aspx','',''); return false;">Click here</a>"
Notice the 2 quotes in bold above. I need to add (return false) so the browser won't scroll to the top of the page when the text label (#) is not found.
I need to use quotes inside a string variable... but I don't know how.If I simply put double quotes at the start and at the end, the program interprets it as a closed interval, like if every quote is a string.
What can I do? I've searched here, but none of the results seems to be related with VB.net.
I have a VB.net program in which I call the Shell function. I would like to get the text output that is produced from this code in a file. However, this is not the return value of the executed code so I don't really know how to.
This program is a service but has access to the disk no problem as I already log other information. The whole service have multiple thread so I must also make sure that when the file is written it's not already accessed.
How to put data containing double-quotes in string variable? Aug 01, 2003 02:30 AM | LINK I need to store a string that contains words in double quotes. The complete string data is presented to the variable in double quotes, but the next double quotes within the data ends the string and the remaining text gives a syntax error. How can I place literal double-quotes in a string variable? For example:
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So the app that I am working on requires me to launch shell commands that output text into a command prompt window. I need to be able to capture that text into a string.
View 3 RepliesI'm using a VB.net process to shell another exe process (which will wait until completion before processing is continued in the main app); however, I need to know if there is an error in the shelled exe process before continuing in the main app.
View 2 RepliesI know this is simple but if I want to run a shell command upon termination of the application,
where do I put the code?
I have multiple shell statements, give code example if you can
I am trying to execute a shell command with vb.net that includes variable from the vb.net code.I have experience with batch, and Unix scripting. I had to modify the contents of the code as it is confidential to me at the moment.Example of my problem:
Dim Variable1 As String = "Location_to_.exe"
Dim Location As String = "UNC_Path_Goes_Here"
Dim Options As String = "/Options go here"
Shell("cmd.exe", /C Variable1, Location, Options) This is something that must be run from CMD.exe and I am trying to do it this way to make it as dynamic as possible.
I have the below code in a VB Console project. The AppWinStyle function is not hiding the window as expected?[code]...
View 3 RepliesI know the "Process.Start" function, but it creates a new object of the cmd shell which terminates itself when the Python script is at its end. How can i open the original Windows Command Shell so that the Python file can run to its end without the box getting closed?
View 6 RepliesJust wondering how can i repeat a shell command every 10 or so seconds
View 6 RepliesI am trying to setup a variable in VB, which will execute a shell command (autostatus.exe) with a parameter (-j JobName), and later display the output of the said variable. The code thus far is...
Dim JobName
Dim JobStatus
JobName = "asysr11_set_global_var_2day"
JobStatus = ShellExecute("autostatus.exe", -j, JobName)
What is the easiest way to achieve this? Currently, the above code returns error message "line:4, Type mismatch: 'ShellExecute', code: 800A000D"
I've created a very basic WF Shell project which runs an EXE (xyz.exe) in the WF Shell project's Resource folder. I can get a command line working from the Shell to open the other EXE (xyz.exe). But, I can't get code to close the Shell project's other EXE (xyz.exe) once it is opened. The xyz.exe windows called by the Shell continues to stay open even if I pass a "close" command line to the Shell.
The following code (which Paul suggested in another posting) will not close the other (xyz.exe) EXE's running process (when called by the Shell). While the Shell seems to be able to return it's called subordinate EXE's (xyz.exe) ID, not sure how to use such an ID to close its process.
Imports System.Diagnostics
Module Module1
Dim resourceFolder As String = Application.StartupPath & "Resources"
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I've researched this - and have read the other posts on this forum so this isn't a request for the commands themselves.My issue is that I can't get the 'desktop background' (to change the picture) applet to run from the following:Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0", 1)
what I get from changing the commands are the following:Desktop Icon Settings Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,0", 1)
Screensaver Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1", 1)
Appearance settings Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,2", 1)
Resolution settings Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,3", 1)
If I increment up from 3 (desk.cpl,,3) to 4,5,6 etc it still only gives me resolution settings. I tried up to 15 but lost the will to live after that! I'm using Vista (and VB 2008) so not sure if this is the issue, but if anyone has any suggestions please - I'm all ears.
I'm using the following code to execute a command-line script, which uses imagemagick (a third-party, free, image tool) to create a watermark. (And then I run a similar command to attach the watermark to my image.)What I need, though, is to be able to receive the RESPONSE/RETURN CODE from the execution...it seems to sometimes fail.
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Is there any way i can run a Quest AD management shell command (not a plain powershell command) from Vb 2005 ? i mean do i need to register a snap-in within vb or register a dll or something ?for eg. i need to create a simple script to add multiple users to multiple groups then i can quickly design the front end in VB with 1 textbox for users & 1 for groups & then in background can i run a quest ad management shell command to actually add the groups (using add-qadgroupmember in this case)
View 3 RepliesI searched around and could not find a solution so I am sorry if I started something that has already been covered. Want I want to do is run a command line code and simply return a boolean of if it was successful or not. Is this possible? Typically when you run something (example net user User Pass) it will return a value "The command Completed Successfully." If I return this value I will have it from there.
View 10 RepliesI haven't touched VB or Visual Studio in an incredibly long time, so I appologize if this sounds ignorant.
Right now, my application (pictured below) is a simple button that executes a shell command. I was thrilled that I even managed that, but it got me to wondering if my application could execute that command, rather than sending the process to cmd.exe.
I would like to have the single command shell, aka cmd, in my app within a form in an interactive way.
View 6 Repliesi am trying to open a excel 2007 file using a shell command in visual studio .net 2008 from a button object but it says "File Not Found" even though I created the file and put it into the same folder as the application.
View 2 RepliesI have a legacy vb6 application that uses a shell command to launch a newer .net application. It's a very simple command, just launches an app. Here's the problem. When I run the .net app through the shell command, it tries to connect to a database that is not referenced in it. If I double-click the .net executable, it runs just fine and connects the way it is supposed to. Normal, no problems. Only when I run it from the shell command do I have problems. I have checked everything I can think of and simply can not come up with a reason why the app would behave differently when launched from a shell command.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to convert one of my unix text files to a dos text file. I am using the following command:
Shell(string.format("unix2dos {0}", sFileCompletePath))
I've already added the unix2dos command in my environment path on the server.But when I execute the above mentioned command I get a FileNotFound exception even when the file is located on the disk.
I'm having trouble getting this Shell command to hide this script. I got this Shell command to work with other compiled VB script but blog_finder.exe was created by some other program. Any ideas on how to hide it or minimize it. All variations of AppWinStyle.xxx doesn't seem to work. [Code]
View 2 RepliesIf I execute any shell command in VB application How can I capture the return code from the shell command. I have written something like this
shell(db2look ....,AppWinStyle.Hide)
Now I want to know the return code of the above command which ran using shell script.