Check If File Is Open
Jan 22, 2009The following code works to check if a file exist, but I need to also check if the file is open. How would I do that?
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File I/O And Registry :: Open / Read Binary File / Care To Check Code?
Jun 14, 2009I've gone through about 16 hours and two packs of cigarettes trying to figure this out. First a little background. I was using 6.0 up until 2004 when I went to prison. I'm out now, and trying to relearn the trade, using VS 2005. I'm currently porting some 6.0 code from another project, SpyCast Webcam Studio, into VB 8.0. It's disheartening, to say the least. None of the old built-in subs/functions work anymore, so I have to scour the forums to relearn each and every function.The section I'm doing now takes a snapshot from the webcam (Video API --> PictureBox --> Save as Jpeg), then upens the file to upload it to the server via HTTP POST. I've been using this code in SpyCast for years with no trouble, but I spent many hours trying to piece together the right code to open the binary file to read its contents. I pieced together two methods I found around the forums, one using FileStream() though the code I found wasn't for binary files, even though it said it was, so that code doesn't really work. Method two uses Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileOpen() and works better.
Here's the kicker. By the time I run through the rest of the rigamarole of uploading the file, by the time I read it on the webserver, it's *slightly* corrupted. It's a valid Jpeg, no errors, but the picture looks like when I use to watch the Playboy Channel when I was a kid scrambled with weird colors and whatnot. [code] Each "chunk" is basically one "line" of the file. It looks like a single LineInput() return is the text between two carriage returns. Am I correct? I tested this with a flat text file, and it looks true. However, That one input line returns the text or data with the carriage returns *stripped*! ***?!? =( Fine, I have no problem adding my own vbCrLf to each LineInput(), if I were opening text. but this's binary. A character could be Chr(10) or Chr(13), both of which are removed from the original file contents.So I could very well need to use something other than LineInput(), but I haven't found any other examples on the web using this method.
Check If A File Is Open And Update It?
Apr 22, 2010Supposedly I create a file called "hi.txt" and I use Process.Start(filename) to open it. then I File.Opentext(filename), edit it and close it using stream writer/reader, while I still have that file open.
In order to see the changed text I need to close "hi.txt" and reopen it.
Is there a way to automatically do that? Been experimenting a bit but with no luck.
Check If File Is Open Or Used By Another Process
Aug 12, 2009I have a filesystemwatcher that watches a certain folder.. Now i use system.thread.sleep to be sure that the file is completely copied to the folder that i watch..But this is not a good way!i know there is a way to check if the file is open or used by another process, but i dont know the code.[code]
View 2 RepliesCheck When File Is Open Or Used By Another Process?
Aug 13, 2009I have a filesystemwatcher that watches a certain folder.. Now i use system.thread.sleep to be sure that the file is completely copied to the folder that i watch..[code]....
View 10 RepliesVS 2010 Check If File Is Open?
Jun 15, 2012would it be possible to check if any notepad or word file is open that contains the word 'test'?I was thinking something like the following.
Dim Process() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad")
Dim Process2() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("word")
For Each p As Process In Process
If p.MainWindowTitle.Contains("test") Then
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[2005] Check If File Is Open?
Jan 22, 2009The following code works to check if a file exist, but I need to also check if the file is open.How would I do that?
If System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath & "players.txt") = False Or System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath & "preferences.txt") = False Then
bla bla bla
End if
When the main program is doing it's routine, it is looking at, and using, data from the two files.So, when the user pauses the program by opening the control panel, one or both of the files may still be opened. When the control panel tries to open them, it causes an error.(I am guessing that to just tell it to close them will cause the same problem if they are already closed.)
Check If Excel File Is Open By Other User
Mar 31, 2010I have a excel file place on server. I am using a application which written by VB.NET to open file in read only mode. User 1 open file in read only mode. How can user 2 detect that file is open or not status?
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Jul 15, 2011I am trying to save the text file in this path:"C:Test est.txt" and when the file is already opened I need to check whether the file is opened and I need to close it before writing it to the file.[code]...
View 3 RepliesFilesystemwatcher - Check If File Is Open Or Used By Another Process?
Aug 10, 2009I have a filesystemwatcher that watches a certain folder.. Now i use system.thread.sleep to be sure that the file is completely copied to the folder that i watch..But this is not a good way!
I know there is a way to check if the file is open or used by another process, but i dont know the code..
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File I/O - Check Zip File Open
Feb 16, 2010I have a routine that uses windows compression to zip a file. It uses shell32. Rather than maintaining a five second timer for each file, I would like to check to see if the file is closed, not locked, etc., before moving on to the next step in my program. I've searched, and while I can try to open text files, zip files are not text files. I tried renaming the file, but it seems this is actually slowed while files are being added. [Code]
View 2 RepliesAnyway To Check Open MS Word Documents Filesize Of Open Document Before Saving Document?
Sep 28, 2011I have a function on my program that allows a user to load a listbox filled with words that are matched with words inside a databank. The databank is filled with 2 string arrays and file of .jpg Pictures. The Arrays attached to each word inside the listbox are approximately one page. Each page is two paragraphs of Text(string Array) and one Picture(20Kbytes).My problem is this. When the user selects the option print all, the listbox with approximately 10255 words is selected and begins to fill a Microsoft Word Document.Because the alotted amount of space needed for the MS Word Document is approximately 5 Gbytes,I need to open about 10 Documents and insert the String Array's and Pictures into each document one at a time.Is there anyway to check the filesize of the Open Document before saving the document.This way I could check the open document inside the algorithm for 512 Mbytes of memory and save the document before the size gets above 512 Mbytes.[code]
View 2 RepliesCheck If An Application Is Open?
Jun 1, 2012I was wondering if it is possible to check if a specific application is running when I open up a form.
If the application is running I want a label to say running, but if it isn't running then the label will say closed.
Check If Workbook Is Open?
Feb 8, 2012I have got problem, I got function which should correctly check if Woorkbook is open or not, but anyway if i got open my excel file or not I always get False Value in MsgBox. I don't know where is a problem. Please check it:
Imports Excel = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel
Public Class Form1
Function IsXLBookOpen(strName As String) As Boolean
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Check When Folder Is Open / Not?
Mar 18, 2012How to check if the folder is open or no ?
i have a folder in c:
name : "my folder"
i want to know if the folder is open or no
Check For Any Open MDI Child Windows
Nov 2, 2009I have an MDI parent within which are contained several mdi child windows. when I close the MDI parent window, I need to check for any open MDI child windows (they may not be in the foreground) and check if they need saving. the saving part I'm ok on, but I can't get a stable system for checking if there are any open MDI children, when I click the button that closes the application. any suggestions?
View 2 RepliesCheck If A Port Is Open On A Particular IP Address?
Nov 24, 2011I have an application which need to send data to particular system on specific port. But the application gets hang if the target system port is closed.
I Want to know if a particular Port is open on a specific IP address so that i can continue my next task. PBL (Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate)
Check If A Port Is Open Using Sockets?
Feb 16, 2010I have written some code to check if a port is open. I'm currently trying to work with the system.net.sockets name space.I know that the easy way out would be to use AxWinsock, but I don't think the AxWinSock is very cool, nor do I think it's very professional when trying to make network applications in VB.NET.
I've got this Error message : Socket Exception Was unhandled, No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:1 IDK, Like I said, I'm new to the System.net.sockets namespace, I'm pretty good with other stuff in VB.NET, but when it comes to the serious stuff like the system.net.sockets namespace, I'm not so great.look at this code and tell me what I am doing wrong, I've manged to get this far, and I don't want to just give up and continue watching my movie.
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How To Check If Form Open Or Has Been Closed
Sep 1, 2009I need to know if a form2 is already open when a button1 on form1 is clicked. I found the following code which fails when I open form2 then close form2. When I click button1 on form1 nothing happens. Is there a way to reset form2 to nothing or is this just wrong?
Sub isFormOpen()
If xmlTest Is Nothing Then
xmlTest.Show()
OpenXML(filename)
End If
End Subdavidbell
Why Would A .sln File Open As Empty In VB2010Express When It Should Open Referring To Projects Etc
Mar 6, 2012Why would a .sln solution file open and appear empty in Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 Express - i.e. no windows showing projects and code files etc.When I inspect the file in a text editor, it contains references to vbproj files (which are present) which indicate that it should not appear as empty.No error messages are reported when the file is opened.
View 2 Replies[2005] Can't Open Excel File By Using XlApp.Workbooks.Open?
Feb 11, 2009I would like to open the excel file after create the excel file. The creating file function is done, but the system unable to open the excel file. My coding as below:
Dim xlApp As Excel.Application
Dim xlWorkBook As Excel.Workbook
Dim misValue As Object = System.Reflection.Missing.Value
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Use Open File Dialogs To Open A File To A Text Box?
Nov 18, 2009how to use open file dialogs to open a file to a text box?
View 6 RepliesOffice Automation :: Check If Workbook Is Open?
Jul 26, 2010how I might check to see if a specific Excel Workbook (call it Test.xlsx) is open?I have a routine that calls a subroutine. Sometimes at the time of the call Test.xlsx is open, sometimes not. So when the subroutine runs, I need it to check first to see if Test.xlsx is open. If it isn't then the subroutine should open it and perform the subroutine's purpose operations. If it is open, it should not try to "re-open" it or worse open a copy of it; it should simply perform the subroutine's purpose operations.
View 3 RepliesVS 2010 Check If A Specific Port Is Open?
Jul 13, 2010I want to check if a specific TCP Port of an IP address is open.
How can I realise that?
VS 2010 Check If Window Is Open And If It Is Then Msgbox?
Nov 2, 2010I just want a button to check if a certain process or window is running and if it is i just want it to show a message box.
View 2 RepliesCan Get Web Browser To Open And Open File That Was Clicked On In Explorer?
Aug 7, 2011I've noticed that when you click on a web page in Windows Explorer, or open a file in general, and the default application to open it is internet explorer, ie opens and opens the file. However, when I tried this on my Web Browser it opened, but ignored the file and went on its usual routine. How can I get my Web Browser to open and open the file that was clicked on in explorer?
View 1 RepliesOpen And Re-open A .doc File In The Rich Text Box Control?
Apr 28, 2011I saved a file with the extension .doc. I use the RichText to write and save the text. I did not set any encoding type when I saved it. When I tried to open the file in the Richtextbox again, I got all the formatting characters in the RTF file. How do I correct this? How do I open and re-open a .doc file in the Rich Text box control without the formatting showing up in the box with the document contents?
View 4 RepliesOpen The Dialgue Box And Click The File And Open In My Pdf Reader
May 11, 2010im having a slight problem with my open file dialogue box, i need to be able to open the dialgue box, and click the file and open in my pdf reader, or at least load it to my other form ive created. what ive go so far:
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Gather Up Check List Items And Then Open New Window?
Oct 4, 2009I am developing a VB web app in VS2005, and I can't figure how to do somehting. Can anyone suggest a way to gather up (non - postbacked) checked items (checkboxlist) on a web form (and of course write them to a file), and then start the report using a new window? If you suggest using htmlwindow.opennew, then I need to know what the constructor looks like for that. Can I get btnReport.click in my aspx.vb code to execute before it is sent to the report form by the "OnClientClick" asp command?
View 1 RepliesOpen Window Is Not Displaying To Open A File?
Jul 13, 2011I like to open a file. The open option should be shown in a separate window. My code works fine but the open window is not displaying to open a file. Here is the code:
private void OpenMyFile()
{
string path = GetPath() + ViewState["fileopen"];
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