Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.Documents Returns The Wrong Folder Name In VB2008?
Apr 2, 2011
TempUserPath = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyDocuments Returns the string "C:UsersOwnerDocuments" but that folder is actually named "My Documents" (i.e., is "C:UsersOwnerMy Documents" in the Finder).When I try to create a new folder called "Documents" in the Owner directory, Windows asks if I want to merge its contents with the My Documents folder. If I say yes, I am left with only the My Documents folder and none named "Documents".Thus when I attempt to read or write a file to the TempUserPath location, I get an "access denied" error. This happens even after I manually change the name of the folder from "My Documents" to "Documents".
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Oct 24, 2011
How can I write ProgramData path?
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Dec 30, 2009
i've tried to use SHELL to run an program when i hit "Button1".I reckoned ill use the Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles.To find the File on the Users Computer. And i dont know how to transfer the data Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles obtains to the Shell.[code]
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Jul 20, 2011
If I have a folder with a bunch of ".htm" & ".html" files in it and I use
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(myFolder, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly, "*.html")it returns all the ".html" files, as expected. But if I useMy.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(myFolder, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchTopLevelOnly, "*.htm")it returns ".htm" & ".html" files, when I would expect it to return only the ".htm" files. Is this a bug?
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Jul 20, 2011
I would like to create .xml files on my desktop. I have example.xml file under project folder. It has couple variables that users able to change and when l compile it receiving following error message Look like it doesnt exepting My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory \example.xmlSee the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
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System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Documents and
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Sep 23, 2010
I recently came across a problem with My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(). It will not delete read only files.I found out by Googling that I could delete the read only files by changing the file attributes to 'Normal'. So I wrote a recursive function, as below.
Private Sub DeleteDir(ByVal dir As DirectoryInfo)
For Each d In dir.GetDirectories
DeleteDir(d)[code].....
It seems to work fine, but it would be nice if My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory() had another parameter to delete read only files, or there was an easier way to do this.
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May 3, 2011
There is a lot of duplication of functions in the My.Computer.FileSystem and System.IO.File namespaces.
So what exactly is the difference between: My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(strSource, strDest, True)
and:System.IO.File.Copy(strSource, strDest, True)
Is there a performance difference? What is everyone's opinion on which which has the edge on read-ability? I personally use the My.Computer Namespace but that is just habit now.
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Aug 29, 2009
My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(g_DbFolder & "MyDB.sdf")returns false for this existing database in Windows 7 64bitYet when I boot back into Vista Ultimate/(rip off) 64bit the database is properly detected.
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May 30, 2012
My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles(My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.ProgramFiles, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "MSAccess.exe")
or
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Sep 5, 2011
I'm trying to use the following code but also include a variable.. Works...
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I'm sure it's an easy fix.. I actually want to use the multifile option ie.. "*.mp3","*.avi" etc..
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Nov 26, 2011
I'm trying to read a file line by line. Right now I have...
My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader(strList).ReadLine() But I keep pulling the first line, not the next line and so forth, anyone know how to do this? I want to stay with the My.Computer namespace because it is thread safe.
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Apr 15, 2009
What are the differences between these two methods that appear to carry out exactly the same function?
Is there guidance to say which should be used or are there conditions when you may use either?
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Sep 14, 2010
Do you know how to declare a variable that can hold the result of a call to GetFiles?
I don't know how to do this, so I am using the following verbose/duplicative version:
Dim l_v_String_FoundFile As String
If My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("A:u_Au_W", FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories,
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Mar 10, 2012
Do you know how to declare a variable that can hold the result of a call to GetFiles?
I don't know how to do this, so I am using the following verbose/duplicative version:
Dim l_v_String_FoundFile As String
If My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("A:u_Au_W", FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, l_v_String_FileMask).Count = 1 Then
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Jan 29, 2011
If so, what is it? I am using VB 2010, and am relatively new to VB.
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Feb 15, 2011
This has to be simple, but can't find the answer.I want to display a list of all files from a folder in a listbox. Easy..., but I want to display only the filenames without their paths.
For Each foundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("C:My Folder")
ListBox1.Items.Add(foundFile)
Next
This gives me list looking like that:
C:My Folderfile1.txt
C:My Folderfile2.txt
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Nov 26, 2009
I'm trying to get the last time the directory was updated (written to), and if it's later than the date i have stored i want to process that directory for new/changed information.The problem I'm having is that the Directory.GetLastWriteTime(path) seems to only get updated with creating and deletion of files.when a user just updates an existing file (for example a text document) the GetLastWriteTime remains the same for the directory even though the modified time of the text file has changed.
I don't want to itterate through the files in the directory, is there any reason the directory last write time does not get updated when modifying an existing file?
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May 1, 2010
This is driving me out of my mind. My Gridview returns the wrong rowindex after sorting or filtering. I am using a detailsview to edit the selected record however I found out I was editing the wrong record. I am using this statement to retrieve the selected record from the gridview
DetailsView1.PageIndex = GridView1.SelectedRow.DataItemIndex however this only returns the correct index if the grid stays in the original form, meaning not sorted or filtered. I guess the statement returns the index with respect to the gridview not the actual table. First of all is this this a .NET bug? and second of all how do I retrieve the correct record to edit it in the detailsview either by getting the correct index or a key such as AssetID in my case. I am using VisualStudio 2010 Professional and the code is in VB. Please do not give me C# as I don't use it.
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Mar 6, 2009
We're using team build with AssemblyInfoTask to increment the build number in a nightly build. The build number is displayed in the application using My.Application.Info.Version.Build.This has been working fine for years. But since we branched the sources and started using file references instead of project references (have no idea if that's what causes the problem), the last build number is displayed instead of the current one.
The compiled files (dll's and exe's) have the correct build number, if checked by right clicking the file in Explorer and viewing detailed properties. However when the same exe-file is executed, the UI displays the previous build number.If I edit the AssemblyInfo.vb file manually (just set another number, save the file, and set it back again), both file properties in Explorer and the UI at runtime displays the correct build number. How can this happen? What can be done to avoid this strange behavior?
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Mar 26, 2010
I am trying to use the filesystem watcher to monitor a folder on a ftp site for files added. Does anyone know how to do this? I have even read that the filesystem watcher was not meant for ftp's but rather local monitoring, which doesn't make sense to me.
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Mar 15, 2012
Is it possible to reload a form of the running application from one computer when I executed a function from my other computer with the same application? co'z I want to see the changes of data on my datagrid view?
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Mar 10, 2009
Private Sub Button21_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button21.Click
If TextBox11.Text = "" Then Exit Sub
MkDir(Dir1.Path + "" + TextBox11.Text)
MsgBox("Folder Created:")
TextBox11.Text = ""
End Subok now the file i have is from my.resources.test1 put this file into the folder that wascreated after mkdir line of code i have tried differnt ways of doing it but dose not work. it seams that this whould be so easy i dont if its me getting a mind block or something
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Dec 3, 2009
I have a windows forms application that I wrote in VB express 2008. when i debug / run the program on my desktop, everything works as intended. but when the program runs on any other computer, ALL the date boxes seem to move the digits in the box 1 space to the left[code]...
I have checked the settings on both computers (display settings, font settings, desktop settings) I've made both computers identical and still get the same result.
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Aug 23, 2009
IS there an easy way to write to an INI file like. My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteINI(Filename, Section, 1st part, 2nd part)??? Or if not how can i write to an ini file easy and how to read them?
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Aug 14, 2008
if they choose to use a networked version of my software, I will need the main server doing the authenticating. This is a problem, because from what I understand, it is quite easy to clone MAC addresses. I have looked into using the CPU ID and the HDD ID, but those are not unique, well at least I don't think so. Reason why I say they are not unique is because someone has the exact same CPU ID as me, and the HDD ID changes from partition to partition (same drive). Maybe the HDD ID is a partition ID instead? Anyways, I was thinking maybe I could get the Physical serial number of both the HDD and CPU, but I have not been able to find anything yet.
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Feb 18, 2010
We have a network share that is used for transferring files between users on a daily basis. Every day at 3:00 am we run a vb6 program to clear the directory of this network share.
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Aug 27, 2009
I'm using the My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText function to write to a file in a VBA macro for an Access database, but when I try to run the macro, it highlights the "My" in My.Computer and gives me an error saying variable not defined.
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Jun 2, 2011
I just need to know what is the slight difference between them so I know which one to use everytime.
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Mar 5, 2011
I am creating a project that makes use of a folder, at the moment that folder is located in My documents, how would I change this to be default as in the bin debug folder.
Dim QCRoot As String = My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyDocuments + "Database Files"
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Jul 18, 2011
I want to change the following so I write to the Documents folder on Windows 7.(I guess that would apply to XP as well..)[code]....
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