I have made an application using an access database. When I publish the application the database is set to be included. But when I install the application, the database does not install, then when I start my application I get an error because it cannot find my database.
I'm working on a VB2008 project that references two Access databases using Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; It would seem if the user does not have MSOffice on their machine, the program crashes with a "XXX stopped working" on startup on Vista and Win7.I thought that Windows had XP and above had Jet functionality built in?
Do users of windows applications have to have the database application installed if your program uses databases to store information? For example, when making VB2008 programs, if I use the visual studio express database (.sdf), or maybe a MSAccess database, to store information within my visual basic program...when I deploy the application to the users, can they run the program okay even if they don't have MSAccess installed on their computer?Also, do I need to have MSAccess installed in order to write programs that use MSAccess databases?
I've developed an application in VB2008 express and have installed it to another PC. The installation has put the mdf file in c:documents and settingsuserappsdata.I want to attach this with SQL Server Management studio but when I try to browse to the file in order to attach it, I find I can't browse further then C:documents and settingsuser.
I have been trying for days now how to create a process to the user to easily create a connection to any installed data types they have installed. I have found an example right inside vb2008. I never use this because I code my own connections, but this would be real nice if I could include it or duplicate it.
I'm using VS 2010, and I did a project using VB and a database in Access. The problem is that when I try to put that "application" on other computers, sometimes, is not working. I thought it can be because on these computers they don't have access, but on one computer, is running another app which is using Access and there is no Access installed. How can I check if my application requires Access to be installed or not?
Here is a example of how I did the connection:
Public AccessOLEDBConnString= "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=" & myfullpath & ";Jet OLEDB:Database Password=password"
Function getConnection() As OleDb.OleDbConnection
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And when I want to have access at the data I'm doing like this:
I have an application that has an Ms Access 2007 DataBase which runns great if access is installed. Is there any code that I can use in vb that I would be able to run access with out installing it.
I have created one setup package using VS 2005 deployment. I need to check wheather Microsoft Webservice 2 is installed or not condition before installing. I have used "Launch Condition" which need Component Id. But i am not able to find to where i can get component id for "Web Services Enhancements 2.0 SP2 for Microsoft .NET".
I need to check to see if a hot fix is installed on a windows box. from XP - Win7 there is a mix on the network and I am charged with making sure that they are up to date and have all patches.
I need it in a window app so that I can sort the IP's that have them and IP's that dont. and them am going to print the list out.the thing is I am not able to find how to pull the Hotfix'es off of Vista and Win7
I am looking for a Snipit to point me in the right direction.
I developed a new complex VB 2008 Windows Forms Application last year. It was developed on a 64 bit PC using the Vista operating system, and developed in Visual Studio 2008 Professional. Active Solution Platform is x86.The application has been installed on XP PC's with no problems for over a year.I made a change to the application. Installed it on the Vista Development PC where it works fine. But,now when I install the application it install with no problems until the user opens the application.[code]
but i can't complete it if i dont know how to make it auto detecting the pathsexample: i have a combobox and only the text COD 4 MWand i have a textbox so when they select COD 4 MW in the combobox the install path shows in the textbox.
I currently have a property in my program which returns a true/false depending on if the program is "portable" or not. I need this to know if I should do a certain thing or not.
It checks if it is by checking if the registrykey the installer creates exists, here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyProgram (And under the Wow node if the OS is 64 bit)
The problem is, I am trying to get rid of the need for admin rights, and this is the last function that needs to be fixed. But I don't have a clue on how. Why I want this property is because then I don't need two separate versions of my program (like a set property in My.Settings which I set before I build).
The only files that differ using the portable vs the installer is one file, but the reason why I don't want to base the result on the existence of that file is because I want to warn the user if it's not there (if the program is not in Portable mode), so he can reinstall the program.
how I can check if the program is installed by an installer, without using admin
I m doing a vb.net project merely completed. now while the setup is being installed i need to get the location where the user selected as the target location.
i published an application in vb.net. the user will be able to install the application anywhere they choose on the computer (or perhaps not anywhere they choose but where ever the default location is). how can i programmatically get the location where the user installed the application? another words i need the application to know where it is running from. how do i detect that?
I'm using VB.Net 2005 Pro and want to be able to check if a particular program is installed. I've seen lots of ideas about checking files in the program files folder or scanning the registry for keywords but none of these seem particularly foolproof. Is there a way to get a definitive answer to if an app is installed?
Does anyone know of a way to script falsifying the amount of RAM installed on a PC for an install. I have a program that needs to be installed on many systems that all have little RAM. The program requires during the setup that at least 384 MB of RAM be installed. Some of these systems only have 256 so the install fails. I know the easy answer is install more RAM. Ain't going to happen. Company has no budget. The install should be fine I think, but would like to test more. in order to do the testing to see if this would even work though I need to figure out how to have the OS tell the app it has more RAM than it does. I don't know this app but my first guess is the app queries WMI for amount of RAM?? If that's the case is there a way to set that WMI entry to something different until after the app is done? Or if someone knows another way that would be good too?
I want to know if the .net framework is installed on the system if it is not installed on the system then i would like to give a message to the user about it and exit my application. The problem is if the frame work is not installed on the system the application doesn't even starts.
I have a dll installed on my machine and want to find a way to verify this programatically with VB.Net. I have been trying to use LoadLibrary but it always returns a zero. Can someone provide a code snippet of how I might do this?
Also, if there is another way to verify that a dll is installed, without having to supply a full path, please let me know.
After deployment and clicking 'setup.exe' the error message: 'Cannot Start Application - You cannot start application ... from this location because it is already installed from a different location.'details: cannot start it from d:/... (local path) because it is already installed from ... shared directory on different pc.on the shared dir: I tried to install it there some days ago, but cancelled the installation process, because the .net framework wasn't there. So I do not have a clean application that i can uninstall. The shared folder is now deleted, but if I try to deploy locally, the error is thereI installed the app on a third PC in a shared folder and uninstalled it afterwards. I can deploy and start the app on this third PC (but at the moment it is uninstalled there) .What file / entry in a file can I delete that I can install my application locally again (it runs in the debugger of the IDE)?