Deployment :: Reliable Way Of Knowing Number Of Downloads
Jan 20, 2012
I eyed VB.NET 2010 Express and created the damn app. It's up and running and it does what it's supposed to do (in v1). Now I'd like to distribute it for free while:
(1). Have a reliable way of knowing (and everybody can check this out) the number of downloads.
(2). The app cannot be passed from one user to another, but has to be downloaded from the reputable biz (there can be more than one biz) that accurately provides the number of downloads.
(3). I can have total control over the app (once it's downloaded by the users), that is if I want to inform the users of updates or whatever, or if I want to add some ad windows to the form I can do it whenever I want and how I please.
How do I do (1) to (3)? What am I supposed to read to do (3)? ADO.NET and ASP.NET? Any shortcut? What's the easiest way of doing it? I'm not sure I'm looking for a career in programming, for now I just want to take this app off my shoulders and go back to daydreaming.
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I use it as a timer(obviously) to get the lapsed time of an upload. Something that took 2 secs it said 12. [code] Everything looks right. and it seemed to be working. Just in no way did it take 8 or 12 secs to send
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Is there relialbe alternative to Timer class in .Net?We are having issues with System.Timers.Timer and System.Threading.Timer, e.g., they start immidietly, or sometimes fire out after long period of inactivity (after 49 days).I've seen that there seems to be a lot of issues with them like here: url...We can not use Forms timer.We are thinking to pause the thread for certain period of time instead of the timer...
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Jun 29, 2010
I am reading a file and loading the records read to a database. At the end of this process there needs to be a check that the counts match. This code was already written and the comment doesn't give me great confidence in it: ' Description: Get the number of lines in the record file. Thisshould give a good indicator of the number of recordsIt should or it will, using this code?:
Dim i As Integer = -1
Dim line As String = ""
Dim sr1 As StreamReader
[code]....
Then i is returned as the count of records in the file. Is this the best way and is it reliable? Records in the file are delimited with a newline
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What is the most reliable path to export data? I have a Access db used by many. I have a button that export the data to the desktop. It works great for most but a few people get a error that it is open exclusively or they need permissions to view.How can I fix this error? [code]MsgBox "This data has been sent to your Desktop", vbExclamation, "Request Complete"
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Jul 13, 2011
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Dim args() As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
Dim oi As Integer = Array.IndexOf("-o", args)
If oi > -1 AndAlso oi < args.Length Then
CompileTo(args(oi + 1)) 'Or whatever
Else
CompileTo("out.exe") 'Or whatever
End If
But it's ugly and annoying to use, prone to errors, and inefficient. What's the better way that I keep overlooking?
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add serial number requirement to Setup & deployment > setup wizard for VB.net application
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I need a way to have the file included and I am unable to find a external copy and I understand that I cannot just copy the dll from my PC into the installation folder
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Feb 20, 2011
Its a single file downloader (the file location is in the code) and it only downloads the file as 0kb (it debugs fine). Also, i think my directory finder is not working, as i did it the simple way, because i dont know the environment code.
Imports System.Net
Public Class Form1
Dim Directory As String
Private WithEvents Client As New WebClient
[code]...
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Jul 21, 2011
I have a VB app that ftp downloads a csv file every 5 minutes it contains a columns with data and one column with date and time. I need to figure out how to determine if the data changed based on whether or not the date column updated. Currently I parse the file in and drop a couple columns and do a sql update to a database.
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May 7, 2012
Have built a project and associated it with a Setup&Deployment Project. The S&D project needs to contain 2 main folders (under User's Desktop) with various formats of files (xmls, txts, dlls) inside them and several subfolders. How can i copy/import these 2 folders and there sub-files/folders into my s&d project?
When adding them in the usual way, they are copied and defined a source path onto the current pc. You can understand what errors this might create when an another targeted pc does not contain those files to the exact location. Is there any way to copy them locally or somehow import them?
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Sep 12, 2011
I am using HttpWebRequest/Response to download a file. What would i need to do on the coding side to allow resuming of interupted downloads and what would i need to know from the server if it allows me to do this?
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Nov 30, 2011
When I use My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile this will sometimes start downloading two copies of the file simultaneously. I wonder if there is a code to check whether there are more than one file being download at a moment, and if there is a code to cancel some of the downloads.
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Jan 20, 2012
I want to create a program in VB that downloads an .exe (Note: Someone else's program, not mine) through a URL, runs it and installs it on the background.My knowledge of VB is not very large. So before starting my search on how to do each step, I would like to know from experienced programmers if it's possible to do this and how hard it would be?
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Jun 7, 2012
I'm trying to get this routine to resume the downloads.I use the same routine to download a file all the way thru non-stop..so at least the download part is working..however either the stop commands i'm using or the resume routine i thought would work is all ass backwards I'm not gonna make any conclusions or anything on this one..made myself look stupid the last time i know you all are def smarter than me when it comes to this stuff,,and dangit that just erks me to no end i tried adding a exit do in the do loop..and that of course exits ok,,but when the file is resumed is larger than its supposed to be.
[Code]...
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May 14, 2009
I have a program that downloads a text file from the internet. Inside the file, is: 4.5.0.0
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Jan 1, 2012
I'm using VB 2010 express, i have gecko webbrowser loaded in my project. I would to to have the option whether to download or cancel a file before the gecko browser download from the net. For instance, a webpage has several images, so i'd like to download a particular image only.
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Oct 28, 2011
I'm trying to download multiple files based on what a user has selected on a formI have multiple checkboxes in place, so If a user would select Checkboxes 1,3,4 I would want the webclient to download files 1.txt, 3.txt, 4.txt.The WebClient method is causing a "WebClient does not support concurrent I/O operations." error.
If chk1.Checked Then
WC.DownloadFileAsync(New Uri("http://www.google.com/1.txt), Path.Combine(DataSource & strDirectory, "1.txt"))
[code].....
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May 8, 2009
as the title says; its starting to download with IE download manager, and i want to block it, [and use my own downlaod manager]
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Feb 19, 2012
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Querying the tables primary key collection reveals that the datatable doesn't think it has a PK.;
Dim dc As DataColumn() = dt.PrimaryKey
Debug.WriteLine(dc.Count) 'Result is 0
[Code]....
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