Detect If Two Paths Specify The Same Folder?
Feb 21, 2011
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Detect Installed Paths?
Nov 13, 2010but 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.
View 1 RepliesFolder Browser Dialog And UNC Paths?
Jun 22, 2010I'm writing an app where a user selects a folder on the network for a job to deposit output into.The person setting up the job will not necessarily be the same person who runs the job and that the job will not be ran on the same machine so I need to keep the path in UNC format. I can get the user to "see" the network when the FolderBrowserDialog runs by pointing the route folder at the desktop folder.
The issue is that if the network share is local even though the user has selected the folder through the network folders it returns the local path!! Which of course means that when the job is run on the other machine it can not find the folder specified.
E.g. The user on machine1 selects the network share \machine1jobsmyjob but the dialog returns C:work2010JobsClientjobsmyjob. machine2 then runs the job and looks for C:work2010JobsClientjobsmyjob and can not find it then throws an error.
As you can see from the above example I can't just replace c: with the local machine name as the share may not be in the root of the drive. I did think about parsing the text and changing it to \machine1c$work2010JobsClientjobsmyjob but this would mean I'd have to allow all the users to have admin access to our servers which is a non starter.if there is a way to switch off this behaviour in the dialog?
dim myDialog as new FolderBrowserDialog
With myDialog
.Description = "Browse to Job destination"
.ShowNewFolderButton = True
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Forms :: Get All The Files Paths In A Selected Folder?
Feb 9, 2011I want to display them in a listbox. I have gobbled together this
Dim theFolderBrowser As New FolderBrowserDialog
theFolderBrowser.Description = "Please select a folder for the download."
'theFolderBrowser.ShowNewFolderButton = False
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get the actual path and then used that to get a bunch of mp3 files paths from a folder. However the above code gives me nothing in return.
Save The New File/folder Paths To My.settings?
Apr 22, 2011i have loaded my application settings into 3 text boxes. now if the user changes these, how do i save the new file/folder paths to my.settings? i tried my.settings.save but it does not seem to work.
'Load the current options
Dim MyConnectionString As String = My.Settings.PrimaryConnectionString
Dim MyDefaultImportFolder As String = My.Settings.DefaultImportFolder
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VS 2010 Built-in Method For Stepping Back Through Folder Paths?
Jan 27, 2011Is there a built-in method for stepping back through folder paths? Or a better way then what I'm doing? To go back two folder paths I'm doing it like this...
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Detect If Folder Is Shortcut In Vista?
Jul 27, 2009I have a program here that gets a list of directories from drive, and it works fine, but keeps listing the directories that are actually shortcuts/ junctions. For instance,[code]Will list all the directories(and files as well with .GetFiles) in 'c:\Users\All Users\', even tho 'All Users' is just a shortcut. This can lead to some problems, like 'c:\Users\All Users\Application Data\' lists all the files/folders in "All Users" including "Application Data", so it'll just keep recursing itself until it quits with an error. I can hard code it, and ignore that specific folder, but theres a few other shortcut folders that exist as well..So is there any way to detect and ignore those "directories"?
View 4 RepliesHow Detect Folder Permissions In Vista With Net 2005
May 22, 2009I have an app written on an xp pc which I want users to run on Vista
The app needs to delete a file on a portable drive in a particular folder
This folder was created on the xp machine and copied to the portable drive
The app will not delete a file in this folder on Vista but it will on xp
When I check folder security on vista (which does not exist on xp) I find that the folder does not have full control assigned
my app will write a file to that folder & delete it but will not delete a file put there from the xp pc
If I change the security in vista to full control it works
what I want to do is see if the folder has full control when the user selects it and advise them they need to alter security as I can not do it in the program
basically I want to advise them the moment they select the folder, not when it fails to delete the file after entering misc details in the app which are reuired before the file is deleted.
Detect That A Specific File Is Present In System32 Folder?
Mar 15, 2009i have created an application using vb.net 2008 which will maintain backup of the database in system32 folder
View 2 RepliesCreate A Folder And Dropping A File In It, With Area To Detect Input
Dec 25, 2010Make a folder, based on an input file - example :
You have a file named Movie1.avi on your desktop, u open up the program (that I want to make) and then simply drag drop that file into a box area, and then the program will create a folder, with the same name as the input file, but without the extension (folder name Movie1) and then automatically put that file into the folder it just created.
The new folder will be created in the same dir as the input file.
Multiple file support - is NOT needed.
I know how it will be done, but I don't know the code..
No Value On All Code Paths
Aug 26, 2009In more and more of my functions (althought they still work) i'm getting a warning the function doesn't return a value on all code paths.[code]...
View 3 RepliesReference Paths On Win XP And 2K?
Jan 14, 2010My development machine runs Windows XP, but the target machine runs Windows 2000 with .NET 2.0.I've set my compile options to compile 2.0, which is fine.However, I have some references which are causing issues.For example, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll - in VS2008 the path is shows as the C:Windowsassembly folder which works fine. Until the app is built and run on the target machine and fails:Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook, Version=12.0.0.0, Culture-neutrl, PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.Presumably because on Windows 2000 the assembly folder is C:WINNT.I cannot work out how to target the WINNT folder for my references.
View 9 RepliesAdd File Paths To A CheckedListBox?
Feb 4, 2011The end result I am looking for is I want to add File Paths to a CheckedListBox. I only want certain file extensions and if a file by the same name but a specific extension exsists allready then I do not want to add those files to the CheckedListBox.
Example: I am only wanting these filetypes in my CheckedListBox (.gif, .tif, .bmp, and .jpg).However if the filetype (.PNG) allready exsists with the same filename (i.e. image. png and image.jpg) I then do NOT want to add that JPG. Only files that do not allready have a PNG with the same name. (I hope I was able to make this clear)
My current code will add the filetypes (.gif, .tif, .bmp and .jpg) to the CheckedListBox. However I do not know how to have the code only add the files that don't have the PNG.Here is my current code:[code].....
App That Basically Gets Paths To Servers
Oct 12, 2007I designed an app that basically gets paths to servers I have admin rights to, I am doing such things such as checking available space on the servers etc., the problem I am having is my app only works if I manually login via something like (start, run, \server) and supply my admin username and password just to store that authentication.How do I code this so it prompts the user in my program ONE time for all 5 servers (they all use the same username and password)
View 5 RepliesCan't Return A Value On All Code Paths
Mar 5, 2010I'm attempting to use the Left function to extract the 3 leftmost characters from a string.
I declare the function as follows
Public Shadows Function Left(ByVal str As String, ByVal Length As Integer) As String
End Function
I get a notification that "function Left doesn't return a value on all code paths"
Extracting And Replacing Paths?
Aug 19, 2010I have file paths such as:
' Any number of folders before and after the Project name
C:acdProject1efgsomefile.someextension'
How would I:Extract only the path before the project name?
C:acd
Extract the path after the project name?
efgsomefile.someextension
Note: Of course given the filename.Would Split be better or some complicated regex?
How To Navigate Registry Via Paths
Jan 4, 2012I've been trying to wrap my head around using the registry, but I have to say I'm a little lost. Is there a way I can use a "path structure" to write to a specific key, rather than using it as a dim and storing it in memory?
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Paths To External Resources?
Feb 16, 2009I am preparing a project for distribution, and I need advice as to how to establish my paths to some of the dynamic data elements; sound clips, external imagery and a database.I am reading the environment.startuppath, but it's pointing all the way in to the debug folder, whixh I'm sure I'm not going to be using when I publish things for distribution.I was hoping for something that could establish a relative base folder, and then just reference a few subfolders from there.
View 14 RepliesSlow Printing With PATHs?
Apr 18, 2010I wrote an application that shows about 2000 GPS track segments on a map (ATV trails in Quebec). The user may select and zoom an area of the map, then print a detailed map that includes the GPS tracks:
When I print the map, I use the full resulution of the printer, so a 8.5x11 lanscape page on a laser printer generates a 6260 x 4800 bitmap. If I preview or print the entire page WITHOUT showing the GPS tracks, it appears / prints within 5-10 seconds.
When I include the GPS tracks, the preview is very fast (5-10 seconds) but the actual printing now takes over 10-12 MINUTES! I fail to see why the printing becomes SO SLOW when I include my GPS tracks.
My map only includes 3 graphics path, which were defined only once at the maximum zoom level:
- One RED path that includes all the tracks valid all year long (AnnualPath)
- One GREEN path that includes all the summer tracks (SummerPath)
- One BLUE path that includes all the winter tracks (WinterPath)
The printing is slow only when I add the 3 graphicspath to my printing output and looks like this:
' e = Drawing buffer of the Print function Factor = adjustment factor between the zoom level used when the graphicspath were defined and the actual printing zoom level
' HorzOffset = Horizontal adjustment to align the graphicspath with the output buffer VertOffset = Vertical adjustment to align the graphicspath with the output buffer
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Anyone has an idea why adding a graphicspath to a printed page drastically slow it down? What should I do to imprime the printing speed? I have been baging my head on my monitor for the past week and I fail to see how I can fix that problem.
VS 2010 - Drawn Paths Will Not Go Away
May 12, 2010I have this code for drawing a path.
Dim map As New Bitmap(l1.Size.Width, l1.Size.Height, l1.CreateGraphics)
Dim nextPoint As Point
Using g As Drawing.Graphics = Graphics.FromImage(map)
Dim dPath As New Drawing2D.GraphicsPath
For i As Integer = 0 To path.Count - 1
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l1 is a Label. When I call this it draws the path fine, but when I call it again it draws another path but doesn't get rid of the first path. Basically, I only want one path on the Label at a time.
VS 2010 Access UNC Paths
Jan 1, 2012I'm working on a project right now that I've had my head wrapped around for about the last week or so. Without getting fully into it, it's a 2 part application. DoIT and DoER. DoIT creates commands that another computer, running DoER, is supposed to do.
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.net - 'someObj' Is Not Disposed Along All Exception Paths?
Mar 11, 2011I tried running code analysis the first time and found what it appears many others on SO doing the same have found: an abundance of
In method 'SomeMethod()', object
'SomeObject' is not disposed along all
exception paths. Call
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.net - Function Does Not Return A Value On All Code Paths?
Mar 19, 2011Private Function ViewPropertyCast(ByVal type As String) As String
Select Case type
Case "smallint"
Return "Short"
Case "nvarchar"
Return "String"
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ASP.NET Theming Programmatically Image Paths
Mar 14, 2011We have a multilingual site, or culture-sensitive, and some of the static content now needs to be targeted; for this I'm using themes as it seems the easiest way to achieve what I want, but I can't for the life of me get the images to pick up.I'm setting the theme in code-behind, and thought at first that maybe this was the issue, but on checking up it looks like I'm doing the right thing (setting on Pre-Init).I expect to be able to reference images using relative paths where App_Themes/ThemeName/ is automatically resolved, such as:[code]In the above code, CurrentSite. Culture Name would be a language culture name (for example, en-gb, or nn-no) that does have an existing corresponding theme folder containing all required resources.Pages do have EnableTheming set to True. Also, I have tried removing the theme-setting code and applying the theme in the page using Theme="en-gb" to no avail.Is there anything immediately evident as to why the URLs aren't resolved?
View 1 RepliesC# - Mapping A Filename To Paths On A Server Asp.net
Jun 28, 2010I have a problem with my code. My code is using the fileupload control to browse for a filename when you add a filename it processes it and the code runs fine on when it lives on local host, but when I put the code on our prodution server it cannot find the filenames listed by user.
For example if I use the upload control to browse to B:MISCH IntiveRPTTOFL_3.csv and the code lives on my localhost which know what that file path means it works, but if the code is moved to a production server it may or maynot know what B:/ is or B:/ maybe mapped to something else. Even if I am browsing to a file on my C drive it will work on if the code is on the machine that the C drive is on, but it will not work if the code is on another machine because obviously that file wouldnt be on that C drive.
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Check If Two Paths Point To The Same Place?
Mar 14, 2012I want to check if two directories are pointing to the same place. Of course string based compare can be done easy but I also want to check for the situation in which a mapping points to the same location. Hence if m:dataapplicApicturesjpg n:applicApicturesjpg point to the same location it must be flagged. I have already searched I know there is something like GetFileInformationByHandle but I don't want to create a file, so I have not got a handle.
View 1 RepliesFile Paths And Song Length?
Apr 27, 2012Im fooling around with the Windows Media Player control in Visual Studio 11 (Beta) and I'm wondering how to
1. How to get the path to a folder, and then add all the paths of the files in that folder into an ArrayList
2. How can I get the length of the current .mp3 file that's playing in the Windows Media Player control?
Find Paths Of Substituted Drives?
Sep 7, 2010I'm in need of a way to find the original path of a substituted (Virtual) drive, set with the subst command.
Start -> Run -> type "cmd"
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subst l: c:\scripts
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This create a virtual drive that points to c:\scripts\
in .net an easy way to get all the drives on the computer is using the Drive property of My.Computer.FileSystem. However, this will give you the current substitued name of the drive. Is there a way to find the original path?
I get the path of the virtual drives mapped to network folders using WNetGetConnectionA of mpr.dll, However, this only resolves mapped network drives.
I currently don't have away to find the original path of LOCAL virtual drives.
Function Can't Return A Value On All Code Paths
Oct 11, 2009Function can't return a value on all code paths.[cde]...
View 2 RepliesFunction Does Not Return Value On All Code Paths
Nov 20, 2011I am getting the warning that the function doesn't return a value on all code paths.
Function newgradelevel(ByVal valscore As Integer, ByVal strgradelevel As String) As String
If valscore >= 70 Then
If strgradelevel = "Freshman" Then
newgradelevel = "Sophomore"
ElseIf strgradelevel = "Sophomore" Then
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