So, I'm using shell to start up an external application at the press of a button, but the application requires several other external files with it in order for it to work. How could I make it work? Note: I'm a newbie
View 7 RepliesI have an issue with the Windows permission system. And every time it tries to do something that needs a windows permission (to be ran as administrator) it fails !
At the moment I was trying to implement an updater which should download a file from an ftp site but because copying a file into one of the program files folder requires a permission I am not able to do this.
i am trying to make a program where it copies files to a certain external drive, but i cant figure out how to make it to where you enter your drive letter for the external drive and it copies it.
View 6 RepliesAs some of you may know, I'm trying to develop a client/server application that requires sending files and text. Text is not a problem, this works fine, and for some of the part, sending files works, but they get slightly mangled in the process. For example, I used a 4x1 BMP that was alternately coloured red and white and tried sending it across. The output was the correct image dimensions, but the colours were wrong. It was more like a very dark red and very dark grey. I inspected the files with notepad, and the header was the same, but the data was different.
I did some research and apparently need to use a BinaryReader and BinaryWriter as opposed to reading the data as a string (like I was when it was being mangled) but now the data is all wrong, even filesize is different.The code below is a simple example of code for reading an image and then writing it again elsewhere using Binary Read/Write.
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I am trying to make a program in Visual Basic which requires the use of 24-bit strings. However, I am not aware of a common name for them. I know that Byte is 8-bit, and Short is 16-bit, so is there a name for 24-bit?If not, then is there any way to combine a Byte and a Short to create the needed 24-bit value in my program?
View 2 RepliesI need to manipulate an external edit control from with in my program. (IE: Get new text whenver it's being enter into edit control and parse the infomation in my program).So, is it possible to create an edit control in my program that base on the handle of an existing application using win32 api or something
View 4 RepliesI am using this statement
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The command procedure calls a Java program that opens a dialog box, the cmd and java exe shows up in task manager, so I know it is being called, but no dialog box. I know normally having anything show up on a server that requires user interaction is a bad idea, but in the case, the users remote into the server to do their work. (They have to because of the environment) So, there is no problem with them being able to respond to a dialog box. I just need it to show up.
(I cannot rewrite the Java program as the latest source is not the right version) Running, Framework 2.0, 3.5.
I am using vb.net express 2008, with a windows form application, and its done. My application makes use of cmd script files, and other files I have created myself. I want to put everything in an install bundle, which will copy the files to a directory on the users computer, and then my application can read from that directory, for it to function as it should. The install bundle includes the .exe of my winforms application.Right now, I hardcoded my application to look into a specific folder on my system, just for testing purposes, but I am going to deploy it soon, and I want to give as much flexibility to the user.
View 2 RepliesI am creating a program that requires the user to click a checkbox and then select a date in a Date Time Picker Control. There will be up to 20 entries. I need to know how to take all of the dates entered and display on a diffrent form the latest date selected by the user from all the entries on a form. All the options will be training selected and when the last training item is selected and a date entered I need to be able to output the training completion date wich will be the latest date entered in the form.
View 4 RepliesI have my program which does not need to be installed, and i have made a .chm. but how can i integrate it into the program, or make it so that when the user opens it, it can actually find the file, because it works on my computer as it says: Process.Start "C:Program.chm" But it doesnt work on other computers becasue the file does not exist.???
View 1 RepliesI'm very new to VB, so I was in the very first tutorial, it has me play a sound file. So I put that in, ran it, and it came back with an error saying "system cannot find this file." I guess I'm not terribly surprised, since the file they gave has no C: or anything like that. What I want to do now is play my very own sound file, but I don't want to go through the whole C:Documents and Settings... thing, so is there a way I can put my own sound file in the project directory and say something like %ProjectDir%/sounds/mysound.wav?
View 13 RepliesI'm writing a program that allows users to view certain files using a DataGridView as the selection method I can do most of that just fine. Here's the part I'm having trouble with: I want to open the files using whatever program they have associated with the file extension. After researching it (on these forums), I determined that I should use the Process.Start() method. However, Windows throws an Win32Exception if there is no association to the filetype, and I want it to show the "Open With" dialog instead, and I can't figure out or find how to do that.
View 4 RepliesI need to read the keys from several external applications .config files, is it possible to specify the file for AppSettingsReader?
View 1 Replieshow to compile other files into an external file, where they can be accessed by the simple "application.startuppath" code. I got all the files i need, the .dlls, my .exe, and my resources, but the tut's i have been finding havn't been working for me. [URL] tried that with a few adjustments after it didn't work twice, and still no luck.
View 12 RepliesI have o problem on my codes sqldr = sqlcmd.ExecuteReader when i debug the program error says ExecuteReader requires an open and available Connection. The connection's current state is closed. i dont know what its means that error..
View 1 RepliesI'm working on an app that should be able to read files from an External Hard Drive or even an iPhone or iPod. I'm a beginner so it would be great to keep it simple :) I suppose I should use the SerialPort class? But I'm not sure and I couldn't make it work.
View 7 RepliesI am using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Some of the programs I am writing make extensive use of External files (saved games, data, item lists, etc.) I could use an easy way to get these files to ride allong during deployment (cd mostly). adding them to the resources works for some static pictures, but custom structures into lists of info to read and write from are beond that features abilities, same with the settings feature. I have found in other help referance to "MageUI.exe" so is downloading a .net SDK my solution or is there a better trick I can use?
View 2 RepliesI am currently working on a program that only I can use to send and retreve files from an external harddrive through my older laptop. But I have only just started and need help with the login form. I want my password and user on labels placed on form 2 and need form 1 to retreive them then I click the login button, however I want form1 to close if the user or password are incorrect. How could I go about placing an if then statment for if correct then it opens a new window if wrong then end program. Heres my login code so far.
Private Sub Login_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Login.Click
If User.Text = "*********" And Pass.Text = "*******" Then
MessageBox.Show("Welcome")
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Program : my game is a frogger port, you make the frog cross the road until you run out of lives. When you die, you are asked to enter your name and the name is appended to the end of file called names.txt, the final score is appended to the end of a file called scores.txt.Using the System.IO functions, i read the contents of each text file, and load the contents into two separate strings (one for names, one for scores. These two long strings are then broken down using Split() command, transferring the pieces into an array. (again 2 arrays - one for names, one for scores). The contents of both arrays are then loaded into 2 listboxes, 1 for scores, 1 for names.
Problem: i can sucessfully load the contents of both files, and display them side by side - but i want to re-arrange the scores so that they are in descending order. While doing this, i need to make sure that the player name matches up with the score - so the order of the names being displayed would have to be changed aswell. After spending many, many hours trying to do it myself i have had to give up - i'm clueless. My first issue is converting the score array into integers so that the array could be sorted, the second problem is then sorting the names so that the scores and names match up.
So I have my form, I add one combobox (combobox1) and a button that says "Launch..."Button 1's
Process.Start(ComboBox1.SelectedItem)
When you select a program from the combobox (combobox1) and click launch, it launches that program, for example, cmd.exe (command prompt) when I click the button, it launches the command prompt, but if I select a game (for example chess.exe, for vista), it says it can't find the file, this is because the search for the file is only: WindowsSystem32, how can I change that? OR, how can I add a reference that searches the WHOLE Disk, not just WindowsSystem32?
im having trouble getting my program to call an external application. the only thing is that im trying to get the path from a setting
my.settings.e1p
so far i've tried this
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(My.Settings.e1p)
I am using VB 2005. I am trying to open an external program, make it invisible, and then control it. It is fine if the external program shows up in the Windows Task Manager, but I don't want anything showing up in the Windows taskbar. I already know how to open the program I want to use. For that I am using:
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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("C:Program FilesSomeProgram.exe")
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I start an external Program using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start I want monitoring when a user has started a new file, saves or opens another file and get the info of the file in current process
View 1 Repliesi am trying to get some text form an external program. Currently i am using this code:
Dim lngHWND As Long
Dim lngHWNDF As Long
Dim lngID As Long
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I am getting values for both the lngHWND, lngHWNDF and the lngChild. However, they are only values (numbers) and not the text itself.
Here is an image of the program i am trying to get the text from:
How can i go about getting the text from those items it finds?
i wanna know how to launch an external program as administrator Like tick a tick box and it launchs the program as admin if you tick it and push the button.
View 5 RepliesWhat I'm wanting to do is gonna sound pretty strange. I play a game called Wonderland Online. Usually while playing, I will have between 3-4 instances of the game going at the same time, each instance running a different character. Also, I will have open another program that I wrote that helps me figure out what I need to manufacture a certain item in the game. The running game is an 800x600 window, and I have all 5 of these windows open at once, where I am constantly moving things around, minimizing and maximizing.I want to create a app that would basically be a frame for the game. Creating the frame would not be hard, but this is the first time I have tried to get an external EXE to basically run inside of my program. Is this even possible? And if so, I would imagine I could run multiple EXEs and flip between them inside my frame. I could integrate my manufacturing program into the frame, as well as control which instance of the game is visible inside the frame.
View 1 RepliesSome time ago I saw a code to host an exe from within a visual basic form, acting as its parent. How would I go about doing this in vb.net? I havent programmed in ages, but recently have gotten an interest again in order to complement
View 3 Repliesi have an external program, i got his and w.e else is needed.... i want to know how do i tick a checkbox from my vb.net program. to this external software. to tick this checkbox and then the checkbox will do what it supposed to do, and not just change the gui to ticked without doing a thing,
View 2 RepliesI am using this code to open an Outlook 2007 application.
Dim psInfo As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office Outlook 2007.lnk")
psInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized
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I've been doing bits of research, and im yet to find a direct way to be able to get the processID of a window like "notepad.exe",
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