I have multiple .mp3 files that I have added to the resources of my project, and the thing is, that the mediaplayer won't play .mp3 files from the resources, so I need to extract them to the filesystem in order to play them, but I can't find any way to do this. All the things I've tried have given me the error saying that I don't have access to the folders I try to extract to. And yes, I'm on the Admin account of the computer.
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I am in front of a great dilemma whether to store files in Database or doing it the standard way. I would choose the second option, but my application will be used by multiple users, so I am doing it by Web Services.
On the one hand, storing in database will be very useful as every user would have access to everything very fast, not caring about file paths, locations and so on.
On the other hand, if this table consists of 1000 files, wouldn't it be a bad idea as there should be some performance loss?
At the present moment, I am using mysql as database, but I am thinking of moving to SQL Server, but I suppose this is not DB Issue.
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.
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.
View 1 RepliesThis 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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lets say i have a program that consists of a form and 2 buttons.Now i want to make a theme.I want the background to change and the button background icons to change
(Button1 makes the theme Green and Button2 makes the theme Red)
Suppose i have : C:ThemeGreenButton1green.Picturefile[code]....
ATTENTION: What i want is that the images can also be shown on another pc user that doesn't own them.(Of course this is not the case.I just want to Understand how i can add some files to resources)
I want to add 20 small exe files in Resources. The total size is only 1.5 mb. I've added a couple of exe files and I see them in the "Resources" in Solution Explorer.
I've tried to start with:
Process.Start(My.Resources.PROJECT1.EXE)
But I got an error:
'EXE' is not a member of 'System.Array'.
(This is about the VB, Visual Studio 2010).
Can you not copy files from your resources? [code] I don't get any errors but I do get an exception saying it couldn't find the file. I want to do this other than supplying the directory that it is located on on my computer because I'm not sure it it will work on other peoples computers if i have the path of the file set as "C:UsersMike.Mike-PCDocumentsVisual Studio 2010ProjectsJava IDEJava IDEResourcesCompiler.bat".
View 19 RepliesI have an executable that i added to the project and I would like to be able to execute it with file arguments/parameters... is there a way i know how to execute a file but there seemed to be a problem when i was trying to get the .exe to execute while it is a resource.[URL]
View 1 RepliesI want to add few files into my application (through "My Project" -> Resources) And then i want to make button that exports them into folder with SaveFileDialog... In Simple Steps -> I Open The Program That I Made In Other PC -> I Press "Export Files" -> It Opens Me Save Dialog -> I Save The Files -> They Appear From The Application...
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to make a V.O.S, (don't ask) and I have 2 questions:
1: how would I run programs in my resources files? (For example, if i included "Random.exe" could i do Process.start("Random.exe")? or what would i do?) Also, how would i add resources and settings files at runtime? is this possible?
I am adding all of my files as resources into my project (so they will work on another computer) however, I have some videos that I added as a resource for playing with AxVLC and I can't seem to figure out how to get them to work. I'm getting an error :Error 1 Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'AxAXVLC.AxVLCPlugin'.
View 7 Repliesi'm like kinda making my own installer, creating directory's & registry stuff works fine. But now I need a method of copying files in my projects resources to the hard drive. [code]
View 1 RepliesI'm making a map creator that chooses images randomly from various sets. What I'm trying to do is set up subfolders in Resources and put the different images in each folder - e.g., a folder for streets, a folder for monuments, etc. Then I just make an array of images out of the files in the folder, and pick one.
For some reason, I can't find a simple way of getting at the subfolders. I've tried using IO.Path.GetFullPath(My.Resources.ResourceManager.BaseName) and appending the folder name to the end of it, but no luck.
Is there some other way of getting the path? Is it even possible to use subfolders of Resources? Is there a better way of doing what I'm trying to accomplish? I'd really like to avoid creating the image arrays by hand.
I made a program that has mp3 files in resources when I published it I found that it doesn't work in other pcs only mine now what should I do?
View 1 RepliesIn short my program plays a random embedded audio file when a timer runs out, is there a way to refer to the my.resources files as an array and use them that way rather than needing to know the exact file name of the resource?
View 2 RepliesI have a file (only 280kb) added to My.Resources I want to copy this from My.Resources to, lets say, Application.StartupPath When i try:
System.IO.File.Copy(My.Resources.File, Application.StartupPath & "file.ext")but then i get this error:Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'String'How can i do this?
Is it possible to copy files from my resources to the hard drive? In other words, I have a few files located in My.Resources & I would like to copy them as needed to the users HD.
View 3 Replieswhere can I find VB resources, like graphics, sounds, & other related files?
View 6 RepliesI am witting an app that will generate batch files to do an unattended installation of a share point 2007 farm. I already have a batch file I use and it's pretty big. I copied and pasted the content into my application, and I'm using the System.IO.StreamWriter to write to the batch file from the winform. [code]As you can probably guess, I'm doing all of this in my mainform code window. There are maybe 3 or 4 batch files that will be generated based on the selections made on the form. For example, I'm generating a batch file to create the OU, Group and service accounts the farm will use in active directory, I'm creating a batch file for all of the variables that will be used for the additional batch files created, etc. How can I split this up? is there a way to create the batch files without having to actually copy, paste my existing batch file content into the mainform code window? I'm using file.writeline on each line of the pasted content by the way.
View 7 RepliesI have a very simple program which simply populates a listbox with a list of files stored in a directory.
Try
lvScripts.View = View.Details
lvScripts.Items.Clear()
lvScripts.Columns.Clear()
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However, I'd like to embed these files into the application itself and open them from there rather than from looking at the directory.To this end I've added each of the files as a resource but I don't know how to populate the list view with a list of the text files in the my.resources rather than a list of the text files in the directory.
So in VB.NET I created a resource file called "source.txt" (as its a text file). My program will take in the text in the file, and then compile it into an executable.
How do I access this file which is in my resources folder in my project?
If I took a COM object (specifically Excel 2003 workbook) and made it an embedded resource of my executable, would that improve the notoriously slow .NET-COM interop at all?
View 1 RepliesIs there an easy way to edit the code below so that it copes (works the same) if the embedded resource is not a plain text file, but a compressed text file?
Dim tempList() As String
tempList = My.Resources.ENABLE.Split({Environment.NewLine}, StringSplitOptions.None)
For Each strWord In tempList
enableFullList.Add(New Words(strWord))
Next
I have seen System.IO.Compression but can't work out what to do, DeflateStream, GZipStream etc.
I'm working on a program where I've got a WebBrowser control that displays an HTML file from my 'Resources' folder. Like so... WebBrowser1.DocumentText = My.Resources.MyHTMLFile That displays the text from the HTML file just fine, but it does not display the CSS styles or images that the HTML file uses (even though I've added the CSS file and images to the 'Resources' folder as well).
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I'm working in this application in Visual Basic Studio 2010 I have a combobox where user select phone model and textbox where a text file is loaded when user select model, I added text files to the project resource because I don't want to put them in files in the root directory of my application
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what I need is a code to make text box load the text file wich have the same name of selected in combobox for example when user selct : CT-810 in combobox the text file with name: CT-810 must be loaded in the text box and so on for other combobox records
I am having a _ton_ of issues, and I am hoping some of you could clear it up...
1. OK So a while back someone showed me an example for fonts from resources, but I noticed if you close the window that it opens, The entire program shuts down... what can I do to fix it?Also, The fonts are not showing up on all computers, only this one....
2. I am trying to delete a image file, which the program downloads from the internet, and can change regularly, but when I try to delete it will not delete. It says its in use, and I cant figure out where.
3. I am trying to play videos using the following
vb
Private Declare Function mciSendString Lib "winmm.dll" Alias "mciSendStringA" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String, ByVal lpstrReturnString As String, ByVal uReturnLength As Integer, ByVal hwndCallback As Integer) As Integer
Const WS_CHILD As Integer = &H40000000
[code]....
Now, I have confirmed the files it is attempting to play are in fact valid video files. It refuses to play all but the last one.
I'm trying to create a "quiz" program in VB. The questions to be asked are placed inside text files and have the following format:
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> VB thinks that im trying to open a file named, what im trying to do is open a txt file which have a file name similar to the value of integer.
labelQuestion.text = variable.Readline().
i'm unable to debug my project that i made. i save it and everything, but it just won't playit says Warning 1 Could not find type 'WindowsApplication1.My.Resources.Resources, Time table'. Please make sure that the assembly that contains this type is referenced. If this type is a part of your development project, make sure that the project has been successfully built. C:SchoolIPTTime table, using 2 loopsTime table, using 2 loopsForm1.Designer.vb 123 0 now when i open it up and try to debug it , it comes up with an error, i even try referencing it but it does nothing ,
View 2 RepliesI Want to filter a file using filesystem watcher. In that, I want to filter more than one type. Let it be, *.exe, *.java..
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