I'm in Visual Basic to create an update center for the software I make.I must find out what the installation path of a program. Eg notepad (which I know), or another program.I can easily find the file of the updater (Application.ExecutablePath).
But how do I install so the path of a program
I want to create a button that opens a supplied word document in their standard word handler like office or openoffice. But how do you find the Location of the exe (Or its folder) and using it to open the Word Document.[code]...
View 3 RepliesI have an application that allows the user to conduct database backups and restores. The users had been using Windows XP, with network security that allowed users to read the registry. For restores, the installation path to the SQL Server named instance was easily found by looking up the instance name in the registry using
restoreDir = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\" & m_DatabaseInstanceName & "\Setup", "SQLPath", Nothing).ToString
They have recently upgraded to Windows 7, and locked down the registry so that users can not read values from it. Is there a way (via code) to find the path to a named instance of SQL Server, so that the app can automatically place the database files (mdb & ldb) in the correct folder?
When I develop my app I have my db in
"Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=C:db
emoteit.accdb;Persist Security Info=False;"
How could I handle that in a finished application that uses install program. I want my DB in the same directory as my app. How could i handle this in my app? so the path should be correct?
I want to make a program which first of all check whether a serie of programs is installed, if a program is installed I would like to find the installation path, so I will be able to work with it further..My first though was to check in the registry, there is theinstallation path also mentioned right?Another possible way was to search all the harddrives for a specific .exe fil. If then the file is found, the program is installed, and you should be able to find the path to the found .exe file. This is more "secure", right? - Because not all program is registred in the registry right? (E.g. if you move it from another location, and doesn't install it).
View 7 RepliesI'm looking to make a simple install wizard to install my program (I know Visual Studio 2010 already has an installer) but anyway, I would like to make it myself, kind of line reinvent the wheel?
View 3 RepliesOk, so I'm at the point where I'd like to publish my app and see what problems may arise while it "runs" normally after an installation. I've never actually published an app before or deployed one.I have VB 2005 Pro and was assuming there was some kind of "upgraded" publishing feature over the Express edition, but they appear to be the same. When I publish, I am left with a folder that has these files:
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when I double click the setup file, it gives me the option to install, and I do. I can not select an install path or anything though. The application is running fine.What I'm curious about though is I have databound controls in the application with an Access DB file as a resource. Once I install the application, where do I go to manually edit the .mdb file? and where is it installing my App too? It also creates some text files which I can't seem to locate either.So what's the normal procedure for building a project, specifying output path etc, and providing the end-user a "nice looking" (read not default) setup/installation screen?
I read your suppose to go to file system, properties and change default path or something like that but I could not find that nor could the person who made the post.
View 6 RepliesI have a ClickOnce app that has been working fine for a couple months, until a day or two back some internal politics borked the server. The result of this was that the path for ClickOnce during install changed just slightly at one intermediate level. It used to have /is/ in the path, and the is has changed to something else. I changed everything I could find, including recreating the whole target directory in IIS on the server. However, when I publish, though the link is correct, installation is failing. The log shows that, after checking and installing some prerequisites, the installation is attempting to go back to that /is/ path to find the app for installation.
Can anybody suggest where that invalid path is located? I have gone through every property I can find in Project|Properties, and they are correct. I have looked in App.config, and that is correct. Where else should I be looking?
im an amateur programmer making a program for somebody else. i need to get it to run out of the box no problems and i need to find a way to automatically find the desktop for xp but it would be nice if the same code worked on vista/7 to but thats only if its convenient.
View 4 RepliesIm having kind of trouble looking for this info, but i created a POS program that when i install it, it install under Local SettingsApps2.0labla
So what i want to know if how can i make my system install like any other program, "Under Program Files/POSystem/" like so
I have an Access database ubicated in the path: C:Documents and Settings obertoMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2008ProjectsDictionaryDictionaryDictionary.mdb But when I execute the instrucction: stringConnection=System.IO.Path.Combine Application.StartupPath, "Dictionary.mdb") the path where catches the database is : C:Documents and Settings obertoMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2008ProjectsDictionaryDictionaryinDebugDictionary.mdb
That`s is the reason why I am astonished because the insertions and updates in the database are made in this last path. Why having the database path in other path which isnīt inDebug works with this last?
There is a field in the database whose value is the StoredProc name with full path.for example test01.test.dbo.spGetData
test01 is the server name
test is the database
spgetdata is the SP
I am storing this in a variable
Session("GetSP") = objReader(1).ToString() (test01.test.dbo.spGetData)
Dim Command As New Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand(Session("GetSP"), conn)
Command.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
I always get an error cannot find the SP and it shows like this test.dbo.spGetData It is cutting of the servername test01 always.how can i get the full path.
Im looking for a way that if the program detect that for exemple the path "C:" is "true" then it will add , for exemple , "Hard Drive" in the checkedlistbox.
View 3 RepliesI want to find the path where is installed an exe file. How can i do this if that app is running/not running. I know the name of application. (Visual Basic.NET 2010)
View 1 RepliesI'm need of some way of finding the UNC Path of a share via a script or command line or even a custom created program. I'm trying to automate deletion of users and the setup is a bit complicated.
Home folders are set up like this:
We create a folder on a Disk on a fileserver.When this folder is created, a share is automatically created on a lower levelThen the DFS Links are set up towards the newly created share.
Now, when deleting a user, I could just delete the DFS Folder, meaning that the target folder is the one being deleted. But since it's a share, that cannot happen.
I have vb.net application which is using Vistadb with following connection string. I am able to export data to excel also. But after exporting to report different than to application directory, program crashes and says that database not found in exported directory. i believe that there is something wrong in connection string but I van't find. [cpde]...
View 1 RepliesI started making a game in VB.NET, but I am stuck on the pathfinder. There are round objects. I want to know how to find a path get one object from one point to another (or at least as close as possible) without any collisions.
View 2 RepliesI like to search trough some folders to find files. My code to search trough folders and sub folders are:
Code:
For Each Dir As String In FileIO.FileSystem.GetDirectories(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath, FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories)
Next
How can I get the path of each folder and subfolder with this code??
How can i loop trough treeview and get path of directory of each folder in the treeview?I have this code for adding a color to a treeview item, but it seems like its not possible to retrive the folder path...
HTML Code:
'add color to folder in treeview
Private Sub RecurseNodes(ByVal
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How I can find path for installed application from VB.net if i know the name of application exe file?
View 6 Repliesi want to get path of current directory .
View 2 RepliesGiven that I have a file in path: C:ApplicationsGeneral UtilsAssembly1Assembly1BinDebugAssembly1.dll
and I am working in the following path:C:ApplicationsUnder DevelopmentApp1App1
is there some easy way to find the dotted path route from the application to the assembly:
General UtilsAssembly1Assembly1BinDebugAssembly1.dll
I have a program in vb express 2008 which I would like to publish in a little more professional manner than provided in the standard vb express package. I would at least like to include a "Terms of Use" document the user must agree to before installing the program. I have dovnloaded and installed web developer, c# and vs 2008. Do any of these include a professional installer? If not are there any free installer packages available? I am 72 and live on a limited budget so I cannot aford an expensive package for one program.
View 3 RepliesHow would you after the user install your program have it run? Is they code you can add to your program so after install it runs?
View 8 RepliesHow do you install VB Libs ? the .DLL's ?
View 6 RepliesI create the program using wndow vista. and i want to install it on other cmputer and it using wndow xp pro.
View 4 RepliesI'm programatically looking ito a .aspx file and getting the file class name declared in its CodeBehind. For example, when analyzing myFile.aspx I read in its Page Directive and found its CodeBehind equals "myApplicationmyPage.aspx.vb". Then I use the code below:
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I'm trying to read a file on a SharePoint 2010.I am using Visual Studio Express 2010.I have looked at a number of different solutions but just can't seem to find the correct path to go down to ascertain the best solution.I only need to know how to download one file from a SharePoint directory.
View 3 RepliesHow can I get the application's path in .NET in a console app?
I would like to find the absolute path from where my exe file is running.
i.e if i run my application/exe from c:my-appmyapp.exe then it should return c:my-app.
My target is to find my database location inside the db folder.