I'm looking for a windows "special folder" where user data can be stored and changed PC wide, not only per user.Up to now I've picked the so called COMMONAPPDATAFOLDER, but that doesn't work with a setup project, because the files copied there on installation (like a config file) are not changeable in Vista with a program used by a restricted user (probably because the Windows Installer performs with admin credencials).
View 2 RepliesI want to make a user control (name MultiSelect), which I will use for choosing items from huge list. For example I want to choose customers to make a view of their turnovers, so I will creat a new MultiSelect control which will contain a textbox (i canwrite starting letters) and a treeview (will list customers matching the first letters chosen in textbox).
View 7 RepliesI want to store my log files in the user's Application Data folder (to avoid all the hassle with Windows 7/Vista UAC permissions). By default, though, the app creates the folder structure like thisAppData/CompanyName/AssemblyName/AssemblyVersion/I just want a single folder without the AssemblyName and AssemblyVersion. Other than removing that info from the project, is there any other to just create a single
View 1 RepliesBasically I am trying to enable the user the ability to select a folder and the folders music files populate a list box. I want two list boxes on the page, one with all the contents of the folder and then the other one for files selected from the first box. I have no clue on how to do this at all...
View 4 RepliesHow can I do it so every time the user loads my application it will automatically (without prompt, or user selecting) upload all the files in a folder i select beforehand and add them into ListBox1
View 16 RepliesIn my application, user can select a folder via folder browser dialog box.
However, I want them the freedom to type folder name manually as well.
When they select folder path via folder browser dialog box, everything runs fine.
However, VB is not accepting user typed folder path eg. "C:Appjob"
In times past, most people coded on a terminal that was 80 characters wide. In many languages this has become, if not holy then close to it. But now many people have 20"+ monitors (or dual monitors), so screen real estate isn't as prime as it once was.
So my question is this: in Visual Basic code, should code be limited to 80 characters, should there be no limit, or is it really a subjective thing, dependent on where you work and your own preferences?
I have a lot of HD images within my program design and it is causing the screen to flicker when loading other forms. It is kind of
slow too. Is there a way to resolve this, for example, using a reference or component such as DirectDraw. Here are my computer
specifications:
Intel Pentium 4 /2.53GHZ
1.5 GB RAM
512 MB ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP Video card
19 IN. LCD Widescreen 1440x900 resolution monitor.
could it be the refresh rate of only 60HZ?
How can I allow the user to create a new folder and tell it where to be saved? I was thinking of using the savedialog but I don't know how to use it for folders instead of files.
View 3 RepliesI have a sub in my app that creates a folder called logs. I'd like to ask the user where they want to create the folder (explorer?) maybe even let them name it whatever they want. Also there will be text files created in that folder, so they will have to be saved in whatever folder the user creates.
Here's the sub.
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnServerDiagnostics.Click
Using p1 As New Process
p1.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
p1.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
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A group of senior Computer Science students here has a problem with their thesis which is about securing a folder/file, that is, the only allowed person to access (read,modify,delete) the file is the one who is currently log-in to (I supposed) the program they will make.
View 2 RepliesI am developing an application that has multiple forms and I wanted to know the best method to have application wide methods and functions. Currently I am using a Module with all my methods that are needed to be used across the entire application in it. However, I read at one point that modules should not be used, as they are only there to preserve backwards compatibility with older VB code. Is there a better way to have methods able to be called anywhere?
View 1 Replieshow can i capture system wide selectedtext?
i've managed so far to get a global mousehook + i'm hoping to capture the selectedtext from anywhere system wide when the user left clicks.
i tried using the keybd_event api to send CTRL+C to copy any selectedtext to the clipboard but it has unexpected effects + seems to run before the text i've just selected becomes selected.
here's the code i'm using:
Public Class Form1
Private Declare Function keybd_event Lib "user32" Alias "keybd_event" _
(ByVal bVk As Byte, ByVal bScan As Byte, ByVal dwFlags As Integer, _
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I'm trying to open a tool window as a child and although I can set the width to something like 50px wide in the ide, when it opens up its 125px wide. What is there to opening a widow with out much width am I missing.I have turned off the maximize and minimize gadgets and even the whole drag bar. When they open up when I run they are fat again. Looking for something like the tool window in paint.net.
View 1 RepliesI am after some GDI+ help, Basically I have an LED display which for example is 300 LEDs wide by 300 LED's deep, so you could say it has a resolution of 300x300.I am intending to use windows to process images ready to be sent to the display (as the display is dumb and simply displays what it is sent, But I require that the images are animated as well as static sort of like the basic PowerPoint animations (scroll on/off etc).to achieve this I need to write some code that creates frames much like gif's. So to scroll a 300x300 image onto the display I would need 300 separate frames.
So I have written the following code that uses the GDI+ objects to build the frames needed to scroll an image from the right or left.
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Currently I am able to see if a key is currently pressed via the GetAsyncKeyState function. Currently I just simply have a timer running in the background that constantly checks if a certain key is pressed in order to run a command. However my issue is if the user holds down the key it will continually run that bit of code over and over per timer tick. Is there a way or another function to detect a keyup or keypress only. This is my current code to detect keys:
Public Declare Function GetAsyncKeyState Lib "user32" (ByVal vKey As Windows.Forms.Keys) As Integer Public ReadOnly Property CurrKey(ByVal key As Windows.Forms.Keys) As Boolean
Get Return CBool(GetAsyncKeyState(key))
End Get
End Property
How would I register F7 as a System Wide Hotkey?This is my timer code
Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
SendKeys.Send(Keys.Space)
End Sub
When I start the timer, and open notepad, this is what i get
i need to store Application wide Settings in my Application like:
Connection to DB (Servername) Username/Password Registrar/Serial etc. I think there are basically two Options:
Store them in the Registry Store them in an Application Settings File Using one of the methods above is no problem, but under Windows 7 my Application running in normal user mode allows me only to store user specific data. For example inside UserAppDataRegistry, UserAppDataPath etc.
But when i want to use e.g. CommonAppDataRegistry to write my Data in, then i get no access to it, due to missing privileges.
Now my question:
Where and how to store Application Wide Data? How are others doing this? When i purchase an application and install it on my pc, it asks me for Uusername and Serial. When i insert it then it saves it somewhere without asking me for Administrative Privileges or something else.
I have a license form that i wish to save the information or just system wide information for that matter,I know about the my.Settings - however this will only save for a specific user and the aplpication scope you can not write to.Where is the best place or the normal practice of saving application wide information?
View 7 Repliesi am stucked with a procedure in my app. this procedure do monitor application.startuppath folder. if this folder is opened by user my application should close it.i have tried it to be done with system.Diagnostics.process. but wont be able to make it possible.
View 9 RepliesI have am Explorer form and I want to be able to use a treeviewNode and all of its contents to create a windows folder structure.Each Treeviewnodes would be used to create a folder.
The problem I have is that I am using a SaveFileDialog Form to allow the user to specify where the Folder structure should be created and it only accepts a file as input or end point.
How can I get the SaveFileDialog form to accept a folder, e.g the desktop, without specifying a document in the folder?
I'm making a little application in visual studio which loads a ROM in an emulator. I have two emulators and 20 ROMs.I made a form and added a few buttons. When you click the Button it opens a new form and closes the old one. Then on the new form I have four buttons: each one loads a different ROM in an emulator. So when you press Button1 this code is triggered:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles yellow.Click
Shell("C:UsersshiftyDesktoppokemon gamesEmulatorVBAVisualBoyAdvance.exe ""C:UsersshiftyDesktoppokemon gamesRomsYellowPokemon Yellow.gb""", vbNormalFocus)
End Sub
It works fine - I click it and it loads the game in the emulator. The bit im having trouble with is the file paths. If I send this application to a friend, it would still look for "C:UsersshiftyDesktop" - but that's on my computer, not his.Is there a way to make the application look for the file on his computer (without changing the file path to (C:Users""his user name""Desktop))
I've been searching for a while, but it seems that I can't find an easy way to get the current user profile folder. I've tried "%userprofile%" environment variable, but it didn't worked (or I'm doing something wrong).How can I do it? I want to add the value to an string variable.
I actually tried something like: Dim Userfolder As String = %UserProfile%
I tried with quote marks too, but none seems to do the trick.What I'm missing?
I need to find out the path to the logged in users profile folder in VB.NET.
I know there is one to get the AppData folder but I need only the profile path becuase there is a file I need to read in the root of the profile folder.
How would I get the current user's folder?Example:"C:Documents and SettingsOwner"
View 1 RepliesI have a series of GridViews in a Tab Panel - databound to a generic List of Business Objects.
The columns in the Gridview are all similar to the following:
<asp:TemplateField HeaderText="Company" SortExpression="Company.ShortName">
<ItemTemplate>
<asp:Label ID="lblCompany" runat="server" Text='<%# Bind("Company.ShortName")
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I've been looking at using PROPERTIES [URL] but frankly I don't understand it that well. Before I invest the time to read, understand, and truly comprehend this, I want to make sure it's the best way. My intended goal is to create my database connection string in a function/sub somewhere, then assign it to this project wide string variable, then I can use it in any form, project wide without having to recreate it.
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I have a dropdown list box that displays data from my database. Problem is that some records are quite long so the width of the dropdown box extends past the side of my screen. I have a reasonible width set but it is not stopping the dropdown box from getting as wide as it needs to display each record. How can I set a fixed width on this?
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropDownList1" runat="server" AutoPostBack="True"
DataSourceID="SqlDataSource1Usage" DataTextField="data_text"
DataValueField="ID" Width="280px">
</asp:DropDownList>her
I would like to get a list of the VB.net/C# "wide" functions for unicode - i.e. AscW, ChrW, MessageBoxW, etc.
View 3 RepliesWe are translating UI of one VB6 application designed in English (US) into Chinese Language which contains API's, we need to know how to use the Unicode (Wide) versions of used API for new (Chinese) Language and how can we find is there any wide version exist for that used API and how to modify existing API with wide API.
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