I have tested a few applications downloaded from net. They are surely database applications but when I checked in the folder where the application is installed, there is no database (no mdb, sdf etc.) When I install my application, my databases are always in the folder.
What is the trick to make them invisible but they should still work.
How do I create HIDDEN files and folder (eg. a config file to store program settings) in VB.net?
View 2 Repliesi have a project and wish to use a setup file that installs all required software .net etc . I can manage this using the publish function .But i also need to add a couple of csv files to the installation.
change the installation folder to program files instead of application files . I think i need to use the setup and deployment and add a new project using "visual studio installer" .This as far as i have got i can not seem to create a setup (the one i built just hangs)
When my program is installed, I need to place a folder in the directory path of "C:\" in order my program to work. How do I include the folder in my project, and then durning the install Place the folder where it needs to be? Could someone be so kind as to point me in right direction to read up on something like this?
View 3 RepliesI'm writing a windows form application in VS2008 using VB. I have a text script file needs to be deployed together with my application. How do I reference this file when coding and how to deploy it using windows installer? A similar question, how do I reference the installation folder of my application?
View 8 RepliesI can add a folder in the setup/deployment project and it gets added when my project is installed. when I do it by writing code, I get a message "access is denied", but the programme will continue to work. I eventually worked out that I had to right click the exe file (in programfiles) and run as administrator so that the directory is created (as the form loads).
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to publish the application and install it on another PC. However, when I install the app, it doesn't include the .wav files; I have to add them into the folder myself once the app is installed. They are included in the solution window under bin/debug before I hit publish.
Using
My.Computer.Audio.Play(Application.StartupPath & "" & "Treyson.wav")
to play the sound.
My problem is that i am using a data base and every time i publish my project it keep giving me the error that the path is not correct, how can i over come this problem? how can I make the data base go with the installation files?
View 1 RepliesCan it give a problem if a file is saved this way in a program:
Public aPath As String = Application.StartupPath
Dim outfile As New StreamWriter(aPath & "" & accountfile1)
I am trying to import a bunch of excel 2003 files all with A:H columns and they are under the same headings etc. into a table in access 2003 database. This is a module in access im making. Im using a file search to look for every file that begins with Format (which they all do ) to get at all the files in the folder path. is there a more efficient way to do this? somehow select all files in a folder? and import each to the same table in access? The DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet seeems to take each file path individually so I'm not sure how to get each file name in the folder to import it.
I have this at the moment:
Sub Import()
Dim db As Database
Set db = CurrentDb
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I just made an application using MySQL for the database. I use WAMP.Can I combine WAMP and my application installation into one packet installation ?
View 2 RepliesI have a question regarding publishing vis ClickOnce. For the publish options, there is a Publishing Folder Location and there is a Installation Folder URL. clarify the difference between Publish and Install, and when it would be apropriate for the two to be different?
View 3 RepliesI published an application and copied the Application Files Folder ,setup.exe and .application file to a network folder for others to install on their machines. What causes this message to appear. Should'nt the new version over write any previously installed version on a machine. Although in this case no other version has been installed. You cannot start application...from this location because it is installed from a different location
View 1 Repliesi want that multiple users of my application will be able to change a database of my application.
I do now write the application files to a c:ProgramData subfolder.
The problem is that i cannot write to this folder.
I tried to set its permissions automatically but this did not work either.
In which folder should the database of my application be placed so that even non administrators can change it ?
im coding in vb 2008 express, just wondering if its possible to delete the application files folder without causing the app not to run? seems it stores every previous version i have created. is it necessary for them to be there? im using click once to publish.
View 1 Repliesin the current project im making i've decided to add in some tools, 1 of which is a renamer based of a renamer app that already exists (called scdtoolz), i want to build my own version of it so i can learn some new things, and build a nice GUI version of it.[code]So what i have managed to determine is that the current app scans the folders contents for the CRC32 Checksum, and renames based of that, since the 456.bin's CRC32 Checksum was 2274F80B, and in the text file 2274F80B is found here 'WWF - Rage in the Cage (T-81015)(U)#2274F80B#'So now i have determined game identification is based of the CRC32 checksums, how would i go about coding a similar ap in vb.net?first i need to make the app scan a folder, but how to return crcchecksum? and then rename if check = XXXX? If MD4 sums are easier/simpler i can use those instead, im lookin at a few hash app sources now, so i think i can see how to get the md5 but not the crc32 yet, or how to rename the 2 files and folder based of the text file.
View 6 RepliesI have added some files that I need to be downloaded to the Application start up path. So I set Build Action as content now the files have been copied some where [code]...
How can access file from the application.
I have created an updater for our clients application. The way the updater works is to download all the updated files and store them in a temporary folder then check the file hashes. If everything is ok it will copy the files to the applications installation folder. Once this is been completed it will delete all the updated files in the temporary directory.
My problem: I am looking for a directory that will be available for XP, Vista, and Win7. I was thinking about the 'temp' directory.
I have added some files that I need to be downloaded to the Application start up path. So I set Build Action as content now the files have been copied some where
C:Documents and SettingsTestUser.ANNAMLocal SettingsApps2.0DataHVDRBMY5.8AA858AT9VM.TNP est..tion_2d7cfc137d9c2c74_0001.0013_432bd4561850d290Data
How can access file from the application. My problem since it is a dynamic path will it be same folder count so that we can use like ....Data Some think like this
I have written a VB.NET (2005) service that is using My.Application.Log to write log entries to a FileLogTraceListener. I have configured the Listener in app.config to write the log file to the executable file's directory by using
location="ExecutableDirectory"
When the service runs, it writes log entries just fine, but they are not in the executable file's folder, but rather in Documents and SettingsLocalServiceApplicationData....1.0.0.0mylog.log
Why is the location parameter not being honored?
Here is the complete system.diagnostics section from my app.config.
<system.diagnostics>
<sources>
<!-- This section defines the logging configuration for My.Application.Log -->
<source name="SplintService" switchName="DefaultSwitch">
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I am designing a program that will backup a user's profile in Windows XP. So far, the only snag I've come across is copying the 'Signatures' folder from 'C:Documents and SettingsUSERNAMEApplication Data$MicrosoftSignatures' I believe the issue is that the 'Application Data' folder is hidden. [code]...
View 10 RepliesI want a code to create a hidden folder , Sub Folders , And files in the FoldersHow can I do thatI usually use the following code to create a folder
If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists("c:Test") = False Then
My.Computer.FileSystem.CreateDirectory("c:Test")
End If
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Is it possible to make a folder that is password protected that is only viewable by your application? I want to make a program that can make such a folder and allow access to it only through the program.
View 6 RepliesI wrote an application that copies files from Folder(A) into Folder (B) First it checks if the files exists if yes it will copy them and it will over write the them in fodler (B) and is working great , but if I have a file in Folder(B)that is located in a subfolder the file inFolder (A) will not be copied to the new location.
belwo is the code to copy the files if they exist :[code..]
I need to ASP.net Page that links automatically to files(pdf) stored in a folder in the same root of the web application..so the script will read the contents of the page , if the file is available in the folder it should create a link to it automatically and if not it stays static text.
View 1 RepliesI am just learning Visual Basic and I am following along in a book called "Build a Program Now!".I have an application that is calling a database in SQL and there are instructions for copying the .mdf and .ldf files from the bin folder to the project folder that should allow any changes made in the running application to be reflected in the rows of the database.I have copied the files as per the instructions, but the changes are not showing in the database.
View 2 RepliesI have created deployment package for VB.Net appolication and it runs fine. When setup is rnning, I want deployment package to move a file from bin folder to other specific folder. how can I move this file to specific folder.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to public a VB program and I want to install the program from the same directory I am publishing it to which is a file path of the form P:DirDir. This doesn't seem to be working... In the publishing folder text box I have a file path but it won't allow me to put that same file path in the installation folder text box... and it has brackets (if different than above) over the installation folder text box so that should mean it is not a required text box.. but when I go to publish now it asks for me to put a path in there.
View 6 RepliesIn VS 2010, under "Installation folder URL" (under Publish) I have inserted this "\localhostProgram FilesRajoni" - my project name is "Rajoni". Isn't this the path where I want my app to be installed on user computer? Because in my Program Files I don't have anything
View 2 RepliesI have many text files in a folder. What I can do now is to read through one text at a time and insert it into the database. My little app reads a text file when I debug it. So, I need to run it several times to read all those text files and import them into the database.
My question is how to read multiple text files inside a folder at a time. Here's my code which works fine but it reads only one text files at a time.
Private Sub btnRead_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnRead.Click
Dim filelocation As String filelocation = "F: xtfilesch25.txt" Dim chid As Integer chid = 25 'read from file Dim MyStream As New StreamReader(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath,
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Obviously, I need a way to loop through a folder and check if there's text file. But I cant get it right.