How To Recreate A Desktop
Sep 30, 2009
im making a program which is a sort of mock OS, and im wondering if it is possible that, when i click a certain button, a picture box appears in the space which is the desktop. The picture box must act as a shortcut, for example if i click on new text file, a picture box with a text file picture appears on the desktop space, same for folders
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you check the tutorials that you post! I am using Visual Basic 2008 Express, not any earlier additions! One of the tutorials was about how to make labels that tell you their screen location!
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Sep 28, 2009
Anybody have any idea how to recreate a datagrid like the one provided in the image or is there a control out there anyone knows of.Notice that the headers are split in a 24 hour period then the the next headers are split in 15 minute icrements. Anybody have any idea how to do this?
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Feb 20, 2009
I've created a class that manages two threads for reading from the stdout and stderr streams of a child process. The class is working fine now by pausing the threads when they aren't needed by calling Thread.Sleep(Timeout.Infinite), but I have a question about resource usage...
Does it make more sense to allow the threads to finish execution and recreate them when needed or to just sleep them and then wake the threads up via Thread.Interrupt when needed?
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Jan 28, 2012
I am making a Kiosk system and would like to recreate the Windows Taskbar in VB.NET, specifically the window management features of the taskbar: displaying open windows, switching between windows, and highlighting which window has focus. if the taskbar had the same positioning properties as the Windows Taskbar, in that even when other windows had focus the taskbar would still have focus and would not taking focus away from windows on the screen, and maximized windows would not maximize over the taskbar.
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Jun 10, 2011
I'm playing around with VB.NET once again since college and I'm trying to recreate a program that GeekSquad uses called the MRI for a friend.Upon doing so, I have run into a few snags. The must present one is once I publish my application to a particular spot that also includes already setup folders with portable apps setup in them. I want to use Process.Start("App Path") where App Path is the drive letter of where the Custom Program exe is located and calling file Test1.exe in the test1 folder in the root.
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Nov 24, 2009
I have done a project were I had to recreate a vb project to match the functions of a demo. In the demo the panda is unable to go through the rock. I have tried hard and am unable to stop the panda going through the rock. Please could someone show me how.
I have attached the project below.
The demo is contained in the folder of the file i have attached.
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Mar 17, 2012
I am using a button on a form which creates a chart at runtime when the user clicks the button. it works ok for the first time but when I select the button the second time I get a square diagonal box or indexoutofrange Exception.Note: I have another button that clears the series from the chart before reselecting the button that creates the chart.
Below is the code segment
Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Static Dim counter As Integer = 0
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Jun 11, 2012
We have a Windows Forms VB.NET application running on Windows Server 2008. Users access this app using Remote desktop.The app displays information in Excel, but Excel opens on the server.Is there a way for the .NET app to launch Excel on the users local desktop?
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Sep 5, 2011
Some of u already know I'm making a 'virtual desktop'- thing.Only one problem. When switching to a new desktop it starts a new instance of my app in that desktop (works) and on the form load event it says process.start("explorer.exe") <- here is the problem. It only shows a window not the actually bar.Also this may be important it shows the window, but when I navigate to explorer.exe 'C:Windowsexplorer.exe' and open it there. The explorer bar does show up.
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Dec 20, 2011
I would like to recreate the behaviour of a button or command button on an user control. I need to layout a group of this user control on a form so user can select only one at a time. When users click on one of this user controls a selection frame is drawn to indicate that it has been selected. The problem I have is clearing the selection frame when other control is clicked on. How do buttons or command buttons do this? If you layout a group of buttons only one is highlighted. I have tried using different events like LostFocus and Leave and nothing seems to work.
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May 17, 2009
I'm working on one of my applications and I'm trying to find a way to use the "Go To Desktop" function that goes directly to the desktop without minimizing any window (This can be achieved by clicking on the Win + D buttons or on the desktop icon in the quick launch toolbar), but how can I activate it using vb? I thought about sending keys but I guess there is more offical ways to do it.
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Dec 24, 2011
In the old days of windows workgroup 3.11 there was the possibility to copy and paste on the network.This feature has been removed which is weird today as we are in sharing information era !So would it be technically difficult to recreate windows for workgroup clipboard on windows 7 in c# ? What API method would be mandatory to use ? Anyone did already try ?
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Mar 20, 2010
I would like to make a image in the form representing the icon and a label below it to represent name but is there a easy way to do this.
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Feb 10, 2012
I refreshed my data sources to include additional items from the SQL Server databases and it appears that my entire data source from my VB.NET project disappeared.I am using Entity Framework. I may have clicked on something wrong, not quite sure. Unfortunately I can't recreate the Data Source without creating a new Entity and Data Model.I can delete the entry in the App.Config file and recreated it, however things aren't quite right.Is there a way that I can recreate my Data Source from the entry that is in my App.Config file...since that appears to have remained intact.BTW, I can go to my Data Model and successfully refresh from there, however my project isn't connecting to the database so I have quite a number of errors until I can get reconnected.
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Mar 28, 2011
As part of my current project for making student's lives easier by making an All-In-One application with many common programs carbon-copied inside it, I have a slight problem with sticky notes.
I am trying to recreate Sticky Notes as much as possible from the Windows 7 Sticky Notes Application. My problem is, I put a richtextbox on the sticky notes panel and wanted to either add a background image, or a transparent backcolor (my Panel that the textbox is in has the background image of the themed sticky notes). So my question is, is it possible to somehow dynamically make a property to allow the backcolor of a richtextbox to be transparent? or allow a background image?If you find an answer helpful, click the Helpful button. If you find an answer to your question, mark it as the answer. [URL]..
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Jan 27, 2012
Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop)The main reason is we area talking about an Environment that has XP, Win Server 2003 (TS), Win Server 2008 and Win 7. Obviously different path depending on the OS. I need to copy a file to a users desktop and would like to do so without having to hardcode the path as it could change depending on where they are working from.
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Jun 9, 2011
Being new to vb.net, how do i get a exec mod for the desktop ??
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Sep 30, 2009
[code]This works just fine in ASP.NET (web app) but, how do i do the same from Desktop Aplication (vb.net) ?
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Oct 9, 2009
I want to move a file from the users desktop to the running applications folder.This is what i have which works for me - but the desktop path will be different for each user so am looking for the system path
Dim FileToMove As String
Dim MoveLocation As String
FileToMove = "c:usersmedesktop est.txt"
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Apr 11, 2010
how to POST to a php file form a vb.net app: http:[url].... So now I've logged in the user user by posting their username and password to the php file, the php file then does security/checks they exist/etc and if both username and password are correct is stores the user ID in a session variable.Now if the vb.net app tries to download data off a page which needs the user to logged in, it checks this by doing:
if (!isset($_SESSION['uid'])) {
header("Location: index.php");
}
However after having logged correctly in the app the session variable is not set.How does session work with a vb.net app like this?When the user logs in successfully should I download the user id and keep it in the vb.net app and then post it to each page that requires authentication?
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Feb 7, 2012
I'm making "Sticky Notes" and I want to be able to pin those stickies to the desktop. Sorta like a BottomMost function. Is there something like that I can use and if not, how would I even go about making a function that would keep my form on the desktop?
'Pins the program to the desktop
If saved = False Then
saved = True : PinToDesktopToolStripMenuItem.Checked = True : lblClose.Visible = False : Me.ShowInTaskbar = False
Else
saved = False : PinToDesktopToolStripMenuItem.Checked = False : lblClose.Visible = True : Me.ShowInTaskbar = True
End If
The reason I'm not going to mark it resolved is because if I click pin to desktop and the desktop isn't the application directly under my application then I have to minimize every program to get it to stay on the desktop.
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Dec 8, 2009
In my application, when the main form loads, it also loads a second form.
This form has it's ShowInTaskBar property set to False, has no control box, and is not movable by the user.
This form is only used to show information about the PC, to the User.
I need a way to make the form pretty much completely inaccessible and appear beneath all windows. When the application loads, the second form loads above other windows and you can Alt+Tab to that form.
I was wondering if there was a way to get it to"set" itself on the desktop and no appear in the application list when you Alt+Tab.
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Nov 29, 2011
I am developing a school management system and I am struggling whether I should develop for [desktop app + wcf] or web app(website). Which one is going to be the best for the given scenario?The main goals for the "Integrated Web-Based School Management andQuality Audits Software Project for Secondary Schools are outlined below. In addition, specific objectives within each of the goals have been provided.Goal 1: To facilitate automated data entries in secondary schools
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Jul 25, 2009
i have two forms one is a text editer and the secone one is a big form and i want to save a file form the text editor to the secone form just like on a desktop would.
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Oct 19, 2011
Is there anyway of searching for a file (shortcut file) on the desktop in VB? I've tried :
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("DesktopMYFILE.lnk")
doesnt return anything
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("DesktopMYFILE.exe")
doesnt return anything
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Oct 1, 2011
I've spent a while searching around and I can't find a solution to this:I have a transparent, borderless form that displays a clock. I can load this just fine, but I want the clock to be part of the desktop, so it cannot take focus, is behind other applications, and is not hidden with Win+D (similar to applications like RainMeter).
I need the solution to work with VB.Net (I'm using 2010)
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May 18, 2010
I would like to come up with a simple application that would add a specific phrase into a specific location on a desktop application. I assume this isn't very hard, but I'm kind of new.
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Feb 6, 2009
Is there a way in VB .Net to add specific icons to a desktop like "Computer", "Network",Recycle bin", and "User" files? I want to be ablse to use it for XP and Vista, but Vista as a main priority. In vista you can Right Click the desktop select "Properties", click "Change Desktop Items" in the left hand corner, and then select the icons you want. I thought that maybe there is a way to do it by calling that, or maybe a way to do it in the registry.
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Aug 25, 2011
I am having in VB.NET 2010. I am writing an app to change the background wallpaper kinda a little project I am making for my wife's grandma. It is a multiple wallpaper changer to change the wallpaper based on a list of images she adds. Anyways! I have everything setup except the fact that it doesn't change the wallpaper...
This code here:
Public Declare Auto Function SystemParametersInfo Lib "user32.dll" (ByVal uAction As Integer, _
ByVal uParam As Integer, _
ByVal lpvParam As String, _
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Will NOT change the wallpaper but the same code works in VB6 I tried it because I have made something like it before in VB6 but it was a game that changed the wallpaper. Anyways, using the above code in VB6 works(well with a change to the SystemParametersInfo declare to work within VB6. But it doesn't work in VB.NET. I have NO IDEA why everything gets set in the registry just fine from VB.NET but I just cannot seem to get it to update the wallpaper...
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Oct 3, 2009
I want my application to sit on the desktop and not be minimised? Can I do this some way??? not showing on top either?
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