I have application file and when clicked on it the application should be launched. I have used visualBasic.Command() to get the path where this file is present. In this path i get ("~") and because of this the .swf file is not getting loaded in the application. Is there any way to get the proper file path in which we don't see "~".
View 2 RepliesI have some ActiveX that was written for VB6. They all seem to return Variant types. Ex.
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In this case the GetPosition control is returning a robot axis position. It looks to me like the values coming back from the function is not getting converted to object type properly.
Is there a way to open Command Prompt using vb.net or vba without knowing the file path?. Is there a command like Open cmd.exe
View 3 RepliesI'm using VB.NET in Visual Studio 2008 in a Vista 64-bit OS. I'm trying to find an easy way (there must be one) to quickly retrieve from the registry the application file name and path to use in a Shell command to open a particular file. Specifically, I want the user in my app to be able to click on a PDF file and have the app open that PDF file using the application associated with PDF file types - Acrobat Reader, for example. Anyone have any suggestions as to proper coding & syntax for the following sequence?:
(1) Get name of .exe file associated with .pdf file type (most likely from the HKey Root Classes hive)
(2) Get path for the .exe file
(3) Shell("[pathname]appname.exe filename.pdf")
I've spent a couple of hours looking through the forums and haven't found what I'm looking for.
I have the following code in a VB .NET application. I am trying to update columns in an Oracle table with data with SQL data. When I run the application, I get (ORA-00933: SQL command not properly ended) for the 'or_cmd_3.ExecuteNonQuery()' line.
If I strip out the code and run it in TOAD or SQL Developer, replacing the temp varialve with some bogus data it updates fine. What am I missing?
ElseIf (oracle_summary_temp = ueio_tmpALM_Summary) And (oracle_request_ID_temp = ueio_tmpALM_ID) And added_to_alm = "1" AndAlso ({"Deferred", "Rejected", "Closed"}.Contains(ueio_tmpALM_Status)) Then
Dim update_oracle As String = Nothing
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I have a Access program and I'm using VBA code in the background to run Winunzip using shell command. Well, the path of the .zip file has spaces in it and it's not recongizing the path as a valid path. Is there a another way to tackle this problem besides the shell?I can't us pkzip either. Has you can see I had to use progra~1 instead of Program Files.[code]
View 2 RepliesI am trying to use my .NET DLL library that is compiled in VIsual Studio 2008 in Linux. Now for that they have this Mono CLI implementation but unfotunately they have not fully implemented Microsoft.VisualBasic library as of yet. So when i try to call certain methods from my DLL i get this error: "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.VisualBasic, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies.".
But not every function in my DLL crashes with this error. I found out that it is because this error only occurs when i use VisualBasic functionality. But the problem is that many things that come from this library are default things that you can do when using VB .NET.
Is there any way i can completely remove VIsualBasic functionality from my code in my DLL library?
I read in another post that setting Option Strict On is a good place to start but i still get the error even after doing that. Additionaly, i have unchecked VisualBasic namespace and removed it from references.
I am having a big problem with deleteing a file form the server. I have the filename for a image stored in my SQL database. the problem is i am getting an error of "Illegal characters in path. " Here is the code below:Everything is working fine until the delete command.
Protected Sub DeleteButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim tmpEquipID As String = Request("EquipID")
Dim tmpImageID As String = (CType(FormView1.FindControl("ImageIDLabel"), Label).Text)
Dim d As New equippicsDataContext
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E.g The user enters data into txtName, what i then want to do is make a text box with the data entered into txtName
So if the User enters Daniel into txtName, then a txt File is created called "Daniel.txt"
Command prompt's path wasnt default. How can we change that path. In mine it writes "c:usersusername>".
View 8 RepliesSo I ran into a problem when running a command whose Path contained a space.apparently anything after the space would be treated as a parameter to the command.In the code below, 'path' is the path to the command and par1 and par2 are arguments to that command. The code below works, but could someone tell me why it works?Initially I was creating a literal string by placing around it like so: """string""" , but I needed the fourth quote when passing a variable.How is the use of quotes functioning here? [cod]
View 5 RepliesI am trying to read and display a file using MapPath as follows :
Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf"
Dim FilePath As String = MapPath("../Document/123.pdf")
Response.WriteFile(FilePath)
Response.End()
This procedure will work fine and display in the browser. However, if I save the file to C:Document123.pdf, how can I access this file using relative path in MapPath function. Is there an option to access the file which is saved out of IIS server? I am using vb.net 2003.
I'm using acrobat that returns unix paths instead of windows path's. So im wondering if there is a way in vb.net to convert the path to windows path.
i tried using:
docs(i) = javaScriptObj.path().ToString.Replace("/", "").Substring(1)
position = docs(i).IndexOf("")
docs(i) = docs(i).Substring(0, position) + ":" + docs(i).Substring(position + 1)
this only works on local files, but fails when im starting to use network drives.
I am looking for a code snippet which opens a image, creates a clone of this bitmap in memory disposes this opened image so that all handles are closed.
Usually we can open a bitmap using this[code...]
the following code however keeps the Image File locked until the application is running, any suggestions how to dispose it properly. (So that no handle is left open )
Things i already tried: use dispose method of bitmap <= doesnt work (need to write implementation)
Using Block also doesnt work.
Error is coming Registry Access is not allowed.While Opening a Key.
Code:
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
NewDelete("HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun", "Sonia")
End Sub
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Reading a .txt file in VB.net. My file path is C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt.
This is my line of Dim LoanOptionsFile As String = "C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt"
I can read the file when I run the program, but how do I write the file path so that someone else can download my program and file and read the file on their system?
On one of my projects, when I try to run it, I get a "Invalid command line switch for "AL.exe". Illegal characters in path." error. I have installed the "Windows SDK for Windows Server 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5," and this error is after installing it.
View 2 RepliesI'm in need of a simple Regular Expression that will match all strings that start with the string "textures/". The problem probably is when to end the match.
Here is an example of the type of file I need to parse:
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I have attached an example file (it's from a game, and it's a free game, so I don't think this is not allowed?). When opening that with Notepad I see loads of spaces and a few strange characters. When opening it with Wordpad, I see mostly strange characters (but the "textures/..." strings I need are still there). When reading it with VB (IO.File.ReadAllText or using a StreamReader) I cannot get it to show more than a few random characters, and the "textures/..." strings are no longer there...
So I have a csv file:
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My problem is when i use this schema.ini, the 9th, 10th and 11th column of the second row of the csv file doesn't read properly if there's a special character in it (it supposed to be telphone number), i think because the row above is returned as a number(integer) because it's pure numeric:
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I have setup a file that is comma delimited:
{object name,text,object name,text...}
I have loaded the file, split the delimited text into to separate arrays. One array is for the' object name', the other for its corresponding text.The text is no issue. My issue is that the 'object name' would look something like "form1.label1, form1.label2..." This loads fine, but I can not figure out how to get the 'object name' to be used as an object.I dimensioned the array for 'object name' as an object, but this won't work:
objectname(i).text = "..."
Looking at the values of the 'object name' array, after each listing it says {string}I need this to work this way because the file is loaded with the idea that it could be in any order, longer or shorter then another, etcetera.
So my most recent project hinges on the ability to open a selected XML file and display the names of certain fields in a listbox control. This normally wouldn't be challenging except that the following variable is equal to vbNull (Nothing). Dim XMLReader As New System.IO.StreamReader(OpenFileDialog1.FileName)
View 5 RepliesI have a very basic Visual Basic Program that I created in Visual Studio 2010. It's a form application where clicking a button runs a simple calculation and then outputs the answer with MsgBox. When, I debug it works properly, however when I successfully build and run the exe, nothing happens.
View 1 RepliesWhen running an executable file (written in FORTRAN) directly, there is no problem creating output text files. However, when launched from Visual Basic Express 2008, those reports are not generated. I also observe that the program launched from VB does not wait for a user prompt as it should. What am I missing?
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
Process.Start("c:applicationpistonsimulator.exe")
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I have myself a self-hosted WCF server setup, which serves a clientaccesspolicy.xml and an index.htm which is just points to my xap (accessible via app.xap).
I'm currently serving them via the following code:
Public Function GetPolicy() As System.IO.Stream Implements IClientAccessPolicy.GetPolicy
WebOperationContext.Current.OutgoingResponse.ContentType = "application/xml"
Return New IO.MemoryStream(IO.File.ReadAllBytes("Server Files/ClientAccessPolicy.xml"))
End Function
Public Function GetIndex() As IO.Stream Implements ISilverlightServer.GetIndex
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It works, does the job I'm after. However, I don't think this streams the xap properly, and I know it's a streaming type. If this isn't streaming it properly, how should I stream it? (The endpoint that the XAP and index.htm files are coming through has a webHttpBinding binding). Is it being streamed properly? Or should I make some changes?
I'm having issues trying to get file system watchers working properly, I'm not sure whats not right here, I want to use multiple, but I can't even get one of them to fire on an event... simple form with a listbox for folders to watch and a listbox to list changes detected and a command button to launch watchers.
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
lstFolders.Items.Add("C: emp1")
lstFolders.Items.Add("C: emp2")
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I am trying to use the Command Line Arguments during the Form_Load event to load the file a user might have selected in windows explorer.
I have set some file associations during setup, so that any ".script" files will be associated with my application. However, my application can also open other (text based) files (it's a text editor), and I would like the user to be able to use "Open With..." and select my application to open the files in my application directly.
I have to use the Command line arguments for this, which will hold the filename(s) of the selected files, correct?
So I did this:
vb.net
For Each arg As String In Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
If IO.File.Exists(arg) Then
OpenFile(arg)
End If
Next
Now, when I open a ".script" file, my application opens and the correct file is loaded. However, in addition, the EXE file is also loaded for some reason! It has opened two files, <Applicationname>.EXE and the file I wanted to open. Because the EXE file is obviously not just a text file, it just displays some random characters, but I don't want it to open that of course...
Also, if I run the application in the debugger (visual studio), it opens the <ApplicationName>.vshost.exe file... So I thought, I can check for the extension of the argument, and only open it if it is a ".script" file. BUT I don't want that! I also want the user to be able to select any file and choose Open With... and select my application. That won't work if I check for the file extension...
I have my setup and deployment project is set to make the mailto: links refer to my program. It works with Firefox no problem. Internet Explorer complains that "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed." The mailto link shows as being associated to my program in the windows default programs thing.
My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(".mailto").SetValue("", "SGA", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)
My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey("SGA\shell\open\command").SetValue("", Application.ExecutablePath & " ""%l"" ", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)
The code below reads an Icon from an .ico file, converts the Icon read to a Bitmap and saves the bitmap using:
Bitmap.Save(PathA)
Then does:
PanelShowWrittenIconA.BackgroundImage = New Bitmap(PathA)
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I need to parse some text to extract the name/path of an image file inside an X file. The part of the file looks something like this:
TextureFilename {
"C:\\Users\\USER\\Documents\\Map\\Textures\\Grass01.dds";
}
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Well im making a program that will Add the Safe File Name of the File opened in the Open File Dialog to the first column of the listview and the File name and path to the second. What i want it so when i double click on the Safe file name it will open the file specified in the path in the second column.i already got the add file to it.
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