I got a problem here. How can I let the program run in background when I click the minimize button on the right up corner?While it is running in background, I also wish there will be a small icon shown in the system tray.
View 3 Repliesthis is really bothering me, my program seems to run faster whenever I click on some other window so the form doesn't have focus. What is going on and how can I fix this?
Here's the troublesome section:
ListView1.Items.Clear()
'loop through the updates
[code].....
I am looking to write a program that runs in the background that monitors the USB ports on a PC. If a specific device gets unplugged I want a message box to come up saying so. Is this possible. I am guessing I would need to query the usb devices for their ID and then write a simple If then statement, however I do not know how to get the IDs of the usb devices.
View 7 RepliesI develop an appliaction which is running a process in the background. This process is "forked" from the application (I'm not using threads). The process may take a few minutes while the 'father' application is waiting to the process output, so I'd like to enhance the application with the following:
a) a "Stop" button (like in IE, FireFox) to stop the process in background
b) A status bar that displays what's going on while the process is running in BG.
how to draw a button or status bar of course... I mean how VB.NET handle with stopping or displaying while something else is running in background and how to do it.
1. When the program is running and if i save the data , it gets saved in the db. But when i close the program and again run it the data gets discarded
2. Say first i have saved the info about person 'A', and then When i Save then info of Person 'B', instead of the the details of B the details of A is getting duplicated[code]...
For some reason, I can only run my program at college where I created it. It runs off of E:/ (usb port) so when I take it home, it won't run as at home, my E:/ is a CD Drive. How can I change my program so that it runs off of all drives?
View 4 RepliesI loaded a Lightswitch program on an XP machine and after load all of the updates it runs fine. I tried to load it on another XP machine with all of the updates loaded and it looks like it installs and it shows up under programs but it looks like it starts to run but then nothing happens, there are no new processes running.
View 1 RepliesI have made a program that has an intro screen, moving onto an activity select screen which acts as the main interface to get around the program. After creating the program and installing it on my computer, when I close the program from the activity select screen, using the "X" at the top right corner, the program continues to run under "processes" in the task manager.If I close the program from the intro screen though, it will close everything, including the processes. Is there anyway I can get the same to happen with the game select screen? I can make it work by putting my own "End" button on the form, but id prefer to be able to do it with forms own close button.
View 5 RepliesI created a program in MS Visual Web Developer 2010. It has a form that simply launches a script that manipulates a database. The project lives in several files and they are all inherited so they see each other and it accesses a MSSQL Express DB on one of our servers.
When I F5-Run the project locally on my PC it works fabulously. When I copy it to a web-enabled (application) folder on the server it executes but almost my very first line of code fails with this error[code]...
I'm trying to run a program that runs fine on XP OS, but it won't run on Vista. I've tried to install msinet.ocx in the system32 folder, but it never works.I've tried to register with regsvr32 but it gives error I've tried to register with regsvr32 with cmd as administrator it's register the Activex Control but it gives error " Unexpected error "
View 1 RepliesI would like to know if there is a way to see how long a program runs. I have one that takes a very long time to run, which is not the problem. I start it and go to bed or leave for the day. When I come back it has finished. I do know it takes hours. Is there a way to find out how long it does take to run give or take a couple of minutes?
View 3 RepliesI want the cursor to change when moving over pictures. Can it be done prorammatically? The solutions offered in the forum do not function. Changing the cursor in the property window of a picture is refused.
View 6 RepliesI've been looking for a way to create a launch sequence that runs the program while simultaneously minimizing the IDE to the tray.I've been unable to find even a discussion on such.
View 5 RepliesI made a project that open pdf files in the debug folder. But when i am trying to publish it program runs but can not open pdf because the published folder doesn't contains the pdf files. How can i publish my project with all the pdf and swf files?
View 12 RepliesI created a program that has 11 threads running simultaneously.Each thread runs a stopwatch and measures the amount of time that passes between the Start and Stop.There is no code between the start and stop, so most often, the result is 0 milliseconds.I noticed that INITIALLY, after a few minutes, the program would slow and the output to the RichTextBox would become disjointed.So, every two minutes, I have a timer execute and end the threads and restart them all.This seemed to help, however, after about an hour and a half, the program becomes more sluggish, evident in the stopwatches recording more instances over 0 milliseconds.Does this have to do with 'garbage collection' and is that even possible in VB .NET (I thought C only had that), or perhaps memory management?
View 1 RepliesI've created my program, its all fine and dandy, only problem is i want it to start when windows does.i have read a few threads and adapted some codes.. i have this [code] now it wont let me debug, presumably because of admin rights. although when i navigate to myprogram's .exe and run as admin it runs the program and seems to skip the the whole reg key section .
View 6 RepliesIam looking for a way to save a checkbox' state between runs. So that if a checkbox is checked and the program is the closed down, it will remain checked when the program starts up again and vice versa. I've found som deferent guides around the web but i cant seem to get it to work..
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles Me.FormClosing
Dim ExtApp As Integer
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I wrote a simple auto login script to update my IP address on a certain website. Something really strange is happening now though. The first time I run the program, nothing happens. However, the second time I run the program, that instance will work fine. Then I look in task manager, and the first program is still running, using a whopping 50% of my CPU. I believe VB may be blocking off memory or something, as when two instances are running each is using around 25% of CPU. Then after the second one successfully completes, the first starts to use 50% again.
Here's my code below:
Option Strict Off
Public Class frmTest
Private Sub frmTest_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
[Code] .....
I am creating a very simple game for a project. There is opportunity for bonus marks, and one thing I would like to do is be able to "save" the game. The only thing I need to do is save about 4 variables to be recalled the next time the program runs.
What is the best way to do this?
I have searched Google, and there are ways to link the program to an Access database, but that seams a little extreme. I tried seeing if you can make an XML file to hold them, but I can't really find any good information.
I have a complex form to allow the user to configure my app.
What's the best way to save the form state & reload when the program next runs.
I mean text he has entered in list boxes, the selected item of combo/list/radio, whether a checkbox is cheeked, etc
[code] The problem in my case, this is not working with this code. All I need are random numbers outside the above boundaries.Please note when I remove 'Not' in 'Loop While' statement, the programme runs indefinitely!!
View 11 RepliesI'm having an issue with the startup of my build app with vb2010.Let me explain what the situation is at the moment.
I have a form and a splashscreen. I use the application events (startup event) to check if there is a network connection, if so the splashscreen will run and it will check if the database is available, if this is the case, it will copy the online database to the local ms access database.If the startup check of the network is false, it the user gets a message that there isn't any network available and the program will try to run normal, then when the user clicks the ok button of that message, it will check if the local database has any records. If so the splashscreen will run and the program starts normal (without copy the database, because there isn't any network available).The issue that I am having is, that when there isn't a network connection and the local database is empty, (I do get the message that the local database is empty), but the program still runs, while it should exit.Here is the code of the application event:
Protected Overrides Function OnInitialize(commandLineArgs As System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection(Of String)) As Boolean
Me.MinimumSplashScreenDisplayTime = 5000[code]......
And here I am with a new problem in my program When I debug it everything works fine (the buttons, progressbars, pinger, spambot, When I compile it and run the Executable file, it works too.When I run the Executable file on another computer (tried on 4 different ones) the program stops working and
I get this error:
{$ exception. "Failed to create the form For more information, see Exception.InnerException error: File or assembly ." Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks, Version = 9.0.0.0, Culture = neutral, PublicKeyToken = b03f5f7f11d50a3a "or one of its dependencies not found. The system can not find the file specified .."} System.Exception {System.InvalidOperationException}
[Code]...
I have a VB 2008 console application .NET 3.5 who handles large data tables in a SQL 2005/8 database. Sometimes when SQL server do not response as application expect. Then SQL Connection change status from open. I try to get the event of changed connection string before error occurs.
1 - SQL Connection status changes from open to another status
2 - When this event fires a fix sub routine or function starts and fix the sql connection
3 - Return back where SQL Connection was when status was affected by program.
My app is a large list of SQL Commands who runs in a class orginsed as a simple list of sqlcommands.When a SQL Connection fails I will start at the last point in the program after SQL Connection are open again.
What I am looking to do is write a VB.NET program, as a service that reports anything on client1 that I want (say the fact it is online) to a database on the internet, so I can look on management1 and see the online status of the machine (assuming management1 has a connection to the online database).
What is being reported doesn't matter, what I am looking at is a starting point to create a system like that. I have googled obviously and come up with nothing, I'd just like a "starting point" or some documentation to look at for creating something like this. The service doesn't look too difficult but the periodic reporting of online status or ANYTHING to any kind of database is not something I am sure how to deal with.
I already have setup a VBS that reports information to an ASP script that then places it in a database but I don't know how I would create say a "keep alive" connection for a vb.net service.
Tried searching and found some related issues but none exactly like I was having
I iterate thorugh a DGV and write to one of the fields of the row. After it writes this field, I do an update() command.
I've created a form with a PictureBox on it and would like to dynamically create another PictureBox on the form while the program runs (to the left of the static one). I've written this code:
Dim temp As PictureBox
temp = New PictureBox
temp.Image = StaticPictureBox.Image
temp.Visible = True
[code]....
When I run this code I can detect that the temp PictureBox does get created. However, it is not rendered onto the form. It seems like it's there but is invisible.
what I would like to do is create a program that runs in the task bar next to the time. What I want this to do is listen for the key stroke combo of CTRL-ALT-T no matter what program they are in. When they hit this key stroke I want the program to do is hide the task bar on the bottom of the screen. you know how you can change the hight to two rows one row and so on but you can also drag it down so it has no rows and can't see it. Then when they hit CTRL-ALT-T it will then display the task bar with what ever the hight wa set to. Just don't know what direction to go to do this.
View 3 RepliesI am teaching myself VB, and when I try to run this program, I am getting "An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is: Object reference not set to an instance of an object." If I was to declare the variables inside each event handler, the program runs, but why won't it run when I make the scope public? Seems repititous having to declare the variables in every event handler. [code]
View 7 RepliesI need to create a small program that runs in the taskbar to monitor browser urls for particular words.We are using it at work to catch people going to certain banned websites in the work place.Right now it works if i hand code each banned site into the code directly and run with a timer:[code]This works perfectly. Problem now is the Admins want direct access to add/remove different sites to the list.There is no way I am giving them access directly to my code (a bad day comes to mind).So I am attaching a small database with a small table to the server and allowing them to add URLS there. I am stuck in how to use this data though.I have tried pulling up the database column into a listbox but can not configure the code to check each line in listbox to compare to each browser window.
I also tried listed the items in a one column datagrid and try to loop through each row to compare each window.I need each browser window to be compared to a list of items and trigger events if a match is found.If your wondering why I am building this, our IS security people are all or nothing. Either no Net or Full Access.Also our people are a bit to smart to be tracked through history or simple blocking methods.