Is there any way to do so? I know its possible to programmatically eject/retract the cd drive SOMEHOW, cause Roxio does that when it prompts me to insert a disk.
Either c# or vb.net is preferable, but c and c++ are okay too as a last resort.
I am nearly positive there is some way to do this, I just don't know the methods to call.
I need to write some code to eject a USB flash drive for windows 7.
I have no idea where to start.
I'm using Visual Studio 2010.
Is there some kind of command or API to eject a drive by it's letter? such as Eject("E")
View 1 RepliesI was wondering if its possible to eject a DLL from a exe.
View 13 Repliesmy computer model has an eject key on top of it (touch sensitive), this handles the CD ejecting. But Windows doesn't native support this button, and I have to use Dell QuickSet to use this button (otherwise it does nothing). I need to hook onto this key and eject the CD Drive when it is pressed (I already have the ejecting and the hooking done). But I have no idea how to detect this key? There is no key in the key list for VB.NET, and I don't know what the eject button sends (Numerical wise) so I can't handle it that way. Does anybody know how to handle the eject key?
View 2 RepliesI have been trying to discover how to make the contents of a form expand or retract in response to moving its borders by grabbing them with the mouse, or by use of the 'Maximise' or 'Restore Down' controls.The explanation in �Help� concerning TableLayoutPanel, Panel, Anchor and Auto size doesn�t help much, especially as it I can�t get it to work.
View 7 Repliesi have been looking for a way for my application to 'safely remove hardware' or to eject the USB key specified, the application detects the removal and arrival of new devices but i am stuck on being able to eject them. So far my research has lead me to using setupapi.dll and CM_Request_Device_Eject and i have declared
Private Declare Function CM_Request_Device_Eject Lib "setupapi.dll" Alias "CM_Request_Device_EjectW" (ByVal dnDevInst As IntPtr, _ ByRef pVetoType As PNP_VETO_TYPE, ByVal pszVetoName As IntPtr,ByVal ulNameLength As Integer, ByVal ulFlags As Integer)
As Integer I usually code in asp for web application and have no idea how to use these types of unmanaged functions I made my function that takes the drive letter to eject by parameter
Public Function EjectDevice(USBDriveLetter as string) As Integer
'TODO USE CM_Request_Device_Eject() to eject the drive
End Function
I found pinvoke.net: cm_request_device_eject (setupapi) this info on pinvoke for CM_Request_Device_Eject() but i am clueless on how it works and the vb.net section looks portly documented...
I'm looking for a way to monitor drive activity using Visual Basic 2008. I want to create a small utility to simulate an LED in the system tray for drive read/write activity. I've found several such utilities that do this, but they all lack one thing or another, or they are over bloated with stuff I don't want or need, etc. I want to write my own so it will be like I want it. To get started, I need to know how to monitor drive activity.
View 3 RepliesIs it possible to read the serial number of a USB drive using VB.
View 3 RepliesThe VB.Net program in question creates several files, adds them into a zip file (using DotNetZip), and saves the zip file into a given directory (which the user chooses). This comes out just fine. But when I use it to save directly to my USB flash drive, I can't eject the drive without shutting down the program first.I've tried disposing the zip object (from the DotNetZip library), doesn't work. I also tried setting FileIO.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory to somewhere else on the machine, still no.
View 1 RepliesI recently reformatted my computer and now that I try running a program I made beforehand, I always get an UnauthorizedAccessException when the program tries to access the D drive. How do I make it authorized? I tried changing the security settings for the D drive but that wasn't really much help.
View 1 RepliesI am using VB from Visual Studio.net 2008. I need to understand how to build a VBScript or Application that will detect when a flash drive is inserted into a Windows XP SP2 system. Once the drive is detected, the VBScript/App must then automatically search for any available .ppt file (power point) located in the root directory of that flash drive. If the .ppt file is found, pptview.exe will launched opening the file in question.
This script will be located in the startup folder and will run until a flash drive is entered and then it should pause until the flash drive is removed and then start searching again. This is for a kiosk to be used at trade shows for a company I am working with. The company wants this to be simple and automated and only requiring that the user setup the kiosk, which has no keyboard or mouse, plug in a flash drive with a .ppt file on it. The system will then automatically load the slideshow and play until the system is shut down or the flash drive is removed.
I am pursuing this option because an autorun.inf file on the flash drive only adds another line item to the autoplay dialog. Although it may be possible to write a small script that will select that item, there is no guarantee that the user will have that autorun.inf installed on the flash drive in question.
Also it may be better to copy the .ppt file into a temp directory on the kiosk machine, so that in the event that the flash drive needs to be removed there is not data transfer taking place, minimizing the possibility of data corruption.
Most of the file handling I may be able to handle on my own, but it is the detection of the flash drive insertion and removal that is a problem. I am looking for some clarity on this point first. I may ask other questions later, but for now that is the biggest hurdle I have to cross. [URL]..
i am trying to make a program where it copies files to a certain external drive, but i cant figure out how to make it to where you enter your drive letter for the external drive and it copies it.
View 6 RepliesI have a USB flash drive I want to be able to plug into another computer and automatically start the program as soon as it is plugged in and started up, is there a way to do this?
View 8 RepliesI want to add Add resources to vb.net programmatically . I want to add an image resource (a .jpg image file) .
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View 17 RepliesI currently have a program that I made which opens other apps packaged with an installer. I have set the installer to install everything to the Program Files folder. However, not all computers have a C: hard drive. I have a way in which they can enter their drive letter in one form then in the next form it remembers the drive and will take them to the program. The problem is my program stores the drive letter in an xml file. On the startup of the program it looks in the xml file to find the drive letter, if there is no drive letter the form opens then lets the user set his drive letter. The xml file is stored in the folder "Math Wizard" in the Program Files folder. But if not all computers have C:Program Files I need a shortcut to the program files folder. I have been trying to use %ProgramFiles% (%Program Files% + "Math Wizardconfig.xml") but vb is saying that the % is an invalid character. Here's my code:
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I am trying to write a program that deletes temp files from my entire c drive. windows 7 will not allow any file manipulation. access denied . everything works fine in windows xp. what needs to be changed in my code to allow anyone to install this program on their computer and run it without errors like this. I need to change my code to correct this not windows 7, as other people will be installing this on their systems and they can't be setting their c drives. every answer i've found online is either to change c drive to have no security or set the code to demand uac to run as administrator(which doesn't work )
View 7 RepliesI'm running the following WMI script to get the associations between drive letters and physical drives on the system, but for some reason it omits CDROMs/DVD-ROMs. Can someone tell me how to get those as well?
Code:
ComputerName = "."
Set wmiServices = GetObject _
("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=Impersonate}!//" & ComputerName)
Set wmiDiskDrives = wmiServices.ExecQuery _
("SELECT DeviceID FROM Win32_DiskDrive")
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how to start my programming for my visual basic 2008 drive in movie theater personal project. This project I decided to work on will calculate and display the money made by a drive-in movie theater. I just want to make sure I started it right. This is what I started with:
Module Module1
Sub Main()
Dim TypeOfNight As Char
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Aw yeah, another thing I wanted to ask is how would I do the input, output, and If statements?
Basically the problem i have is i have made a program that creates and installs a registry key which changes default drive icons etc.
But registry key directories need double backward slashes in the directories, e.g.
What i recieve;
C:exampleicon.ico
What i need;
C:\example\icon.ico
I was thinking sending the directory i recieve to another textbox and replacing '' with '\'. Is this possible?
How can I close a window of external application programmatically in VB.net.I just want to close the current window without closing the whole process.
View 1 RepliesIs it possible to programmatically zip/unzip files in vb.net? Meaning, not that it will extract the files for the user, but take the files inside the zip and be able to use them in the application?
View 2 Replieshow can i programmatically set my program to 'run as administrator' without having to manually open the programs properties + selecting 'run as administrator
View 8 RepliesI have a program that allows the user to enter a drive letter into a text box. The program then takes the letter and find the physical drive number (i.e. deviceharddisk3..). It then stripes out everything and leaves me with the number 3.
In VB6 I used mDrive.bas from vbAccelerator.com and it worked perfectly. I have been all over the internet and back and cannot find a solution written in VB.NET.
I want to make a tool that will assign a USB pen drive a drive letter, I am using WMI to acknowledge the device being plugged in, I can pull the deviceID, name, etc now I just need to work out how to assign the device to a drive and I just cant figure it out
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View 1 RepliesI need to attach my database, that resided in the MyData directory of my application folder, to the instance of SQL server on client's machine. [code]...
View 2 RepliesI am trying to click a button but i cant figure out how to if it's a java button. I want to click it using my webbrowser in vb.net. [code]...
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to access an SSRS url in my app via backgroundworker. I've managed to generate events via the backgroundworker when my app starts. But how do I go to an url without Internet Explorer or any other browser starting up? I want to prime the ssrs server on the start of my application so the first report that is generated with it isn't slow.
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