Reading String From Process - Cannot Return Variants

Aug 19, 2010

I have the code below (found on forums) that should read the string "34,56,23,74,69" starting from the first address of another process till the end. However when I start the project I receive this error :"PInvoke restriction: cannot return variants." With Search Engine for example, the string is found, displayed and changed without any problems. Right now I have a subroutine that searches the string but only if I put the right memory address, and unfortunately the address changes almost every day.

Imports VB = Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
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"PInvoke Restriction: Cannot Return Variants"

Jun 24, 2011

Public Structure WSADATA
Dim wversion As Integer
Dim wHighVersion As Integer

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Code above give me this error

"PInvoke restriction: cannot return variants"

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Reading String From Process Address

Aug 20, 2010

This code should read the string "34,56,23,74,69" from a process's memory addresses (in this case notepad), right now it works but very slow and I think it even breaks somewhere. My problem is with the ReadProcessMemory function. I can't make it read an entire mbi.RegionSize into the buffer. I tried everything and now, it only reads 1 byte at a time until the mbi.RegionSize is finished then it checks if the text that was read contains the text I need to be found, then it goes to the next mbi.RegionSize. Now, even with notepad which is very small it still takes 10 seconds to find something and I intend to use it with a much bigger program, so it will take like forever. Another problem is that it only finds the string "34". If I put "34,5" it won't work.

Imports VB = Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Security.Permissions
Public Class Form1
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
[Code] .....

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I'm trying to take a resultset, store in a class then retrieve the complete record for a given value. For example, the recordset has AnalystID (Unique), LastName, FirstName. I want to be able to pass the AnalystID and return the name. I need the ability to look up either last or firstname by analystID throughout the program. Here's what I have so far. I'm not sure I'm even headed in the right direction.

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I am developing a vb.net app that should read cell values from excel. However, it is not returning any results and I thought that it would be really simple. I have imported all the references viz. Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library.

Following is the function in my class file which should read the excel file

Dim mobjApp As Excel.Application
Dim mobjWB As Excel.Workbook
Dim mobjSheet As Excel.Worksheet

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Apr 16, 2010

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What is the best way to pass the four (4) parameters after the applicationName to the application to be launched?

Process.Start ("C:\MyApp.exe",
"CommChannel1",
"DeviceName",
"Language",
"UserName")

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Reading A Text File While A Process Is Using It

Jun 30, 2012

I am trying to create a program that will refresh a *.log file within the program itself (in a RichTextBox), but while the actual application that is writing to that *.log file is open and is utilizing that file as well.

I have tried multiple things with StreamReader, but I can't seem to get anywhere...

Simply, I want to be able to read a *.log file in my Visual Basic 2010 program, but while the actual application that is writing to it is running itself.

How can I do this, as I keep getting the error that another process is utilizing the *.log/text document?

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Jun 23, 2009

I have the following web method:

<WebMethod()> _
<ScriptMethod(ResponseFormat:=ResponseFormat.Json, UseHttpGet:=True, XmlSerializeString:=True)> _

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I wanted to use HttpGet here so that the result can be cached.

I tried every variation of calling this, but no luck. Is this possible with GET?

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I want the Function to accept List(Of String), Array & String and similarly return List(Of String), Array & String respectively. The Function simply adds a string (month) to the input collection. I just want to use it for string, array and list with needing to think of conversions.

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I've always been slightly stumped as to why the following happens if I write[code]...

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May 4, 2010

I am struggling to extract a 'matched' string and wonder if I am missing something simple.Let's say my code finds a string 'abcdefgh -john. smith 1234567 a123-a-123-f the last search, abc, 123 ;'I am searching this string for the pattern '[a-z]###-[a-z]-###-*'I know this text appears in the string as 'a123-a-123-f'I would like to be able to return the matched string value 'a123-a-123-f' to a variable.If I place a wildcard * in front of the pattern, it will find the text, but obviously everything else in front of it, is there a way that somebody can think of to strip the variable without using the preceding wildcard?I am not worried about the wildcard on the end of the string as I can strip back to the last space.[code]

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May 10, 2009

I need a regular expression that I can use in VBScript and .NET that will return only the numbers that are found in a string.

For Example any of the following "strings" should return only 1231231234

123 123 1234
(123) 123-1234
123-123-1234

[Code]....

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Jun 27, 2012

I have a class in this class i call a function which should return some string the class connects to an ftp server and list the directory and returns the filenames of the dir.

Code:

Public Function GetFileList(ByVal host As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal currentdirectory As String) As List(Of String)
Dim oFTP As FtpWebRequest = CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(host & currentdirectory),

[CODE]..........

So this should return all filenames of that directory

like:

Data1.xml

Data2.xml

Data3.xml

Now i have a form with a listview where i want to call this function and get the files of the "olist"

Code:

Return oList

HOW CAN I DO THAT? i mean how would my sub look like on my form where i want to call that function?

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Nov 8, 2011

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C function Declaration
extern "C" __declspec(dllexport) LPSTR Get_GetDescription(HANDLE)
C function Defination
LPSTR Get_GetDescription(HANDLE resultBreakDown){

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I have an attribute class:

[code]...

With that said, shall the Private Property Attributes() As String() not return the values of DirectoryAttribute placed over the interfaces properties as well, since I specify True in the inheritance parameter of the Type.GetCustomAttributes method?

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Jun 4, 2009

I have written a windows service that is meant to launch a notepad when a specific action happens. The problem i have is that even though the service launches notepad, the actual notepad it self is NOT visible. I know that it has been launced because i can see the process in the task manager. By the way the process is listed as a SYSTEM process rather than a process under my user name (i believe that is because my process is a "LocalSystem" one).

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Mar 10, 2009

I have an third part dll that have a function that returns a string.When I call the function I got for example "123456" back. At least it seams like that, but when i do mystring.length it does not return any length. If I set the text property of a label it shows "123456".

When I have the string I got from the dll I send it to a webservice function:

rem call dll and get string
dim mystring as string=mydll.getstring()
rem Send it to the webservice
webservice.SaveString(mystring)

The webservice crashes with an webexeption ("protocoll error") when I send in the string I got from the dll. If I instead send it like this:

rem call dll and get string
dim mystring as string=mydll.getstring()
rem Send it to the webservice
dim FixedString as string = mid(mystring,1,6)
webservice.SaveString(mystring)

Then it works and everything is fine. That leads me to think that the string I got from the DLL is in someway not terminated correct.And I dont know how to fix it from vb.net (I cant change the DLL)and I dont know in beforehand how long the string will be.The dll does only work on site when specific hardware is connected so I can't sit at the office trying to fix this in dev-environment. So I would like to have some possibly solutions to this before I go to the customer again.

Edit 1:I tried to just do a loop that looped from 1 to 100 (because I dont know the real length) and tried to copy all characters that <>"" to a new variable but it didnt work. I didnt try other variants because the day was over and I had to leave the customer site.

Edit 2:The DLL Im talking to is made in VB6. That DLL is talking to other DLLs that is made in C++ (I think).

My program < - > vb6-DLL <-> c++-DLL <-> hardware

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Feb 12, 2011

I 'm new to programming and to vb. So my question could be from misconception about what can i do. How can i pass a string to a "procedure" and get in return a object whith the same name as the string?

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I have a string (bufferedstring) which contains:

blah blah blah Version V3.5/7(030114) blah blah blah blah

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how would I get just that string out?

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Feb 5, 2011

I would like to insert the following into a string.[code]I want it to go into a string as follows [code]i.e. without the carriage returns.How do I achieve this?

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Nov 6, 2009

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I know how to replace quotes or other characters in a string.

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Return To Start Of A String For Searching?

Feb 1, 2010

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So within the first loop, I have a second loop "Do While Not ts_IN2.AtEndOfStream". And looping through that string searching for the reference point.

This works initially, but after awhile don't find anything because it is not going back to the start of ts_IN2 string each time loops on the first section.

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I'm moving code from code-behind to classes and run into a problem. I have a method which makes a string (an html invoice). In the method a final amount is created. I want to make a class called Invoice which will have the method "CreateInvoice" which will return a string and I also want to set the finalCharge property of the object.[code]

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Cannot Skip $RECYCLE.BIN "directory" In Reading Process?

Jul 1, 2009

Try
For Each foundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles("D:", FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*.*")

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