I am trying to replace a string which is actually different from line to line in a text file. I want to end up with a filename but without the path. For example:
My text file contains:
C: est estingmorefilename.mpg
C: est estfiles1 estfile4.mpg
W: estinglocation estingmore estfiles9.mpg
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So i have an .ini file where one of the lines is for the output of a file. i need to substitute the current output in the file with a filepath that is stored in my vb app (named filepath). so i need a snippet that will open the ini file, find the correct line, and place my variable in there. ill paste in what the ini file looks like
[PDF Printer]
output=C:\Users\bobbyt\Desktop\test.pdf
confirmoverwrite=no
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its not code so i suppose i shouldn't place tags around it. so that first line needs to have my new filepath in it.
File I/O and Registry :: replacing single filename in multiple directories and subdirectories
View 5 RepliesHow would I do that? Sample code is below that demonstrated that the file I opened contained the full path and file name.
I want to extract just the path and serialize that to the user.config file as a UserSetting value. Then next time the user opens the dialog box, it uses that saved path string to go immediately to the location previously used.
If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Properties.Settings.Default.persistConnectionType = openFileDialog1.FileName
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
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I suppose technically this isn't .NET specific but I suspect this is something to do with the registry and I'm using .NET!I'm trying to find out how to get the fully qualified path relating to a file type.For example, the system knows that to open a PDF file it needs to launch C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Reader 10.0Readeracrord32.exe
I've had a good long search through the registry and found a lot of references to the adobe path probably too many - and I've edited them to try and "break" the process so I can identify which one is used to discover the path but with no luck. I'm assuming this has something to do with HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT?
How can I remove the actual file name from the path returned by the FileName property of an Open or Save File Dialog?
All I want is the path to the file without the file name.
I have a site that has files that i want to list in a listbox.
[URL]
so i would like to take test.txt, and insert it into the listbox. how can i get that filename into the listbox without the full path of the file?
in my program, i use that code for getting the file path of a process, once it gets the path, it is put into a list view which has details like the task manager. the code works fine the first time, but with a little bug that is, when it reaches the vhost of my program. For some reason, it just copies the file path of my program even though the process has changed. After the code has gone through, i want it to refresh the list so as doing the same as when loaded...so I let it refresh and once again it copies the path of the vhost, but this time it has basically taken over every process' location. So in turn, I only get returned my programs location, for something like the task managers location, where it would be like "C:Windowssystem32skmgr.exe"
Here's the
VB
Private Sub frmmain_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
Dim Process As New Process()
Dim Count As Integer = 0
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The refresh code is frmmain_Load(Nothing, Nothing) just to make things easy for me right now, while i get that part of the program going. To me it seems to be working fine, but why it does that what it does, im not sure. as you can see, the process changes. and Ive even checked it through run time, and each and every time, the process.processname changes.
I use the followoing code to import an xlsx file into an Access 2007 table. It works fine when I enter the exact file name.However, part of the file name is a date which will change every week.The file location does not change,just the date in the file name.[code]I've tried using a wildcard but I get a Run-time error 3011.Db engine could not find the object. Make sure the object exists.
View 1 RepliesI am having trouble uploading any file to the path in the error message below. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is. I did some research on this and most sites say that the permissions need Read/Write access for the asp.net user. I tried this and I still receiver the error. Here is the error:
For example Error saving file education_calendar.pdf System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path "d:inetpubaophaUploads". at System.IO.__Error.Here is my code for the click event. I am not sure what is happening here:
Private Sub cmdUpload_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdUpload.Click
If IsPostBack Then
Dim MyFileColl As HttpFileCollection = Request.Files
Dim MyPostedMember As HttpPostedFile = MyFileColl.Get("File1")
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I am having trouble uploading any file to the path in the error message below. Does anyone have any idea what the problem is. I did some research on this and most sites say that the permissions need Read/Write access for the asp.net user. I tried this and I still receiver the error.
Here is the error:
For example Error saving file education_calendar.pdf System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path "d:\inetpub\aopha\Uploads\". at System.IO.__Error.
Here is my code for the click event. I am not sure what is happening here:
Private Sub cmdUpload_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdUpload.Click
If IsPostBack Then
Dim MyFileColl As HttpFileCollection = Request.Files
Dim MyPostedMember As HttpPostedFile = MyFileColl.Get("File1")
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in my text file i have two part. Called bottom and top. So i need to read the Top part first then and match the line with bottom part. Its like this
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What I basically have is a small game which I want to count wins/loss/ties. I have no problem with the game aspect but need to know how I can replace a string in a csv file. IE: If Jim wins the game, his 5 needs to be turned to a 6. After googling quite a while I came across the replace() function, but it doesn't actually rewrite it back to the text file
Contents of users.txt:
Jim,1.jpg,5,1,0
Will,2.jpg,6,7,0
Tom,3.jpg,5,5,0
Snippet of
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The issue I have, is if I try to use any sort of IO function after this (WriteAllLines, streamwriter, etc) - I get a process is being used and can't touch the file (because its being read).Must I somehow create a new file with a copy of everything including the replaced string?
I am using the following code, but cannot get this to work. I have got it to work if the replacement is just of one word. So if the word test is replaced by mouse and the only thing in the file is the word test, it works.
How can I replace like this:
CH_IPVOD_filename.mpg > replace the CH_IPVOD_ with nothing for the result of:
filename.mpg
?
I would like to replace every instance of ch_ipvod_ with nothing.
Public Class Form4
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim fso, inputFile, outputFile
Dim str As String
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have a script which puts multiple files into a folder periodically. I have a code to delete file. this code should run but gives me error that file does not exist.
' for each objFile1 in FSO.GetFolder(strPath2&""&acctdir&""&acctsubdir).Files
' acctno1 = Mid(objFile1.Name,1,11)
' if acctno1 = acctno then
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I am in desperate need of code that will allow me to search through a text file (.txt) and change the word "POLAR" to a string with a particular value, for examples sake lets say the string = "SUN"
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to write a statement where I'll be replacing the name of a category with a new name, but when it comes to executing the command I'm getting an error that says;
Quote:
Heres my command statement
CODE;
Sorry if this seems like I haven't searched, however I have. Maybe I'm not understanding something or maybe I just haven't found what I need. Anyway my question is this. How would I find multiple strings in a text file and replace them? So far I've been able to find out how to replace a single string with:
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I am trying to figure out how to replace text in a text file on a specific line number. (for testing, line number 4).
View 6 RepliesI have some large csv files (1.5gb each) where I need to replace specific values. The method I'm currently using is terribly slow and I'm fairly certain that there should be a way to speed this up but I'm just not experienced enough to know what I should be doing. This is my first post and I tried searching through to find something relevant but didn't come across anything.
My other thought would be to break the file into chunks so that I can read the entire thing into memory, do all of the replacements there and then output to a consolidated file. I tried this but the way I did it actually ended up seeming slower than my current method.
Sub Main()
Dim fName As String = "2009.csv"
Dim wrtFile As String = "2009.1.csv"
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1.i want to open a text file in the exe.using Shell "mathtype.exe" "Filename" ' Assume file contains "Hai"
2.I have to copy the content "Hai".
3.I have to paste/write the copied content in a text file,
4.Save the text file in "c:"
how do you transform an address like "file:///d:filename.ext" in "d:filename.ext"
without dirty string manipulation??
I am trying to trim the path from a filename. With the following code, it returns "My Documents" where I should be getting "Test.txt". if I change the 1 to a 4 I get what I'm looking for, but that's not going to work if I'm working with a file deeper into subdirectories. I need it to display the name of the file regardless of location or file type.
View 2 RepliesI am trying to trim the path from a filename. With the following code, it returns "My Documents" where I should be getting "Test.txt". If I change the 1 to a 4 I get what I'm looking for, but that's not going to work if I'm working with a file deeper into subdirectories. I need it to display the name of the file regardless of location or file type.
Private Sub trimname()
Dim filelabel
split = current.Split("")
filelabel = Trim(split(1))
Elbow1.ButtonText = filelabel
End Sub
I got an easy one this time How can I get a file knowing the path and the name of it, but not knowing the extension which I need to get. You can see at the moment I use this silly code which finds and opens some main filetypes for me, but if I could get hold of the file extension just by using the filename and the path I could open any document or image...
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Having trouble getting this to work. I'm trying to replace the name of an old company inside a text file "Matrix Construction" with it's new name "Walsh Brothers" but it's not going to hot.
Imports System
Public Class ReplaceTest
Public Shared Sub Main()
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This code works fine for returning the short name of path/file in XP x32, but in Windows 7 x64 it doesn't return anything.How do I get the short path/filename with vb.net 2008 in Windows 7 x64?
Dim RetVal
As
Integer
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Using vb.net 2008 I have a form with a PDFViewer control. I pass the filename and path to open the pdf. When the form is closed, AcroRd32.exe is not destroyed. It remains in Task Manager even after I've completely closed the application. The more pdf files I open, the more memory used. How can I destroy? I've tried setting the control = nothing, ctrl.dispose but neither is working. What am I doing wrong?
View 5 RepliesThis is the code I have set up to scan a directory of files:
Dim fileArray() As String
fileArray = Directory.GetFiles(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory & "help")
And it successfully gets all files in the directory, but it gets their absolute paths as well. For example, one of the entries in fileArray() is:
F:ProjectProjectinx86Debughelpook_troubleshoot.html
And I want it to just be:
book_troubleshoot.html
Is there a way to do this without parsing through all the array entries to trim off the path?
I am a new developer in general and decided on VB.NET for my first language. So, I decided that I should write a basic FTP client since the types of apps I plan on developing later on will incorporate file transfer. I imported the chilkat dll as a reference to my project since the FTP seems to work great. Anyhow, I've designed my program with separate interfaces for sending and getting files (see attached screenshot).
The problem here is that I use an openfiledialogbox to select the local file to transfer to an FTP server which this populates the textbox with "C: ext.txt", but chilkat wants the filename without the C:, or I receive an prohibited file name error when executing the send button. So basically I just need a way to store the filename text.txt without the C: extension so I can specify THAT name as the "remotefilename" which Chilkat will understand. The way I'd really like to do it is to have my send button remove the C: from the existing textbox and just leave the filename there - that would be fine.
I tried to research this and found that the path.Getfilename may be used for this, but I'm not totally sure how i should go about it. Here is the code of the Send button for my FTP Program so far. *By the way, this program works 100% if i just create another textbox, take the filename "test.text" and reference that as the remotefilename.
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