I have a resource file that I include in my shared code library that has all of my re-usable classes in it (all the resources go into their own namespace). Now, what is the best practice regarding resources... should I include them in the same DLL, or should I have a seperate resource DLL and/or are there any benefits from seperating them out into their own file.
View 8 RepliesSo i created resource file New --> new file --> Native Resource Template Then added icons with custom id, like "x", "u_100", .. so i understand, what the files (in my case icons) is.. And i saved as 32-bit resource file (*.res) So i have a question, how can i use these files inside of resource file in my apps? i know how to add icons in to my app.. Me.Icon = New Icon(C:/icon.ico)
View 6 RepliesI'm pretty sure this is something super easy, but how do i access a resource that is in a separate project using the expression syntax?I thought it would be like so:
<%$ Resources:SomeNamespace.Resources.Web, PleaseSelectAnImage %>
where SomeNamespace.Resources is the project that the resources are located in.
i normally just do <%= SomeNamespace.Resources.Web.PleaseSelectAnImage%> but i need to have this inside a control. <kw:SlickUpload ID="SlickUpload1" runat="server"
ValidExtensions=".png, .gif, .jpg"
InvalidExtensionMessage="<%$ Resources:SomeNamespace.Resources.Resources.Web, PleaseSelectAnImage %>" >
so when i just do what i normally do, it puts <%= SomeNamespace.Resources.Web.PleaseSelectAnImage%>" literally.my project name is SomeNamespace.Resources. the resource file name is Web. and the key is PleaseSelectAnImage.
I need to refer to some strings using an "indirect string" in the registry. It should be in this form:
@filename,resource
MSDN: "If the resource value is zero or greater, the number becomes the index of the string in the binary file. If the number is negative, it becomes a resource ID."How can I find out either of these numbers for my resources that only have names in VB? I also need the ID/index for the exe's icon.
I have a resource file for a program, and i have determined that the resource file just a big string of files glued together whole, i know that the movies contained in the file are quicktime mov. Where can i find information on the quicktime header? and how can i determine the length of a file once i find it?
View 1 Repliesdear sir i have problem n resource file i develop an alarm clock but the problem is a playing auidio
View 5 RepliesI am preparing a project.I buried my necessary files in the Resource folder.
Now , how can I run a file in that folder?
Right now i have a line of code, in vb, that calls a text file, like this:
Dim fileReader As String
fileReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("data5.txt")
data5.txt is a resource in my application, however the application doesn't run because it can't find data5.txt. I'm pretty sure there is another code for finding a .txt file in the resource that i'm overlooking, but i can't seem to figure it out.
I have added m.wav as a resource file & now want it to play onstartup?
View 1 RepliesI want to add an xls file as resource to my vb.net project.
I added the existing file and when i write the code which will help the user to download the file , i am not able to see the resource listed in the dropdown .
Dim b() As Byte = My.Resources.abc
System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes("C:abc.xls", b)
MsgBox("abc downloaded in C:", MsgBoxStyle.Information, "Project")
I added a rtf file as a resource in my vs 2008 app. However, when I try to run the program and load the rtf file into the richtextbox I get an error about not being able to find the file. I created the namespace for my.resources and am using the following code to load the resource rtf file:
View 2 RepliesI have added two images as a resource in my project. I'd need to copy these images to a certain folder when the program is started. I'm not familiar about using resources, so far I have managed to set a picturebox to show one of these images like this:
Dim res() As String = GetType(Form1).Assembly.GetManifestResourceNames()
pBoxTest.Image = New System.Drawing.Bitmap( _
GetType(Form1).Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(res(0)))
But I don't know how to get the url of that image so that I could copy it from it's url to another place.If I now try to find out the location of that picturebox's image I get an empty string: MsgBox(pBoxTest.ImageLocation)This should work in any computer where the program is run so of course I can not just hardcode the path of this resource.
how can i extract exe from my resource file ? to some where i read many topics but none of them works see picture below
View 3 RepliesI am developing a VB.NET 2008 application, consisting of a main EXE application and several resource DLLs.
I need two functions for the DLL:
1) one function to get a list of all files in the resources of the DLL.
2) one function to return 'by name' a resource file as a System.IO.Stream type.[code]...
I'm having issues accessing the resource file for my project.
Dim rm As Resources.ResourceManager = New Resources.ResourceManager("MyProjectName.My.Resources.Resources", [Assembly].GetExecutingAssembly())
Dim myValue = rm.GetString(lookUpKey) 'boom Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
I think the issue is with the string "MyProjectName.My.Resources.Resources".Would I be better off moving the strings into their own resource file?
How to .txt file from resources put in listview
To listbox its like this
Dim a As String = My.Resources.Hrana
Dim b As String() = a.Split(vbNewLine)
ListBox1.Items.AddRange(b)
But i need for listview
I have several resource files I would like to be able to access in my Visual Basic program by using code. I have added them in folders in the projects folder, and have also chose the "Include in project" option for them all. However, I am a bit confused when it comes to the correct format for linking them with the code. I didn't think using a full path (starting from the C: drive), then linking to my main project folder, would be a good idea since when the end user installs it, the path would be invalid. I tried to type the path like this: "ResourceVideoABCImage000.jpg" however, I receive an Invalid Parameter error. The only way to make it work is to enter the entire path name.
View 2 RepliesWhat is the code for opening a file from a resource (I have already placed the file there), i.e. opening an excel file or .txt file with the click of a button on a form. I can not seem to find this anywhere. I am using VB.net (Visual Studio 2010).
View 5 RepliesI want to open file help in my resoure.[code]...
View 1 RepliesI have a PDF file that I want to open in my program. It will not be viewable outside the program. Can I embed this PDF file as a resource and call it when I need to display it? If so, how do I call it? I found this information for C# but not for vb.net.
View 11 RepliesI have added a resource file in App_GlobalResources called FileList.resx. Now I access the contents within the code by using My.Resources.FileList.astro1 etc. It works fine if I set the Build Action of resource file to Embedded. However in this case the resource file is not available after compile and I can't change it later. If I set the Build Action to Content I get an error : Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "WAP.FileList .resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "WAP" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed.
View 2 RepliesWhen i am connecting to my Access DB outside the resource folder of my project, database is updating.Why is it when i am adding the Database to my resource folder on my project,and after connecting it the database is not updating anymore...
View 8 RepliesI have added a .dwt file (autocad template file) to my project resources and i want to execute it when i click a button. How can i do that? I have searched a lot, but didn't find a solution.
View 6 RepliesMy USB stick is over crowding and I can't make enough folders to organize it.
So I want to make an application that would store all those folders, files, applications, songs, etc.
So What Im thinking of is this but not sure how to do it I can add the files to My.Resources but I don't know how to run it like .exe files or some other files
So Im going to make a TabControl and have like 5 or 10 Tabs On each Tab like lets say Programs, I will put labels of the program name. I click it and that program will run ( the program will be inside the main application)
An application I'm building requires that I save a wav resource to a wav file on disk. I can do it just fine for mp3's, but when I try to save the wav resources I get "Error1Value of type 'System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream' cannot be converted to '1-dimensional array of Byte'."[code]...
View 3 RepliesHere is a fake code i want u to translate to vb2008[code]...
View 14 RepliesI have some .txt files in the resources of my vb.net project. I am trying to use the command:
FileOpen(1, "FILE NAME", OpenMode.Input)
How do I use my resource location as the file name?
How I can run exe file from my resource. I have a program that I put it in my resource so I want to run it with out tying c:/ and d:/. I want my.resource.MYFILE.EXE
View 8 RepliesI am trying write a code which remember what shortcut keys are selected by user last time . Its can be done by (My.settings) but when the *.exe is moves from it location it reset. so now i want to store it in a resource file.[code]...
View 3 RepliesI used to posted a question on the problem I've discribed for the resource file randomly disordering by VS 2010 (also seen in VS 2008). And there was no obvious key to solve the problem.Designer codes are messed up by VS..But today I have a good news for you all: there might be ways to recover the problem.So I hope the moderators and devs of VS would notice this topic.
1. Build a form, and lay several kinds of controls, (maybe must) containing several ContextMenuStrip, ToolTip, ErrProvider, etc.
2. Set Localizable = True, and set some text(maybe must) including tooltip on/errinfo on properties for the controls at another language eg. Chinese PRC.
3. Double click and open the resource frmxxx.resource.zh-CN from the right or left (of your layout)panel by showing all files. Where frmxxx is the form we are just designing with languages.
4. From the opened resource file grid, remove some items. This is a not-common action (and I suppose this would be the reason why ppl were replying that they had never met the problem I've posted above), right, but it does very useful when the devs who want to remove some localized strings that no longer needed. Disgard the prompt and click OK.
5. Save the project or not. That does not matter.
6.0 DO NOT CLOSE VS NOR close your project. Just continue to go back to the form designer, and make more changes to the controls'text/tooltip/errinfo properties.
6.1 OR, IF YOU NOW CLOSE YOUR PROJECT and/or reopen later, the problem WILL NOT HAPPEN.
7. Save the project. Now check carefully, and you may found some properties are already messed up cross-controls!What is worse, this is just a beginning of the story. Developing the project in the first couple of days is alright if you don't care about the disordering of properties. But a nightmare would come to you someday, sooner or later, when you could never solve the problem but only to restore or giveup.
I don't mean that this would happen on every project everytime, and not sure if it's the only way to go, but it really taking occur by following these steps now. Fortunately I have just created a backup of my project so I can have it restored without any lose of work.