From my understanding, it is possible to have programs run before system start-up (e.g. Login screen) with a Windows Service. I'm using VS2010 and VB.net. I need to be able to start a server with my program that can be managed from the login screen. Is this possible? If so, how would I do it?
View 1 RepliesWhen i try to run a msi using System.Process.Start("test.msi") in a vb app i get the following error. The installation package could not be opened. Contact application vendor. Msi file works fine when double clicked, tried System.Process.Start with text files and exe files and they work fine, problem only with msi files. Running vista. Also tried xp but no luck.
View 2 RepliesEvent type clr20r3 p3 4a5c12c0 system.net.sockets.socket Exception and Application crash on some system. while running well on others. i go thorugh many forms and search a lot on google but not able to resolve the issue.
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I have developed a vb.net database application(desktop application with sql 2005).I managed to create setup files(.msi) which is running on my pc.but when i install this application on my client system the application is running but all database operations fails.
View 6 RepliesI've created one project where I want to start application directly minimize in system tray,it is there but I can see it also in taskbar. [code]
View 5 RepliesIt's using send keys to click a link which works fine for me. but as soon as i drop it to tray it stops ? then continues when restored.
View 2 Repliesi want to write a program that runs ONLY in system tray, and when i click on it it shows a context menu.. everything i already know, but..
My program shows up in menu, when i click Alt + Tab, or Win + Tab.. A made it invisible, hidden, changed the transparency to 0, but still it shows up..
Notifyicon1.visible = True
NotifyIcon1.Icon = Me.Icon
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I have developed a windows application which connects to Oracle Database and upload and retrieve data (using System.Data.OracleClient). It is working fine in my developement system. When I build a setup and deploy in another system, it is giving error that Oracle Client is missing.
Do I have to install Oracle Client in the client system to run my application?
(When I visit Oracle site for Oracle Client, it is asking me to download a 200 MB file)
Is there any other way to do this with out installing Oracle Client in the client system?
We run a CRM package and one of the features that it lacks is the ability to Date and Time Stamp when someone updates an activity. I was wondering if it would be possible to write a vb.net application that would start minimized to the system tray and then assign a hotkey to this app, for example CTRL Shift and K, that would paste a date time stamp into what ever application was focused at the time.
View 1 RepliesI have made my application to start automaticly when windows start (registry ../currentversion/run/appname + path). In this mode the application start minimized and an little icon appear in the notification icon area. With this icon you can maximize the app or exit it.If you exit the app and start it again using the Menu (Start/programs etc) than the application start in minimized mode (and in this case I would like to have it in normal mode) because the setting autostart is still true.Is there a way you can detect when the application start when windows startup using the above registry or when people click on an icon in the programs menu (or desktop)?
View 2 RepliesMy intentions are to add command line switching. I am trying to see if i could run my application in varoius ways i.e.
App.exe -S - Start the application in XX Mode
app.exe -T30 - Start application with 30 second delay
and that kinda switching.
I'm using Process.Start to start an external command line application and using the StartInfo.Arguments method to send parameters to the application. I imagine I'll need to use a loop... but I can't figure out exactly how yet.I need to send anywhere from 1 - an infinite number of files names to this application. Each file has to be sent one after the other. So once the first one is done, I need to loop back around and past the second one.I can probably use the Directory.GetFiles method to get all of the files, but I don't know how to assign them.
View 7 RepliesVisual Basic 2010 - Net Framework 4.0 Client
I have an application (application #1) running with Administrator privileges on Windows 7.
I want application # 1 to start another application (application #2) without Administrator privileges so application #2 is running as a standard user.
Is there a way to do this? I have been using Process.Start.
We have a windows service running under a network account that calls and runs an ActiveX exe. The exe is running under the local system account, not the network account of the service.
View 1 RepliesI have a combo box I am filling on form load.I am using "SelectedindexChanged" to detect changes in the index to run the code when the combobox is used.Unfortunately, it runs the code on start up as well.
View 5 RepliesI had done one application using api which send the message to given number. The working of software is very fine without any error working on windows XP SP2. I heard that vista already contain the .net frame work so didnt installed .net frame work in machine. I checked in vista it shows .net frame work is in machine. But when same code i tried to run on Vista it gives the error. Error is as follows
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
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System.AccessViolationException: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt.
at SmsSendingApplication.frmSingleMessage.InternetOpenUrl(Int64 hInternetSession, String& lpszUrl, String& lpszHeaders, Int64 dwHeadersLength, Int64 dwFlags, Int64
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For some reason I can not get the following code to work properly:
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I am running macros from a button click in my application. I want the macros to run sucessfully before it start another process. I want the StartMacrosI to start and complete first before it starts DeleteFilesI. I need to wait for it to complete before I do the next function/sub.
Below is my code.
Private Sub Button2_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
StartMacrosI()
DeleteFilesI()
End Sub
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I am having a form1 with only two buttons----
1) Start backup
2) Cancel
If "Start backup" is clicked.... system requires a lot time for backing up many files from source to destination. If I want to free the user before "Start backup" procedure is not completed ...
then what would be the code for "Cancel" button...? Only I want to stop the running procedure of "Start backup" quickly.
My Application as you may remember ONLY runs from the CD and is never installed onto a computer. It is a Product Support CD. All Information that a customer may need is on this CD, they can Download PDF's and Drawings and even save some Software Apps that may be needed onto the user's Hard Drive, but the CD App running is never installed onto a computer.
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I'm having different results when running openfiles.exe manually than when I run it with Process.start() Below is the portion of code making the call. I have read in several places that using the "runas" verb might make a difference since I am running on Win 7 x64, however I am still experiencing different results.
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what account for this error message in ls beta 2?'' The last change wasn't successfully persisted.Please shot down the running application.
View 1 RepliesDeploying Winforms Application to Client Machines Application Failing on start
View 8 RepliesI have seen a similar post under C++ but after reading that post and many others I have been unable to find a solution for VB VS2008.I have just ported one solution withseven projects from VS2005to VS2008. All seemed fine at compile time but when I attempted to step into the code in the debugger I received the following error:
View 1 RepliesI am installing an app I built in VB, and am getting the error "Application validation did not succeed. Unable to continue." I have successfully built and installed this app previously. What I think caused the issue is I attached the .mdf file I have referenced in my application to my SQL Server. I then detached the database in SQL Server, opened my VB app and re-built the app. When I tried to install the app, I received the error. Attached are the details of the error message.
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I'm using Process.Start method to launch another application from my application. Until today, there was no problem. But I have tested my application in a different OS, Windows XP (SP3), and my application didn't work right on that. I'm also using arguments to run that application. I guess for some reason my application couldn't send arguments to other application correctly under Windows XP. Maybe it is related to my code. But you should know, it works great on Windows 7.
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Which is the best way to store application and user settings of an application running with multiple instances?My problem is that using the vb's "Application Settings" one instance would overwrite the other one.I want to identify each instance with a number passed via command line argument. I could use this number to identify the appropriate settings of the running instance, but I see in a local INI o XML file a better way to handle that.
View 1 RepliesLet's say 10 desktop shortcuts, all with different names/icons, point to and can start the same exe application from the same directory. Is there any means for the application to know the distinct name of the shortcut that was doubled_clicked. Also is there any means for a running application to know if it was started by command line, by a double_click on the exe, by a double_click on a shortcut that points to it, or by another process' call?
View 4 RepliesI am trying to use Setup project. Want my setup to create a desktop shortcut with my application.I donot understand how to do it. Clicked on User's desktop, I created Shortcut to User's desktop, changed the properties Target and Working Folder as 'Application Folder'But it does not connect with MyApplication.exe When I ran the setup and tested Desktop short cut, it took me to the folder where application was installed, instead of running the application.How to make the application run using this shortcut?
View 1 RepliesI'm having a problem. I have researched this for over a week and have not found what I need. I find a lot of great suggestions but none of them work for me.My code and program works 100% if you put a valid program, process or file name in the box but if you don't, it crashes. Also if the program is not registered or in a known path it will crash.
I've tried My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(txtProcessName.Text) and System.IO.File.Exists(txtProcessName.Text)
But every variation I try thinks that none of the files exist.I don't want to hard code any of the paths or file names because I want this to be dynamic. I also want it to be a one file program. I know eventually I will need to get into multiple files but I like basing all my programs on a file that can be copied and pasted to any computer and ran without problems.
NOTE: This is a multi-function program. Not only does it start programs but it also terminates them, looks the process up on the web to see if it's spyware, adware or a valid program and it also is a Task manager.
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