Running Powershell Scripts From Within A .NET Windows App
Jul 28, 2010I'm needing to run scripts from within a vb.net windows app. I've got the scripts running in the background fine;
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Running Powershell Directly From Visual Basic?
Apr 1, 2011I followed Ziannb article on involking powershell from visual basic. It works great but it doesnt allow me to run scripts with [URL]
- how can i run powershell scripts with arguments from VB
- how can i run one powershell command line at a time from VB. When i use below two command, it pipes the first command to the second one..instead of running them individually :
MyPipeline.Commands.Add("get-childitem")
MyPipeline.Commands.Add("get-date")
Show Real-time Output By Running A PowerShell Script?
Mar 1, 2012I am trying to run powershell script from VB and I want to see the output of the script as it is running inside a console application. With my script (shown below) when I run from powershell it shows "Command Sleep Starting" and then waits for 5 seconds and then displays the other text.
However, when I run from VB.NET program, the execution waits for 5 seconds and dumps all the text output at once. It doesn't execute first Write-Output command and then wait and then output as it should.[code]...
Manipulating Windows ACL With PowerShell?
Dec 12, 2011I have a file full of last-names separated by commas and then first-names.
Smith,Bob
Chicken,Ronald
Car,Anastasia
Code:
gc permissions.csv|% {$_.split(",")[0]}
I'd like to grab the first character of the first name and then pre-pend it to the string of the last name. The general idea is to find the user ID that's stored in Active Directory, in my company it's the first letter of the first name and then the last name.
Then I'm trying to add these users as read-only on a specific directory.
Powershell: Disabling Windows.Forms Resize?
Jun 13, 2012Just a quick question, I want to stop the end users from being able to resize a GUI that I've created.
$objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.Form
$objForm.Text = "ADX v2.1.2.0"
$objForm.minimumSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Size(965,665)
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Form Controls Changes From The Windows 7 Format To Older Formats On Runtime While Running .net Windows Application
May 15, 2012I have seen this happen before but am not sure how I resolved it in the past. On runtime the controls of my form change from the windows 7/vista format to an older version format as shown in the attached image.
How to display the controls in the format on the left (new windows format)
When Transfer System To A Machine Running Windows Xp Or Windows 2003 Server It Builds Successfully
Sep 25, 2011I am building a Setup project for a Web system using Visual Studio 2008. I upgraded my development machine from Windows Xp to Windows 7. The problem started with Windows 7. Whenever I try to build I get the above error. I ve tried several solutions given online but I ve failed to get a solution. When I transfer the system to a machine running Windows Xp or Windows 2003 Server it builds successfuly.
View 4 RepliesUsing WSF (Windows Scripting File) To Retrieve Component Services Running Process ID's Using Running Process Name
May 7, 2009I am trying to write a Windows Script that will allow me to monitor the following: That 2 x seperate but specific processes within Component Services "Running Processes" list are currently running and have not reset within the past hour. If I already know the PID, then I can retrieve the CreationDate (I assume which I can use to check for restarts? or is this the actual process creation/installation date) for each specific process, however if a restart occurs the PID will change and my script needs to know what the new PID is without me telling it!
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Windows Service Running Under A Network Account Is Calling An EXE And Running It Under System Account?
Aug 27, 2010We 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 RepliesSystem.file.io In Windows App Running On Windows 7?
Jan 25, 2010Just placed out first Windows 7 PC in to a production environment and noticed that system.file.io gives errors about file not existing when using mapped drives to a network server. I can access the file through Explorer on the PC. When I chnaged the path to UNC using the IP and drive name instead of the mapped drive letter all works fine. Strange thing is for a few days during the testing period the application ran on Win 7 using the mapped drives in the file.io path. Not sure why it stopped working or how it worked in the first place. Question is on Windows 7 it seems like it doesn't like mapped drives in system.file namespace. Is tis true or are there more steps I need to do in addition to this This works as is, but when I change \172....vol1 to r: it bails, hence the thinking Win 7 is stopping the access to mapped drives.
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C# .Net Windows Application Not Running In Windows 7
May 9, 2012I developed a c# .net windows application and create Set-up for it on windows XP Professional OS .
And Try to Run This Set-up on to Windows 7 OS(32 and 64 bit Both) for installing this application onto Windows 7 OS Machine But Installation Failed and Throw Code Error: 2869.
Calling Powershell From VB?
Nov 24, 2010Im trying to create an app that will do some funky things with new users/leaving users and apply a load of business requirements around this. After playing about with Powershell forms, ive decided to embedd powershell within a VB.net app.I am using the following code, which is always returning "Nothing", as in no result, which is causing me a real headache. The same code works with Get-QADuser, and Get-Command, just not Get-Mailbox.I will also need to call New-Mailbox and othe commands later on in the proces.
Imports
System.Management.Automation.Runspaces
Imports
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Powershell Via VB Which Method And Why
May 16, 2012I need to call Powershell commands via my code and I find at least 2 different examples of doing this. I'm wondering what the differences between the methods are and why I would use one as opposed to the other.The first (simpler?) method goes something like this:
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I also know that with either method I can pipe the command to out-string to make Powershell return strings instead of objects.My question is, which method should I use and why? They both seem the same to me.
Powershell ConsoleShell.Start?
Jul 28, 2010Running the following code resulting in an HostException;
Public Sub RunPowershellInConsole(ByVal scriptText As String)
Dim config = RunspaceConfiguration.Create
Dim args() As String = New String() {scriptText}
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VBScript Or Powershell Scripting
Jun 4, 2012I took the dive into learning VBScript due to some server side scripts that I work with. During a course I ran into Powershell and did some Google searching. From what I was reading, VBScript is good for legacy applications and Powershell is the way to go for Win7. I did not run into anything telling me of this being true or if its a false statement and VBScript will be used for Win7 and Win8. Should I look into learning Powershell and abort my VBScript for now and just worry about VBScript for legacy systems?
View 1 RepliesWMI Win32_PhysicalMemory Class Using PowerShell
Mar 29, 2010I am trying to create a programma that gathers system data like CPU name and speed and Physical Memory things like that
i succeeded in loading the data i use:
Dim searcher As ManagementObjectSearcher = _
New ManagementObjectSearcher("select * from Win32_Processor")
For Each oReturn As ManagementObject In searcher.Get()
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Using VB5 On A PC Running Windows XP?
Mar 17, 2010I am using VB5 on a PC running Windows XP. I've read that in the future, Programs written with VB5 will be 'unsupported' on PC's running Windows 8. Does unsupported mean that Programs created with VB5 won't run on Windows 8 or that they will run but Microsoft won't offer any support for any problems?
I'm thinking of downloading Visual Basic Express 2008 and converting my VB5 Programs to VB.NET. Can I run VB5 and VB8 Express on the same PC without affecting my VB5 projects?
Execute Remote Powershell Commands Using C#?
Feb 25, 2012I'm evaluating the best approach to implement the following periodic task:
Get some users from SQL Server (2008) and then for each user enable licences in the Cloud (Office 365) using PowerShell.
My first thought was a console-based app in C# or VB.net but now that I realize that running a PS Script remotely using C# can be quite a challenge I'm starting to think in alternatives like perform all the stuff using PowerShell, I guess this is a better approach but I'd like to hear your thoughts on this.
IDE :: Powershell To Manage Our Exchange Infrastructure?
Feb 25, 2010We use VB2005, Along with Powershell to manage our exchange infrastructure. VB.Net codes have been compiled to support MIIS2003 Operations. One of the operations require the functions in VB.net to write an output into .csv file. This file receives jibberish characters as input after the functions are executed.
View 1 RepliesLoad Powershell Module Via .NET Code?
May 18, 2012I have to call PS commands from a VB.NET program. This works fine if I'm calling standard PS commands, but if I have to call a command that lives in a 3rd party module I can't seem to make it work. At the PS console I can type Import-Module MyModule and then I can call the commands in that module. I tried the following but it doesn't work, I still can't access my command from within the module:
Dim PowerShell As Management.Automation.PowerShell = PowerShell.Create()
Dim PowerShellCommand As New PSCommand()
Dim PowerShellCommandResults As Object
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Powershell Ignoring Quotation Marks?
Jul 20, 2011I have a Powershell script and no matter what I try it completly ignores any quotation marks in the script. The error occurs when I run the script from my VB.NET code yet, I have been running scripts sucessfully through VB.NET for a while now. For example, my script starts with finding out the server name...
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Powershell Piping Results From One Command To Another
Dec 8, 2010I currently have an ASP.NET programming creating a Powershell CmdLet to create a mailbox in exchange. The issue I'm having is sometimes is fails to create the mailbox because "it can't find" the exchange database I am specifying. So what I'm trying to do is run a Get-Mailbox and then pipe the results to an Enable-Mailbox command. Below is the code I am using to do it:
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VS 2010 Calling Powershell File
Jun 9, 2011I'm currently having issues calling a .ps1 file in my vb.net project. The program is supposed to provide a simple way for end users to unlock Active Directory accounts. The vb.net project is simply a text box with a button. Users will type the username of the locked account. When the button is pressed, the program writes whatever is in the text box into a CSV file. The CSV file has a samAccountName column in it. After the file is written to, the program then calls a Powershell script that reads the CSV file and unlocks the account based upon what is in the file.The program does everything it is supposed to except for calling the Powershell script to actually unlock the account. I've tried a Process.Start(filePath) which would open the file, but opened in notepad and didn't execute anything. Right now the program is calling a batch file which is supposed to run the script in Powershell but that attempt also failed.
View 3 Replies.net - Aero In VB Running Windows Xp?
Jun 10, 2011Is it possible to draw WPF elements in Aero style, running on Windows XP? Also can you change the window style to look like Aero? BTW I found a reference PresentationFramework.Aero, is it something to do with this?
View 1 RepliesIDE :: Running RTD Server In Windows 7 But Not In XP?
May 18, 2011I'm trying to make an RTD server unicode compliant. It is written in VB .NET 2003, and to my understanding, Unicode characters are used internally, so no conversion should be required, right?
When I run this on an English Windows xp machine, it works fine, but when testing on a machine with a Portuguese version of Windows 7, a couple of the RTD server's dialog boxes will not open in the add-in section of Excel. Does anyone have an idea why this would happen in Windows 7 Portuguese?
Running An App On Vista/windows 7/xp?
May 24, 2010I created an app that connects to an SqlCe database. it runs fine on my computer (xp) but when i try to run it on other computers, it crashes (on xp machine, the error is : OS error: the OS storage system is not responding, on windows 7 the error is: Access to the database file is not allowed).
On windows 7, if i right click the exe and run as administrator, it runs fine. But, i can't expect my users to do this every time they want to run my app.
Use VB On Windows 7 To Connect To A DB2 Running On AIX
Mar 5, 2012I am trying to use VB Net on Windows 7 to connect to a DB2 running on AIX. I don't want to have to set up an ODBC connection on every box so I really need something that I can do through VB Net. When I use the IBM.DATA.DB2 it does not work on Windows 7. I get an error: 'Type DB2Connection is not defined'
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ASP Modifying Exchange 2k7 Mailboxes With Powershell Execution?
May 8, 2012I'd like to start off by saying I'm not really a programmer just a sysadmin who likes to dabble (so simple answers would be nice ;) ),I've created a webapp that's used by some less technical folk to do basic administration tasks(User provisioning through our IDM, Updating passwords, Disabling accounts, Editing user details, etc)there's also a couple of exchange functions that are currently handled by exporting a CSV that a separate powershell script processes.I'm trying to bring these powershell functions into the application to reduce complexity but I'm having some trouble.
When I execute the "Add-MailboxPermission" command I get no return output (nor does it apply the change) at all, unless I put no parameters,in which case it throws the expected missing parameters exception (Not scientific but proves it's loading the exchange plugin fine and executing):
private sub cmdMbxFullAccess(sender as object, e as eventargs)
Dim psRunSpaceConf As RunspaceConfiguration = RunspaceConfiguration.Create()
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If however I issue a simpler command like "Get-Host | Out-String" I get return output as expected. Thus far I have checked that the user context it's running under has the correct permissions and tried executing the command from the powershell prompt on that server to make sure that there isn't some other external issue I am overlooking.how I can further debug this, it's like the command disappears into the ether never to be heard from again!
ASP/.NET Modifying Exchange 2k7 Mailboxes With Powershell Execution?
May 8, 2012I'd like to start off by saying I'm not really a programmer just a sysadmin who likes to dabble (so simple answers would be nice ;) ), I've created a webapp that's used by some less technical folk to do basic administration tasks (User provisioning through our IDM, Updating passwords, Disabling accounts, Editing user details, etc) there's also a couple of exchange functions that are currently handled by exporting a CSV that a separate powershell script processes. I'm trying to bring these powershell functions into the application to reduce complexity but I'm having some trouble.
When I execute the "Add-MailboxPermission" command I get no return output (nor does it apply the change) at all, unless I put no parameters, in which case it throws the expected missing parameters exception (Not scientific but proves it's loading the exchange plugin fine and trying to execute):
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Powershell - Return Custom Object To C# Host?
Apr 26, 2011I have the following powershell script which loads a custom .NET DLL this contains the ScriptResult class, it is intern executed from a VB.NET app.
Add-Type -Path $myLibPath
$result = New-Object TheLibrary.ScriptResult
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