Shell (Files Not Found)?
Dec 13, 2009why this doesn't work?
Shell("wow.exe")
And... if i do that
Shell("C:Program FilesWorld of Warcraftwow.exe")
It doesn't work too....It say File Not Found...
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Get File Not Found Excpetion With Interaction.Shell Method?
Jan 18, 2012I want to open a notepad file using VisualBasic.Interaction.Shell method. At present I get a file not found exception using the following code.
int pid = Interaction.Shell(@"D:abc.txt", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus, false, -1);
But this works:
int pid = Interaction.Shell(@"notepad.exe", AppWinStyle.NormalNoFocus, false, -1);
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Shell Command Throwing A File Not Found Exception?
Jul 16, 2009I am trying to convert one of my unix text files to a dos text file. I am using the following command:
Shell(string.format("unix2dos {0}", sFileCompletePath))
I've already added the unix2dos command in my environment path on the server.But when I execute the above mentioned command I get a FileNotFound exception even when the file is located on the disk.
Shell Function "file Not Found" Error?
Aug 15, 2011I want to open some files using my program. and I decided to use a shell command. but when i use shell it gives "file not found error"for example
Shell("C:Documents and SettingsÖnerYavuzDesktopaa.txt") ==> it gives error
but
Shell("C:Documents and SettingsÖnerYavuzDesktopwarkey.exe")==> its work
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Possible To Call .exe Files With Shell() Or Process.Start()?
Aug 8, 2011I have an issue in my project I am programming in both Matlab (Matlab2011a) and Visual Basic (VS2008).I've created a .exe file from my matlab code. It works well when I click on it with my mouse.But I need to run it within Visual Basic. I know it's possible to call .exe files with Shell() or Process.Start(), and it works well for files such as firefox.exe or notepad.exe. However, it doesn't work when I call my own .exe file ...It's weird because when I look to the Task Manager while trying to call it (within VB), I can see the process starting and ending, but its output doesn't appear.
View 5 RepliesVS 2008 Make A Shell Replacement For The Windows Default Shell
Aug 1, 2009I'm going to attempt to make a shell replacement for the Windows default shell: explorer.exe. I'm not sure if its possible using Vb.Net, but I can't seem why not. My end goal is to use a custom made shell for a Windows Preinstallation Environment instead of the default command prompt. I plan to use a 3rd party program to compile the program with the .NET Framework. Otherwise, it wouldn't work because Windows PE does not support the .NET Framework.
View 1 RepliesVB: Searching For Text Within All PDF Files And Returning Results Of PDF Files Where Text Are Found On
Jun 20, 2011On a image file (PDF), the OCR has recognised the picture and text. However on Visual Basics, how do you search for a text on this image file? The primary goal is to allow a text search (i.e POxxxxx) on all the image files (PDFs). The returns of the search will be the assciated image files where the text (i.e POxxxxx) is found on.
View 1 RepliesCOM Files Cannot Be Found By The System
Nov 4, 2009I'm having an issue that, frankly, I don't understand. I've been developping a VB.NET application for months and today, when I open the solution file, and tried rebuilding it, I am getting several errors, all various permutations of "The referenced component 'SOMETHING' could not be found." There are 5 COM objects that it cannot seem to load (Excel, Office.Core, VBIDE, Word, and OISSERVERLib).
When I go into the References section, I see next to those COM objects, the path is now shown as "<The system cannot find the reference specified>". I've followed the steps outlined here, including updating the reference paths to directly point to the files, but nothing seems to be fixing the issue.
Does anyone know what could be causing this, or (even better) how to fix it? This is the first time in 4 years that I've encountered an issue like this.
I've attached a zip file containing a screen print of Visual Studio showing the errors.
Binary Files - Read Characters Until 0 Found
Sep 23, 2011I am trying to make a program in Visual Basic 2010 that should do the following:
-Open file as binary
-Start with position 57 and read the following characters until a 0 is found, print the whole name
Inside the binary file, all the files' names end with 0 (which should not be printed), example:
B000000.dat0
eft.dat0
G000000000.b70
For the above examples, the names that should be printed are B000000.dat, eft.dat, G000000000.b7 respectively. The code I wrote is below. The problem is that i am not sure how to read the name until the 0 is found since the names are variable in length and so are the extensions(dat, b7). Also some names have 0 in them which makes things difficult.
Using gs As New FileStream(fileName, FileMode.Open)
gs.Position = 57
Using gr As New BinaryReader(gs)
For x As Int16 = 57 To 70
Dim textvar(x) As String
textvar(x) = gr.ReadChar
text3 = textvar(x) & (gr.ReadChar)
Next
End Using
End Using
Merge Files - Error: File Cannot Be Found
Jun 6, 2005In the old dos days you could combine 2 files as save to a third file:copy file1 + file2 file3. It still works in a dos shell. I did this: Shell("copy " & file1 & " + " & file2 & " " & file3)I got an error that file3 cannot be found. I know it doesn't exist I want to create it. So I created a bat file:copy %1 + %2 %3 and called it as such:Shell("ccopy " & file1 & " " & file2 & " " & file3). I still get the error that file3 cannot be found. First I don't see how it can tell from the shell that file3 is a file. How do I do this otherwise? Do I have to create a blank file before calling it?
View 8 RepliesVS 2005 - Copying Files To CD (Path Not Found)
Sep 12, 2009I'm trying to copy files to the CD Drive using My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile. I use the FolderBrowserDialog for my destination and add the filename at the end. When I try this on the Hard Drive and also a flash drive, it works just fine, but when I try this on a CD Drive, I get the following message: Could not find part of the path 'E:'. Hw to copy movie files to CD Drive.
View 6 RepliesDelete All Files With File Extentions Not Found In List?
Feb 21, 2012I have a list boxthat reads from a textfile to which the usser can add and remove file extention types, this compiling a list of files to be excluded from deletion.
View 1 RepliesVS 2008 - Creating Array Of Files Found In Folder?
Apr 17, 2010I have following code somewhere in my VB.NET 2008 program to create an array of files found in a folder:
Dim objFolder As New IO.DirectoryInfo(strXMLImportPath)
Dim arrXMLFiles2Import As IO.FileInfo() = objFolder.GetFiles("*.xml")
...
UpdateFileQ(arrXMLFiles2Import)
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When setting "option strict" to on, I'm getting following error on the line:
lbFileQ.Items.AddRange(dirlist)
Overload resolution failed because no accessible 'AddRange' can be called with these arguments:
'Public Sub AddRange(items() As Object)': Option Strict On disallows implicit conversions from 'System.Array' to '1-dimensional array of Object'.
'Public Sub AddRange(value As System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.ObjectCollection)': Value of type 'System.Array' cannot be converted to 'System.Windows.Forms.ListBox.ObjectCollection'.
Although everything works fine with option strict set to off, I'd like to correct this problem. Also note that array "arrXMLFiles2Import" is used later on in the program, so I can't change anything on that.
Use Shell To Have Application Call An External Application But Its Not Working - Error: 'System.windows.shell'
Jun 3, 2011I'm trying to use the Shell to have my application call an external application but its not working...I don't understand why. I get the following error: 'System.windows.shell' is a namespace and cannot be used as an expression!
Heres my code....any ideas what I'm doing wrong. Its got to be a simple...stupid error.
Private Sub mnuUpgrade_Click(ByVal Ctrl As Microsoft.Expression.Web.Interop.Legacy.CommandBarButton, ByRef CancelDefault As Boolean) Handles mnuUpgrade.Click
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.net - Component Not Found When Deployed On IIS But Found When Running ASP Development Server?
Oct 1, 2010We have an VB.net application that is being moved from one box to another. It runs great on the old box. The new box is configured the same as the old one but is on newer hardware. When I run the application on the new server it complains that the adobe toolkit that we use can not be found.
View 2 RepliesError: "No Files Found Matching"
Mar 28, 2010I try to delete my Temporary Internet Files and I do it by using the command "kill()", but I get an error: "No files found matching".
View 5 RepliesFile I/O And Registry :: Registry Entry Found/not Found Messages?
Aug 13, 2011Currently I am using this code to check for Firefox on a 32 bit machine
Code:
Dim Firefox32 As String
Firefox32 = My.Computer.Registry.GetValue _
("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMozillaMozilla Firefox 5.0in", "PathToExe", Nothing)
MsgBox("The value is " & Firefox32)
If the value is found then the above message is fine, but if the entry is not found I want it to display a message like: "Firefox could not be found" instead of "The value is: " What code would make this appear?
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Bat File To Run In Exe (like Shell)?
Apr 17, 2011i have this
Quote:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Process.Start("mybatchfile.bat")
End Sub
its working if they are on the same folder,i want to do is make the batch file as a resource file so that i can run it even not in the batchs folder?
Launching A .lnk Using Shell
Jul 26, 2010I can create a shortcut using this code:
Dim sFolder As String, sTarget As String, sAppName As String
Dim oShell As New WshShell
Dim oShortcut As WshShortcut
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Regarding Unzip Using Shell Dll?
Apr 17, 2009I am using Shell Dll to unzip zip file in vb.net 2005. Following is the code for this.
Dim sc As Shell32.Shell = New Shell32.Shell
Dim srcf As Shell32.Folder = sc.NameSpace(src)
Dim desf As Shell32.Folder = sc.NameSpace(des)
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Run Msg.exe After Opening A Shell Using Cmd.exe?
Jun 26, 2012I want to send messages withing a windows 7 LAN using VB.NET code. The problem is that the msg.exe executes commands in admin mode only. Here is the code. Shell("cmd.exe /k runas /user:farook-pcadministrator msg.exe") 'Here i'm prompted for a password. Shell("cmd.exe /k msg.exe", 1) I use the /k switch to see what's going on in the shell. /c is the silent switch. I do not wish to use runas neither do I wish to change privilages in msg.exe
View 2 RepliesRun Shell() As Administrator?
Nov 14, 2009I have an update app, which can be updated itself by another update app (so, the second app is an updater of the main updater). Both apps must have administrator permissions because of writing in the Program Files folder. Is it possible that when the main updater is running (under administrator rights) it can use Shell() to let the second updater run with administrator rights without a UAC confirm dialog popping up again?
View 3 RepliesStart Instead Of Shell?
Aug 10, 2010it possible to have a start command instead of the simple shell the same code as in a .BAT File, i dont know but on a .bat is a higher/lower lvl.
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Using Shell And Getting Feedback?
Oct 18, 2011I want to be able to run any command by typing into a textbox.For example if I wanted to get info from "ipconfig".I want to be able to type "ipconfig" into the textbox and for it to then display the infomation into a richtextbox.I have been searching the internet but so far can not find a solution
Code:
Shell("ipconfig", AppWinStyle.Hide)
How do I now display the infomation from the console into a richtextbox?
Using Shell Function In .Net?
Dec 26, 2007I want to use Shell function in Vb.Net.Thing is that i have 5 checkboxes. on checking each checkbox i want to execute batch file which fires some commands in database.but while checking all 5 checkboxes all batch file gets executed and then it gives me error.I want to run only one batch file at a time.
View 11 RepliesAccessViolationException With Shell To Explorer
Dec 15, 2010I wrote a backup utility that synchronizes a list of folders. Errors appear in a list. In the list I can right-click to retry, exclude the folder next time, or open the folder in explorer to examine.When I shell to explorer I get an AccessViolationException. Form1 opens Form4 with Form4. ShowDialog(), and that's where the error occurs. The error does not occur within Form4 where the shell function is called. memory must be getting trashed somehow.I've used two methods, Shell and System.Diagnostics.Process.Start. Each produces similar results. Shell waits awhile before causing the error, but Process.Start causes the error immediately.This is VB.Net 2010 using framework 4, though I did resolve a shell problem once before with VBA by writing out a VBScript file then shelling to the VBScript file.
View 3 RepliesAccessViolationException With Shell To Explorer?
Dec 15, 2010I wrote a backup utility that synchronizes a list of folders. Errors appear in a list. In the list I can right-click to retry, exclude the folder next time, or open the folder in explorer to examine.
When I shell to explorer I get an AccessViolationException. Form1 opens Form4 with Form4.ShowDialog(), and that's where the error occurs. The error does not occur within Form4 where the shell function is called. Memory must be getting trashed somehow.I've used two methods, Shell and System.Diagnostics.Process.Start. Each produces similar results. Shell waits awhile before causing the error, but Process.Start causes the error immediately.
This is VB.Net 2010 using framework 4, though I did resolve a shell problem once before with VBA by writing out a VBScript file then shelling to the VBScript file. I don't think the process being started is isolated enough. It's sharing memory or something else.
Add An Icon To Shell Handlers?
Apr 30, 2008set the Icon for an item in a shell handler? I've set a contextmenu handler to the extension .savdata and added the text "Open with ConvertFile" to the handler so that the context menu for .savdata looks like this:
Open with ConvertFile
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Send To >
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So how can I use "my.computer.registry.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" in VB 2008 express edition to add an Icon file path to the left of the context menu handler?
Add-on To Write Shell Extension?
Nov 15, 2011Apparently, it's not safe to use the .Net framework < 4 to write a shell extension.
As my users are likely to not have that version of the framework, I'd rather use a third-party solution so I can write the main app in .Net 2 or 3.
Can someone recommend an add-on for this, either open-source or affordable?
Can't Shell To Open A Zip File
May 18, 2012I'm just getting started in VB.net using vb.net 2010 . I thought what I had left to do today was simple but not to be.I am simply trying to open a zip file that the user has selected.No mater how I have tried to send the filename (with quotes added, chr(34) & selfilename, set permissions, confirm file is found) I get Error 53 File Not Found.
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim SelFileName As String
Dim ReturnValue As Boolean
SelFileName = ListBox1.SelectedItem 'Contains the full path and filename
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