Use A Button (A) To Launch A Prompt Where User Selects Directory Path To An Executable Program?
Aug 27, 2011
It's probably the most basic of things, but all I can find is how to launch a program, and not with the interactions I desire. Any tips as to the terms to use to search for answers, or links to topics regarding questions similar to mine, would be very appreciated. I have a wealth of info to read through, but I could use your knowledge to save myself time.Here is what I am trying to do:
Use a Button (A) to Launch a Prompt where User Selects Directory Path to an executable Program. The Selection is to be Persistent after the initial selection (saved in a settings file i assume?), and the Selected Path (or just "programname.exe") is to be Displayed in a Text Field (B). Launch Selected and Indicated Program via a Launch Button (C)
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Apr 17, 2012
I'm using Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. I have a Folder Dialog Browser added in my form and I call it when the user presses a button. The folder path string is stored in a string variable and displayed as text in a text box. (maybe I should use a combo box)
My question is: If the user inputs by hand a non existent path, how do I return an error message, stop the file creation into the invalid path, and return to my main form?
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Mar 24, 2010
I have a program with an associated file type. However, when I double-click a file to launch the program, I can't figure out where that path was passed to the program.Initially I thought the file path would be in Environment.CommandLine, but the command line only contained the program path.I specified the file association using the Publish Options in visual studio like so: extension: .ext, Description: Some File, ProgId: ProjectName, Icon: SomeIcon.ico.
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Apr 18, 2012
I have a simple web for that has a dropdown list and a button on the form.The dropdown list is bound to a table in my database and holds three values with idents between 1 and 3 (Weekly,Monthly, Please Select).I have set my datasource to pull back item 3 (Please Select) as the first item in the dropdown list to prompt the user to select an option. Items 1 & 2 have data assigned to them and this pulls back the relevent data for these options.
Here is my problem. I need to hide my button when the page loads until the user selects item 1 or 2 and would like the button to be hidden of option 3 is selected. I have tried to complete this in my page load event and the code for the dropdown list but i cannot seem to get this to work.
If IsNumeric(DropDownList1.SelectedValue) = 3 Then
btnAddAgendaTemplate.Visible = False
End If
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Aug 10, 2009
How do I make it so that after the user selects a program it gets executed?Also can I the the OpenFileDialog1 to anything else?
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Mar 10, 2011
I am trying to activate Rosetta Stone on a button click (button4). It opens but gives me an error. 2123 is the error code. I guess this may require knowledge of Rosetta Stone more than VB but I have found no luck searching google. Is there alternative code to what I'm trying to do?
Code:
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Chrome_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Chrome.Click
[Code].....
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Sep 16, 2011
I have a vb2008 .net2 app that needs to launch an executable with certain cmd arguments. Lets say for example I have 5 variables.
variable1 = true
variable2 = wirelessssid
variable3 = password
variable4 = nothing
variable 5 = username
Each variable represents a cmd args that I need to launch the executable from my app with.
[Code]...
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Feb 11, 2012
I'd like for my application to prompt for user credentials as soon as it starts. The reason for this being that it is an app for our IT Helpdesk that will be run on user's machines, and I need to make sure it is always run with administrator credentials.
Is there a simple way to get the program to prompt for credentials on execution?
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Jun 28, 2010
I was wanting to run a program from x folder with a click of a button.Want to make my own game launcher for my desktop.
So I will have different buttons for different games and when clicked I would like that game to start up.
I am just getting started in VB so need a lil help on this.
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May 26, 2009
I'm in a bit of a quandry. I am trying to build a simple search form where the user selects the column title and in puts the criteria then clicks the search button. This is the code I am using
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
details = ComboBox2.Text
'column name selected by user
specifics = TextBox1.Text
'criteria input by user
[Code]...
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Nov 17, 2010
I working working with Visual Basic 2010 Express. I have a DataGridView that is linked up with a local SQL database I've created. I have it currently where the user can click a button to save their data to the db, but am unsure how to prompt them to save or discard changes if they are closing the program without saving.
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Nov 15, 2010
I have an OpenFileDialog. I want the program to copy the file that the user selects to my "temp" folder. If the user doesn't select any file, then it doesn't copy any thing. Here is my code:
Dim Temp As String = "Temp"
If Not Form6.OpenFileDialog12.FileName = "" Then
System.IO.File.Copy(Form6.OpenFileDialog12.FileName, Temp & System.IO.Path.GetFileName(Form6.OpenFileDialog12.FileName))
End If
But it doesn't copy any of my files over that are loaded in the OpenFileDialog.
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Apr 20, 2009
I want to launch a java executable (let's call it MyApp.jar) from .Net using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start. What's the syntax in VB.Net? The command line syntax is this (if I recall it correctly - because i tried it a few days ago and it worked).
java.exe -jar MyApp.jar pathToSourceFile pathToDestFile
How do I run this command in VB.Net, using System.Diagnostics.Process.Start, assuming I have the following three string variables in VB.Net
pathToJavaExe
pathToSourceFile
pathToDestFile
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May 17, 2012
I have a program that outputs a file. I want the user to be able to just double-click the output file and launch the program, just like Word and Excel. In Word for instance, one doesn't necessarily have to open WORD then click on File--> Open and locate another Word doc. He can just go to the folder and open the Word doc. I want to implement the exact scenario in my program.
So far I have tried creating TextFile and added it to the Resources. On FormLoading, I simply I stream-read the Resouce file, but I can't write to the Resource on FormClosing, since the Resource is ReadOnly. Also, the Resource is built & compiled so I suppose you can't add anything to it at run time.How you lunch an output file without launching the Executable program that created it?
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Aug 18, 2011
I want to allow a user to click a button that will launch Windows Explorer and go straight to the My Pictures folder when I don't know who the current user is.
[Code]...
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Feb 16, 2009
I'm trying to code an 'increase' button to prompt a user to input a rate by which to increase select prices in an array.It should request the increased rate, then request a number from one to five, representing which price in the array to increase.Then, if 'increase' button is selected again and another number from one to five is chosen, then that element should be increased.It's working, but all the numbers in the array are changed. And, when I hit the increase button again, the array is repopulated below the first price increases instead of only replacing the designated price.
'declare 5 element array of prices
Dim prices() As Double = {12.2, 8.5, 12, 50, 2.4}
Dim rateIncrease As Decimal
Dim isConverted As Boolean
[code].....
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May 11, 2010
i am working on a little project for myself in Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 and i want to add an option so that when a user clicks a button it will open a browse directory window where they can select their directory and when they click "Ok" it will copy files into it. [Code]
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Feb 26, 2010
Would it be possible to add a .exe to my resources and when the user clicks a button on the form it will create a directory ( C:My apps ).then add the .exe from my resources and launch the .exe from that folder.
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May 26, 2009
This may be simple but I have brain freeze on just nowIf I cd into a directory from a command line and then run my executable VB.net application, is there a way to detect the directory that it was launched from. I currently have the executable in my PATH however ideally the person would cd into the directory that they were wanting the executable to act upon.
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Mar 5, 2012
I use vb.net express 2010. I have tried to find a way to add an EULA to my project but have not found it (nor any solutions online).
does express have the ability to add an EULA?also is there a way to get the setup file to move the database into a particular area OR have it make a new database where the user selects?
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Jul 21, 2010
Does any one know how can I get the active window's executable path ? Is there any specific API function for that ?
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Jun 24, 2011
I am trying to update an application that was developed a couple of months ago on VB of Visual Studio 2005. The "Build output path:" for the project is pointing to a folder in which I collected a few executables related to my activity, BinDir/. It is just next to the project's folder ProjName/ on my disk. Contrary to the past, when I build my project now, the .exe is created in the ProjName/obj/Debug folder, instead of being directed to the BinDir/Debug folder. In the IDE's Output tab (while building), the path of the generated executable appears correctly, but in reality it is located somewhere else. I tried again and now it seems like the executable is created in both places. The obj/ version is just redundant now.
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Apr 7, 2010
I need to get the path (not the executable) where my application is running from:System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory()
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Oct 12, 2011
how to write/read a file in the same directory as the executable? I know how to read and write files, I just need to know how to read/write files in the same directory as the EXE.
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Jan 22, 2009
Is there a way to open Command Prompt using vb.net or vba without knowing the file path?. Is there a command like Open cmd.exe
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Dec 30, 2010
I have an app that runs from a network share/UNC path.i.e.\\networkserver\inventory\_application\systeminventory.exe.inside the app I call a 3rd party tool and run it from a subdirectory of the app. \\networkserver\inventory\_application\3rdparty\tool\tool.exe hide the window, and pull the output to a Text field.When I run the application local it runs great, it even calls the 3rd party tool from the UNC path and functions.But when I run the application from the UNC path and try to use the 3rd party tool it fails.I'm figuring it's cause the CMD prompt tries to kick off from the UNC path, and UNC paths are not supported as current paths. i.e. you can't do a "CD \\networkserver\inventory\". [code]
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Mar 27, 2012
Command prompt's path wasnt default. How can we change that path. In mine it writes "c:usersusername>".
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Nov 1, 2010
I am creating the items in a combobox in my code behind. I am setting the display member and the value member. When the user makes a selection from the combo box, I need to get the value of the selected item. I have written some code, but when I step through it, it says that the selectedvalue is Nothing.
Here is the code where I am creating the items in the combo box:
Do While drReader.Read
cboTheater.Items.Add(drReader("TheaterDesc"))
cboTheater.ValueMember = CStr(drReader("TheaterID"))
cboTheater.DisplayMember = CStr(drReader("TheaterDesc"))
Loop
In the selected index change event for the combo box, I am doing the following:
Dim strTheater As String
strTheater = CStr(cboTheater.SelectedValue)
When I step thru the code, strTheater is Nothing
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Sep 21, 2010
I have a form on which the user selects a file using an openFileDialog. The selected filepath is then processed, which may take 10-20 seconds before the user is presented with the results.I'm finding that the once the user selects the file (clicking the OK button on the openFileDialog), the openFileDialog remains open until all of the processing going on in the background is completed. Once the processing has finished the openFileDialog disappears and the results are shown.The problem is that whilst the openFileDialog remains open on screen, it is not apparent to the user that anything is happening in the background. I do actually have a textbox which updates the user with messages showing the progress. However the openFileDialog hides the messages until it closes, essentially making the progress messages useless.What I'm trying to do is have the openFileDialog close immediately that the user selects a file. Then the processing can continue without the openFileDialog obscuring my form.
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Jun 12, 2011
How would you be able to Capture the Value of a Cell when the User Selects a Row?
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