I want to find the full path of the program that will open a given file type. e.g. '.txt' is opened by c:windowssystem32 otepad.exe
I've done a bit of searching but i keep just finding how to create an association, not read one. I've also tried looking in the registery, but it looks like all that's there is a link to the program ID or something.
I designed a advanced music player, everything is ok, I create the setup, install my computer. Here is my problem, there is a mp3 file at my desktop, right click, Open with, Select my program. But, I realise that I didn't write any code for that. Shortly, I want to when double click on mp3 file. And it should be opened with my program..
View 4 Replies1. Place a PDF file in the resources and open it in my program using 'AxAcroPDF1.src'
2. Place a txt file in the resources, open and change it.
im having trouble opening adobe from my coding, also is my file ok or do i need to call from its folder location within the program.i need to be able to open a specific .pdf file from a whole range of file located in the program.what im getting the user to do is press 1 of about 14 buttons to select a brand. then in textbox1,enter the first part of the file name so in this case a274 (adobe runs in .pdf format so the file would be a274.pdf).at the moment i get a win32 error high lighting startinfo as the problem so im thinking its the adobe.exe is the problem. [code]
View 9 Repliesi made a program that manage file (picture text etc.), and i want when i right click the file and select open with->myprogram, it do the function that add the file to my program! (similarly WinRAR)
View 2 RepliesHow can I open up a file with my program? Like the notepad does {right click, open with, notepad}Or swf file opener {right click, open with, swf player}etc...
View 9 RepliesI am trying to write a section of Access VB code that opens the Windows dialog box and allows my user to select and open a file to verify it is the correct one. (Then I use the file path and name to copy, rename and move the file). I have been trying to use the OpenFileName structure and have succeeded in capturing the file path and name my user selected... My main problem in all of this is getting the file to actually open so the user can verify it before I commit the actions noted. This probably can be done as a part of the OpenFileName dialog if I understood it better, but but isn't there also a trivial way to open a file if you have the path and name?
View 2 RepliesI need to make my program open a file, write a length of 142 bytes over an existing 142 bytes and save. Please help. I have gotten no where with it so far...
View 3 RepliesHow can i open a file (like .mp3 , .avi) or a folder (like C:program files ) using my program? I use visual basic
View 8 RepliesI have a multithread program and in a thread i read a stram from ftp server and write them to a file and close it and in another thread open saved file and read it for process.but sometime when i want to open saved file i receive a error that say : cannot open file , because another user open it .i create 2 filter that surly file saved and closed , but i don't success.
View 5 RepliesI have an embedded EXE file, that my program extracts. I want to open a specific file with this program. How do I do this?
BTW: If you want to extract an embedded resource in one line, here it is: My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllBytes(PathToExtract,ResourceFile, PutFalseIfYouWantToOverwrite)
I know shell command but i want to know another solution.
View 2 RepliesHow can i open chm file in VB.net 2005 ?
View 1 RepliesI have an excel file,having lot or micros, connecting to database, doing some complex calculation..inshot that excel file is itself an application.
Now I want to open that excel in VB.net form, on button click. I prefer to open that excel in vb.net form itself having all the excel tool bar etc, If that is not possible then opening in separate window using excel will also solve my purpose (coz when we open in excel it self we will get all the toolbar option etc automatically)
I am having Beta Testers go through my program. For some reason, the help file doesn't open but crashes the program. But it is in the program folder... I'm not sure why it is having a problem finding it.I created a try catch format because it seemed to have a problem at one point between looking in the 32 bit program folder or the 64 bit even though the program itself is in 64 bit...[code].....
View 4 RepliesI have a program that runs some data manipulation on a file when it is double-clicked and then displays this to the user.However, when I double click on the same file type of a different file it opens in a separate instance of my program instead of the same instance already running, i.e. some message that says would you like to reload file, YesNo, and then given the answer perform the action required.I have found some code to stop a second instance from opening, but this is inconvienient for the user to close out of the program everytime they want to view a new file.[code]
View 6 RepliesI got this chunk of code off the internet, i think the sample program was called "store images and files on sql server" i added the delete routine, so it is a little better than when i found it, but it opens pictures in big picturebox at the very last line, i was wondering if there's a way to call windows photo editor or something newer instead of the form it's calling
View 6 RepliesHow do I open this .REG file in Visual Basic 2010?
I'm trying to make a program that will launch this registry file that I've put already in the Resources folder of the program.
BTW if you're curious it's not a harmful program I'm making.
So all I've done so far is put the file in the resources folder of the program, but I don't know how to actually launch it.
Open a pdf file with user password in vb 2008
View 6 RepliesI have a need to do some extensive editing on some SGML files. SGML is, of course, just tagged ASCII files. But, I need to convert that SGML to nice, neat MS Word files, with paragraph styles. I need to do extensive searching and replacing. VBA does not have the necesary regular expression support, so, I need to use VB.Net. But, I'm at a loss to do the most basic thing. I just need to know how I can open a Word file in VB.Net.
View 5 RepliesI have a vb program that reads data from an excel sheet and displays it in a datagridview. The problem with this program is that it is able to read the data and display it only when the excel file is opened but when the excel file is not opened, it gives an error report that[code]...
View 1 RepliesI've used Visual Basic on and off for years, but for some reason this has never crossed my path, though it's probably relatively simple.
I have a program which runs in the background, in the System Tray. (Which is to say it has a NotifyIcon and is Hiding.) Using the Registy, I've added a new item to the right-click menu for certain files (for example PDF) which reads "Accept".
The goal is to have this open the file in my program and have it run the script. The script itself works flawlessly with an Open Dialog box - all it does is change the "comments" on the file. But I can't for the life of me figure out how to do it without the dialog box.
I have a notify icon that uses balloons t notify the user of certain events. In some circumstances I would like to open a file or program when the user clicks on the balloon. The default behavior is to close when the user clicks the balloon. How can change this?
View 1 RepliesHow do I tell VB (VS 2008) that only one copy of my program can be open?
View 3 RepliesI am using this code to open an Outlook 2007 application.
Dim psInfo As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuProgramsMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft Office Outlook 2007.lnk")
psInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Minimized
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Just want to know how to get the path of a text file when i open it then put it on a textbox in vb.net
View 6 RepliesI'm trying to write a program that will open a solidworks file in EDrawings and print it and so far the only way I can find to do that with an edrawings ActiveX Control displayed on my form.Does anyone know if it's possible to print drawings via EDrawings 2009 without the ActiveX Control having to be displayed on the form as that is drastically slowing down my program?
View 5 Repliesable to open and utilize a single serial port within with my VB 2008 program (i.e., set port parameters, open&close port, send&receive data via port, etc.), but I want to open two or more serial ports concurrently within my VB 2008 program so that I can read data from one port, say COM1, make decisions and calculations based on that data, and send instructions out through another port, say COM2.
View 1 Repliesthis error when i open my program in windows XP ....
View 2 Repliesi need to know the exact code that once you click a button on visual basic program it will open a program in a directory for example:C:Program FilesiTunes.exe
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