Okay so i made a small code that my application can check for updates onstart time. The problem is that it freeze up the application. How can i make it work faster.
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My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath.ToString & "" &
"v.txt")
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i am making a software =D (Does the Name matter ??)
Ohk so its gonna be my first try
my last soft was a success with 800+ downloads
so i want my program to check for updates everytime it opens or like when it clicks on a button
then it checks if there are updates then it will show the link to download the new exe file in a messsage box or in a textbox
I am making a calculator application that's in beta and will check for updates every so often. What I'm asking is if its possible to make a program check for updates.
View 6 RepliesI remember seeing a tutorial a while ago about making your application check online for updates..I did this a year or two ago but have since lost my example. Can someone explain how you do this or supply me with a link if you know a good tutorial?
View 20 RepliesIve got my application running at startup on my computer. But how can i make my application start up on any machine ? Do i need my app to create a reg key ? Also what path do i use for it to start up on other machines ?
Heres the code im using to start it up on my machine.
Private Sub Form1_FormClosing(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.FormClosingEventArgs) Handles MyBase.FormClosing
If CheckBox1.Checked = True Then
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while the application is running i'm using FileSystemWatcher to monitor the folder. But what if there are changes to the folder when the application is not running, how can I check for these changes when the application starts.(similar to how windows media player, for example, monitors your music folder. Even when you add songs to that folder when it is not running, it does discover them when it runs next time)
View 2 Replies i dont know anything about any of them XD
1). Whats a server? are they web based or locally on a pc?
2). I've made a program and want to make updates for it and put them on the web for download, Do i need a server to do this?
3). How do i make updates work on visual basic 2008, i mean ive made a program and i want to put it on the internet but i also want to bring out updates, apparently i can use visual basic to automatically download updates and install them. What do i need to do this? where can the updates be downloaded from on the internet? will a file share like rapidshare work?
I 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 RepliesAlright, when I open my program I want it to check for updates and if there is an update I want it to download. So far I have a text file saying the most recent version and then it downloads that file and compares it to the current file version. If the current file version < recent version then it will download the file. :O Can someone help me with the code? :3 I have a hosting server with direct download links.
View 5 RepliesI'm unsure of how realistic it is for this to work but I know a lot is possible in vb. I have an application called WindowsPRO available from my filesharewebsit This application is intended for those in school to easily be able to do several daily tasks such as calculate and use notepad within one window. I have been working on this application in part with the help of MSDN.Back OT, currently when I click the "Check for updates" I use process.start to open my website. Not very complicated is it. What I want to do is open a form in whichchecks for the update from my site. Whenever I upload a file, I'll upload it as a .zip onto my site and always name it like: "Application name v1.0" or whatever the version number is. That is the only thing that changes.
When the user presses the check for updates, I want to checkhe site in background for a "higher" version number. If my application is v1.2, I want it to check for anything higher than 1.2. So if I have on the site 1.2.2, or 1.3, I want it to check for the highest number version and download it.My question simply is, how do I check for a "higher version" from a website?
how to check if a field( a cell within a database for talk sake date of birth) has been edited in the past then flag it now this field may not be change for a year but how do i keep a record of that and the flag it if it is change.
View 1 RepliesI don't like to build myprogram to a click-onceapplication becauseI lose the .exe and I don't know how to edit it after building it. So unless someone this, here is my main question:I was thinking about updating a .txt file that have uploaded somewhere that has the current available version. Can I use streamreader for an online file? And if so, if the available version is updated, how can I edit the code and everything to updatethe file?
View 14 RepliesI have a program with commercial uses. Currently I have email out updates. I would prefer that when the program loads, it searches for updates either from the web or I was toying with the idea of creating a file host server. I want the program to search for updates without opening a web browser, however (giving anyone power to email out a free download link). I think of the way Digsby opens, checking for updates, or gimp. This is what I want.
View 12 RepliesAs most programers will want after spending a long time on a program is to implement program updates, so have i.
What i want is a nice simple way of doing the following check if file exists as "www.mydomain.com/program/install.exe" if true, download and launch install.exe on completion, un intstall current vertion ( if possible )
I have created a backup script which my organization uses to back up a specific set of data weekly, to a server, by clicking and running the app.I am always updating it/ improving it and instead of redistributing to the select employees there has to be a way to code in a "check for updates" type of thing.
I was wondering how to make my created app check with that server to see if i am running the latest version.
How do i incorporate a "version" in my app, or would it just be a naming convention thing? and how do i check for updates? Would a button being selected to check updates be preferable? or is there a way to auto detect it?
everyone know the start page of Visual studio it seems to be a web page, how I can make like it in my applications?
Edit, Add more details:
let us say that I want to show the recently opened forms or the Tip of this day, who I can do that, where to store the data and how to generate the HTML file?
you tell me how to make a ClickOnce Application Start when A User Logs on? I am running Express so I cannot use the Installers in the full VS. I would like it so it will only add a shortcut when it is installed. (Application is available offline)
View 4 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 am developing an application, and i need this application to be running in background (like our anti-virus programs) on system task bar.
and how to add right click menu for this icon on taskbar...
I have a little prob guys. How can we set vb.net setup project will check for an update of its newer version first before proceeding in installation.
View 5 RepliesI can get the program to easily, upon startup, look for updates and then install them. I want to have a button that the user can click that will check/install updates.
View 5 RepliesI'm trying to make my app check for updates by reading a text file and comparing it to a 'currentversion' setting in my application (or if checking the executable file version is easy, that would be good).
Here are the basic steps: -Read text file hosted on [URL]..-Check if the version number (eg '1.1') is higher than the number in the 'currentversion' setting or the executable file version (whichever is easier).
-If the text file version number is the same, change form background colour to green, if it is higher, change the background colour to red.
I'm having trouble getting my app to auto-start by adding a registry key. The problem it is having is checking if the user has admin privileges. I tried setting the thread principal, because before it would always return false when I tried My.User.IsAuthenticated, but when I check if My.User.IsInRole("Administrators"), it still returns false, even when it should return true.Here's my current code. This worked fine without even setting the thread principal when I was just creating a regular Windows Form.
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetThreadPrincipal(New Security.Principal.GenericPrincipal(New Security.Principal.GenericIdentity("UserName"), Nothing))
If My.User.IsAuthenticated Then
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I am complete newbie to VB express. I have created a simple windows form that opens programs using menus and so on.Works great using the Process.Start on windows apps (word, excel, etc.) but I have some very old programs that run in DOS I am also trying to open that do not work when using the Process.Start method.
I am able to get the command prompt box to open up and in the title bar it shows the path of the .exe program I want to open but the actual program is not opening.
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I am in learning stage of .NET. i am assigned a task of doing a web application project in VB.Net 2008.
But iam purely new to it.i did followed few tutorials to create web application from start, but i dint feel easy to learn it.Could u kindly let me know some usefull links to start learning web application? in VB.NET language.
How do I diagnose this?I have an app that I am creating... it has worked fine up till now.Heres what changed from the last build:Took most of images and removed them from resx file and instead added them in folders set to content and copy if newer.Added a RichTextBox Added an XML reader (Imports Imports System.Xml & Imports System.Xml. Serialization)
then just code to load/parse an xml file - and load it into the RTB an color some tags I published it, uploaded it (ClickOnce)tried it on my pc.. worked fine.. updated/ran users are saying the app says "The Application wont start - contact vendor"How on earth do I diagnose what the issue is? any ideas? (I cant get to these peoples computers... i dont know them)EDIT: Seems that it works fine for Vista Users, but not for XP users...? (odd, im on XP and it works fine)Digging around i found an app called dependency walker. Its saying that the DWMAPI.DLL is missing.. seems to point to IE7 needing this on XP?So, if I am thinking right... if the XP users dont have IE7, then the XMLReader breaks it? maybe??
What should I do to trigger an application (wpf in vb.net) to look for updates?
View 5 RepliesI am creating an application for learning purposes. I am using this: process.start("iexplore.exe"); That is working fine. However I would like to be able to tell when the page has been loaded all the way. I would like to know how to tell if the application is done processing or not, that is my main goal. If using the webbrowser control you can use the webbrowser documentcompleted event.
View 10 RepliesHow can i have my app start in a certain position on "any" screen. I want to start my application at the top and center of any screen that its open on.
View 8 RepliesHow can I make it so when a button is clicked it will make the program start on start-up but only if the checkbox is checked?
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