VS 2008 Random File Command?
Dec 4, 2010
I have made a form with the media player built in to it.The only thing i'm missing to make it complete is a command that is executed with the click of a button. I need the button to enter a specified folder in the application root folder and choose a random video file to be played in the internal media player.
i have manage to show one specific file in the player, but i'm stuck with the random file picker. I manage to create a batch file that choose a random file from the folder, but the batch file will only open it in the default player and not in the internal player where i want it to be played.I have tried the array function but with no luck.. but i have a feeling that it is this function i need to use..
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Feb 28, 2012
I have managed to learn a little of VB 2008 but I'm still struggling. I managed to convert one VB6 program to VB .net but all the file IO in it is sequential access.I'm trying to convert a VB6 program to .net. This program uses almost entirely random file IO.In one of the books I have, I found an example which, with a minor mod worked. I tried using that code to modify my program and it does not work. In my code, the FileGet results in the obj containing null strings. Yet in the sample program using the same structure, the obj contains actual data.The file is being opened because the record count is calculated correctly [iUpper = LOF(F_Trk) / TrkLen].
I used a Type in VB6 which I converted to a Structure in VB 2008. The function in which the problem occurs is below as well as the Structure declaration and the Function it calls (PAB) which is a derivation of the PathAddBackslash API call.Is there an easier, more efficient way to achieve the same results in VB .NET?[code].....[code]......
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Mar 2, 2010
I achieved reading and writing data to a random access file, buthow do I write and read data from a certain position in the *.txtfile? Would it be better if I created multiple file modes to
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Feb 2, 2012
I am making a program which generates Tambola Tickets. The program reads a list of movie names from a file and it randomly selects x no. of names per ticket and writes those names to a file.
For e.g. imagine there are 24 movie names. The program has to print 10 tickets and each ticket will habe 12 names.
I have written a program which does that but I think my random no. generator is repeating a few movie names pretty frequently.
plus I have to ensure that no one ticket can have a name repeated.
Dim NoTickets as Short = 10, Total as byte = 24 ' total = total movies in array
' Duplicate is function that ensures that no number is repeated
' MovieList is normal array with movie names
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Dec 5, 2009
getting a random line on a text file then assigning it to a variable?
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Jan 12, 2010
how to proceed. One of our customers is going to be sending me a flat file (ASCII-Text) that I have to break down and scan. Every line ends in a CrLf - So I know I can use StreamReader and ReadLine(). I did get it to work on one of the test files they sent.(A very Short file) However, the file is not delimited at all and every field is padded to the full length they specified. Here's the format of the file:
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Sep 20, 2009
I want to create a sort of slide show program. I want to get a folder full of images (bmp and jpeg file types) and have this program display it really quickly and then refresh to show another randome image really quickly. Then I want it to look into another folder and grab an image file from there that will be the last image and stays up. What I want to know is how will i go about getting the program to get the random image and then how will I get it to refresh instantly?
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Feb 12, 2009
is there possible to encrypt a command batch (.bat) file so that user can't read the source code?
Or is it possible to embed it in VS 2008 so that user are invisible to the cmd file?
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Jan 7, 2009
I am writing a program to calculate Pi to several hundred billion decimal places and this will require lots of GB of memory. I wrote a test program in VB2008 that saved the first 16 digits of Pi (without the decimal point) to both a text file and a random access file, just to be sure it was outputting the numbers properly. For reference the first 16 digits of Pi are:
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Oct 19, 2011
Years ago when coding with VB6 and earlier, I used a file open command to create, read, and write a file that made it easy to store useful information.I believe it was binary and you wrote/read the data to a specific line in the file. When you opened the file with something like notepad, it just showed random ascii chars. When I needed a line of data, I could specify what line to load it from.
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Apr 30, 2010
First let me say that I am not sure whether or not this should go in this section or the API section, and if it needs to be moved I apologize. My issue is fairly straight forward, but for some reason I cannot get it to work.
I am trying to send a command to a command line and then submit the command. I have been trying without success to get this to work in v2008 Express and v2010 Express, Here is the code I am trying to us:
Private Declare Function FindWindow Lib "user32" Alias "FindWindowA" ( _
ByVal lpClassName As String, _
ByVal lpWindowName As String _
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Jan 24, 2009
I am a total noob to VB and am only doing an A-level in computing. i'm using VB 2008 express edition am trying to make a windows form application which picks a random file from a folder and displays its contents in text boxes when a button is clicked.
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Feb 23, 2011
Returns whole lines, the odd occasion a word. any thing obvious wrong?
Private _word As String()
Private _i As New Random
Private Sub btnGetNewhangManWord_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) _
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Apr 29, 2010
i need to read a xml file from the command prompt batch file.
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Jul 6, 2011
Does anyone have a function that will choose a random name from a txt file that is separated by new lines?
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Jun 11, 2009
I have some really sloppy code that creates an XML file with a random name. The random name (SessionID) is passed into the Sub, but the sub checks IF File.Exists first. If it does exist, it creates a new randoms file name based on System.Random (has to be done this way because it is also a SessionID).
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Jan 19, 2010
Im creating a login system that allows staff to clock in using a 5 digit code. Staff members can also use the "add an employee" function to add a new employee to the Random File.The problem is, everytime i try to create a new employee and hit the save button, the new record writes over the existing records, one by one, everytime the programme is stopped and started up again.
My Question is: How can i get the new record to be saved, without deleting existing records,
Here is the save buttons click method:FileOpen(fileNumber, "C:employee.dat", OpenMode.Random, OpenAccess.Write) 'open the file with Write Access
myEmployee.name = txtNewName.Text 'adds the name
myEmployee.id = txtNewID.Text 'adds the ID
FilePut(fileNumber, myEmployee, n) 'save to the file
FileClose(fileNumber)
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May 26, 2011
I've read numerous posts and threads about random number generation, but I havent' run across this.If I generate a bunch of random numbers, the results are radically different if I create a new Random generator for each number than if I use on Random generator for all the numbers. The results are much more consistent and evenly distributed if I use the same Random generator.I would have thought the opposite,because creating a new Random generator each time should reduce the number of random repetitions, if a different time slice is used to create the random number.[code]......
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Apr 4, 2010
The class Random is out right defective. It always produces the same random numbers in the same sequence. Things I have tried so far is every kind of seed you can think of as well as Randomize. The result is that I always get the same random numbers in exactly the same sequence.
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Nov 26, 2011
I am practicing using the drawing commands, and have gotten a grass background and black happy face that moves around the background.It's a 10x10 grid of 50 pixels.I want (at the moment, when i press enter) it to generate a random number of trees (15 ~ 25) at random locations on the background. The program doesn't freak out about anything, and the variables seem to be right (using stop commands) but it's not drawing anything. Here is the code for the "GenerateTrees" command I have for when I press enter.
Private Sub GenerateTrees()
NumberOfTrees = Int(Rnd() * 10) + 15
For i = 0 To NumberOfTrees - 1
bmap.MakeTransparent(Color.Fuchsia)
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Dec 6, 2010
Ok guys, i am working on a really cool mini vb devoloper, but i want to be able to let the user change the icon of their program like in vb, is there a code were when a user clicks a button it opens up a file dialog and lets them select the icon and then sets it to the program destiniation file example : "C:/Test/Test2.exe"?
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Aug 17, 2009
I signed-up to this website to have this question answered because it has been bugging me for like a week now..I have searched the forums on countless sites and found nothing.[code]...
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Jul 1, 2010
I need an example of how to create and use a random access file
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May 20, 2010
Created Structure
opened file using FileOpen(1, "filename.dat", OpenMode.Random, , , bytes in structure)
used structure .ID = record number
FilePut(1, structure)
FileClose(1)
The program enters the first record but although when I enter more records it still shows only one record in the file.
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Nov 27, 2010
I'm using My.Computer.Filesystem.WriteAllBytes to write out an executable stored in my application's resources to it's startup directory. After running the executable, I then delete it. Everything works fine; however, I'll randomly get an UnauthorizedAccessException for no reason. After getting the exception, I can manually delete the file with no problem. Here's the full code:
' Convert MP3
' First, copy out converter
Dim Path = New IO.FileInfo(SoundPath)
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What perplexes me is that I literally just wrote out the executable, and nothing else could possibly be using it. I've checked the file attributes and it's not read-only. My application is also running as an administrator.
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Jan 21, 2010
how to pick a random file out of a folder and open it, lets say we have text files. And i want to click a button and a random .txt file opens in my programs textbox.
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Sep 21, 2011
I have a file that has names of competitors. I want to write a VB code that selects a random name from the file.What I need is show the names moving quickly once I press enter it will select the name.
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Jan 15, 2010
I am moving all of the prgrams that I have written, to VS2008. However, I use Random Access File Foemat for the databases that have been used for over a decade. I need to be able to read and write to a Random access file.I have multiple fields in the database and cannot lose access to this information.VS2008 doesn't use the following type of code to define the Fields that will be used in the Database. I did what it suggested, using the Structure / End Structure, but that was as close to a solution that I could find in the Help Files.
Type EquipType
EquipName As String * 32
Location As String * 28[code].......
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Jun 23, 2011
Private Sub Button3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button3.Click
FileNum = FreeFile()
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Apr 25, 2010
I'm doing a Program for a Friend of mine, He Want to have a Console Program Running on his Computer.OK the problem i am having is With Stream Read, I have 3 test users inside Test File, if User 1 logs in his information is store in logged file with time and data.but if User 3 logs on user 1 2 and 3 are all saved on the logged file
i dont have read to end of file in my Code.i dont have my Program with me, so i going off the top of my head i have something like this what i want to be able to find out how to do is Right from any part of the file and out put it, I take it i need to use Random Access but how to i code Random Access for this type of file. All i can find is how to Randomly place Words in a text file with Length and size.
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