My question is a rather simple one and to be honest with you, I am not sure if it can be done. Lets say I have a mutli-line text box, is it possible, and if so how would I go about making it so if I clicked Open with > editor I could do things with this text, such as TextBox.text = [file contents]. If it's not possible just let me know and I'll stick with open file dialogs.
View 7 RepliesI have a number of word documents I am converting. Everything is going great until I get a file that is read only. In this case I get a Save As prompt.
Is there any way to open the file in read/write format? I should have admin privileges so access isn't an issue.
I'm using VB.net to open the files. More specifically
doc = word.Documents.Open(path, Type.Missing, False, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing, Type.Missing)
I'm declaring my hardcoded (specialfolder)path to the database public, but I want to read the path (not the complete string) from an XML file.Dim strConn as string = New SqlCeConnection("Data Source=" & >> path from XML<< & "database")The problem is that I need to open the XML first, before I can read the descendant.[code]Dim appXML = xelement.load(xmlPath)msgbox(appXML.descendants("db_path").nodes(0).tostring[code]
View 6 RepliesI've gone through about 16 hours and two packs of cigarettes trying to figure this out. First a little background. I was using 6.0 up until 2004 when I went to prison. I'm out now, and trying to relearn the trade, using VS 2005. I'm currently porting some 6.0 code from another project, SpyCast Webcam Studio, into VB 8.0. It's disheartening, to say the least. None of the old built-in subs/functions work anymore, so I have to scour the forums to relearn each and every function.The section I'm doing now takes a snapshot from the webcam (Video API --> PictureBox --> Save as Jpeg), then upens the file to upload it to the server via HTTP POST. I've been using this code in SpyCast for years with no trouble, but I spent many hours trying to piece together the right code to open the binary file to read its contents. I pieced together two methods I found around the forums, one using FileStream() though the code I found wasn't for binary files, even though it said it was, so that code doesn't really work. Method two uses Microsoft.VisualBasic.FileOpen() and works better.
Here's the kicker. By the time I run through the rest of the rigamarole of uploading the file, by the time I read it on the webserver, it's *slightly* corrupted. It's a valid Jpeg, no errors, but the picture looks like when I use to watch the Playboy Channel when I was a kid scrambled with weird colors and whatnot. [code] Each "chunk" is basically one "line" of the file. It looks like a single LineInput() return is the text between two carriage returns. Am I correct? I tested this with a flat text file, and it looks true. However, That one input line returns the text or data with the carriage returns *stripped*! ***?!? =( Fine, I have no problem adding my own vbCrLf to each LineInput(), if I were opening text. but this's binary. A character could be Chr(10) or Chr(13), both of which are removed from the original file contents.So I could very well need to use something other than LineInput(), but I haven't found any other examples on the web using this method.
Is it possible, create a button that can start looking for files in a particular folder and open and close each 1 of them.
Eje: Search in c: est (here open and read all files on folder in texbox) test.txt, test2.txt, ...
Open 1 and close to open 2, close and open 3...
I write the folder to search, and program find and open and close all files in the folder.
I want to rewad values from an Excel file that is always open and updating. I was using standard code to open up Excel and read from it, which worked fine, but that opens a new instance of the sheet. I need to read from a sheet that's already open.
I'm using xlWorkBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Open("c:\example.xls") which opens a new instanc of example.xls.
If example.xls is already open, is there a way of reading from it?
I 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 am trying to create a form that opens a text file and displays the text in the textbox on my form. I am supposed to use a function to get the string of text from the file. Then I am supposed be able to click a button to call on the function. I have to use the OpenFileDialog to get the file and the path of the file can be anything (it is not a certain file). I am having a lot of trouble figuring out how to get this to work. I have tried coding it and this is what I have come up with:
Public Class Form_BaseClass
Function ReadFile() As String
Dim OpenFileDialog As New OpenFileDialog
[code].....
In Visual Studio, how can I open a source file (from another project) in read-only mode? I want to copy some code from it, but I don't want to modify it by mistake.I don't want to change the file's attributes to read-only, as I will not be able to work on it later, unless I clear read-only.
View 1 RepliesI have created 2 format types(ELEMENT, ATTRIBUTE) of XML File.To open and read the ELEMENT Format type and write the row into TEXT string for display is fine but the ATTRIBUTE is not working.The problem is how to identify the format type at runtime in order to develop the script.The scripts below works on ELEMENT format and not on ATTRIBUTE type..How to identify the Format type? [code]
View 5 RepliesIve figured out how to open a file to read and then display it, and i can probably work out how to write a string to a file. The part i am stumped by is this. Say i open a text file with the following text I has a badger i then want to correct this to I have a badger.
Its just an example and not for a grammar corection program. What i want to do is detect what was said and alter it acordingly. I presume this would come under string manipulation but i cant find any details on this.
How do I open, edit, read excel columns in vb.net? Like, for example, I want to know the values of column B up to the cell that it contains values.
View 1 RepliesI'm trying to make a program that can read .mp3 data (Such as Artist, Album, Year, Track number, etc), but I need to be able to do two things that I have no clue how to do:
1. Read starting from a specified string (E.G, On one line it states: [code]
2. Read until a specified string (E.G, On the previously stated line,I need to read starting from what I said, up until.
Before I start, I'm not 100% sure this is the right place to ask. Okey, so I'm making my own Notepad, which will contain newer features. (Private use only though) One of them being tab control.
Now I want the program to be in the "Open With..." menus for all files, so I can choose myself.
And if the program is already running when user opens a new file, I want the text to appear in a new tab, instead of a new window of the program.
I tryed to be straight forward, and keep it short. So if you need more info, fell free to ask.
I am using Visual Basic 2010 Express and attempting to get information on how to Open, Close, Read and Write a disk file in Windows using VB. I have attempted to use help on the home page of Visual Basic 2010 Express with no results. It does not give me any instruction or sample.
View 3 Repliesim making a simple program that will copy a single file. im trying to get the name of the file that i selected in the open file dialog but i get the location and file name (C:Users****Documents est est.txt) im trying to just get (test.txt)
View 2 RepliesWhen i try to open the file in Visual Basics 2008 it says: "The selected file is a solution file, but was created by a newer version of this application and cannot be opened"
View 3 RepliesHow to open an array into visual basic. I have it saving as a text file correctly but i have no idea on how to open it up to use it again. what i have so far is Private Sub Hour1ToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Hour1ToolStripMenuItem.Click[code]...
View 10 RepliesThe console is closing automatically.
[code]...
I have custom .ini file named Config.iniHow to make when they start the program and click the button to open the file that they have located in the .ini fileI have 3 buttons:
- 1 - GS 1 Start
- 2 - GS 2 Start
- 3 - GS 3 Start
[code].....
in my project, i want to read an ini file - i.e. C:xyz.ini
ini contains:
[0089]
Vendor=INTEL
8874=28F640W18TE
8981=NU48F256
8982=NU48F512
I can read through usb - i.e. phone id : "89820089" Now 8982 should = to NU48F512 as we have it in ini.
I have a problem and hope someone have idea to rsolve it. I have a file and inside the file the format is like that :
123.567 456.789 12.345 223 223 221 223
123.555 456.788 12.344 223 223 221 222
123.456 345.678 456.234 445 445 445 445
total line is 3456789903. I want use vb console application to read the line and every 130000 line create a new output file.
would it be possible to check if any notepad or word file is open that contains the word 'test'?I was thinking something like the following.
Dim Process() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad")
Dim Process2() As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("word")
For Each p As Process In Process
If p.MainWindowTitle.Contains("test") Then
[code]....
I am taking an Intro to Visual Basic class right now. When we do homework, we have to take it into class and put it into a folder that our professor has.When I save it onto my hard drive and I open it from Documents/Visual Studio 2010/Projects/HW Assignment 1, it opens everything perfectly. But on my flash drive, I have the same set up (E:/Homework Assignment 1) and I am not missing any files. But when I double click on the .sln file, it just seems to open the program without my project (display or code) showing.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to display the file path of the file I select using an OpenFileDialog box in a text box on my form.
View 3 RepliesNew to vb.net and this forum I have a excel file that I have added to my "resources" in vb.net (Visual Studio 2010). I want to create a button on a form to open the file located in my resources.
View 5 RepliesI'm trying to open a file with no extension (to be specific, the Hosts file in c:windowssystem32driversetc) so the user can review it. However, it cannot be opened. When I try to start the program with Notepad for example:
[Code]...
Need Code that search for .exe file on computer and then start the .exe file
View 3 RepliesI need to read lines from file. Now my code is like this:
Sub data()
Dim reader As New IO.StreamReader("log.txt")
For i = 0 To 1500
date(i) = reader.ReadLine
Next i
End Sub
Now if some user will change add or remove the data from this file, it will end up with error or sth. I also tried to write sth like this:
Open "C:in.txt" For Input As intInFile
But there appears an error, that open is not declared and IO functionality is microsoft.visualbasic namespace. I added this name space (at the top: Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic), but this error still occurs.
I'm using vb 2010 express and composing a program that is using english and hebrew. The problem is the hebrew characters are not showing up in vb when reading the file I stream to. I would like for it to show exactly how I have it written in the text file.
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