Will VS 2010 Express Read, Write To Random Access Files
Apr 19, 2011
I have recently decided to give .net another chance, but i have a few questions about it before i get really into it. RE: Files, I use random access files to store data as opposed to databases (namely i don't see the need for a database for storing so little information(records <200 max) knowing that it is an older system and less "cool" i don't care...) Will vs2010 express read, write to random access files? Would it be done kind of like vb6 (which is my current vb version)? I will be needing to print the text of rich text boxes, is vs2010 express capable of doing this?
I am using Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition. Some of the programs I am writing make extensive use of External files (saved games, data, item lists, etc.) I could use an easy way to get these files to ride allong during deployment (cd mostly). adding them to the resources works for some static pictures, but custom structures into lists of info to read and write from are beond that features abilities, same with the settings feature. I have found in other help referance to "MageUI.exe" so is downloading a .net SDK my solution or is there a better trick I can use?
I have 15 years' worth of files (approx. 10,000) that were created using VB6 structures and stored using the random access method. I am trying to write a conversion routine that will read the old structures and put them into a new format that is more compatible with the .net environment. I have not been able to successfully read any of the old files using the tools available in .net. Each file starts with a header record structure. The header record tells me how many tags are in the file. The next record (ie record number 2) is the first tag pointer record in the file.
There are num_of_tags of the pointer records. Each pointer record has the string that holds the tag's 'literal name and two long integers that tell where in the file this tags records are. Those actual records are stored as History data structures, [Code]
I'm am trying to determine the total number of fields under a particular heading given that the other Heading's total number of fields are > or < than the heading in question. The query, shown first in the attached code, works well if there is one column in one database table, however it does not work well when there are a number of columns with a different number of fields respectively. The CategoriesID encompasses the entire tables contents.I devised a function to determine the total number of fields within a particular column and then attempted to incorporate this, without success, into the second query, shown in the code.
Private Sub GetRandomHeadingFields() Dim varNumberHigh As Integer varNumberHigh = TotalNumberofHeadingFields()
I am brand new to VB. I am using VB 2010 Express. I have a MS Access database and can read & display the data. However, when I enter a line of code to manipulate the data I get a "read only" error message in the project editor. I have checked the file and directory structures from windows and the command prompt. I have even used the "attrib" command to make sure the file was not read only. Then I put the following code in the form and it dispaly the read only message.
Dim infoReader As System.IO.FileInfo infoReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo("C:zzz-devaccesswhitneywhitney.accdb") If infoReader.IsReadOnly = True Then MsgBox("File is readonly!") End If
I am using the VB 2010 Express DataSource to connect to the MS Access database and not a connection string in the program.
I've been scrambling my brain to figure out how to access my FTP server thing to get a list of text files in a folder and to edit the contents of those files online.
I have a Windows application written in Visual Studio .NET 2008 in Visual Basic using the .NET Framework 2.0 A couple clients have been experiencing this very frustrating (but random) error "Attempted to read or write protected memory..." message. I've identified the code specifically when trying to create a new object from a VB6 DLL. [code] The new event of the VB6 object has no code. The error is very random, seems to work more than 99% of the time but every now and then throws an error. Same workstation and user can run the same code numerous times without any issues but eventually the exeption is thrown. I'm at a loss on this and it cannot be reproduced on demand.The VB6DLL is marked COMSelfReg in the MSI. The VB6DLL has not changed but the error seems to be new in the last few weeks. Reinstall the app and the VB6DLL does not resolve.
I want to develop an application which can Write, Save, Read text files(or html files) What I want the application to do is. When I open my application I can write stuffs and then it will save it to my hosting/server. Then, the application will read the text which I already save.. So far, I can only make the application read it by using WebBrowser control and navigating it to a specified URL. Example: [URL](or message.txt) Which I modified from the website not from the application. I want to modify the text or html files from my application.
Is it possible to set a variable in my custom class for Private Read/Write access and Public Readonly access without creating Properties with Get and Set? In other words, from within my class I want full access and from my form I only want read access. Right now I declare my variable as either Private or Public to control Public read/write access. I tried googling my question a bit but I'm not sure what the correct terms even ar
reading and writing files. Let's say I have a text file with multiple lines that I want to be read into my visual basic program. The first line is displayed in textboxA while the rest of the lines are displayed in textboxB. How do I accomplish this? Am I able to use the peek method for textboxB but somehow tell it to skip the first line? Now textboxB is obviously a multiline textbox and I want the user to be able to type something into another textbox (textboxC), press a button, and it will be displayed in textboxA. How do I make the text in textboxC get displayed on the first line of textboxA and move all the other lines down the list?
in the following thread, [URL]..my first reply, writes and reads two files..
my question is, is that code used properly for writing/reading those 2 files?
for some odd reason, i feel like i am over using the writers/readers.is there a way to only use one writer/reader, not 2, as my code in that thread does, to write/read 2 or more files?
I have an application that works in both 32 and 64 bit, except that on the 64 bit system it can not open/ read/write any files.I know the 64bit file system is different, from what I heard. How can I make up for the changes? I have no access to a 64bit system, but I want to make my program able to find and open the files.
I need to wqrite an app that can read through an Outlook PST file, and write messages to another PST file based on the content. I have never done any Office Automation, and was looking for pointers in getting started.
Public Function LoadBinaryFile(strFilename As String) As Byte() Using fsSource As FileStream = New FileStream(strFilename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read) ' Read the source file into a byte array.
This time, basically, i'm working with Random Access Files.I have this et of code to read data from a form a save it into a .dat file. This works fine.
Public Class frmDramaClub Structure MemberRecord Dim ID As Integer[code].....
I am trying to convert a VB5 program to VB2010 so that I can continue to support it on my new PC. My copy of VB5 was an upgrade from VB3 which was an upgrade from VB2 which came on floppies, so I can't just install every preceding version as my new PC doesn't have a floppy drive.I have accepted that I will have to design all the forms from scratch (whatever happened to twips?) and will have to go through the thousands of lines of code line-by-line, but I have hit a brick wall when it comes to random access files. One such file is defined in the Declarations section of Module1 thus:[code]....
I soon found I had to change Type to Structure, but then in the declaration of transrec, transtype acquired a wavy blue underline with the error message: "'transrec' cannot expose type 'transtype' in namespace 'Treasurer_2010' through module 'Module1'.So if I can't use the structure in the module in which it is declared, where can I use it?
how to read and write random access records in .NET. Now I know random access files are dead and the response on every query I found with google/bing/yahoo searches was don't use random access use Binary serialization but I can not. I have a situation where I need to read and modify 256 byte records in a file that is used by another application.
Now for a bit of background the file is made up of 27 fixed length records of 256 bytes. Each of the records has a separate structure consisting of 30-120 fields. The proplem I am having is I can create the record structures but when using the FileGet method I am receiving an error. Now I have found samples that showed the same format I am using that claim to work.
The error I am getting is Option Strict On disallows narrowing from type 'System.ValueType' to type 'ProgramName.ModuleName.Record' in copying the value of 'ByRef' paramater 'Value' back to the matching argument.
The basic layout (simplified) is as follows:
Code: Structure Record <VBFixedString(6)> Public SomeParam as String Public SomeNumber as Short
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Now the overloads for FileGet show all of the data types including Object. But I have tried various methods to retreive the 256 byte record but without success. Do I have to actually read each of the several hundred fields of the structure one by one? Or am i overlooking something (I have been known for this in the past)
Or (and I'll kick myself if this is the only way) do I just have to set option strict Off in the module and the code as above will actually work.
I would love to be able to just ditch the random access file but I have to keep it for compatibility with several other applications at this time.
how do you save data stored in an array of records (structure) to a text file using StreamWriter? I currently have
Private Sub btnSaveToFile_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSaveToFile.Click Dim sw As New StreamWriter(New FileStream("EmployeeDetails.txt", FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write)) For Each record As EmployeeType In employees
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but it doesn't work. My array is fixed and currently has 3 elements (for testing purposes). If I enter two records and add these to the structure I get the following data saved to the text file:
123,helen,66000 879,john,89975 0,,0
How do I stop unused elements of the array being included when writing to file? Should I use a dynamic array instead and if yes, how do you use dynamic arrays with structures?
I use a code like this which perfectly works and creates MS Excel files so I can create Excel files and save my data into it.I also use a similar code to read the data, however, it only read and writes Excel 97-2003 files, and does not support Excel 2007 file format![code]...
I use a code like this which perfectly works and creates MS Excel files so I can create Excel files and save my data into it.I also use a similar code to read the data, however, it only read and writes Excel 97-2003 files, and does not support Excel 2007 file format!Do you have any suggestion on this?
Code: Dim ExcelString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + FileTextBox.Text + ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;"
I am a new to visual basic 2010 and I am creating a small game program that will have players names and keep their scores in a text file. I placed the text file in debug folder for debugging purposes. The code below has been simplified for demonstrating purposes only.
I have one project that I need help writing that I have spent months trying to write with no luck. Anyway so here is my question. I want to write a program that can display a phones filesystems that is connected to my computer by a serial port. I would like to be able to Read/Write files and stuff if possible. I have tried many ways of doing this so this is my last resort.
I am creating a program that uses text files to recall data and store them in a variable. My intention is to make this text file hidden so it will be harder to find and for other people to edit the data inside. I'm looking for a code that enables me to write to the file without unhiding it.
