I'm trying to make a V.O.S, (don't ask) and I have 2 questions:
1: how would I run programs in my resources files? (For example, if i included "Random.exe" could i do Process.start("Random.exe")? or what would i do?) Also, how would i add resources and settings files at runtime? is this possible?
Is there a way to maintain application modified Settings in the settings files after a program update? i.e. I have 10 or so values in the settings file and the users can modify them... when I send a program update they revert back to what I initially programmed them to be.
View 3 RepliesDoes anyone know how to store settings/resources internally?I have this code (example).msgbox(my.settings.message)But this method generates a .resx file with the application.
View 3 RepliesI was wondering how I would go about adding resources into my program during runtime.
View 10 RepliesMy app bundles a set of VBScripts (UTF8 text files) into a VB.NET assembly. I used to embed the script code into the classes as String members, but this is proving to be a poor design. I want to include them as resources instead. What's the best way to add resources to the CompilerParams?
What I've got so far (excluding all the error checks):
Dim comParams As New CompilerParameters()
comParams.OutputAssembly = DLL_Path
comParams.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll")
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The CompilerParameters contain fields for EmbeddedResources and LinkedResources, but from the examples I found so far these seem to pertain only to framework resources???
Is ist possible to Add or Edit Resources of .Net Applications at Runtime because I want that the User is able to pick a file and that is automatticly added to the Resources so the Application can use that file later on.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to save a setting that keeps what background image I'm currently using.If it's an external file, there is no problem, i can just get the .location and set it in a String setting to store it.
But, if I want to store an image resource as a setting, how do i do it?I know i can store rawdata, like bitmap information, but then i can't set that type of data to the my.background.
I don't know if the question should be: "how do i reference resources", but the my.resources.resource.methodsList doesnt contain anything that seems to be of use.
I'm making a program and in which the user can select a background image from their computer, but I have not found a way to save the picture to my.settings or my.resources
View 3 RepliesI need to generate a class at runtime similar to System.Resources where you can add a resource eg 'picture.bmp' and it immediatelly is accessible as 'System.Resources.picture.bmp'. I presume I need to generate XLM or/and XLSD at design time and then deserialise at runtime but I cant find a reference on how to do this. Specially without knowing the generic class in advance (as 'System.Resources' doesnt know all the resources in advance).
View 4 RepliesI'm trying to create a program that will append a new line of text in a text file embedded in the programs resources.... this is what i've tried:
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I have some questions on AppSettings. I can add a setting at design time from the settings tab of the My Project. I would like to add to the settings at run time. I have not found a way to do this. I would in VB6 use an ini file but would like to start using xml.
The .net makes this folder for the settings C:UsersRyanAppDataLocalTestAppSettingsAppSettings.vshost.exe_Url _0ay3fimqt4k0pp1s2e4vb3pi3iymxzx2 .
How do I retrieve the location to add to the xml file?
This has 2 ComboBoxes, 2 Buttons, a FontDialog & a RichTextBox.The code I used :
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
ComboBox1.Items.AddRange(New String() {"London: 51N30, 00W07", "Paris: 45N38,5E44", "Colombo-Sri Lanka: 06N55,79E50", "Chennai-India: 13N05,80E17", "Sydney-Aus: 33S53, 151E13", "Toronto-Canada: 43N40,79W25", "New York-USA: 40N42,74W00"})
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How do I change my code so that it will change the Value of the My.Settings.* to what TextBox1.Text is
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If RadioButton1.Checked = True Then
My.Settings.Acc1 = TextBox1.Text And My.Settings.Pass1 = TextBox2.Text
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How to allow the user to save their prefered settings in VB during runtime?
View 6 Replieslets say i have a program that consists of a form and 2 buttons.Now i want to make a theme.I want the background to change and the button background icons to change
(Button1 makes the theme Green and Button2 makes the theme Red)
Suppose i have : C:ThemeGreenButton1green.Picturefile[code]....
ATTENTION: What i want is that the images can also be shown on another pc user that doesn't own them.(Of course this is not the case.I just want to Understand how i can add some files to resources)
I want to add 20 small exe files in Resources. The total size is only 1.5 mb. I've added a couple of exe files and I see them in the "Resources" in Solution Explorer.
I've tried to start with:
Process.Start(My.Resources.PROJECT1.EXE)
But I got an error:
'EXE' is not a member of 'System.Array'.
(This is about the VB, Visual Studio 2010).
Can you not copy files from your resources? [code] I don't get any errors but I do get an exception saying it couldn't find the file. I want to do this other than supplying the directory that it is located on on my computer because I'm not sure it it will work on other peoples computers if i have the path of the file set as "C:UsersMike.Mike-PCDocumentsVisual Studio 2010ProjectsJava IDEJava IDEResourcesCompiler.bat".
View 19 RepliesI have an executable that i added to the project and I would like to be able to execute it with file arguments/parameters... is there a way i know how to execute a file but there seemed to be a problem when i was trying to get the .exe to execute while it is a resource.[URL]
View 1 RepliesI have multiple .mp3 files that I have added to the resources of my project, and the thing is, that the mediaplayer won't play .mp3 files from the resources, so I need to extract them to the filesystem in order to play them, but I can't find any way to do this. All the things I've tried have given me the error saying that I don't have access to the folders I try to extract to. And yes, I'm on the Admin account of the computer.
View 3 RepliesI want to add few files into my application (through "My Project" -> Resources) And then i want to make button that exports them into folder with SaveFileDialog... In Simple Steps -> I Open The Program That I Made In Other PC -> I Press "Export Files" -> It Opens Me Save Dialog -> I Save The Files -> They Appear From The Application...
View 4 RepliesI am adding all of my files as resources into my project (so they will work on another computer) however, I have some videos that I added as a resource for playing with AxVLC and I can't seem to figure out how to get them to work. I'm getting an error :Error 1 Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'AxAXVLC.AxVLCPlugin'.
View 7 Repliesi'm like kinda making my own installer, creating directory's & registry stuff works fine. But now I need a method of copying files in my projects resources to the hard drive. [code]
View 1 RepliesI'm making a map creator that chooses images randomly from various sets. What I'm trying to do is set up subfolders in Resources and put the different images in each folder - e.g., a folder for streets, a folder for monuments, etc. Then I just make an array of images out of the files in the folder, and pick one.
For some reason, I can't find a simple way of getting at the subfolders. I've tried using IO.Path.GetFullPath(My.Resources.ResourceManager.BaseName) and appending the folder name to the end of it, but no luck.
Is there some other way of getting the path? Is it even possible to use subfolders of Resources? Is there a better way of doing what I'm trying to accomplish? I'd really like to avoid creating the image arrays by hand.
I made a program that has mp3 files in resources when I published it I found that it doesn't work in other pcs only mine now what should I do?
View 1 RepliesIn short my program plays a random embedded audio file when a timer runs out, is there a way to refer to the my.resources files as an array and use them that way rather than needing to know the exact file name of the resource?
View 2 RepliesI have a file (only 280kb) added to My.Resources I want to copy this from My.Resources to, lets say, Application.StartupPath When i try:
System.IO.File.Copy(My.Resources.File, Application.StartupPath & "file.ext")but then i get this error:Value of type '1-dimensional array of Byte' cannot be converted to 'String'How can i do this?
Is it possible to copy files from my resources to the hard drive? In other words, I have a few files located in My.Resources & I would like to copy them as needed to the users HD.
View 3 Replieswhere can I find VB resources, like graphics, sounds, & other related files?
View 6 RepliesI am witting an app that will generate batch files to do an unattended installation of a share point 2007 farm. I already have a batch file I use and it's pretty big. I copied and pasted the content into my application, and I'm using the System.IO.StreamWriter to write to the batch file from the winform. [code]As you can probably guess, I'm doing all of this in my mainform code window. There are maybe 3 or 4 batch files that will be generated based on the selections made on the form. For example, I'm generating a batch file to create the OU, Group and service accounts the farm will use in active directory, I'm creating a batch file for all of the variables that will be used for the additional batch files created, etc. How can I split this up? is there a way to create the batch files without having to actually copy, paste my existing batch file content into the mainform code window? I'm using file.writeline on each line of the pasted content by the way.
View 7 RepliesI have a very simple program which simply populates a listbox with a list of files stored in a directory.
Try
lvScripts.View = View.Details
lvScripts.Items.Clear()
lvScripts.Columns.Clear()
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However, I'd like to embed these files into the application itself and open them from there rather than from looking at the directory.To this end I've added each of the files as a resource but I don't know how to populate the list view with a list of the text files in the my.resources rather than a list of the text files in the directory.