I have gotten my application to open with an associated file type, but now I'm trying to figure out how to associate the file types to the app. I associated them on my PC manually by right clicking on a file and selecting "Open With.." and check-marking "Always use this application to open this file type".What I want to do, is have my program make itself the default application for a file type with the press of a button.If it makes it easier, I'm writing a text editor and want to give the users the option of making it the default text editor for .txt &/or .rtf files.
I have problem to associate an Icon to the specific extention like *.nst which is my application's file.
I can associate icon by writing some registry entries where I have given the path of the icon file. but I don't want to do like this I actually want to embed the icon file into the EXE file and then set the ICON.
I have embeded the icons into EXE by doing some stuff but when I have given the icon index that icon is not associated with the file only first ICON is associated.
I finished creating my help file for my app using .chm program. Now, how do I go about associating that help file with my program so people can click on help and it's there. Do i need to bring it into my resources?
I have a class with a Property called 'Value' which is of type Object.Value can be of any type, a structure, a class, an array, IList etc.My problem is with the setter and determining whether the value has changed or not.This is simple enough for value types, but reference types and lists present a problem.For a class, would you assume that the Equals method has been implemented correctly, or just assume that the value has changed every time the setter is called?If I did assume it's changed, then perhaps I should assume it for value types as well, so that the behaviour is consistent.
I am currently working on a document manager type application in vb 2008.
I want to be able to open and preview different file types in the app in addition to being able to open them with their associated programs.
Is it possible to create a universal file opener that will open and display any file type (and if so how do I do it) or do I have to write a separate file opener for each different file type I wish to support?
I finally figured out exactly what I do not understand in vb.net. What I am needing to know is how to associate one object to another such as how would I associate text box(A) with text box( so that text box ( gives me the correct output after I type input into text box (A).
I am making a program with tabs, and in each tab is a textbox for editing a file (like how VB's designer does). How can I match up a textbox with a tab so that the cut, copy, paste, select all, etc. in the menu can tell what textbox to preform actions on? I was thinking of getting the current selected tab, and somehow finding the textbox associated with that tab.
how I could remove certain file extensions or file types from a populated listbox?I have listbox1 and I want to remove .rar files,.zip files and .txt files.How could I do so in one easy step?
I am not sure I am doing this correctly,I want to get a multiple number of file types (gif, jpg, png, etc.) and store them in one variable so I can access all the files in that var. I read that GetFiles doesn't allow for multiple patters, so how do I do this so I can have more than one file type in a variable?
Dim aryFiGif As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles("*.gif") Dim aryFiJpg As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles("*.jpg") Dim aryFiPng As FileInfo() = di.GetFiles("*.png")
attaching filesI am using VB2005 and MS access as a database.I have created a project where a user can add a new record and sometimes with adding the new record you also need to add backup, example a picture,excel, word, txt,pdf.I need to know how to do this?It can be save either on a folder on a local drive or database.I would like to be able to select a file and save it, and if
I am trying to add mime types to a godaddy hosting account that uses IIS7.0. Every time I add the mime types, though, it crashes my web site. Here is the config file without the connection strings to the DB:
How can i go about associating my application with a filetype e.g *.safsg ? How can i get my program to open them file types when that filetype is double clicked on desktop for example.
I am trying to find a way to associate a key with an index for a Listviewitem in VB.Net. I'm not even sure if it can be done with .Net but I know in VB6 I could do a
Listview.listitem.add "somestring", "somestring".
For the application I am using this in, I cannot have duplicate item.text so I would make the key the same as the string. this also made accessing the item easier since I didn't have to rely on index to update the subitems.
I am facing another issue. I want to associate a timer to my function. Actually what i am doing is that i am tryin to store certain values in a database. A function is such that it calculates 5 values and stores them in a database. While storing them in the database it displays them in a textbox on the form. Now i want to display them one by one which it does. But it does it so fast that i can only see the last value that it enters in the database inside the textbox.
Can i make it show all the values slowly one by one.
Private Sub dbInsert(ByVal strfile As String, ByVal hashoffile As String, ByVal p As Integer) 'parameter to the above function (ByVal strfile As String)
I am trying to associate multiple files with my app i have done associating files but when i try to open multiple files app open just one file, to open the file iam using this code in form load event
For Each arg In My.Application.CommandLineArgs open_File(return_rtb, arg) Next arg
And the second problem is myApp is single instance app how to catch if user double click on a file while myApp is running like form load event for first time.
How would i do to get the regkey from my program and then register it into the windows key register so that users can select Open With... [MyApplication]?
And this brings me to another question, how can i get the data from a file if someone opens my program with a file (Open With...)? Or else maybe how can i get the path to the file which opened my program so that i can retrieve the data from the file?
In my VS-2008 (VB.Net) application, I am using a background worker to make my main form more responsive. In case of any error (in DoWork event) I m displaying the error on another form. In this case main form cant be a parent of error form so if main form is clicked, error form go in the background (behind main form). I want to restrict the user to interact with the main form while error form is appearing. Is there any way to associate these two forms such that error form always appear in front of main form.
I have a web browser I'm using in my VB.net form to which I drag *.CTB files. At present I can drag any file type into the browser can I limit this to CTB file extensions only and if the user ties to drag in any other extension that a message box appears quoting that the file must be ctb extension?
I have a question (suppose to be simple). The question related to reading text file which is in the below format.
[Code]....
What I want here is to store the first data column in the file to be stored in AreasString and 2nd column in Level, 3rd in Importance and so on untill the end of the data. In addition, How can I check the type of data? For example, if I want to say: If 10.25 is double then msgbox ("it is double") else msgbox ("it is integer")
How do you associate a filetype, for example ".tkoen" (idk..), to the registry without restarting Explorer.exe for updating the filtypes..in Explorer.exe..?
I am working on a project that we need to associate an image with a radio button. When the Radio button is selected the image show when its not the image doesnt show.
I am having a problem trying to get this work. I was told that we can use the radio buttons checked attribute and to set the flag but I cannot figure out how to do this.
I have this information but I do not understand what exactly it is referring to at this point:
When the program begins running, the focus goes to the control with the lowest tab index. Because that control is likely to be a radio button, one button will appear selected. You must either display the first flag to match the radio button or make the focus begin in a different control. You might consider beginning the focus on the button.
Set the Visible property of a control to the Checked property of the corresponding check box. That way, when the check box is selected, the control becomes visible.
Because all three selectable controls will be visible when the project begins, set the Checked property of the three check boxes to True at design time. Set the flag picture box to Visible = False so it wont appear at start up (if you plan to display the picture box at start up, its Visible property must be set to True.)
I have a windows form that has 18 checkboxes named CheckBox1 -> CheckBox18. Also i have a text file that i want to use to store whether the checkbox was checked from a previous session.[code]Now say 002's seventh character = 1 i want to to be able to change CheckBox2.checked to true without having to put in a long if..elseif... statement - so i need to somehow get the checkbox name to change dependant on the the first three characters.[code]
I am building my first VB2008 application and I am trying to figure out a way to make some check boxes being checked when an entry from a combo box is selected on top of these check boxes. More specific, I am trying to describe the services offered in 3 hotel room types. i.e. If the user selects from the combo box the room type "Economy" some extras will be automatically checked (TV, mini bar, etc). If the user selects "Premium" some more check boxes will be checked.