Creating A Program That Once Installed Was A Windows Toolbar ?
Nov 6, 2011
I'm wondering how I would go about creating a program that once installed was a windows toolbar. What I'm trying to do is similar to the clipboard, but I want to customize it to my own style. I work in a data entry job and many of the bills we enter have similar information that I'd like to be able to enter without repeated typing. I'd like the toolbar to be docked to the top of the screen, and have several buttons on it. Clicking a button, while having a focus in my data entry program, would paste the button's text (or the full text of what the button caption represented) into the selected field. Alternately, if focus between multiple applications is too difficult to try, then clicking the button would highlight the text and copy it to the windows clipboard, so I could then click back into my data entry program and hit ctrl-v. I dont need help on the program itself...just on how to make it as a windows toolbar, if possible.
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Sep 25, 2007
I'm writing an application that I want to keep status text always on the taskbar. Some programs like Windows Media player create a toolbar that can be added to the taskbar. Is there a way to do this in VB.NET, and if so how ... ?
I can create a notifyicon, and although it can be used to display notifications I need the text information to always be displayed... I could have used different icons to show a change in status in the notifytray but I really need text to display the status.
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Feb 14, 2010
i want to design a new program that should start with windows and its icon should appear at the toolbar the idea is when i click on the icon a rectangular forum should appear. my question is that: what is the best tool or control should i use? should i use the blank project of windows application or there is special project for that.
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Sep 15, 2010
I have been perusing the internet in search of the best way to accomplish this, but have had no luck. If someone here has experience with Office add-ins, I'm not asking for a solution by any means, just assistance with which direction to take. The software I'm working on is primarily in VB.Net and C#; IDE is VS2008 Here's my scenario:
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Sep 15, 2008
I'm creating a program in VS2005 VB.Net somehow like a windows explorer, my problem was on creating a navigation toolbar in my form.
Does anyone know what is the code for back,forward,up one level in navigation toolbar??
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Dec 19, 2009
I have searched and searched how to do this but everything leads back to Appbars (dockable forms) which is not what i need.
I want a toolbar that goes into the taskbar, like WMP, itunes, language toolbar.
Preferably in vbnet, but if its in C# then thats fine.
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Oct 31, 2009
I have been learning VB2008 and have been working a little with the toolstrip. While this question isn't really urgent, I've been thinking down the road about images and image libraries that I would like to build and use in my programs. I am thinking I should set up my own library so that all programs I write will have the same look (at least as often as I want them to).
1) What does everyone use to create images? What programs, features, etc. are important? Eg. I have MSPaint and and old version of CorelDraw but have never really used them to high quality stuff.
2) Are people just using the images provided in VB2008 Pro?
3) What should I consider when working with images for use in Windows Forms programming? Currently I am not doing any web work.
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Aug 15, 2011
I want to create an application which provides toolbar 'button' like BatteryBar.
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Mar 10, 2012
When right-click the Taskbar -- Toolbars, then click the Desktop, the taskbar will show the Desktop toolbar.
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Sep 18, 2009
Is there any way to access the built in toolbar pictures that Microsoft has so kindly developed. I want to use them in my toolbar but when you go to change the image setting of a toolstripbutton your only choice is the local resource file.
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Dec 2, 2011
I am creating a toolbar for the desktop. The only problem I have is that all though I have the windows above all others windows I need to have the other programs (not created by me) to snap or max to below my program etc. I have tried to search but have not found anything to help me or explain how to do it..
I am using Visual Studio 2010 Ultmate (visual basic 2010)..
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Jan 24, 2012
I am looking for a way that on the form I am designing , there will be a section that displays an excel type spreadsheet that stores rows of similar information as show below.
length(mtr) width(mtr) height(mtr) cubic weight(kg) physical weight(kg)
eg. 0.15m 0.25m 0.35m 3.38kg 5kg I need the spreadsheet to allow the user to select rows and the form can have command buttons to allow then to delete selected row, etc. But I dont want to have it that the system this program eventually runs on to need to have excel actually installed on the system.
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Nov 1, 2009
I'm trying to make a thumbnail toolbar button (TTB from now on)visible when the it is clicked. I know how to do stuff when it is clicked, AddHandler etc. But if I tell it TTB.visible=false then it doesn't become invisible. If I put TTB.enabled = False it will be disabled, so it's only the visible that isn't working.
Also I put a button on my form (not a TTB) and when that is click wrote, TTB.visible = false and that didn't work, so there is no way to make it invisible.
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Mar 5, 2010
I'm getting started with VB 2008 and was wondering which control I can use to create a Toolbar within a windows form title bar, as MS Word 2007 does?
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Aug 11, 2010
Give Me Some Examples
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Jul 24, 2009
If not what else is needed.
Is it possible to install it as a virtual application?
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Jan 30, 2010
I know the default install path of the app and the name of the .exe file, but is there a way to see if it is actually installed? I've seen suggestions for checking registry entries, but I don't know if this app uses any or if if varies for different users on different pc's.
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Jun 11, 2011
This is going to sound weird but I was wondering if there is a way to show in a list all of the installed Windows Updates.
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May 31, 2010
I'm trying to figure out if specific Windows updates are installed so I can install the correct ones.I'm currently checking the WindowsUpdates.log file that is located within the windows directory, but it's terribly unreliable.In my search to find an alternative method, I cam across this blog post. It seems like a perfect fit. Unless you take into account that this is VBScript and their querying Microsoft.Update.Session.what class in WMI that would relate to VB so I can pull the info.
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Jul 29, 2011
I was wondering if there is a way to detect if Windows Updates are currently being installed.The reason is that I have written some software that sends my PC to hibernation if is idle for a specific amount of time, but I do not want this to happen if Windows is in the process of updating.
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Dec 8, 2009
EDIT: I'm starting a bounty on this question. For the moment, I've moved on and am developing my application using VS2010 Pro Beta, but I'd really like it to be able to be built with express edition, since we are generally not a .net shop and even if one or two developers have VS PRO it will not be available to our entire team.
To be the accepted answer and claim the bounty, you must provide sample code and instructions that will allow a Windows Service to be installed and uninstalled using vb 2008 express edition. You don't necessarily need to start with my code (but the essentials of it are included below).
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Jun 5, 2011
I don't know how to get my asp code to work on windows 7. I ran my project, it works correctly.
But for some pages I'm getting an HTTP 401.5 error.
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Dec 5, 2009
I wrote this code to try and figure out which drive Windows is installed on - it basically starts with C and looks for the first "fixed disk" with a Windows folder.
' Start with c: and look for first fixed drive (type=3) with a windows folder
Dim getInfo As System.IO.DriveInfo
Dim m_start As Integer = 67
Dim m_drv As String = Chr(m_start) & ":windows"
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Aug 22, 2010
Is there a function that determines the letter that windows is on installed. For example:
D:
C:
G:
etc...
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Mar 17, 2010
We have a certain application installed on a single machine. I would like to enable/disable a button based on the existence of this application. Is there a way to check for its existence from asp.net?
the app is currently on an XP machine, but want to code for Win7 as well. VS2008 3.51. Asp.net
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Jan 26, 2009
Do users of windows applications have to have the database application installed if your program uses databases to store information? For example, when making VB2008 programs, if I use the visual studio express database (.sdf), or maybe a MSAccess database, to store information within my visual basic program...when I deploy the application to the users, can they run the program okay even if they don't have MSAccess installed on their computer?Also, do I need to have MSAccess installed in order to write programs that use MSAccess databases?
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Dec 25, 2011
i have installed visual studio 2010 32 bit on my new computer which have windows 7 64 bit. Everything seems ok. But now I try to learn how to draw some spheres with movement. I have tried to install openGL2 but it does not work or said that it does not fit with 64 bit, or it works only with VC.
Could any one, please, give me a short introduction to install and use open GL in vb.net 2010 installed on windows 7 64 bits ?
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Aug 31, 2009
I have a simple windows Service developed in VS.net 2008 and VB.net. When I install the service using Installutil.exe from the command prompt it is working like a charm.
When I try to add a setup project and set the output and build and install it though it says successfully installed, it is not showing up in the services.
The event log shows that it is successfully installed. I just did check the registry, it did place the assemblies in HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftinstallerassemblies.
But I don't understand why it is not showing up in the services listing. I refreshed and restarted.
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Mar 6, 2012
I currently have a property in my program which returns a true/false depending on if the program is "portable" or not. I need this to know if I should do a certain thing or not.
It checks if it is by checking if the registrykey the installer creates exists, here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\MyProgram
(And under the Wow node if the OS is 64 bit)
The problem is, I am trying to get rid of the need for admin rights, and this is the last function that needs to be fixed. But I don't have a clue on how.
Why I want this property is because then I don't need two separate versions of my program (like a set property in My.Settings which I set before I build).
The only files that differ using the portable vs the installer is one file, but the reason why I don't want to base the result on the existence of that file is because I want to warn the user if it's not there (if the program is not in Portable mode), so he can reinstall the program.
how I can check if the program is installed by an installer, without using admin
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Feb 26, 2009
I'm using VB.Net 2005 Pro and want to be able to check if a particular program is installed. I've seen lots of ideas about checking files in the program files folder or scanning the registry for keywords but none of these seem particularly foolproof. Is there a way to get a definitive answer to if an app is installed?
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