Edit App.config File - Get File Path?
Dec 6, 2011
I have existing file named myapp.exe.config . What I would like to do is have a little app where user could specify path to app database. I know how to get file path but I dont know how to change existing line in myapp.exe.config file. No changes during runtime. Just simple app to change string in app.config file. I would like to enable user to select path to database and store that path in app.config file. Line which I would to change has a string "|DataDirectory|mydatabase.accdb" and i would like to change it with for ex. "C:Myappmydatabase.accdb" ( if it is selected file's path).
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Aug 18, 2011
I'm attempting to update some values in the web.config file from code during an install process.So far I've found this for updating the connection string,[code]However I need to update another section and I'm not sure how. I have the settings for an email and I'm not sure how to update them. Relevant web.config section below, [code]
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Jan 27, 2012
I have a program with the connection string to my database in the config , this file is in the main directory where the software is installed. My question is: Other people can edit or replace this config file with other for example to connect my program to his database? or edit other settings in the config ? so my program will work with a edited or replaced config file?
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Aug 29, 2009
I want to specify the application path in a config file for my trace logs, but I'm not sure how. At the moment I have:
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I want to replace the absolute location f:Logs with the relative path of the application, but I want to do it in the config file, not in code. Is there a way to do this? I know about ${APPDATA} but this isn't what I want.
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Nov 6, 2009
I'm creating window application with VB.NET and flatfiles.the problem is how do i store the connection string in the app.config file that include the application.startup path?
<add name="cn" connectionString="provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" + Application.StartupPath + "data;Extended Properties=text;" />
i got some error when writing to app.config.
"Missing attribute value on attribute 'Application.StartupPath'."
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Feb 4, 2010
I am having a big problem with deleteing a file form the server. I have the filename for a image stored in my SQL database. the problem is i am getting an error of "Illegal characters in path. " Here is the code below:Everything is working fine until the delete command.
Protected Sub DeleteButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Dim tmpEquipID As String = Request("EquipID")
Dim tmpImageID As String = (CType(FormView1.FindControl("ImageIDLabel"), Label).Text)
Dim d As New equippicsDataContext
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Feb 27, 2012
Reading a .txt file in VB.net. My file path is C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt.
This is my line of Dim LoanOptionsFile As String = "C:UsersMyLilMulePepeDocumentsVisual Studio 2008Projectscurtain_calls.txt"
I can read the file when I run the program, but how do I write the file path so that someone else can download my program and file and read the file on their system?
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Jan 18, 2010
is there any tool to validate configuration file?
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Jan 3, 2010
I'm looking for a way to specify the location for the User.config file that is used for storing the My.Settings object. It appears that this is not possible. The problem for me is, I don't want to be responsible for creating several different files on the users computer that really have no use and are difficult to find and clean once an update is released. For most users, this is not a serious problem, as many will probably never update the software, and most will probably only go through a couple of updates. On my system, there are config files for every build of the application, and the same to a lesser extent will be true for my beta testers.
I can understand that MS wants to make sure that no two applications will use the same location for storing application data, but a simple [UserData] [CompanyName][ApplicationName] for storing application data will probably suffice for 99.9999 percent of the legitimate applications in the world. Bogging a user's system down with erroneous files, no matter how small, is an unnecessary drain on system resources and a potential source of problems for the user. It's bad enough that most programs leave bits and pieces of themselves all over a user's system after De-installation - this to me seems only to exaggerate this problem.
Is the only way to get around this problem to write a whole new Settings Class? Is there a way to change the location of the UserConfig file to a more friendly (and more predictable) location that I am not finding for myself? It would seem that having at least the OPTION to specify a location for the User.Config file would be OBVIOUS and easy to implement, so why did they leave this out?
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Aug 22, 2006
I have a Access program and I'm using VBA code in the background to run Winunzip using shell command. Well, the path of the .zip file has spaces in it and it's not recongizing the path as a valid path. Is there a another way to tackle this problem besides the shell?I can't us pkzip either. Has you can see I had to use progra~1 instead of Program Files.[code]
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Dec 29, 2010
I have this pretty simple application, it uses a webService to transfer data to my servers DataBase. Now it is very important for me to keep this application as one single file, and not having some XML files needed for it to work, but this is the case. I think the XML file holds the information to this webService, so without it the application crashes. Is there a way to get the application to work without this XML file, or a way to put the XML inside the exe archive?
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Dec 17, 2008
What i am trying to do now is to show the content of the dnsredir.ini file on the forms and able to edit it.
The dnsredir.ini file file looks like this
;Configuration INI file for DNS Redirector v6.4.7
Logging=Normal
ListenOnIP=172.23.128.33
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May 9, 2009
I need to parse some text to extract the name/path of an image file inside an X file. The part of the file looks something like this:
TextureFilename {
"C:\\Users\\USER\\Documents\\Map\\Textures\\Grass01.dds";
}
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Feb 21, 2010
Well im making a program that will Add the Safe File Name of the File opened in the Open File Dialog to the first column of the listview and the File name and path to the second. What i want it so when i double click on the Safe file name it will open the file specified in the path in the second column.i already got the add file to it.
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Jun 5, 2009
Is there a better way of finding the path of a file that was opened with the open file dialogue? This is what I did. It works, but it seems like there should be a way to get the path through one of the open dialogue options.
Code:
'm_PicSource = OpenFileDialog1.FileName
'm_PicSource is a global var
Dim strCnt As Integer = m_PicSource.Length - 1
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May 8, 2010
I made a media player that has a list box to select the file to play but it displays the file path but I want the filename and length.The code is:
Private Sub ListBox1_SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender
As System.Object,
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)[code].....
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Nov 10, 2009
how do i return the file path to a variable when using open file dialog to browse and open a file?
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Apr 22, 2012
I am trying to create a sort of 'personal code library' in visual studio 2010 where the form displays a list box of certain project files in vb that I have made in the past and when selected, a button can be pressed that launches the .exe files of those visual basic program project files or displays the source code (.vb file)
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May 22, 2012
I am trying to read and display a file using MapPath as follows :
Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf"
Dim FilePath As String = MapPath("../Document/123.pdf")
Response.WriteFile(FilePath)
Response.End()
This procedure will work fine and display in the browser. However, if I save the file to C:Document123.pdf, how can I access this file using relative path in MapPath function. Is there an option to access the file which is saved out of IIS server? I am using vb.net 2003.
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Jun 14, 2012
I'm using acrobat that returns unix paths instead of windows path's. So im wondering if there is a way in vb.net to convert the path to windows path.
i tried using:
docs(i) = javaScriptObj.path().ToString.Replace("/", "").Substring(1)
position = docs(i).IndexOf("")
docs(i) = docs(i).Substring(0, position) + ":" + docs(i).Substring(position + 1)
this only works on local files, but fails when im starting to use network drives.
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Nov 17, 2009
I've got a setup where a ComboBox displays all files in a certain directory, but it shows each files path/directory, and it also shows the files format next to the file name (i.e. "filename.txt").
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Sep 15, 2011
The reason I ask is that I want to print, at run-time, a file in the application's resources, like this:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim printProcess As New Process
printProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:UsersGeoffrey van WykDocumentsCountdown_Timer_Help.rtf"
' printProcess.StartInfo.FileName = My.Resources.Countdown_Timer_Help
printProcess.StartInfo.Verb = "Print"
printProcess.Start()
End Sub
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Jul 24, 2010
I'm working on a personal project and so far everything is going perfect. Almost. I have a problem with getting music file info based off of its file path. I.e. "
C:UsersUSERetc." The only things I would need from y'all would be how to get the song's Artist(s) and Name (maybe there's something similar to 'AxWindowsMediaPlayer.currentMedia.getitemInfo("Information")' without actually having to play the song?
After I get this information, I would like to know how to add it to a ListBox as this: "[Artist] - [Song Name]", but I can do the text part if I know the getting-the-information part and adding-the-info-to-listbox part.
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Dec 7, 2011
can anyone please explain to me how I get the file path to an embedded video resource file I have?Currently I know how to get this while debugging, but I am unsure how to refer to it when built.It needs to work no matter where the application files are.[code]
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May 1, 2011
Im trying to get a list of all the text files present (there file paths) in a certain folder (lets say C:\Users\podypodpod\Desktop\textfiles) and then add them to the list box (lb_Entrys)
ive manage to find this code to get all text files from the desktop , but i cant manage to edit it so i can give an actual filepath for it to search
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Jan 23, 2010
The reason I ask is that I want to print, at run-time, a file in the application's resources, like this:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim printProcess As New Process
printProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
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When I use "C:UsersGeoffrey van WykDocumentsCountdown_Timer_Help.rtf" as the argument of FileName, it works. But when I use My.Resources.Countdown_Timer_Help, it says it cannot find the file.
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Dec 2, 2010
i know how to do it but is this even possible in vb. get a textbox and a button.write a file path to something you want to dlete in the text box then press the button and the button deletes the object the file path has specified.and you
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Dec 6, 2009
im trying to find a file in a directory with a specified file path
filePath(j) = B:\Movies\Action\Transformers 2
im searching for front cover, when i find it im loading it into my picture box
If path.Contains(trimFilmTitle) = True Then
'find Front Cover
file_names = My.Computer.FileSystem.FindInFiles(filePath(j), "folder-front", True,
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Sep 15, 2010
How to make DLL file that returns File Path which is selected in the Dll while creating, using openfiledialog, Button, Textbox.
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Aug 10, 2009
I'm trying to find out if it is possible to something and really need your help.
What i want to be able to do is have a RichTextBox on my form that i can enter my description into, then when i have finished i want to be able to save it to a memory stream as a .html file.
I then want to be able to read the source of the HTML file to amend the format of the description and then display it in a webpage?
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