File Associations With Settings?
Jul 21, 2011
I know there are allot of toppics about this subject, but i cannot find really what i need.
i need a file associations with settings.. so when you click for an example: "PC0210.config" it will start my program with some settings inside the "PC0210.config" File.
Lets say my program needs to give a message box with the PC name when you click the PC0210.config file.
that inside the PC0210.config file is something like: pcname="testPC"my program popsup with: testPC
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Jun 6, 2010
I have a class IContact with various properties some of them being lists of other class objects. I have a public list of IContact. Can I write Contacts as List(Of IContact) to a file as opposed to a bunch of strings I then have to parse? I know visual studio has some data tools in the toolbox and a set of data classes, but I don't know how to use them or if they can help me write all this data to a single file.Second part of the question: I have associated .cms files with my program. But if a user opens the file, what code should the program run through in an attempt to deal with the file? This file is going to contain data that the program needs to read, how do I tell it to read a file when the program is opened vicariously because the file was opened?
I need to clarify these questions, I seem to have poor questions a lot of the time cause I don't get a lot of responses, and when I do get responses, they don't seem to answer my questions, I ask followup questions and then the thread will die after that usually..I seek not answers, but understanding, that I may not solve, but learn. What good is a fish without the skill to catch it?
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Aug 13, 2009
I have an MDI Windows Forms application (.net 2008) that allows the user to associate various file types with the application. I currently do this with a registry entry something like this, that causes the application to load and access the file name via the command line:[code...]
In the pre-.net version of the application, I used DDE (ddeexec in the registry). If an instance of the application was executing when a file was double-clicked in Windows Explorer, it would open the file without starting up a new instance of the application.
Now that DDE has been deprecated by Microsoft, what is the best way in .net for an executing MDI application to open an additional file when the file is double-clicked in Explorer, as opposed to starting a new instance of the application?
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Jul 28, 2010
How would one go about associating a file type with his application? I know how to read the command line arguments but I am not sure how I can "register" the file extension with Windows. Furthermore, my application is a stand-alone executable, so how would I keep Windows up-to-date on the location of my program?
I did a fair amount of searching and all I could find were old articles that didn't explain everything. How can I create file associations to a stand-alone executable in VB.NET?
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Jan 29, 2010
Under Project Properties, Publish, Publish Options, File Associations, you can set what file associations your project uses. What should I set for ProgID?
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Jul 26, 2010
I could find any results on file association. The only one that seemed to be straightforward was for a text file. I'm making a webbrowser. This is the code I was provided for a text file association:
Imports RegistryActions.FileAssociation
Public Class HelloForm
Private ftHello As New FileType(".Hello", "Hello", "Hello World Adjective File", "C:World.ico")
[code]....
How on earth do I make a file association for an html/htm file?
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Jan 21, 2011
My name is Stefan and i would like to know how can my app see that it was started up on a file-associated DoubleClick?I know how to associate the files using the "Registry" method and the "Publish" method.
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Jan 15, 2011
I was created ".cta" file for my project that file was loaded into my Richtextbox control so I created File associations option into registry all was done but I just double click that file in explorer, my application will run but that file was not loaded into my Richtextbox control. How can I do that...
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May 31, 2010
i have 8 new custom file types which go with my app, i can set them to open with me app easily using this code on a button:[code]But im a little stuck on what to change in that, ive made certain all my new extensions are unique and i have all my icons for each new file type made, i just need to be able to set them.
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Feb 21, 2009
How would that work? I can't find any documentation in the MSDN.you know how when you open a txt file it opens up notepad and loads the file? how does the whole 'loading the file' thing work in VB?
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Jul 25, 2009
I have my setup and deployment project is set to make the mailto: links refer to my program. It works with Firefox no problem. Internet Explorer complains that "Could not perform this operation because the default mail client is not properly installed." The mailto link shows as being associated to my program in the windows default programs thing.
My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey(".mailto").SetValue("", "SGA", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)
My.Computer.Registry.ClassesRoot.CreateSubKey("SGA\shell\open\command").SetValue("", Application.ExecutablePath & " ""%l"" ", Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind.String)
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Apr 15, 2011
1. I can't find the file which reflects changes to user settings. This might be because I just can't find it (I can see a bunch of user.config files but they are all empty - weird!), or...
2. I'm not actually saving them when I think I am.
Regarding 2. - do I need to invoke
Is this all I need? And if so, why are my user.configs empty?
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Oct 30, 2009
I have created a settings-file for my plug-in-based app. When the mainApp writes the settings to the file, the pluginApp should read the settings from the settings-file (when opening or at runtime even better), but somehow it reads the settings from the app.config-file. This means that the pluginApp never will read the settings according the values of the file.
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Aug 5, 2009
I saw that you can also use a "Settings File" (Add new Item)to add your settings instead of the application settings. But I can't seem to write any values to the file. Someone with experience with the "Settings1.settings"?
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Aug 9, 2010
I want to have a single table that represents a person and have a number of other tables (such as Student/Teacher) use the Person table to store information related to a person. Unfortunately the entity framework doesn't seem to like it when I try to add an association between the Student or Teacher class and I don't understand why. The Person table contains a column called ParentEntityID, which equals either a StudentEntityID or a TeacherEntityID. In an ideal world I would like to be able to reference the Person table by going Student.Person.FirstName instead of Student.Entity.Person1.FirstName. The error .Net returns when trying to connect the Student/Teacher table to the Person table is:
Error 3007: Problem in Mapping Fragments starting at lines 265, 289: Non-Primary-Key column(s) [ParentEntityID] are being mapped in both fragments to different conceptual side properties - data inconsistency is possible because the corresponding conceptual side properties can be independently modified.
The actual database I am working with is a bit more complicated and has a number of tables connected to the Entity table, which makes my object model pretty ambiguous and was hoping to be able to clean it up a bit by using the entity framework.I am using VB.Net 3.5 in a web application.
Update...In an attempt to internalize the different types of relationships I can form, I have been playing with this simple example and have come up with the following possibilities:And the reason why I cannot make an association between the Student and Address table is because that relationship is not enforced in the database. If I wanted an association between these two tables I would need to re-think the design of my database. Is that correct?
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Aug 24, 2009
I have been developing an application for quite some time now. I have decided to create an mdi parent form to hold all the windows I have done so far. Is there an easy way to implement the mdi parent/ child associations rather than to go and declare them each one individually.
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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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Jan 8, 2011
before i use VB6 i was make multiple file for each settings, i try load my VB6 into VB.NET 2008 and code show like this
Code:
FileOpen(1, My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath & "path.ini", OpenMode.Input)
Input(1, home1)
myWeb(X).Navigate(New System.URI((home1)))
[Code].....
so each form load will read ini file, and form close save ini file
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Sep 30, 2009
Im just wondering whats wrong with this line vb Dim lines As New List(Of String)(IO.File.ReadAllLines("/Settings.ini")) Well its working.. But it doesnt goes "/Settings.ini" just instead "C:/Settings.ini".. But I type "/Settings.ini".. how make it local folder?
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Mar 23, 2011
Heres what I need:
1. A way to save settings (Exp.: userkey=randomkey)
2. A way to than read these settings from inside the form.
3. A way to convert settings to strings.
4. A way for users to edit settings
5. No external files.
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Oct 30, 2010
i know about the My.Settings but i need to know how to save all the settings in a .ini Text file for example I GOT A SOURCE :: BUT THE GET SETTINGS DOESN'T WORK || Save settings DOES work
[Settings]
Textbox1=Name
Textbox2=Last
[Code].....
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Mar 14, 2010
lets say i have a checkedlistbox in my program and i want to save everything that is checked in an xml file so it will be checked again when i start up the program the next time, how can i do this ?
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Sep 25, 2009
I am working on a file explorer, and I want to save the view settings of each folder, like the icon size, font size, ect.. I was thinking of using an xml file to save these settings.
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Mar 27, 2010
How can I save a few settings to a file for my application? Its just whether the orientation of the document is landscape or horizontal, the zoom level, and the current font. Would an XML file be best?How can I create, write to and read one?
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Mar 3, 2010
I am trying to FTP an .xlsx file. I have to code uploading the file, but it is uploading it in a zip folder. how I can fix this? Is it a setting I am seeting with my code, or is it a setting the the FTP page itself? The code shown below is the code i am using to FTP the file. It was posted to my other thread by bdbodger.
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Jan 5, 2011
I have a little problem with my code. Or i'm doing something wrong. Take an look at it Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click Kill(My.Settings.Folder + "*.txt") End Sub
I want it to delete all files with the .txt extension.
A folderbrowserdialog saves the folder to My.Settings.Folder.
But for a weared reason it doesn't delete anything.
Does somebody know the answer to this.
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Aug 9, 2008
I have created a new XML file that save the settings of the application built using visual basic 2008.[code]...
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Nov 1, 2010
I've been trying to create an app with vb 2010. People are able to change settings (through the apps settings screen), then the changes are being saved to a file (the settings are being used in the whole app). Now my question is, what is the best way to save the setting in vb 2010:
XML or INI?
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Feb 26, 2009
I am using an .ini file to store my settings, so they are editable. But the thing is, it wont redirect? I had it working some minutes ago, but now, it just gives me a white page.. It didnt do that some minutes ago Here is my whole code, as it would take time to split it all that has with .Ini file to do.
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Jul 2, 2010
Where does my.settings save the .ini file?
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