I can get the current version of the os but i cannot get its service pack.
Dim OSSP As String = (Environment.OSVersion.ServicePack) Is what i tried using but i get nothing
I know how to use My.Computer.Info.OSFullName to get the version of the OS. How would I go about getting the Service Pack version?
I need this to work on all versions of Windows.
Also, is there a way to check and see if the activation has been successfully completed?
How do i show the current OS and Service pack of a machine.
If i use
Dim OS As String = (Environment.OSVersion.VersionString)
on my vista machine it shows up as Microsoft Windows NT 6.0.6000.0
I have written a program in VB Express 2008 and published it so I can install on another PC. When trying to install on another PC I get the error message "Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPack.Vs Version 9.0.0.0 be installed in the Global Cache (GAC) first" I have already installed the .NET 3.5 and the PowerPack but I still get the message.
View 2 RepliesIs there a Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2005 (Professional Edition)? The only one I see is for Team something or other....
View 3 RepliesAnyone have working code which can determine the Office versions from 2003 to 2010 and the ServicePacks installed for each?
View 3 RepliesI am not sure how to do this, I need to output what service pack is installed on a windows 7 machine along with what antivirus is installed. Any idea on how I would get that information using VB?
View 5 RepliesI want to check the service pack of my vs2008 but i find this:where is the service pack version gone How to check the service pack of my vs2008?
View 21 RepliesI had no errors in my VB project it was compiling nicely. I loaded SP 1 today and now I have 102 errors. Actually I'm sure more than that as 102 is the max it will show. It particularly doesn't like the date functions and isDBNull. And it balks at vbcrlf now. Here are some examples of the errors I'm getting:
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I have to say, the search box in this forum is questionable. searched for this:My.Application.Info.Versionand got lots and lots of hits and not one post actually had those words.....Anyway, I want an About msgbox to popup with the publish version displayed.In my project properties, under the Publish tab, Visual Studio has the following:
Major: 5
Minor: 0
Build: 0
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Is there a way to have a form event check the version of say Adobe Flash/Shockwave/Reader on the PC and then check what's available on the web?
View 3 RepliesTraditionally, class/type name is literally spelled inside its definition.
Public Class MyCustomClass
Public child As MyCustomClass
Public Shared Function Clone(ByVal original As MyCustomClass) As MyCustomClass
End Class
This is not a problem most of the time; C-languages even use class name as constructor methods' name. But consider a generic declaration:
Public Class MyListOfIntegers
Inherits MyCustomList(Of Integer)
End Class
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This scenario has 2 issues. The first one is that constructors are not inherited, and you have to provide pass-through wrappers in every derived class, — this is quiet dumb, but tolerable. The second issue is more severe: derived class inherits CloneMe() method which returns MyCustomList(Of Integer) , not MyListOfIntegers ! Every returned value must be manually DirectCast 'ed for further use with methods that expect MyListOfIntegers . This issue, together with the first one, renders inheritance of generic class almost useless.
So I need a "MyClass" alternative for static type-binding inside type definition. In case of generic type that is referencing other compound types, task could be accomplished by adding second parameter to type section:
Public Class MyCustomList(Of T, TList)
...
Public Function CloneMe() As TList
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But since we must reference our own type, it would create an infinite recursive loop of additional typeparamlist arguments. How can this be resolved, aside of creating separate classes without generics?
I have this code for my update checker. It loads a blank text file on my server containg the current version. I have it set to naviagte to this url then searches the web browser for the current version. If it cannot find it then there is a newer version, and a button becomes visible which lunches a webpage that has the current version. I would like it to loop my Check_for_update code until the webbrowser1.statustext = "Done" Below is the code i have but it doesnt work for some reason. Private Sub Update_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
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I need to be able to detect which version of Excel I have installed in my machine from some .NET code I'm developing. I'm currently using Application.Version for that, but it doesn't give me information about Service Packs.
View 4 RepliesFor some reason the Current Directory of my windows service is C:WindowsSystem32
and when I schedule my service I get this error Access is Denied.
In one of the blogs I saw this peice to change the current directory. But I am not sure where to place this code.
System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory)
I created a WCF Service running as a console application. It is doing event listening for my workflow engine.The second application I am trying to do is a WinForm that can monitor the service and return me back the current states of the engine's workersI am able to connect to the service fine, and I verified that my service has values being set when I step through it... however when my monitor makes a call to the service, I am returning values as though it is not being run? (So default values, not current values
View 13 Repliesi have created a WebService. and my webserver is in Canada. and i am accessing this service from India.Now problem is that i m not able to get the current time of that system in india.wht i hv written in Webservice is Now.Date.and it is not returning the currnet date of system where my webservice is configured.Please tell me how can i get the current date and time of that system.
View 2 RepliesThis is the function that I use in web service for getting current windows user.
<WebMethod()> _
Function User() As String
Dim p() As String = Split(My.User.Name, "")
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When I run service on localhost it realy return current windows user name!The problem is when i run service from remote PC, in that case I got nothing from this function. What is problem with this service, and how I can get name of Windows user?
I have an asp.net project that's compiled on a server. On that same server I have a windows service that's running methods referenced from the asp.net .dll. Everything works fine except for when the httpcontext.current object needs to be accessed. I'm fairly certain that the cause of the .current being null is that it's referencing the shared library without an actual instance of the site running. In a previous version of the service I was able to find a workaround in asp.net by not using the context, however that is now a last resort as much of the architecture of the site has changed. Is there anyway to create an instance of the site and simulate a current httpcontext for the purposes of the service?
View 2 RepliesI developed a windows service project using vb.net and windows service is installed with logon account as admin's user name and password. Target of windows service is to read the pst file path location from windows registry for currently logged user by accessing the following registry key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionWindows Messaging SubsystemProfilesOutlook52a407cf2e436a4d8fe252d1d257465501f6700".
The problem is , windows service can able to read the admin pst file path location if admin is logged in windows. When other user logged in windows, service is not able to read currently logged user's pst file path location from registry because of windows service is configured with admin user name and password. so it always reads admin's pst file location.
How they relate and differ from each? What are the best practices for version control? Is there a primer about publish online? Or a good book?
And is it possible to make ClickOnce and a msi in one solution of VS 2008? If so, is there any conflict or pitfall?
BTW I am using VB if that makes any difference.
I have some shared code I need to use both in a WinForm and a service. How can I test if my code is running in a service, so I can avoid problems with modal dialogs.
View 2 Repliesi have a Windows service that is hosting a WCF service through net.tcp and this is working great. I have also created a WCF service application. I am trying to add the net.tcp service reference to the service application. Then I add it to the GAC that goes ok but if I try to RegAsm the WCF service application to allow it to be called from Server.CreateObject I get the error:
Warning: Type library exporter encountered a type that derives from a
generic class and is not marked as
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]. Class interfaces cannot be
exposed for such types. Consider marking the type with
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)] and exposing an explicit
interface as the default interface to COM using the
ComDefaultInterface attribute.
It does not work. I have tried to call it through a class library but this does not work either as the end point is not set correctly.
This code no longer works in ver 2007:' Obtain max resources available for Excel
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Is there any way to make my programs use a lower version of net.framework other than the newest version 4 that comes with VS2010?I use my programs within a closed network and there isn't an easy way for me to install any software since I'm not the administrator.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to add functionality to my application that will disable buttons and checkboxes depending on what version the OS is when the app is launched. I made a test app to test this but unfortunately I can not get it to work. Here is my code:
'OS Check
Dim osValue As Object
osValue =
My.Computer.Registry.GetValue("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindows NTCurrent Version", "CurrentVersion", "5.2")
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*Note - 5.2 is Windows 2003, 6.0 is Vista, 5.1 is Windows XP
I have created a license system for my application with MySql about half a year ago. What it would do is take the serial number and send it to my server if the key was correct it would return a 0 if its wrong the return value would be a 1.The problem was that when the serial number was entered correctly my program would create a "fake file" for example vb.dll in the system.And on run time my program would check for that vb.dll if the file exist it would skip my trial program and run the app as a full version. Half year later i think creating a "fake file" and checking for it on start up is extremely wrong and that's not very good security.How can i check the difference between a full version and unregistered version?
View 23 RepliesI have a XML file with the latest application version number, I have this loaded into a variable, how can i compare this against the application.info.version to see if it's the latest version??
View 3 RepliesI want my application to do something special :D.. jks
I just want it to compare assembly version to the file version something like this (btw i also want it if it is the same i want it to enable a button):
Private Sub StartSplash_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If Assembly Version = File Version Then
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so how do i detect Assembly & File version numbers?
I would like my program to overwrite its previous version such that users don't have to uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.
I'm guessing it has something to do with setting Publish Version (Major, Minor, Build, Revision), Assembly Version or File Version.