1.i want to open a text file in the exe.using Shell "mathtype.exe" "Filename" ' Assume file contains "Hai"
2.I have to copy the content "Hai".
3.I have to paste/write the copied content in a text file,
4.Save the text file in "c:"
I have an application, that I have integrated into Windows Shell, for this example I will use Notepad. You can right-click a file on the desktop and select 'Edit with Notepad', this launches(if I am not mistaken 'NotePad %1') notepad, and opens the file right away for editing.For my application I need this to get the file name, so basically I would right click on my application, and it will run and have the filename for me to use inside the application.
View 1 RepliesI am opening mathtype.exe from richtextbox and type some mathtype equation editor after closing mathtype editor the data which i type must be displayed in richtextbox.I am tried this using sendkeys.send but it seems to be not working properly.Suppose mathtype equation in richtextbox you can open it by double click on them and you can edit then this changes will be saved in richtextbox, but first time it will not save the containt in richtextbox.
View 6 RepliesI'm just getting started in VB.net using vb.net 2010 . I thought what I had left to do today was simple but not to be.I am simply trying to open a zip file that the user has selected.No mater how I have tried to send the filename (with quotes added, chr(34) & selfilename, set permissions, confirm file is found) I get Error 53 File Not Found.
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim SelFileName As String
Dim ReturnValue As Boolean
SelFileName = ListBox1.SelectedItem 'Contains the full path and filename
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If I use the shell command: notepadID = Shell("C:\WINDOWS\system32\notepad.exe", AppWinStyle.MaximizedFocus)When note pad opens I want to control the fileopen box. I can use the SendKeys.SendWait("%(FO)") to get the box opened but then how can I control the initial directory and the file type filter? I would much rather open the fileopen box in code and control it that way. How can I use the code below to control the fileopen on a process that the shell command opened up? [code]
View 5 RepliesI know the "Process.Start" function, but it creates a new object of the cmd shell which terminates itself when the Python script is at its end. How can i open the original Windows Command Shell so that the Python file can run to its end without the box getting closed?
View 6 RepliesI am using this line of code to open some files from a CD.
Dim f As FileStream = New FileStream(FILENAME, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read, 8192)
Everything was working great until i found some files from an Unix CD that have colons on its filename.
"D:Perl5-32PERL-MANoptperl_32manman3ActivePerl::Config.3"
When trying to open this file i get an exception. Is there another method i could open this file on Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 7?
i am trying to open a excel 2007 file using a shell command in visual studio .net 2008 from a button object but it says "File Not Found" even though I created the file and put it into the same folder as the application.
View 2 RepliesI need to open a *.py file in the shell (DOS) box, but it returns an error that no file was found at the specified path. But this path is completely correct. Unless Visual Basic are referencing to paths in another matter than C#? 'Cause I am developing in C# and referenced to VB to do this.
View 3 Repliesi am very new @ visual basic just worked in php and html before this i downloaded visual studio 2008 with sp1 before a few days and made my first steps whit it. i want to make something like an software package for myself just to trie out some things, and i would like to add (firefox.3.1.exe to MY RESOURCES, and after that i want to make something like a button and a button click event that when i clikc the button it opens the .exe file in my resourses and i can install it)so i know how to add it to my resources. so is there maybe any way to use SHELL to open a file called firefox_setup.exe in MY.RESOURCES?
View 3 RepliesShell(Application.StartupPath & "myfile.txt", vbMaximized Focus)The code above shows the error that the file does not exist. But it exists. I tried the same code for an .exe file it works great.!
View 3 RepliesI am assuming there is a way to have this sub in? I am assuming Do Until Loop is the way to go[cod]e...
View 1 RepliesI am trying to replace a string which is actually different from line to line in a text file. I want to end up with a filename but without the path. For example:
My text file contains:
C: est estingmorefilename.mpg
C: est estfiles1 estfile4.mpg
W: estinglocation estingmore estfiles9.mpg
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how do you transform an address like "file:///d:filename.ext" in "d:filename.ext"
without dirty string manipulation??
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for exp. this the code that i use to open calculator but how can i use , appminimize, maximize, apphide, normal, show etc. command that i can use in visual basic ?
Sorry if i had make about tags.
How do I open a pdf file to a specific page within the pdf.
Below is a link to some of the open parameters when using command line:
PDF Open Parameters
I saved a file with the extension .doc. I use the RichText to write and save the text. I did not set any encoding type when I saved it. When I tried to open the file in the Richtextbox again, I got all the formatting characters in the RTF file. How do I correct this? How do I open and re-open a .doc file in the Rich Text box control without the formatting showing up in the box with the document contents?
View 4 RepliesI would like to launch a command line exe I created. For now it's a test program that writes Hello World to the console. I can launch it, but the shell window it displays it in only stays for a split second.
I know I can add a line to my console mode program (readline). But I would like to control it from the process launch. I will be using console mode programs that I did not write myself, and many of them don't stall the output. I can't find the right properties and methods to control the default shell behavior!
Using vb.net 2008 I have a form with a PDFViewer control. I pass the filename and path to open the pdf. When the form is closed, AcroRd32.exe is not destroyed. It remains in Task Manager even after I've completely closed the application. The more pdf files I open, the more memory used. How can I destroy? I've tried setting the control = nothing, ctrl.dispose but neither is working. What am I doing wrong?
View 5 Replieshow to use open file dialogs to open a file to a text box?
View 6 RepliesI have a checked list box that is populated with the text from a text file. I started off with this code:
Dim FileToLoad As String
FileToLoad = TextBox3.Text
Dim fs As FileStream = New FileStream(FileToLoad, FileMode.Open)
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I'm going to attempt to make a shell replacement for the Windows default shell: explorer.exe. I'm not sure if its possible using Vb.Net, but I can't seem why not. My end goal is to use a custom made shell for a Windows Preinstallation Environment instead of the default command prompt. I plan to use a 3rd party program to compile the program with the .NET Framework. Otherwise, it wouldn't work because Windows PE does not support the .NET Framework.
View 1 RepliesWhat kind of code would I need to open a text file and add a line of text at the end of a file. IE "C:UsersAdministratorDesktopfile.txt"...??? Then save it of course.
View 4 RepliesQuick query...I'm trying to scan a long string and return any values that occur between the tags <FileName> and </FileName> I've got a bit of code here to use regular expressions to return the position of the occurunces of both substrings..Just wanted to find out if there is any way to scan for both substrings within one loop (as im currently doing 2, one for the first substring and one for the 2nd) so I can use something along these lines:
ringlist = Mid(XMLRESP, (startloc + 1), (endloc - 1))
MsgBox(ringlist)
to msg box the value between the substrings...either that or another approach to return the value between the 2 substrings (it can be of variable length)
Dim patternstart As String = "<FileName>"
Dim patternend As String = "</FileName>"
Dim matchesstart As MatchCollection = Regex.Matches(XMLRESP, patternstart)
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I am trying to write code that will open a file with the input from a combobox from the user. My code is below:
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How would I do that? Sample code is below that demonstrated that the file I opened contained the full path and file name.
I want to extract just the path and serialize that to the user.config file as a UserSetting value. Then next time the user opens the dialog box, it uses that saved path string to go immediately to the location previously used.
If openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
Properties.Settings.Default.persistConnectionType = openFileDialog1.FileName
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
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I have this program that validates error and then logs it in a text file,but here is the problem, I want to know how show the text file that has been made after the logs have been written,
for example, I have validated all the errors, and then creates a text file that has appended all the strings, then after my pop message, I want the text file to pop also, showing all the logs that have been created..
I have created 2 format types(ELEMENT, ATTRIBUTE) of XML File.To open and read the ELEMENT Format type and write the row into TEXT string for display is fine but the ATTRIBUTE is not working.The problem is how to identify the format type at runtime in order to develop the script.The scripts below works on ELEMENT format and not on ATTRIBUTE type..How to identify the Format type? [code]
View 5 Replieshow do i make this open a file with the name of .mxp and any text file how do i add that in. and how do i open the file mxp to Private Sub SaveToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles SaveToolStripMenuItem.Click
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So the app that I am working on requires me to launch shell commands that output text into a command prompt window. I need to be able to capture that text into a string.
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