Open The Containing Folder And Have That File Selected?
Dec 21, 2010If i have the path of a .txt file how can i open the containing folder and have that file selected.
View 4 RepliesIf i have the path of a .txt file how can i open the containing folder and have that file selected.
View 4 RepliesI have a winform application and this winform application has created few files. I want to implement "find target" function in my application to show those files. Those files located in a same folder. See the picture:Let's say that I have created few files in "C:Test" folder and this folder has this file: "C:TestFile1.txt". How to create "find target" functionality using VB.NET?
View 2 RepliesI thought this would be simple but clearly, I'm not understanding something right. I created a program where one selects a file. Then they type in the Directory the 'Test' folder is located in (C , D , E , ect) and then they click on another button that then transfers said file to the 'TEST' folder.[code]....
View 5 Replieswhat im trying to do and what i have done so far is probably a little backwards not sure sure how to id it any other way.when the user generates an error because a particular file doenst exist ive got my dialoge box to generate an .txt file for each file it errors on, so that the administrator can check and update missing files as an when - shouldnt be many files missing in the first place, should just be new product ranges or item just launched.what im stuck on is:
1. is there a better way
2. how do i open a .txt file and add the extra lines to it, so i re use the file but keeping the previous data.
How can i open a file (like .mp3 , .avi) or a folder (like C:program files ) using my program? I use visual basic
View 8 RepliesI'm using vb.net 2008 I want to use this code to open Excel file from the same folder where the program(exe) will be.
Dim exl As New Excel.Application
exl.Workbooks.Open("Name.xlsx")
as when did in Process.Start("Name.xlsx")
with the following: Open a text file which is selected in a listBox and then load the selected files contents into another list box
View 7 RepliesI have a product.pdf in my clientbin(silverlight) folder which contains detail about product on click of button just i want to open that pdf i used following code it's working fine locally after hosting it is giving HTTP Error 404.0 - Not Found The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
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The resource you are looking for has been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.
How do I open this .REG file in Visual Basic 2010?
I'm trying to make a program that will launch this registry file that I've put already in the Resources folder of the program.
BTW if you're curious it's not a harmful program I'm making.
So all I've done so far is put the file in the resources folder of the program, but I don't know how to actually launch it.
I am trying to open a .jpg from a folder in my debug and insert it into a picturebox...
I have no Idea how to do this. I tried FileStream but it will not convert system.draw.bitmap from string....
is it possible to select a whole folder in vb.net open dialog box?
View 1 RepliesI have ListView box with a file path for example
C: est.txt
So how can i open the C: So i just want to open the folder were the file is located and not the file its self.
My question is as follows: The user has clicked File>Open in Notepad and also clicked on a file/folder. My Application in VB.NET needs to know the path and filename of the selected file/folder before the user selects the OK button of the Open Dialog box. How can I do this with VB.NET (VS2010).
View 5 RepliesI would like to place the code below in a click event for a button to open a word file. I have added the document (group2.doc) to the Application folder of the target machine in my setup project. how do I write a dynamic file path that will open the file?
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Code so far:
Private Sub Button6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button6.Click
If FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
End If
End Sub
I have managed to get drag and drop working if this is any help:
Private Sub ListBox1_DragEnter(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As _
System.Windows.Forms.DragEventArgs) Handles ListBox1.DragEnter
If e.Data.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.FileDrop) Then
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I am building archiving system, I store the files on shared folder on windows server 2003, the shared folder protected by one user name and password ,on LAN I need vb.net windows forms to open file inside shared folder, how I could open the shared folder and in same time providing windows server 2003 with user name and password for the shared folder
View 4 RepliesI have a folder save here: C:MyFiles/And in that folder I have a few .txt files.I am looking to see what would be the best way to open each .txt file in that folder and search for the value Error or Warning and then when it does it must tell me what files do contain those words.What would be my best option? To create a Stored Procedure with t-sql to do this? or To create a .exe with C# or VB.net code.
View 2 RepliesThe specific features I want to produce is it doesn't place on the form, it places in the little box at the bottom and when CustomUserControl.Show() is called it shows as a dialog boxI'm sorry if I misspelled something or my grammar is wrong, I've never done well in those subjects.
View 1 RepliesBy using the code below i was able to open the folder and highlight the file that I wanted.The only problem is that I had multiple Explorer.exe's in my task manager.o my question is How can I open a folder and select the file within without Running a new explorer process? or Highlight a file in a folder that is already been opened previously
View 2 RepliesI have a folder that contains master copies of about 50 txt files.
Is there a way to open each of those text files and save them under the same name but in a new folder?[code]....
I am having trouble trying to accomplish a search for a folder with a wildcard within a directory.
The folder will look sort of like this: [2008][560909][Market Change] or [year][number][name]
Thus far this is what I have:
Function searching()
Dim choice, input
Dim strPatheServices
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I am uncertain where to go from this other than add the wild card to the exist so like:
System.IO.Directory.Exists(strPatheServicesinput + "*")
I have use vb.net 2005, I open a folder withof command line usind (explorer.exe ,/e,/root, D:ew,folder) but my fodler name have
View 2 RepliesI want a simple code witch will open a file wich is in browsed folder. Here is my current code:
Public Class Form1
Dim pfad As String
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how should i copy a file in system32 folder from resources folder .resx file of my windows application?
View 1 RepliesI am a beginner using Visual Basic 2008 express and trying to get a folder to open if it isn't already, and if not then maximise it. Here's my
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I know how to call and get the folder path, but how do I get just the folder name selectedThe Code I have used so far is:
FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowNewFolderButton = True
FolderBrowserDialog1.RootFolder = Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal
FolderBrowserDialog1.Description = "Select the directory you want open
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I am going through all the files as follows: For Each FI As String In System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(FolderBrowserDialog.SelectedPath, "*.jpg", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)' here I need to get the select path's folder name, which is the folder name the current .jpg image is on Next.
View 6 RepliesI have a problem getting the full path of a selected node when I pass the following to the treeview load.
C:usersmynameMy DocumentsPictures
the pictures folder has child folders of abc, def, ghi If I select abc all I get is Picturesabc How do I get the full path?
when my program starts it opens a folder browser i want the use to browse to the theme folder then the program to load the pictures from the selected folder but when i go to the folder nothing happens and i can find anything on loading picture from the selected folder.
View 4 RepliesI'm creating a BASIC application, and I can't figure out how to save a user selected file (FolderBrowserDialog) to a location selected in another dialog (SaveFileDialog).
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