Reading A Text File With An External Application?
Jul 22, 2009
I have this application that I need to read a text file.
I have designed a form which has a play button and when the play button is called it is supposed to read a text file which has being created using an external application..
I wrote a code that calls the application but I dont know how to pass the text file into the application.
I also dont want the application popping up.
line of code that calls the application ---- Process.Start("C:Program FilesDECtalkUSsay.exe")
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Aug 9, 2009
I use SendMessage(hWnd, WM_COPY, 0, 0) to send copy message to web(internet explorer,mozilla ,etc),but it didn't work,it's my main phrases in VB.
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Sep 6, 2011
From a VB.NET program i want to drop a file (c:example.txt) in an external application (Firefox). I found an example that construct a "databject" linking a file name. I also found programs on the side on the application that receive the drop. But not one that send to an external application.
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Nov 4, 2011
How can i include an external file in a XBAP application? For example a .dat file where i need to extract some data from? I want everything to happen inside the .xbap file, is that possible?
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Mar 10, 2009
I have been searching and posting regarding this problem and have found nothing to aid me. Discussion is either on web.config files or deal only with external files for connection strings or earlier versions of vb.net not 2008.I have already successfully put connection strings into an external config file, but trying the same approach with application settings has failed.There are two sections of the app.config involved with application settings.
1. the configuration and config sections at the top of the config. file where the section group and the section name are described.
2. the actually data for the application settings by section group section name which appears in the body of the configuraton section of the app.config.[code]
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Jul 8, 2009
I have been tasked to create an application, for which the requirements may change over time.This application will be a data entry Windows application,of which multiple copies will be running.All data will be written to text (.CSV) files for validation before being uploaded to a remote mainframe system (iSeries).My application needs to store certain variable information in an external text (or XML) file; for example, the file path to shared resources (which may change over time),as well as the specific data fields required by the mainframe system.
My questionsare these: what is considered the best practice for accomplishing such a task, and how would I accomplish it?I am completely new to XML, so I don't even know where to begin, although I am sure that XML is the path to follow for what I am trying to accomplish.
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Mar 22, 2010
I have a pdf that I want to be able to open when a button is clicked within the application that I have built in Visual Studio 2008 in .Net.
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Jun 8, 2012
I've a problem with an application i have to use at work. That application is in .net (created by my company). The application call some object that are .exe file. When i try to open it i received the following error:
cannot access a disposed object
I know that it's not really revelant but i've got that problem on my pc and my collegue that use the same application doesn't received that error.I've already check their configuration and i've the same than us. I supposed there are some problems of compatibilty with the framework or thing like that.
Stacktrace
************** Exception Text **************
System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a disposed object named "Form".
Object name: "Form".
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Jan 2, 2010
I am working on a project in VB 2008 and need it to do this:Read first line from text file (using Openfile)Enter line into textbox on formDo some other codeThen Read second linefrom text fileEnter line into same text boxand loop until we have gone through text fileI am not sure how to read line by line from text file then enter it in textbox. I can open the Openfile and get the filename and everything, but I just am not sure how to read from it or enter that line into the textbox.Here is what I have, its not much but its a start:
Private Sub Button2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button2.Click
Dim FileReader As StreamReader
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Jun 18, 2009
I have an application that telnets into a server and we ping a bunch of IPs. What Im needing to do is it will automatically ping it like "ping iphere" the output looks like "64 bytes from machine&hostnamehere (iphere ): icmp_seq=0 ttl=121 time=60 ms. What Im needing to know is how I can read those lines then if it "iphere" matches the pinged ip it will update my txt file.
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Jun 18, 2009
I have an application that telnets into a server and we ping a bunch of IPs. What I need to do is it will automatically ping it like "ping iphere" the output looks like "64 bytes from machine&hostnamehere (iphere): icmp_seq=0 ttl=121 time=60 ms. What I need to know is how I can read those lines then if it "iphere" matches the pinged ip it will update my txt file. The only thing I need is reading the lines to see if it pings. One thing is if it doesnt ping it doesn't say anything its just empty space.
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Feb 16, 2010
I've been writing a weight program for flooded pressure vessels and I'm having trouble retrieving the data from the text files I've been saving. I know how to write the data to the text file, but retrieving it with OpenFileDialog is not so easy for me.The user has individual text boxes that they input strings or numbers into and when they save the file, each text box input is written to one line in the text file. For example, the first text box is for the username, therefore the first line of text that is saved is the person's name, the second text box is the customer, thus the second line in the text file is the customer name, and so on.
(Actually, the first line of text in the saved file designates whether English units were used or Metric units because when the user retrieves the saved file, English units will open one form and Metric units will open a separate form, so some If...Then statement will need to occur).I need to be able to read the first line, have either my "EnglishForm"form open or my "MetricForm" form open, and then have each subsequent line of text be displayed in their corresponding text boxes. I know I need to use ReadLine or LineInput, but I don't have a clue what to do.Assuming the syntax I've displayed below would just magically work (if only life were that easy), it would look something like this
If FirstLineOfTextInFile = "English" Then
EnglishForm.Show()
ElseIf FirstLineOfTextInFile = "Metric" Then[code]....
And so on...I read a lot of articles from the MSDN library and exhausted each link that I've looked through from Google and Bing, but most only retrieve data from the file to a single text box through some loop or streamreader and don't take into account multiple forms.
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Jun 25, 2010
I'm trying to read a text file that contains info like this:
ACX-101-011 , J2168
BTXR-130A-013, D6733
AJ4-233-614, T8211
I want to split each line at the comma and write the left side to a textbox and the the right side to another textbox. I'm close, with the code below, but I can only post results from the first line in the file. How do I loop this and append the text results in each of the textboxes.
Dim TempFile As String
TempFile = "temp.txt"
Dim sw As StreamWriter
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Aug 29, 2011
I am working in windows forms with Vb.NET 2008. I am trying to read text in from an external program. So far I have been able to read text in from a standard text box or button, however I am trying to read data in from an external data grid.
When I try to use the following I get no information about the grid
ChildHandle = FindWindowEx(ParentHandle, IntPtr.Zero, "classnameofexternaldatagrid", Nothing)
Dim Hndl As IntPtr = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(2000)
NumText = SendMessage(ChildHandle, WM_GETTEXT, 2000, Hndl)
Text = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(Hndl)
Usually if it is a standard text box I will get the text data with no problem, but it is a standard data grid and there are no further sub handles to try and read from. If WM_GETTEXT wont read information from an external data grid then how would I read in the data?
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Aug 28, 2010
I need to read the keys from several external applications .config files, is it possible to specify the file for AppSettingsReader?
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Apr 4, 2011
I 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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Jun 14, 2011
I am trying to import a TAB (NOt comma) delimited text file into a DataGridView. The following code works fine if I have a comma separated file. All I have to do is change the FMT to "Delimited".It just does not work with FMT=TabDelimited. All columns are read into single datatable column. The text file is ANSI text and I have double checked to make sure Tabs are tabs and not spaces, even exported a sample Tab Delimited file from Excel.Can this even be done using Text Driver? [code]
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Nov 20, 2010
How do I play a WAV file while the computer is reading aloud a text file? It uses Text to Speech synthesis and I need a laughter wav to play when the computer comes across something funny in the line.
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Jul 8, 2011
I'm working on an app that should be able to read files from an External Hard Drive or even an iPhone or iPod. I'm a beginner so it would be great to keep it simple :) I suppose I should use the SerialPort class? But I'm not sure and I couldn't make it work.
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Dec 15, 2010
I'm a little new to VB, and I'm in a class for it, but I'm trying to do something we aren't going to learn in the class (mostly out of sheer interest) and I need help. I'm trying to read lines from a text file into a listbox, each line representing a new item on the listbox. For example, if the text file reads: [code]I want to be able to take that as is and read it into a listbox, where those words would appear in the exact same fashion; as a list, each as separate items. I've looked at the Help stuff and learned (sorta) about delimiters... but the thing is I don't want to write my entire list in a continuous line separated by commas--I want it to keep reading each line, and moving on to the next, until there are no more lines left. I am thoroughly stumped, and would appreciate it SO much if someone could help. For a frame of reference, this is the point I'm at now with my code: [code]Note that when I run the program, all it will do is read the first line of text available and stop; once I press ENTER in a text file, it decides to stop reading.
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Jul 30, 2009
im trying to read a online txt file and its not working [code]but it has a uri error i think in doing it wrong but need help with how im doing it wrong, all i want to do is read the text from a file online not from the system should be easy.
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Jul 4, 2010
Usually, the text file that would need to be read and processed would be local (on the computer the program is run), but for this example, we need to get the data from an online text file.
I have searched on google for nearly an hour now and haven't found anything of any real use. One of the earlier projects we submitted used a similar target, and I managed to get it working fine, however I dont have the original source code with me and I cannot remember how I did it.
I believe I used a Net.WebRequest method of some sort, because I had tried using StreamReader and ended up with an URI error or something like that.
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Jul 17, 2010
I have just recently been using VB 2010 after using VB5. I have noticed a lot of changes. The problem I have is that I wish to open and save text files to and from arrays in the background. I've attached what I would do in VB5. I have searched around, but all the examples I find use a Textbox instead of an array. Can anyone show me how I can do this with VB 2010?
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Nov 2, 2011
I want to read the text file and check whether its contain the specific string or not at the end of the text file. If it doesn't contain the specific string, I want to append the text file to write the specific string.. Can I use this code? But its not working..What is the problem actually?
Dim line As String = ""
Dim fileName As String = "C:\Drill Blind.txt"
Dim sr As StreamReader = New StreamReader(fileName)
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Jan 18, 2011
What I am trying to do is I have a .dat file that I cannot read but can at the same time. What I mean is I know how to decipher it by hand (alas takes minutes per 6 parts and there are thousands.) I am trying to make an application that can read this and allow me to edit it from my computer. I can open this with a hex program such as hex editor neo. I am currently trying to get it so I can read the file and have it place corresponding parts in to text boxes that I can alter to suit my needs.
I am new to visual basic and know a tiny bit about C++ if you think I would be better off trying in C# I can try that as well I do know some since learning c++. There are 41 parts to each item listed in the file and each one would need to go in its own text box. In hex there are 348 blocks that need to be arranged in corresponding order. Also the beginning of the file has 6 block followed by a code for each item. I need to find a way to put all the correct code in the correct text box and have it make sense.
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Jan 25, 2010
I have a fixed width delimited text file, the data spans over several line. I do not know how to approach in reading this file and displaying its results to a gridview.
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Nov 29, 2009
How could i echo individual lines?, Like for example if i want to echo the hostname line, How could i just echo 'Christopher's Testing server', and not the hostname part too?
echo Executing Server Config...
lanmode 1
rcon_password changethis
password password321
maxplayers 20
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Jun 10, 2011
why this doesn't work?
Public Sub LoadFile()
Dim file As StreamReader
Dim temp As String
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Apr 30, 2010
got this code where users created txt file with email address and password [code]
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May 29, 2012
I want to know how you would read in from a text file line BY LINE with timer and put it in a Listbox. Lets say I want to read this text from text file
1234232123
12342321
234223423421
23423233
Now i set the timer interval 300 and debug, i expect this to put each number in the listbox. I tried doing this but i failed
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