Renaming Multiple Files Randomly?
Aug 10, 2009
I have started reading guides and such on how to use it and all but the reason I have gotten into it was simply because I need to write a program to rename every music file in a folder to randomize it because my mp3 player plays files from the filename and from first to last.
There are a lot of things I hope to add to this program later such as writing every filename into a document along with the number associated with it and when randomized again I would like it to redo the number according to the new random number, not to mention opening a directory to work with.
For now I just need to rename all the files in the folder the program is in to randomly generated numbers.
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May 4, 2011
I wanna write a program that renames multiple files at once.I wrote the code to rename only one file but i can't figure out how to do it for multiple files?I have created 3 textboxes ,one to display the location of the file, one to Write the new filename in, and one to name the file extension.
Try
My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile(TextBox1.Text, TextBox2.Text & TextBox3.Text)
TextBox1.Text = ""
[code]....
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Aug 25, 2009
I have to rename a bunch of folders in different directories. What I would like to do is type in a directory and rename/move files into another directory. I have 4 txt files right know, one for the old file names, one for the new file names, and 2 for the directories.
I planed on importing the txt files into 4 arrays and then using the rename function to change the directory going through a loop.
Problem is I'm very very new to VB and have no idea how to import each line of the txt file into the array.
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Feb 6, 2012
I have looked around the forums and found a few discussions on this, but none that address my issue.
I want to rename a folder of jpgs with their datetime original from the exif meta file. The line: My.Computer.FileSystem.RenameFile(foundImage, NewPictureName) does have the all the right info: the original file folder and name; and the new picture name - it just doesn't actually do the task.
Here's the sub:
If FolderBrowserDialog1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
lblSelPath.Text = FolderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath
For Each foundImage As String In _
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May 28, 2009
I have a VB.Net 2005 application that is using the DriveListBox, DirListBox, and FileListBox Controls. What I am trying to do is select files from the FileListBox and rename them. I'm thinking I need to use the FileInfo object but not sure how to combine that with the FileListBox. What would be the best way to do this?
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Apr 23, 2012
i am currently creating a quick and easy way of renaming files in a specific folder, what i need to do is create a program that will populate a listbox with the names of all the files in a specific folder, then i need to be able to select each item in the list box and rename it with whatever i type into a textbox, but it also needs to rename the file in my selected folder with whatever is typed into the text box...
I have done the initial bit which populates the listbox with the names of the files in my folder:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim di As New IO.DirectoryInfo("\c:TestFolder")
[Code]......
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Apr 28, 2010
So this is what I have right now, I can get it to copy But I am wanting to rename the files with the date inside of the new Directory name, It is going to be used for making a copy of outlook.pst files. But as you can see I can't put in concrete names of where to save it because I want the user to be able to choose where to save it as it will be saved on a server with folders for each individual user.
Public Class Form1
Dim Folder1
Dim Folder2
Dim FolderBrowserDialog1 As New FolderBrowserDialog
Dim FolderBrowserDialog2 As New FolderBrowserDialog
Dim currentDate As Date = Date.Now
[Code] .....
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Dec 7, 2011
I want my VB program to look in a folder and rename files, stripping any "#" symbols from the file names ie change "data#01.sdb" to "data01.sdb" (there can be upto 99 files in the folder numbered in the range 01 to 99)I have put the following code in my program
Sub Rename()
Dim sName
Dim fso
[code].....
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Nov 7, 2011
I apologize if it is not. I am trying to write a script in Visual Studio 2008 (using a VB project) that will, upon the clicking of a button:
- A file object will be created.
-Said file object will read in a number of files from a specified file path.
-A dataset will be created and populated with fields from two columns within a database table; app_id and company_name.
-The script will read through the file names and fields recorded in the dataset, renaming the file to the app_id if the original file name contained the company_name.
The code I have so far to do this:
Protected Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
'Create the file object
Dim objFSO
The problem is that currently this code will only rename the file if the file name and company_name match exactly, ideally I'd need to include a clause to make it rename if the file name is "LIKE" or "contains" the company_name.
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Aug 3, 2009
I have around 1300 jpeg's that need to be renamed based on the value in an excel spreadsheet.
What I need to be able to do is parse each jpeg in a directory, compare the filename to a list of names in a column in the spreadsheet and if it exists, rename it with the corresponding value from the next column and then move to the next file and so on and so on.
I have the following code for opening the spreadsheet and reading the files but am not sure how to compare the spreadsheet values to the filenames and then rename them:
Code:
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.IO.File
[Code]...
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Jul 15, 2009
I have a program that will rename files that the user selects. The problem is even though when you go through the whole process, and it works successfully, it doesn't rename every file.To all people new to vb, try not to code like this as it is about the worst way to use a loop. I was in a hurry last night so i took the easy way out [code]Again, bad coding practices throughout the whole project, but the program will probably only be used by my dad so it will do.Note that the form: "Name and Ext" will not be shown when the program is all finished. I only had that visible for now so that i can check to see that everything is executing correctly.
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Jun 25, 2012
I currently have these group of files I want to rename:
C:Users medinaDocuments estenviromentTestfolderfile1-1111.doc
C:Users medinaDocuments estenviromentTestfolderfile2-1111.doc
C:Users medinaDocuments estenviromentTestfolderfile3-1111.doc
C:Users medinaDocuments estenviromentTestfolderfile20-1111.doc
I have a text box on my form where a I would enter a string of text which will replace the '1111' to whatever the string is in the text box field.
So for example, On my app, in the text box field, I would enter 2222, then when I click on button1, it will rename file1-1111.doc to file1-2222.doc, file2-1111.doc to file2-2222.doc, etc.....
This is my VB code I currently have:
[Code]...
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Jan 3, 2012
I'm writing a short app that will send an email notification, rename files and move them to a history folder after a DTS package runs and creates the files. It's a simple setup, the files will be in a folder. I'm attempting to rename them, then move them. For some reason, I keep getting System.IO.IOExceptions when I try to rename the files. Here's my code:
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Apr 3, 2011
Can a media player written in VB be modified to do this: randomly choose an avi file from a directory or subdirectory, choose a random starting point within that file and then play a clip of a random length (within user defined parameters) then without prompting repeat this sequence?
I would like just such a media player but there doesn't appear to be one already out there so my only other option is to write one myself. I know nothing about VB and last programmed in BASIC in the 90s. Before I invest time and effort in learning VB I need to know if it can actualy do this at all.
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Feb 11, 2012
how to get a program to read a text file randomly.
I want to be able read text into a variable without running into the end of file.
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Jun 18, 2012
I have a website that has highly granulised access and hence requires many web.config files. The problem is I would like to trim the menu so that only certain users will have access to certain folders. I have enabled trimming and setup roles in the sitemap, however when I access the page the menu is not show, as I am authorized to view the default page which is not in a subfolder. When I type the url of a page in sub folder's I have access.
How should I handle this:
A site map for each web.config file - don't know how this will work Removing the sub web.config file to only use a single one
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Dec 10, 2009
I know this is out there and probably illogical but I was wondering if it was possible to take multiple picture files and compact them into one file.... and then retrieve them from the program later? Way to combine any amount of image files into one file
Module Module1
Sub combine()
Dim img1 As New Bitmap("i1.jpg")
[CODE]...
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Mar 30, 2010
I'm developing an application to help law enforcement retrieve and analyze logs and other files left by the use of Pidgin (a multi-protocol messenger client). Right now I'm nearly done, but I want to add the ability to search chat logs for user-defined words or phrases and I don't even know where to begin.
Chat logs are stored as html documents in a folder/sub-folder/sub-folder/sub-folder fashion, where each sub-folder can have dozens of sub-folders inside of it, and the final sub-folder can have dozens if not hundreds of chat logs. If anybody could point me in the right direction, I'd be very grateful.
(Also, this is the first program I've written since about 2005, and I'm essentially teaching myself VB as I go. If you'd like to see what I've cobbled together so far, you can find the program here.)
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Aug 18, 2011
I'm trying to copy multiple excel source files into one excel file. My current code is working only for 3 source files..If more than 3 files are there, it doesn't copy the data but creates blank work sheet in the output excel file. Lets say I have a source folder with 5 excel files. Each workbook contains one worksheet with data. It copies upto 3 worksheets along with data into output excel file.
Lets say excel1 contains A as work sheet, excel2 contains B as work sheet ,excel3 contains C as work sheet ,excel4 contains D as work sheet ,excel5 contains E as work sheet .Now my output excel file should look like..OutputExcel with A, B, C, D, E along with respective data.But my current code is giving output as A,B,C worksheets along with respective data but its creating blank sheet1,sheet2 in place of D & E.
SSIS Script Task Vb.Net Code:
Public
Sub Main()
Dim filePath
As
String =
[code].....
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Oct 4, 2010
I'm trying to put together a simple file renaming tool which is an addon to another program. In the main program, the user loads file names into a list box then selects them and does certain things with the information. There is also a picturebox on the main program that will show a thumb of the file image.The renaming addon will go into that same folder and rename those files. When the original file names are in the list, the renamer program malfunctions on the filename(s) that are selected and or the file being shown as an image in a picture box in the original program.It's like a file sharing error, though that isn't what it says. It just refuses to rename a couple of the files and I assume that is what is happening.Is there any way to have the original program allow the renaming, then refresh the list? Or in the alternative, how can I get the original program to "let go" of the files so the user can rename those files without the hiccup, then possibly refresh the list with the new names?
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Apr 10, 2009
I made a vb.net project called "TestProject" and I set it to save in the directory "C:\Users\USER\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\TestProject" I want to rename my project to "CompletePC", along with the folders the project is stored in. so the name would now be "CompletePC" and it will save in "C:\Users\USER\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\CompletePC" I want the name of everything to be "CompletePC" ?So far I changed the assembly name and Root namespace to CompletePC in VB.NET and outside of VB.NET I made a new folder "CompletePC" and dragged every file into it and deleted the old "TestProject" folder, I then went into my project folder and changed the project name to CompletePC. I then deleted every file i could find with the name "TestProject" after previously saving and compiling the now named "CompletePC" in VB.NET. (saving and compiling should have made new files with the name "CompletePC" thus rendering any file with the name "TestProject" useless.
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May 10, 2009
I'm trying to update an .exe using vb. The main app checks for an update, and if it finds one downloads it. Next it call another app, and quit. The 2nd app tryes to rename the 1st and rename the downloaded file to the name of the 1st. I'll explain in code... (app 1 and 2 have a manifest requiring administrator access UAC).
App 1: myApp.exe
- Check for update, if exist download it like myApp.ex_
- Then call App2 and exits.
App 2: update.exe
Threading.Thread.Sleep(6000)
Dim filename As String = "myApp"
'Delete myApp.old if exists
[Code]....
I could also determine that the problem isnt related to permitions, because i can from update.exe write files in c:program filesmyapp.
Is it possible that App 1 remains "connected" with update.exe, and update.exe cannot rename, delete ou move it?
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Jul 2, 2012
I know how to create a file, but would it be possible to create multiple files? the number I would like to create is determined from the number in a textbox, i.e., if the textbox had 2 then I would create 2 files, if it had 5 then I would create 5 files.
My code to create file
System.IO.File.WriteAllText("C:\Test.txt", "")
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Jun 10, 2012
I am trying to associate multiple files with my app i have done associating files but when i try to open multiple files app open just one file, to open the file iam using this code in form load event
For Each arg In My.Application.CommandLineArgs
open_File(return_rtb, arg)
Next arg
And the second problem is myApp is single instance app how to catch if user double click on a file while myApp is running like form load event for first time.
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Jun 14, 2012
Making a system to check for files existing in a network (for our tv address system, pawn shop stuff)Anyway, the command1 checks if d1.txt exists, then d2.txt and fills out the boxes, Instead of 10000 if statements?
Below is example of my current code
Private Sub Command1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Command1.Click
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(Text1.Text + "d1.txt") Then
d1.Checked = True
[code]....
Basically it's a bunch of check boxes, that check if the corrosponding file exists
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Jan 11, 2010
How do I combine multiple files into the one file with a new extension. No need to be compressed. So I avoid Zip or similar solutions. (Actually don't want to add third party solutions into my application.)
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Aug 13, 2009
In the cmd prompt, I can copy multiple files into one file, and I was wondering, how would I do that in VB 08?
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Jul 10, 2009
I know you can copy a file using:[code]The only way I know how to copy multiple files is by using a for loop, but if you choose to display a dialog box, you get a dialog box for every file you copy instead of one showing the progress of all the files.So with that said, is there any way to copy multiple files, and only have one dialog box displayed?
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Dec 15, 2004
I was trying to do something like this (that worked with the Kill method of VB6) System.IO.File.Delete(OrderInfo.ParentFolderPath & "NJ0*.DTA") because there are several files that start with NJ0 and end with .DTA
[Code]...
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Aug 18, 2010
I've come up with a way of downloading multiple files specified in a txt doc held on a web server. The problem is it only downloads files not folders, im using the following from the codebank to download the files currently:
Try
mCurrentFile = GetFileName(URL)
Dim WC As New WebClient
WC.DownloadFile(URL, Location)
RaiseEvent FileDownloadComplete()
Return True
Catch ex As Exception
RaiseEvent FileDownloadFailed(ex)
[Code] .....
Can I modify this to allow downloading of folders too or will I have to use a completely different method?
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