Start A Vb Express Application Without Opening Its Form?
Jul 28, 2010
I've been in VB express for about tree weeks, formerly of VB 5 for about 10 years.
I need to open a form on top of the form of another application, that is, making the other applications form its parent. The title on the applications form can change, so searching for the form by name won't work.
I'm also curious, can you start a vb express application without opening its form? Like in Vb5/6 you could start in Sub_Main?
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Jul 1, 2009
I am complete newbie to VB express. I have created a simple windows form that opens programs using menus and so on.Works great using the Process.Start on windows apps (word, excel, etc.) but I have some very old programs that run in DOS I am also trying to open that do not work when using the Process.Start method.
I am able to get the command prompt box to open up and in the title bar it shows the path of the .exe program I want to open but the actual program is not opening.
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May 14, 2010
How do I start in visual basic 2008 express, a existing Excel application? e.x test.
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Feb 17, 2012
I have a bunch of Excel files full of research data. Everything is strait forward: rows of research categories and columns of research parameters. I want to create a simple search form that allows opening any of the spread sheets that contains the type of data that I specify. For example, I would choose a parameter
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Apr 1, 2011
I'm working on my first Visual basic program and I've hit a snag. I want to make a working search form that pulls data from an access database that i already have linked into my visual basic program.
Basically when they click search, i wan't it to check the textbox (lets say firstName.text box for now) for there name, then find all the entries in my database that have those names and display them in a grid.
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Feb 28, 2011
I have made my application to start automaticly when windows start (registry ../currentversion/run/appname + path). In this mode the application start minimized and an little icon appear in the notification icon area. With this icon you can maximize the app or exit it.If you exit the app and start it again using the Menu (Start/programs etc) than the application start in minimized mode (and in this case I would like to have it in normal mode) because the setting autostart is still true.Is there a way you can detect when the application start when windows startup using the above registry or when people click on an icon in the programs menu (or desktop)?
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Apr 16, 2009
I am at the form/application stage, and now working on my final project. I know how to open an application from the form, but I want to open the app within the form. I already have my web browser on one form, and button command that gets me there. I also want to run a special program that I have already created in the command window on the form that I have. I have the form ready, the command that I click to open the cmd.exe but, now it I cannot get it to run in the form, ie. a panel. At least that is where I think it should run.
my panel is called pnlcommandwindow, and I have it visible:false until I click the button. It opens with cmd.exe and command.com. But, I want the same window that is opened when I run a program in VB command window.
In the command button or the panel or another box?
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Jul 20, 2009
I am writing a Class Library for a GIS Windows application. The class has a form that I open when I load the dll command in the application. After the form opens the form moves to the back of the GIS Windows application, and I want it to be in front of the GIS Windows application all the time. How can I do this?
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May 14, 2010
i have a query of opening a new Application(eg. UgNx,Ansys)file with in a Panel (Which is already dropped on a Window Form).
For Example :-There in one Window Form and i have fixed a Panel there now with in the panel i want to open a new Application like other softwares UG NX or Ansys.
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Jan 6, 2009
I have to develop an application/tool, in which one part of the form should contain web browser.(i have used web browser component ) and other is a application like visual studio. when i press enter. i should fit inside the second half of the form. the code which i have used simple shoots up an application and it runs a separate one.
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Mar 27, 2009
My intentions are to add command line switching. I am trying to see if i could run my application in varoius ways i.e.
App.exe -S - Start the application in XX Mode
app.exe -T30 - Start application with 30 second delay
and that kinda switching.
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Oct 2, 2009
I am developing a commercial application that needs to do some environment checking upon start up. I need to check things like the following. 1. Is there a registry entry on this machine that has various keys for paths to SQL Server 2. If it does not I need to create them. 3. Prompt user for the path to the SQL Server 4.Check the SQL Server to see if the database I need exists. 5. Create the DB if not. 6. Populate the DB with the tables I need 7. Create stored procs in the DB 8. Write the registry. I could do all this in the form load of the main form. However is there a better way? Like doing all these checks as part of a splash screen for example.
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Nov 18, 2011
I am converting several VBA projects to Windows form applications. The only problem I have is that some of the functionality of Excel is essential to the application, such as R1C1 formulas. I do not want to instantiate the Excel application or access saved worksheets. All of the data is retrieved by querying Oracle databases. 2-Dimensional arrays are not an option because the columns contain differing datatypes, and DataGridViews are too slow to work with.
I thought simply dimming a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Worksheet object would be enough, but the program kept failing and upon inspecting the object's elements in debug mode, I found that every value says this:
{"Unable to cast COM object of type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.WorksheetClass' to interface type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Worksheet'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{000208D8-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE))."}
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Jun 24, 2011
I want to know how to start a forum hidden. I know I can just add Me.Hide() to the Window_Loaded event, But it's ugly. The user sees the form for a split second then it dissapears. I want to form to start up hidden. Little background on my program, it is a small taskbar application, Has a small notify icon. When the app is loaded. I only want the notify icon to be visible. I have done this by creating my own Main subroutine in a Module that I created. and I am laucnhing the application like so
Imports System.Windows.Application
Module MainModule
Sub Main()
Dim mainWin As New MainWindow
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May 7, 2010
im trying to make a win form application using visual studio 2008 express edition (which is free to download and install).i have installed a ms sql server 2005 on the local server at LAN. i want to display a combo box values from a table inside a database but i dont know how i can do this with ms sql connection string and where i have to store dat connection string. i have googled around but nothing useful found. where the connection string will be stored and if this form is not on the same computer (where the sql server installed) then wat will happen? the connection string will be changed?sql server is installed at windows server. im trying to make an application which runs on the same network (local i.e. LAN not on web server).
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Mar 13, 2010
I do not want to disable Application Framework feature and turn to main function technique
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Nov 17, 2008
Is there any way to add command line arguments to a vb express Windows form application?
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Jul 14, 2011
We have implemented the following code in VB6 a year back and now we are trying to implement using Visual Basic 2010 Express.The req is , i need to open an excel which is placed in C: and minimize it and later we are searching cell by cell.
Private Sub cmdScriptsSearch_Click()
'Declare variables locally to search for scripts in the Excel
Dim vtemp, vSimpleCount, vComplexCount, vMediumCount As Variant
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but i am not able to use SET function
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Sep 8, 2011
how can i open a folder with Visual Basic, preferably with a Message Box? e.g. when the user clicks "OK" on a message, a certain folder will open.
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Mar 26, 2009
"How to avoid Linked Table manager message while opening the Access DB."I have asked how to disable Macro (programmatically vb.net) while opening the MSAccess DB and I got some good reference and code samples to do so. But unfortunately I could not able to achieve the expected result. I have tried API to enable/disable Keys (SHIFT) at run time and also use some command-line options programmatically but still it's not working even not getting any error as well.One of my AccessDB contains Macro and it calls a form while opening the DB. And the form has some link to Tables and it creates interrupt asking proper path to the table and halts the application till the user intervention.Other one calls form in start-up while opening the DB. It causes opening of all the forms while running the Application.
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Jun 3, 2011
I need to open a .xlt for editing, like so:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("Template.xlt", "Editable=True")
But I don't know the correct switch in Excel. This is the same as right-clicking on an .xlt and choosing "Open", whereas the default action is "New".
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Jul 30, 2009
I am making a server - multiple client windows form application using Visual Basic Express 2005.
I was wondering if there was a way that I could debug multiple instances of the client at the same time?Ashray Lavsi If my post answers your Question, don't forget to "Mark it as Answer"
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Aug 4, 2009
I'm using Process.Start to start an external command line application and using the StartInfo.Arguments method to send parameters to the application. I imagine I'll need to use a loop... but I can't figure out exactly how yet.I need to send anywhere from 1 - an infinite number of files names to this application. Each file has to be sent one after the other. So once the first one is done, I need to loop back around and past the second one.I can probably use the Directory.GetFiles method to get all of the files, but I don't know how to assign them.
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Feb 24, 2012
Visual Basic 2010 - Net Framework 4.0 Client
I have an application (application #1) running with Administrator privileges on Windows 7.
I want application # 1 to start another application (application #2) without Administrator privileges so application #2 is running as a standard user.
Is there a way to do this? I have been using Process.Start.
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Feb 27, 2009
Creating a new database in a Windows Forms project (done according to one of the MSDN tutorials) results immediately in a "The event log is full" error.The database exists as an item in the project, but cannot be opened or configured (i.e.,it doesn't exist really). newly installed MS SQL Server Compact Edition,This is a new computer (though fully updated), and to my knowledge no other versions of SQL server are installed.I note that someone else has contributed a message about the exact same problem (according to a preview in the MSDN search results page), although for unknown reasons clicking on the item does not take me to that message.
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Sep 22, 2010
I have created a picturebox in a form that I want to click on and then it would send me to a excel file that I already have created. I don't know if it is even possible. Do I need to use a button instead?, or am I just way off all together.
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Mar 17, 2011
I am a student a high school and after downloading VBExpress2008 it work fine. When i logged in the next day i tried to start VBExpress but an error occurs saying that vbexpress.exe failed to start. I tried moving the whole visual basic express to a folder but the same error occurs. I do not have enough time to reinstall VBExpress everyday. Is there a way that i can reinstall the .exe file so i can use it?
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Jan 13, 2011
When I start a new VB.Net program I am starting to get the following error messages in the myextensions part.
Error 1 Type 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleName' is not defined. C:Documents and SettingsxxxDesktopWpfApplication1WpfApplication1My ProjectMyExtensionsMyWpfExtension.vb 10 6 WpfApplication1
Error 2 Type 'ThreadSafeObjectProvider' is not defined. C:Documents and SettingsxxxDesktopWpfApplication1WpfApplication1My rojectMyExtensionsMyWpfExtension.vb 12 35 WpfApplication1
Error 3 Type 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.Devices.Computer' is not defined. C:Documents and SettingsxxxDesktopWpfApplication1WpfApplication1My rojectMyExtensionsMyWpfExtension.vb 12 63 WpfApplication1
Error 5 Type 'Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.User' is not defined. C:Documents and SettingsxxxDesktopWpfApplication1WpfApplication1My rojectMyExtensionsMyWpfExtension.vb 13 59 WpfApplication1
All together there are 17 similar type errors in the part.
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Feb 24, 2012
How can I get my application to load the Sub Main at the start rather than loading a form on start up.
I have tried declaring 'Public Sub Main' on my forms and in some modules, yet in my project properties, it is not one of the options.
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Jun 1, 2011
I have written a simple utlity in VB 2010 Express that reads data from an Access database and displays statistics graphically.It work fine on my development machine running XP. But on another XP machine I get a System.InvalidOperatinException erro on program startup. I added a MsgBox as the 1st line of the form load event on the startup form, but the exception is being thrown before the MsgBox is displayed.
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