When Running A Command Whose Path Contained A Space
Jun 11, 2010
So I ran into a problem when running a command whose Path contained a space.apparently anything after the space would be treated as a parameter to the command.In the code below, 'path' is the path to the command and par1 and par2 are arguments to that command. The code below works, but could someone tell me why it works?Initially I was creating a literal string by placing around it like so: """string""" , but I needed the fourth quote when passing a variable.How is the use of quotes functioning here? [cod]
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Mar 29, 2011
I've got a small app which I use to start a 3rd party application. When run from a shortcut the VB app starts the 3rd party app to and when loaded it displays its own file/folder interface, the VB app the closes itself. However, if you open a file in explorer associated with the 3rd party app, the 3rd party application loads and opens the file itself and not the file/open interface.
Uh OK, so what's the problem??The issue is I have changed the file extension associated with the 3rd party app to now use my VB app. I can successfully open files with the app from explorer if there are no spaces in the file or folder path however if there are, the 3rd party app opens and displays a File not found error message and gives the path up to the point where the space then follows.The relevant snippets of code from the app relating to the issue is below, specifically Dim Arguments variable where I am not quite sure how my string cocantenation should be to deal with the value of the variable 'Filename' which may or may not contain spaces.
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Jun 15, 2011
I'm developing an application in vb.net. You drag any type of file onto the exe, and a window pops up with some options for the file, then it saves the file to a different location, works some SQL magic, etc. It works great for the most part. The only issue I've found is that if the path of the file contains any spaces, the application will crash immediately with the error window:[URl]..I'm using: Private filename as String = Command$ This is located right inside my form's class declaration, not within a sub/function.Without this line, my program runs fine (although useless, without accessing the file).I've also tried (I think this was it, I don't have the code with me at the moment): Private filename as String = Environment.CommandLine So, in vb.net, is there a way to drag a file onto an exe and use that path name, even if there are spaces in the path name?
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Dec 3, 2010
can i know what code that enable me to list all currently running process and get their path and list all the path in listbox1.
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Sep 25, 2011
How would i get a certain text inside a textbox to equal that text space to space or null to space?
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
If Textbox1.Text.StartsWith(Textbox2.Text + " ") And Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(Textbox2.Text) Then
Textbox1.Text = Textbox1.Text.Remove(0, Textbox2.TextLength)
Textbox3.AppendText("a")
End If
Btw: after i finish this step my project will be finished!
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Jan 6, 2009
how to run following code from app.path... I mean that *.msi
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim startInfo As System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo
[Code].....
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Jan 21, 2009
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
WebBrowser1.Navigate("test" + txturl.Text)End Sub
Thats my code, however i want to run that code there if the user presses the enter key as well.
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May 13, 2011
I have this code which gives me all of the information I need regarding tasks, information etc. I have it all shelled into a VB program and I want to be able to run this from one computer and have it return the data from all computers on the domain.[code]I have script that will list all users on the domain, can I implement that or is there an easier way? If I could search the entire domain for a specific file that would work too.At the moment I just need all the data returned to a text file, I am not worried about it being sorted, or how long a process like this would take.
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Aug 22, 2011
I currently have this piece of code:
Sub Button1Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
If dlgFolder.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
txtPath.Text = dlgFolder.SelectedPath
Dim CopyFile As String = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory, "pdftk.exe")
Dim CopyLocation As String = Path.Combine(dlgFolder.SelectedPath, "pdftk.exe")
Dim pyScript As String = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory, "pdfmerge.py")
Dim pyLocation As String = Path.Combine(dlgFolder.SelectedPath, "pdfmerge.py")
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Jun 23, 2009
I'm working on a little project it is like the task manager but i want it to get a list of all current processes, the path and icon of each. i could manage to get the list but i need to know how to get the path of each and the icon. i'm using a list view to do this. any suggestions?
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May 8, 2010
Im working on a Dll Injector. But that is not my problem. I am using a picturebox to display the icon of a running process. E.g. If google chrome is running. The picturebox should display the icon of google chrome.
I can extract the icon to my picturebox only if I know the full path of the process. That API was easily found and works very well.
But know I want my application to get the full path of a running process automatically as soon as I order it.Like in a textbox is write: chrome.exe, and press the button next to it. What do I need to write in the button to get the full path of that running process.(of course only if its running, I if its not running I dont want anything to happned)
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Aug 23, 2011
I currently have this piece of
Sub Button1Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
If dlgFolder.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
[code].....
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Jan 22, 2009
Is there a way to open Command Prompt using vb.net or vba without knowing the file path?. Is there a command like Open cmd.exe
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Mar 27, 2012
Command prompt's path wasnt default. How can we change that path. In mine it writes "c:usersusername>".
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Aug 23, 2011
I'm trying to run a command line argument through VB.NET using the Shell() command.I'm trying to use this piece of code:
FOR /R %I in (*.pdf) DO @pdf2swf.exe "%~fI" -o "%~dpI%~nI.swf" -f -T 9
-t -G
Using this:
Shell("FOR /R %I in (*.pdf) DO @pdf2swf.exe "%~fI" -o "%~dpI%~nI.swf" -f -T 9
-t -G ")
However, the interpreter is giving me this error:
Character is not valid. (BC30037)
For the %~ part.I also tried created a string and passing the argument to the Shell() command by using Shell(StringName) but I still get the same error in the string.
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Nov 23, 2011
I need to pass command to a console app i start in my program, with some start-up parameter.get the return parameters after the console app has finished,then pass further commands based to the return values from the initial execution
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Dec 17, 2010
I am new to Visual Basic and i started to write a console application. I it working fine by now, but I tried to execute a command like shutdown -s
I tried that by writing console.writeline("shutdown -s")
but all it dows it displays the text and does not shutdown the computer. How do I code that correctly???
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Apr 15, 2012
I made a proejct that runs sql command to datagridview and than export it to csv file, everything going fine but i got line break problem.
Here my export code:
Dim filePath As String = "C:FULLWorkcsvdbslimit.csv"
Dim delimiter As String = ";"
Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
For i As Integer = 0 To DataGridView1.Rows.Count - 1
Dim array As String() = New String(DataGridView1.Columns.Count - 1) {}
[Code] .....
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Dec 30, 2010
I have an app that runs from a network share/UNC path.i.e.\\networkserver\inventory\_application\systeminventory.exe.inside the app I call a 3rd party tool and run it from a subdirectory of the app. \\networkserver\inventory\_application\3rdparty\tool\tool.exe hide the window, and pull the output to a Text field.When I run the application local it runs great, it even calls the 3rd party tool from the UNC path and functions.But when I run the application from the UNC path and try to use the 3rd party tool it fails.I'm figuring it's cause the CMD prompt tries to kick off from the UNC path, and UNC paths are not supported as current paths. i.e. you can't do a "CD \\networkserver\inventory\". [code]
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Apr 11, 2011
I have application file and when clicked on it the application should be launched. I have used visualBasic.Command() to get the path where this file is present. In this path i get ("~") and because of this the .swf file is not getting loaded in the application. Is there any way to get the proper file path in which we don't see "~".
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Nov 10, 2011
I want to exit my GUI application (vb.net 4) using a commandline parameter.I should send thive! from the commandline:
myapplication.exe quit and an already running instance of the application should exit.
Now, I have a mutex detection in place so that I can only have one instance of the application running at a time. It seems that if I send a commandline, it won't work on an already running application; it will only work on one that is launching.
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Jul 8, 2010
create a vb / dos code which will do the following: Check if a command prompt window is running with the following command: mgms A1 (mgms is a custom command) If it is running, exit. If it is not running, start cmd prompt and run the command , exit
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Dec 10, 2011
My single-instance application has code to auto-start from the command line and open a requesting file with the appropriate extension when it's double-clicked or 'run' - this works fine. Once it's up and running however, what is the recognised way to detect a command line request to open another similar file so I can offer an option box to stay with the existing file or close it and swap to the new one? Can I do this within the main app, or do I need some sort of 'background listening' app to detect this and act accordingly?
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Sep 3, 2009
How do I make a program run only when it is executed with a command line? For example, if you press WINDOWS KEY + R, and then type in
"firefox.exe -profilemanager"
It will open up Firefox's profile manager. How do I make my program do that, except, if it's command line is "program.exe -letmein" it'll open form2. And if it's opened manually, (by doubleclicking or anything else) it'll open form1.
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Jun 7, 2011
how do i get the full path of running process in task manager.
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Mar 17, 2011
For some reason I can not get the following code to work properly:
[Code]...
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Aug 1, 2011
I am new to Visual Basic and i started to write a console application. I it working fine by now, but I tried to execute a command like shutdown -s I tried that by writing
console.writeline("shutdown -s")
but all it dows it displays the text and does not shutdown the computer. How do I code that correctly???
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May 25, 2010
I want to run some dos commands (eg: a ROBOCOPY) and show the output from this realtime in a text window to show the user something is happening.The command may take a number of minutes so it's important the output is showing in the VB application realtime, and not just all at the end. Obviously the user will wonder what is happening during this time.
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Sep 1, 2009
I have a legacy vb6 application that uses a shell command to launch a newer .net application. It's a very simple command, just launches an app. Here's the problem. When I run the .net app through the shell command, it tries to connect to a database that is not referenced in it. If I double-click the .net executable, it runs just fine and connects the way it is supposed to. Normal, no problems. Only when I run it from the shell command do I have problems. I have checked everything I can think of and simply can not come up with a reason why the app would behave differently when launched from a shell command.
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Dec 29, 2011
Imports MySql.Data.MySqlClient
Public Class Form1
Dim myTime As Date = TimeValue(Now)
Dim myDate As Date = DateValue(Now)
[CODE]..................
It'ss not running the cmd2.executenonquery. I've tried many different things such as opening a different connection and yet it still doesnt run that line of code, but it'll run the message box in the if then statement. So I assume it's something to do with the connection somewhere. I've also tried using try and catching the error. nothing. So the problem is that its just not running query2.
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