Okay, so I have been searching for ages to find this but no luck.
I am using:
Me.downloader.DownloadFileAsync(New Uri(fileUrl), Path.GetFileName(fileUrl), Stopwatch.StartNew)
To download a file but I want it to save to the root directory of my program in a file called launcher.
So for example, if my program is on the desktop and I open it and click start I want it to create the launcher folder if it's missing then download the files into that and if it's not then just download the files into it.
I've been looking everywhere to find code which would allow me to do this and I have tried lots of different things.
At the moment, it justs saves in the root directory of where the program is.
Thanks.
Try something like this:
Dim baseDir As String = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
Dim launcherDir As String = Path.Combine(baseDir, "Launcher")
If Not Directory.Exists(launcherDir) Then
Directory.CreateDirectory(launcherDir)
End If
Dim targetFile = Path.Combine(launcherDir, Path.GetFileName(fileUrl))
Me.downloader.DownloadFileAsync(New Uri(fileUrl), targetFile, Stopwatch.StartNew)
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Currently, I am working on a feature that will make the files inside the folder that will not hide the file extensions using this code.
Imports Microsoft.Win32
Sub SetNoDrives(value As Integer, path as string)
Dim RegPath As String = "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced]"
Using Key As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegPath)
Key.SetValue("HideFileExt", value, RegistryValueKind.DWord)
End Using
End Sub
the problem is, I don't know where to place the string path (folder path) on the code. the path is the specific location where you will always show the file extensions of the files inside the folder.
Any help will be much appreciated.
The reason you don't know where to put the folder path is because there is nowhere to put the folder path. This is a user-wide option, i.e. either extensions are displayed in every folder or no folder for the current user. You don't get to choose on a folder by folder basis. At least, there is no option in Windows/File Explorer to do that and I've never seen mention of it being possible, even when specifically searching for it.
I am working in Visual Basic 2017. I have tried to add the file to the Debug folder, but then it just shows that the txt file ienter image description heres missing. I don't have the option under the "Word Solution".. How can I make the file show up? It keeps telling me it doesn't exist.
Dim inFile As IO.StreamReader
Const FileName As String = "words.txt"
Dim subscript As Integer
You can get the path of the directory (Debug or Release or any other) of the *.exe file with:
Dim directory as String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
Using this information, you can then construct the full path with
Dim path As String = IO.Path.Combine(directory, FileName)
If IO.File.Exists(path) Then
...
You can check in Windows File Explorer to see where the file actually is (notice the Copy Path on the ribbon). In File Explorer you will see that the .exe you are running is down 2 directories from the Words Project directory. The double dots in the path is an old DOS way to navigating around directories without having to type out the whole path. This tells the compiler to find the file up 2 directories from the current directory.
For testing purposes this will work. For a release version you could add the file to Resources and access it the same way in any version.
You don't need a stream for a text file. .ReadAllLines returns an array of the lines in the text file
Private Sub OpCode()
Dim words = File.ReadAllLines("..\..\words.txt")
End Sub
I want a quick way to open a bunch of Visual Studio projects at once. I have a collection of folders, and I want to run some code that runs through each subfolder and opens the file that ends with ".sln". In pseudocode:
For each SubFolder in ProjectsFolder
Open SubFolder
Start "\*.sln"
Next
Might be I've missed something obvious, but I couldn't find anything helpful through Google.
Try using the Process class:
Dim parentFolder As New DirectoryInfo("c:\myfolder")
For Each f As FileInfo In parentFolder.GetFiles("*.sln", _
SearchOption.AllDirectories)
Process.Start(f.FullName)
Next
Ok, here is my story:
I am building a fileviewer, and i am trying to delete the selected file in the listview.
when i try to delete it, it gave me an error saying the file wasnt found. I looked at my desktop and the file was there. here is the original code:
dim f as string = lv1.focuseditem.text
my.computer.filesystem.deletfile(f)
lv1.update()
this gave me that error. My updated code is supposed to show me where the computer thinks my file is:
Dim file As String = lv1.FocusedItem.Text
Dim testFile As System.IO.FileInfo
testFile = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo(file)
Dim folderPath As String = testFile.DirectoryName
MsgBox(folderPath)
this shows a messagebox that shows the path of:
C:\Users\tgs266\Desktop\SIOS\SIOS\SIOS\obj\Debug\test.txt
but the real file location is:
C:\Users\tgs266\Desktop\test.txt
please help
How are you getting the filenames for the ListView? Is it just the filename and no path?
If, for example, lv1.FocusedItem.Text is "test.txt", and that is the value you use (without the path), by default the program will look in the directory it's executing in. This is most likely why you're seeing C:\Users\tgs266\Desktop\SIOS\SIOS\SIOS\obj\Debug\test.txt as the location, instead of what you expected.
If all the files are on your desktop, you can use Environment.GetFolderPath in conjunction with the Environment.SpecialFolder Enumeration to get the file, like this:
Dim file As String = lv1.FocusedItem.Text
Dim testFile As System.IO.FileInfo
testFile = My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFileInfo(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop) + "\" + file)
Dim folderPath As String = testFile.DirectoryName
MsgBox(folderPath)
However, if you're going to have files scattered throughout your system, you'd be better off storing the full path as #Plutonix indicates in his comment.
It looks like your code is looking in your applications path on the server while you want to look at the users desktop location.
I'm using process.Start to run Convert.exe. This program's purpose is to convert all files which are in the exe's folder. So when I normally use it, I copy paste a file into the same folder as Convert.exe and then run Convert.exe. Convert.exe will create a new "converted" file in the same folder.
I'm trying to automate this tedious process. A User selects a file which needs to be converted from FolderA, I copy it to the same folder where Convert.exe is and I'm using process.start(Convert.exe) to run it.
Just to be clear, this "Convert.exe" accepts NO arguments.
The problem: "Convert.exe" is not converting the files in its folder. Instead it's converting all the files in FolderA for some weird reason. I don't know why it picked that folder, I never even try to send it as an argument or nothing.
Here's the code I have:
Dim techInfo As New System.IO.FileInfo(itm.strFilePath)
techInfo.CopyTo(ConverterPath & techInfo.Name)
Dim procInfoConvert As New ProcessStartInfo
procInfoConvert.CreateNoWindow = False
procInfoConvert.Arguments = ""
procInfoConvert.FileName = ConverterPath & "Convert.exe"
Dim procConvert As Process = Process.Start(procInfoConvert)
I did a test where I copy pasted a file into the "Convert.exe" folder and then just run this code:
process.start(ConverterPath & "Convert.exe")
The exe returns nothing, same as if there was no files in the folder.
The only thing I can think of is that when process.Start is run, it copies the file to another location and runs it from there.
Any ideas anyone?
Try this:
procInfoConvert.WorkingDirectory = ConverterPath
That'll set the process up to start in the directory it's contained in, instead of the current directory.