I am working on a visual basic project to download files from the internet.
Well i have a Url textbox, directory textbox, and a download button.
And YES i have done some research and i know it is something like...
wclient.DownloadFile(Url.Text,Directory.text)
but for some reason "wclient" doesn't work it says its "not defined"..?
What else should i use or how should i declare it? Should i import something?
Can You help me out?
Thanks in advance!
As simple as that:
Dim wClient As New WebClient
wClient.DownloadFile("RemoteAdress", "LocalFilePath")
RemoteAdress something like "http://example.com/sample.gif"
LocalFilePath something like "C:\Users\Username\Desktop\sample.gif"
Just make sure RemoteAdress is correct, and be aware that your application must have write access to LocalFilePath.
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i'm trying to get the pathname of any file on the user device. When the user will press the specific button, he will choose the file he wants and then the pathname of this file have to be return into EditText... Exemple : /storage/emulated/0/Download/giphy.gif
The read_external_storage permission is enabled
I already have a message_key for the EditText(toString)
I have tried to look for something similar but it's more to load bitmap or stuff like this... Also everything i can find is on Java and i'm using Kotlin.
I'm a beginner so i hope you can help me :)))
Best regards,
Victor
I really like how Hyperlinq allows you to hyperlinq to a website, but what about to a file? I would like to do something like this:
new Hyperlinq(#"C:\temp\afile.txt");
This is a bug in LINQPad - I've fixed it for the next build.
I have tried
new Hyperlinq(new Uri(#"C:\temp\afile.txt").ToString());
With this you get a valid hyperlink but I failed to click on it to open the file.
If you paste the link into a browser it works. I don't know if its a limitation of LinqPad.
I'm trying to write a little Jukebox application in VB Forms, and I need the pathnames of the sound files (\bin\Tracks\"Insert Name Here") to be relative instead of absolute, so that it may work on a different computer to mine. At the moment, I am testing with the simple Soundplayer class, and the single line of code to play a song is this:
My.Computer.Audio.Play("\bin\Tracks\" & txtCurrentlyPlaying.Text)
It works when, instead of \bin\Tracks\, I put the full pathname (C:\Documents And Settings etc.), but not when I try a relative path such as this. Can anybody help?
Thank you for your time.
Nick
Try Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, txtCurrentlyPlaying.Text)
I would like to create a webpage data parser and for that needs, I would like it to run in a Dekstop application.
I would like to know if we can import php_curl.dll in a VB.NET applications ?
And if you guys have a little example.. :P I'll enjoy reading it.
Thank you!
Have you seen System.Net.WebClient? This should let you download html (and other content) from the web.
Dim html As String
Using wc As New WebClient()
html = wc.DownloadString("http://stackoverflow.com")
End Using
You have curl on windows so you dont need to take php curl curl download page
i published an application in vb.net. the user will be able to install the application anywhere they choose on the computer (or perhaps not anywhere they choose but where ever the default location is). how can i programmatically get the location where the user installed the application? another words i need the application to know where it is running from. how do i detect that?
In runtime, you can use:
Application.StartupPath
Application.ExecutablePath
that will tell you where your .exe is. Hope that helps.
If your app is a Windows Forms app you can use the Application static class, as others have noted. For other kinds of applications, use reflection:
Dim a = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()
Dim location = a.Location
I had to do this the other day, works great.
Like this:
Shared ReadOnly AppDirectory As String = _
Path.GetDirectoryName(New Uri(GetType(Program).Assembly.CodeBase).LocalPath)
You can have a look at
Application.ExecutablePath Property
or
AppDomain.BaseDirectory Property
If you put this code in your exe then it will give you the path of the exe.
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)