Re: Keeping Exe On Server and Placing Short Cut on Clients - Visual Basic Discussion Boards

Create Setup project to deploy application, you can solve that problem

Hello,

u will have to make a setup project u can add setup project as:
- Add New Project
- Select Project type as "Setup and Deployment Wizard"
- Select Setup Wizard From Template
- A wizard will ask u some questions just complete it
- Now u have to add merge modules for crystal report which u can add as?
* Right Click on the Setup Project
* Add --> Merge Modules
* Select Following
** Crystal_Database_Access2003.msm
** Crystal_Database_Access2003_enu.msm
** Crystal_regwiz2003.msm
** VC_User_CRT71_RTL_X86_---.msm
** VC_User_STL71_RTL_X86_---.msm
- Build the solution
- A setup will be created in Setup Project Folders's -->Debug
- Copy it and run it on client machine

Regards
Javed Smile | :)

Check this link:
http://support.businessobjects.com/communityCS/TechnicalPapers/crnet_deployment.pdf[^]

Big Grin | :-D

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

You need to register with Crystal Reports first. Then in your setup directory include the proper DLLs as mentioned in CR's documentations.

- Malhar

Hello,

I want to place my application on server and place short cut on client to run the application. WTF | :WTF:

Thanks

Javed OMG | :OMG:

That'll work fine "provided" that all of the app's dependencies are installed on the client system.
Dependencies such as the vb runtime, any ActiveX's used, etc.

In addition to what Joshua said, in a .NET Framework environment, this also means (in most cases) changing the trust level for your application on each client machine. Code running from a network source runs in a more restrictive "sandbox". The affects of which will not be known until you test your code running from the network.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Our shop has a good many applications setup this way. You need to make sure the correct version of the framework is installed on each client.

Also, if you decide to use Crystal Reports in the application, there are merge modules that need to be installed on the client's machine. I believe VS 2005 addresses this problem, but we were using 2003 at the time.

As Dave already mentioned, security is a big factor. You have to adjust the trusts on the client's machine to execute an application on the server. We used a MSDN support call on the security issue and below are the links he gave us. Maybe this info can help with the security issues.

Because of some of these issues our shop is looking into clickonce deployment in VS 2005 to be a better solution for us in the future. We just installed VS 2005 this week so we're just starting to figure out the new features.

Good luck! Smile | :)

SAMPLES
No-Touch deployment - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dv_vstechart/html/vbtchNo-TouchDeploymentInNETFramework.asp
.NET Security Samples - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvssamp/html/vbcs_RoleBasedSecurity.asp

MODIFYING SECURITY
URL Security Zones: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/security/szone/urlzones.asp
Configuring Permission Sets Using the .NET Framework Configuration Tool - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconusingnetconfigurationtooltoworkwithpermissionsets.asp
Project Folder Not Secure Dialog Box - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vsintro7/html/vxurfprojectfoldernotsecuredialogbox.asp
Performing Common Security Policy Tasks Using the .NET Framework Configuration Tool - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconperformingcommonsecuritypolicytasksusingnetframeworkconfigurationtool.asp
Deploying Security Policy - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpcondeployingsecuritypolicy.asp

DEFINITIONS
Security Permssions - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemsecuritypermissions.asp
Name Permission Sets - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconnamedpermissionsets.asp (This has the definition for "Local Intranet", as I mentioned before this should be every computer within the domain)
Security Zones: - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/security/szone/overview/overview.asp

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

I need my program to wait for 100 milli seconds before proceeding to a particular statement from the previous one. I can use Sleep() command in VC++ but i do not know anything about vb.NET please tell me how can I do this.

Regards,
Rajesh R. Subramanian

You have an apple and me too. We exchange those and We have an apple each.
You have an idea and me too. We exchange those and We have two ideas each.

System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100)

!alien!

Hi, I need to export data from a dataset (datatable) into Excel or csv format. Can anyone help me out with this.

With Best Regards,

Mayur

-- modified at 0:02 Thursday 16th February, 2006

You should search the articles and forums on this website. I found some hits on my first try.

Look at these...
http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/ExportClassLibrary.asp[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/ExportToExcel.asp[^]
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/excelxmlreport.asp[^]

Are there any examples for vb.net

With Best Regards,

Mayur

Hi
You need to add a reference to Microsoft Excel 10 Object Library.

There are other examples where you do not use the com object, which have the advantage that Excel does not need to be installed on the target machine.

Then:

<br />
Private Sub ExportExcel(ByRef dt As DataTable) <br />
		Dim excelApp As New Excel.Application<br />
		Dim excelBook As Excel.Workbook = excelApp.Workbooks.Add<br />
		Dim excelWorksheet As Excel.Worksheet = _<br />
		CType(excelBook.Worksheets(1), Excel.Worksheet)<br />
		Dim dr As DataRow<br />
		Dim Row As Integer = 1<br />
		Dim Col As Integer = 1<br />
<br />
		excelApp.Visible = False<br />
		If dt.Rows.Count > 65536 Then<br />
			MessageBox.Show("Warning - Excel sheet can only have 65536 Rows" _<br />
			& ControlChars.NewLine & ControlChars.NewLine _<br />
			& 65536 - dt.Rows.Count & " Rows will be omitted")<br />
		End If<br />
		If dt.Columns.Count > 256 Then<br />
			MessageBox.Show("Warning - Excel sheet can only have 256 Rows" _<br />
			   & ControlChars.NewLine & ControlChars.NewLine _<br />
			   & 256 - dt.Columns.Count & " Columns will be omitted")<br />
		End If<br />
		With excelWorksheet<br />
			'Headings<br />
			For Col = 0 To dt.Columns.Count - 1<br />
				.Cells(1, Col + 1).Value = dt.Columns(Col).ColumnName<br />
				.Cells(1, Col + 1).Font.Bold = True<br />
				.Cells(1, Col + 1).ColumnWidth = Len(dt.Columns(Col).ColumnName) + 3<br />
			Next<br />
<br />
<br />
			.Range("A:Z").NumberFormat = "@" '(Text Format...)<br />
<br />
			Row = 2<br />
			Col = 0<br />
			'Data<br />
			Do While Row < dt.Rows.Count - 1 And Row < 65536<br />
				Do While Col <= dt.Columns.Count - 1 And Col < 255<br />
					.Cells(Row, Col + 1) = dt.Rows(Row - 2).Item(Col)<br />
					Col += 1<br />
				Loop<br />
				Col = 0<br />
				Row += 1<br />
			Loop<br />
		End With<br />
		excelApp.Visible = True<br />
	End Sub

-- modified at 4:37 Thursday 16th February, 2006

Can you give me some more input on not having Excel loading on the target machine. Below is a link to a question I had, the feedback I'm getting is you need to have Excel loaded.

Can you give me more feedback on not having Excel loaded?
http://www.codeproject.com/script/comments/forums.asp?msg=1396040&forumid=1646&mode=all&userid=387911#xx1396040xx[^]

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

mayhem_rules wrote:
Are there any examples for vb.net

http://www.developerfusion.co.uk/utilities/convertcsharptovb.aspx[^]

Hi all,

Can anyone roughly tell me how to:

1) Setup a WAN networking for ul/dl of sys OS images

2) Establish LAN peer to peer link to various levels in a company and also to a central database that is remotely located in another country.

Will greatly appreciate any reply!
Thanks

andylimjp wrote:
1) Setup a WAN networking for ul/dl of sys OS images

There is no one setup for this and the process of imaging a machine doesn't care what kind of network it's going over. Although, since O/S images tend to be quite large, you'll want any links that these files go over to be pretty fast, and in a WAN environment, this means pretty expensive.

andylimjp wrote:
2) Establish LAN peer to peer link to various levels in a company and also to a central database that is remotely located in another country.

There isn't enough detail in this question to give any meaningful answer. "Peer to Peer" link can mean anything. What are you trying to do with this "link".

Connecting to a database, no matter where on earth it is, is the same as if it was sitting next to you. That exact procedure of which depends on your database servers requirements.

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Hi everyone

I have a problem and that is I want to be able to get the Mp3 files that are in my directory and place them in a Listview.once it has done that I want it too automatically generates an XML with all the songs in that directory.

any ideas or where i can look for help ??

thanks alistair Confused | :confused:

Can someone please help me in resolving the following issue.
I have tried to reinstall 3 times now vb6 and when I go to viewcode all is great but when I click on designer then the program crashes. I looked in the Application error log and noticed the following error. Ven1000 Hex 0x000581F1 error on the VB6 exe file.

I have updated active x hoping that would resolve the issue. Also this is on a network with folder redirection enabled if that helps.

thanks

Win32newb
"If I wrote a book like I code. It would be one page thick and contain only one word (DUH!)"

Not a clue. AFAICT, Ven1000 doesn't have anything to do with VB. Have you scanned the machine for viruses and spyware??

RageInTheMachine9532
"...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome

Try installing the latest VB6 service pack (sp6).
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/updates/sp/vs6/sp6/default.aspx[^]

If that doesn't do it, then you might need to consider upgrading to VB.NET since Microsoft doesn't support VB6 anymore.

-- modified at 21:33 Wednesday 15th February, 2006
Oops! I gave you the wrong link. The above link is now corrected.

I am coding in VB.net 2003
I have created a datagrid on the form called "Line Grid" and I am populating in the code through a sql statement. see below

How do I get the content of a specific row and colum in the grid? Big Grin | :-D

Dim MY_SQL As String, TMP1 As String
Dim DATABASE_NAME As String
Dim tblCrrncMngr As CurrencyManager = CType(BindingContext(CODE_DataSet.Tables.Item(CODE_TABLE)), CurrencyManager)

Dim MYDATACOL As New DataGridTextBoxColumn
LINEGrid.TableStyles.Clear()

DATABASE_NAME = DATA_PATH 'c:\quote.mdb"
CODE_TABLE = NEW_TABLE '"INMASTER"

MY_SQL = "SELECT * FROM " + NEW_TABLE

OleDbDataAdapterARMaster.SelectCommand.CommandText = MY_SQL
CODE_Data_Adapter = New OleDbDataAdapter(MY_SQL, CONNECT_STRING)
CODE_Data_Adapter.TableMappings.Add("Table", CODE_TABLE)

' Fill the DataSet.
CODE_DataSet.Clear()
CODE_Data_Adapter.Fill(CODE_DataSet)

With LINEGrid
.SetDataBinding(CODE_DataSet, CODE_TABLE)
.Refresh()
End With

With MYDATACOL
.MappingName = "QUOTE_NO"
.HeaderText = "QUOTE NUMBER 123"
.Width = 200
End With

With MY_TBL_Style
.MappingName = CODE_TABLE
'Set column styles
With .GridColumnStyles
.Add(New DataGridBoolColumn)
With .Item(0)
.MappingName = "COPY_LINE"
.HeaderText = "FLAG"
.Width = 50
.NullText = String.Empty
End With

.Add(New DataGridTextBoxColumn(tblCrrncMngr.GetItemProperties.Item(CODE_TABLE)))
With .Item(1)
.MappingName = "OPTION"
.HeaderText = "OPTION"
.Width = 100
.NullText = String.Empty
End With

.Add(New DataGridTextBoxColumn(tblCrrncMngr.GetItemProperties.Item(CODE_TABLE)))
With .Item(2)
.MappingName = "QUOTE_LINE_NO"
.HeaderText = "LINE NUMBER"
.Width = 100
.NullText = String.Empty
End With
End With
End With

LINEGrid.TableStyles.Add(MY_TBL_Style)

Dim TableRow As DataRow
For Each TableRow In CODE_TABLE.Tables(0).Rows
If TableRow.Item(0).ToString = "P" Then
...
End If
If CDec(TableRow.Item(1)) > 0.0 Then
...
End If
Next

Lost in the vast sea of .NET

How does this work?
"CODE_TABLE" is a string variable for my MSAccess database table (TMP_DATA).
1) do I need to create a "DataTable" type variable?
2) if yes how would I implement it into my above code?