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It's to do with file associations on the client computer - ie: open Windows Explorer, right click the file you want and click Open With... select your application, tick the box that says "Always open with this program".
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Hi,
there are two parts to this:
1. the file association: teaching Windows your file extension goes with your app; the easiest way to achieve that is by doing it manually once, i.e. double-click a file, choose the right app and check "always open using this app". A more complex way is adding some code.
2. the opening of the file: your app will now be launched with one (or more) file paths as command line arguments, so your app must read the command line and act upon it. See Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
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Sorry, I'm sure this is obvious... When I start my program from a shortcut in Vista the default directory becomes c:\windows\system32. How do I make the default directory the path that the .exe is actually in?
Thanks
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In XP, you can set the "Start In" directory in the shortcut itself. Can you not do this with a Vista shortcut?
Of course, there are VB functions to get the App Directory from within code if this is what you are after...
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I don't see any way to change the "start in" value in Vista. In any case there must be a way to change the default directory programmatically.
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If I understand you correctly, the following should work:
System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory("c:\myfolderpath")
Hope that helps.
-Ray
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Hi Ray,
Totally helps. What I really needed, which I figured out thanks to your message, was:
System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(Application.StartupPath)
I knew it had to be simple!
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I have a frame on a form (actually the frame is on a tab of a tab control). On the frame is a control (command button) At run time I want to load more controls, but I want them to appear on the frame, they end up on the form (behind the frame)
even bring to front does not work, any ideas?
Loading and such works fine, they just show up behind everything on the form.
No-e
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What control collection are you adding them to? The form or the frame (groupbox)?
Wait, I'm not supposed to respond to your questions anymore since I'm overly harsh with you.
"There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people." - Mr. Garrison
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Jon_Boy wrote: I'm not supposed to respond to your questions anymore since I'm overly harsh with you.
Indeed. </sarcasm>
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Why are y'all so harsh on me? I am just asking for a little help?
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Personally I don't think anyone was harsh on you, I reviewed your past help and found that jon_boy wasn't harsh to you at all and your reply was unwarranted to him, so I merely am showing him some support here.
You might want to review your attitude, if someone doesn't post you the exact answer you where looking for doesn't mean they didn't contribute their time and knowledge in an attempt to help you. Sometimes the best advice is a shift in design pattern or implementation, not just figuring out how you want to do the way you want to do it.
Hope this helps you in your future posts here.
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Thanks E.
"There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people." - Mr. Garrison
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Post the code that you're using to add controls the groupbox. Ensure that you're adding the controls to the control vs. adding them to the form.
"There's no such thing as a stupid question, only stupid people." - Mr. Garrison
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Jon_boy, Your initial response was enough to get me where I needed to be, I did not realize I had to add them to the control vs. the form. .net is starting to grow on me at this point, you can do some neat things, and it makes sense the way most of them work.... once I get my head out of vb6 mode that is 
Regarding previous posts I was bothered by the comment I was posting the same question, It was not the same question. If an apology is on order, I apologize. Either way, thanks for your help.
No-e
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if ya have vb 2008 then do this
yourcontrol.setbounds(the values must be of inside the frame)
frame1.controls.add(yourControl)
yourcontrol.show
hope this helps
cheers
TheMrProgrammer
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Try adding the control to the frame
if yor frame is frame1 then write:
dim tmpctl as new windows.forms.button
frame1.controls. add(tmpctl)
tmpctl.visable=true
bah10z
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How can I create a setup for a VB6.0 application which uses the MS SQL Server as database? Can anyone help me? I want to run a setup by which the sql server will be loaded with the database and tables along with the application.
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I can't believe people still deploy VB6 apps..... It's the stone age.
You need to install SQL Server, and either attach a DB you deploy, or run scripts to create it.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
"! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.
I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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I am just fresher to programming. May I use the MSDE service for creating the database?
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Member 4745632 wrote: I am just fresher to programming
That is even worse.
Sometimes there are legacy apps in VB6, but as a n00b you should get VB.Net
It is a freeby download as express, and is both supported here and supported by MS with easier controls for nailing on a database and other functionality.
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"When Belly Full, Chin Hit Chest"
Confucius 502BC
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Well said, but to add, VB.Net is by far extremely more beneficial to the beginner due to it's simplistic syntax and readability. Starting off with a depreciated language will lead to bad practice and poor customs.
You will round yourself off to be a better programming with vb.net and if you ever make the jump to other programming languages the practices you learn from VB.Net will be extremely valuable.
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Member 4745632 wrote: I am just fresher to programming.
As someone else said, then it is pure idiocy for you to use VB6. Has a class made you learn this ? It is a terrible language, and it's unsupported. You should move to VB.NET.
In answer, you can use MSDE as a database server, but you still need to attach or script your database to it.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
"! i don't exactly like or do programming and it only gives me a headache." - spotted in VB forums.
I can do things with my brain that I can't even google. I can flex the front part of my brain instantly anytime I want. It can be exhausting and it even causes me vision problems for some reason. - CaptainSeeSharp
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Hello,
i want to design my Panels like what we have on the right hand side when we open mycomputer.but the problem is at bottom panels,i've used 5 diff panels,2buttons one on panel3 and the other on panel5.
when iam clicking on up arrow button1(which is on panel3) to hide(unexpand) the labels of panel2 i want that panel4 and panel5 should move up next to the panel3 and hide the labels of panel2..
here is the code..
button1.click
If expanded = True Then
expanded = False
Button1.Image = ImageList1.Images(1)
Panel2.Height = Panel3.Height
'Me.Panel5.Height = Me.Panel5.Height - 35(Here there should be code which will move my panel5 up)
'Me.Panel4.Height = Me.Panel4.Height - 68((Here there should be code which will move my panel4 up)
Else
expanded = True
Button1.Image = ImageList1.Images(0)
Panel2.Height = oldheight
'Me.Panel5.Height = Me.Panel5.Height + 90(Here i want my panel5 to get back to their original location or height)
'Me.Panel4.Height = Me.Panel4.Height + 144(Here i want my panel4 to get back to their original location or height)
End If
Anyone specially MVP Plzzz Help me...
Thanks.
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The way that the Explorer Bar in My Computer works is different to the way that you are trying to do it.
In My Computer clicking the button on Panel 3 hides the content of panel 3, it does not hide panel 2.
Do you want to continue doing it the way you are, or do you want to do it like the ExplorerBar actually does it?
Henry Minute
Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain
Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?"
“I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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