2 questions(plz come)

[frix199]

hello there!

i hav 2 questions

let's take it tidy....

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1st
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can i somehow make an application copy herself into a dir?
like:
app path = */myap.exe
with some lines of code copy myap.exe into c:/hello/

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2nd
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i hav 2 appl., one client and one server
how can i somehow send a text or a pic from the server to the client and vice versa????



really tnx 4 ur help

 

[kulrom]

As we talked already (yahoo IM) ...

1> Make a setup project

2> http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/showthread.php?t=3868 if you get these 101 samples there is an app client/server that should help you out

Regards

 

[uniquegodwin]

Hey frix..
for your 1st question..
you can do this way too incase you need this in your program for some other reason...
system.Io.file.copy..
try the stuff inside the system.io.file namespace

 

[kulrom]

Ok then, i will put the function below and wait untill someone else complain that it doesn't work
means, this is a function that will create Shotrcut in Start Menu:

 [COLOR=#0000ff]Public [/COLOR][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Function[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] CreateShortCutOnDesktop([/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]ByVal[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] TargetFolder [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2], [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]ByVal[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] TargetFile [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2]) [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Boolean
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Try
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Dim[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] startUp [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]String[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] = TargetFolder
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Dim[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] shortCut [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] IWshRuntimeLibrary.IWshShortcut
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Dim[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] WshShell [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]New[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] WshShellClass
shortCut = WshShell.CreateShortcut(startUp & "MyNewShortcut.lnk")
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]With[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] shortCut
.TargetPath = TargetFile
.WindowStyle = 1
.Description = "Test"
.WorkingDirectory = startUp
.IconLocation = Application.StartupPath & "/sound_box.ico" [COLOR=darkgreen]'be sure that .ico file exists[/COLOR]
.Save()
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]End [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]With
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Return [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]True
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Catch[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] ex [/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]As[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2] System.Exception
MessageBox.Show("Error:" & ControlChars.NewLine & ex.Message, "Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error)
[/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Return [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]False
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]End [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Try
[/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]End [/COLOR][/SIZE][SIZE=2][COLOR=#0000ff]Function [/COLOR][/SIZE]

Regards