including a file in my exe

[bobbel]

hello everybody!

i have a problem. What i want is that i can include a file (a bat or something) and that i can say in my code Shell("clean.bat") without that file being in the same folder as my exe. How do i do that?

 

[shawnplr]

You can use
shell("C:\folder\clean.bat")
or if the bat file is in the same folder as your exe use
shell(Application.StartupPath() & "\clean.bat")

 

[bobbel]

what i want is to embed the file in my exe and that i can execute my .bat with shell("clean.bat") anybody know? nvm, did it otherwise

 

[JuggaloBrotha]

Before you can run a file like that you need to make a copy of it outside your exe file, you can use a FileStream to copy it out of the resources, then run it using Process.Start("Path to file")

 

[bobbel]

well, what i did: when you press a button, it print a bat file that ends with "del clean.bat" and then executes it, so you can't read it and you nearly can't copy it

 

[shawnplr]

Sorry if my guess is wrong. Judging by the name of your bat file. If you are deleting all files in a folder then you can use this.

For Each foundFolder As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetDirectories("C:\Test")
            My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteDirectory(foundFolder, FileIO.DeleteDirectoryOption.DeleteAllContents)
        Next
For Each foundFile As String In My.Computer.FileSystem.GetFiles( "C:\Test", FileIO.SearchOption.SearchAllSubDirectories, "*.*")
            My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(foundFile, FileIO.UIOption.OnlyErrorDialogs, FileIO.RecycleOption.DeletePermanently)
        Next

I modified the code from here.

 

[LeonR]

well, what i did: when you press a button, it print a bat file that ends with "del clean.bat" and then executes it, so you can't read it and you nearly can't copy it

If you really want a batch file... and it must be part of the exe..

My work around would be to create a sub routine which actually creates a new batch file and writes the content to it.

Then run the file and after the execution has completed, delete it.

 

[shawnplr]

well, what i did: when you press a button, it print a bat file that ends with "del clean.bat" and then executes it, so you can't read it and you nearly can't copy it

Yes Leon he did just that.

 

[LeonR]

Damn!

I really need to read the posts a bit better! Thats the 2nd one I misread today