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Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

uhcafigdc5-Aug-10 6:15

5-Aug-10 6:15

I wrote a program for Windows XP that does not function in Windows 7. Is there a way I can build the program in Visual Studio so that it will require Windows XP to install?

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

Not Active5-Aug-10 6:32

Not Active

5-Aug-10 6:32

The first thing to do would be understand why it doesn't work on Windows 7, you shouldn't be creating an app that is dependent on an older OS.

You can check for the OS version at startup but the logical thing would to would be prevent it from installing in the first place via the setup.

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

uhcafigdc5-Aug-10 7:11

uhcafigdc

5-Aug-10 7:11

Mark Nischalke wrote:
the logical thing would to would be prevent it from installing in the first place via the setup.

I agree. This is what my question pertains to.

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

Not Active5-Aug-10 7:29

Not Active

5-Aug-10 7:29

Then it depends on what tool you are using to create the installation package. You can create a custom action to validate the OS level.

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

uhcafigdc5-Aug-10 9:27

uhcafigdc

5-Aug-10 9:27

It is a Visual Studio project, and so far I have been using Video Studio to create the installers. Is this possible to do with Visual Studio?

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

Not Active5-Aug-10 9:35

Not Active

5-Aug-10 9:35

Yes. There are plenty of examples for creating custom actions with Visual Studio

I know the language. I've read a book. - _Madmatt

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

PIEBALDconsult5-Aug-10 17:03

PIEBALDconsult

5-Aug-10 17:03

Fix the program; what problem does it have?

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

Bernhard Hiller5-Aug-10 20:41

Bernhard Hiller

5-Aug-10 20:41

Come on, when a program depends on some third party components, that's pretty normal. And nothing you can change!

Re: Program installer to require a specific Windows OS?

PIEBALDconsult6-Aug-10 3:04

PIEBALDconsult

6-Aug-10 3:04

Then make a note in the documentation to that effect and let the buyer beware.

FileSystem.GetFileInfo()

Enobong Adahada5-Aug-10 5:59

Enobong Adahada

5-Aug-10 5:59

please,
what is the equivalent of FileSystem.GetFIleinfo() in C#
thanks

Re: FileSystem.GetFileInfo()

Richard MacCutchan5-Aug-10 6:19

Richard MacCutchan

5-Aug-10 6:19

Take a look here[^] and you will see how MSDN shows the differences between the various .NET languages.

It's time for a new signature.

Re: FileSystem.GetFileInfo()

OriginalGriff5-Aug-10 6:21

OriginalGriff

5-Aug-10 6:21

Um. Difficult...

FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(@"C:\myFileName");

Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.

C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Wheels0125-Aug-10 4:54

Wheels012

5-Aug-10 4:54

Good morning.

I have created an Excel add-in to display a Import tab with several buttons designed to run VBA macros.

I only want this tab to display on the one workbook and not every instance of Excel. I am trying to test for the specific spreadsheet name, but the If statement keeps defaulting to the else condition. I have the following:

public RibbonCustom()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            this.tabImport.Visible = true;            
            //MessageBox.Show(Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ThisWorkbook.FullName.ToString());                                   
            if (Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ThisWorkbook.FullName.ToString() == "ImportFile.xlsm") { this.tabImport.Visible = true; }
            else { this.tabImport.Visible = false; }
        }

The MessageBox.Show doesn't work.

Any suggestions? WHEELS

Re: C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Eddy Vluggen5-Aug-10 5:41

Eddy Vluggen

5-Aug-10 5:41

string theName = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ThisWorkbook.FullName.ToString();
if (theName == "ImportFile.xlsm") 
{ 
    this.tabImport.Visible = true; 
}
else 
{ 
    this.tabImport.Visible = false; 
}

Put a breakpoint on the declaration of theName, and run the code. Somehow, those two strings aren't the same.

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Re: C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Wheels0125-Aug-10 7:06

Wheels012

5-Aug-10 7:06

Hi Eddy. I found one issue. I was using >FullName instead of .Name, but unfortunately it didn't fix the issue. Trying to figure out a way that I can see the contents of the code (variable).

Re: C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Eddy Vluggen5-Aug-10 8:05

Eddy Vluggen

5-Aug-10 8:05

Wheels012 wrote:
Trying to figure out a way that I can see the contents of the code (variable).

That would be debugging[^]? Smile | :)

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Re: C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Wheels0125-Aug-10 8:09

Wheels012

5-Aug-10 8:09

Won't debug unfortunately.

Re: C#.NET 3.5 VS 2008 Excel 2007 Ribbon hide/show

Eddy Vluggen5-Aug-10 9:00

Eddy Vluggen

5-Aug-10 9:00

Wheels012 wrote:
Won't debug unfortunately.

Tried to attach the debugger to Excel? If you can't debug, then you'd be limited to something like logging to a textfile.

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Insert Image in toolstrip ( win app )

Krishna Varadharajan5-Aug-10 3:51

Krishna Varadharajan

5-Aug-10 3:51

Hi,

HOw can i insert a image to toolstrip using c#....through property i can do....i need to do through code.

Thanks.

krishna

Re: Insert Image in toolstrip ( win app )

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.5-Aug-10 4:15

Ennis Ray Lynch, Jr.

5-Aug-10 4:15

toolStripButton2.Image = new Bitmap(fileName);

Or you can embed an image in your assembly and load it using the Manifest resource stream

toolStripButton2.Image = new Bitmap(GetType().Assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("assembly.name.image.name");

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Re: Insert Image in toolstrip ( win app )

Krishna Varadharajan5-Aug-10 20:03

Krishna Varadharajan

5-Aug-10 20:03

Hi,

Can you send an example code for the same....

Thanks

krishna

Connection Level in Compact Framework

Tyler455-Aug-10 2:23

Tyler45

5-Aug-10 2:23

Dear Friends,

We have to get information of gsm connection level in c# (or vb) in windows mobile device
Is there anyway ?
Thanks in advance

Wave files

V.5-Aug-10 1:21

5-Aug-10 1:21

I'm trying to produce a constant sound in a WAVE file.
Using this function (byte)(256 * Math.Sin(frequency * i)); it works and the WAV file correctly created, but it sounds like very bad quality. I tested it against the Beep function and the pitch seems the same.

If I remove the frequency variable from the function, the "quality" of the WAV is far better.

Did I do something wrong or is there a way to clean up the 'noise'?

(to create the file I used a pretty straightforward open source library that I found, which generally creates a header and a byte array and writes that to file)

thanks.

(I'm probably overlooking something very simple Smile | :)

)

Re: Wave files

Bernhard Hiller5-Aug-10 1:45

Bernhard Hiller

5-Aug-10 1:45

I guess the cast to byte makes a problem - isn't 8bit mono sound written as unsigned bytes? Try 16bit sound, that's (signed) Int16.

Re: Wave files

V.5-Aug-10 2:00

5-Aug-10 2:00

It's all 16 bit sound, all info past as int. Why do you think it's 8 bit? I at least defined it as stereo, 16 bit, 44100KHz sample rate.
I tried to inverse the frequency (1/freq) which seems to clean up the noise, yet it remains dirty. (other frequency tests show that I at least have to inverse the freq, else the pitch is not the same at all)

thanks for the idea.

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