Tag Archives: VB.Net
How to Check whether the application is running in IDE or as EXE
In our Windows Application, some times we may need to check whether our application is running in IDE or is running as EXE. A typical example would be, we might use Development Server while working in development/debug mode. Once the … Continue reading
How to properly terminate the application by passing the process name
We should not directly kill the process. We should properly close the main window of the application using CloseMainWindow(). Here is the proper way of terminating the application in VB.Net. The code below will request the application to close properly … Continue reading
How to get the active Window Title by passing the process name
Here is the VB.Net code which will help you to get the active Window title for the given process name: Module modMain Sub Main() ‘How to call this function: Console.WriteLine(GetWindowTitleNameByProcessName(“firefox”)) ‘This will return the current title of firefox application End … Continue reading
How to get list of installed software names and its locations
The following VB.Net code grabs list of all installed software and its installed location from your PC. Imports Microsoft.Win32 Module modMain Sub Main() Dim InstalledSoftwareKey As String = “SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products” Using RegKey As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(InstalledSoftwareKey) For Each iKey In RegKey.GetSubKeyNames() … Continue reading
How to compare two Array lists
The following VB.Net code compares two ArrayLists and returns an ArrayList containing the non-matching items. VB.Net Code: Module modMain Function CompareArrays(ByVal FistArray As ArrayList, ByVal SecondArray As ArrayList) As ArrayList Dim ResultArray As New ArrayList Dim sItem As String For … Continue reading