Tag: vb

Replacing a string in each user’s profile

This routine replaces a string in the text file user.js.  The file is located in each user’s profile which also contains a random string as part of the path name.

Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO

Public Class Form1

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
 Dim strPath As String = "c:\users"
 Dim arrFolders() As String = System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(strPath)
 Dim MozPath As String

'----------------------------------------------------------------
 ' get list of profiles
 '----------------------------------------------------------------
 For Each arrFolder As String In arrFolders
 MozPath = arrFolder & "\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\"

If My.Computer.FileSystem.DirectoryExists(MozPath) = True Then
 Dim arrGUIDpath() As String = System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(MozPath)

For Each arrGUIDfolder As String In arrGUIDpath
 If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists(arrGUIDfolder & "\user.js") = True Then
 Console.WriteLine("notepad " & arrGUIDfolder & "\user.js")

'----------------------------------------------------------------
 ' 1. rename the user.js file
 ' 2. replace the proxy defintion string tinto user.js
 '----------------------------------------------------------------
 Try
 My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(arrGUIDfolder & "\user2.js")
 Catch ex As Exception
 Application.DoEvents()
 End Try

My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyFile(arrGUIDfolder & "\user.js", arrGUIDfolder & "\user2.js")

My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllText(arrGUIDfolder & "\user.js", _
 My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText(arrGUIDfolder & "\user2.js").Replace("user_pref(""network.proxy.type"", 4);", _
 "user_pref(""network.proxy.type"", 0);"), False)
 End If

'----------------------------------------------------------------
 ' clean up to avoid confusion in the future
 '----------------------------------------------------------------
 Application.DoEvents()

Try
 My.Computer.FileSystem.DeleteFile(arrGUIDfolder & "\user2.js")
 Catch ex As Exception
 Application.DoEvents()
 End Try
 Next
 End If

Next
 End
 End Sub

End Class

Authenticate User to Security Group

Imports System.Security.Principal

Public Class Form1
Public id As WindowsIdentity = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent()
Public User As WindowsPrincipal = New WindowsPrincipal(id)

Private Sub Form1_Load(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim flg As Boolean = User.IsInRole(“Domain\Security Group”)

Select Case flg
Case True
MsgBox(“I am a member of the group”)
Case False
MsgBox(“Not a member”)
End Select

End
End Sub

End Class

Set Default Enter Button in ASP.NET

I recently had to define a default Enter button on an ASP.NET page but could not use the Form field because it was inherited from a master page.  I eventually discovered that this can be done by defining the button in a panel as shown below.

<asp:Panel runat=”server” DefaultButton=”btnSearch”>
..
<asp:Button ID=”btnSearch” runat=”server” Text=”Search” />
..
</asp:Panel>

Use  txtSearch.Focus() to set focus on the default field (in this case txtSearch).