Category Archives: VB.NET

Logging: how to get Class and Method names

By david | Published: March 15, 2011
When logging errors is helps to have the Class and method names where the exception was thrown without using string constants that are a pain to maintain. The code to get the names is Current assembly and class name = Me.GetType.FullName Current class name = Me.GetType.Name Current method (function or sub) = System.Reflection.MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().Name
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How to run Xcopy with elevated privileges

By david | Published: November 20, 2010
A COM class to run xcopy as an admin.
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How to run code as another user

By david | Published: November 20, 2010
A COM class that enables code execution under a different user identity. It makes it really easy to run code with elevated priviledges in eg VBA as well as NET.
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Open a file in VB.NET

By david | Published: November 20, 2010
To open a file in it’s default application all you need is one line of code: System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("www.mysite.com") or System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("N:\myfile.pdf")
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