Open Access file with button click - c#

Is it possible to open my Microsoft Access file with just a button click event?
The tutorials I read online has to go through OpenFileDialog but I do not want that. I want to open the file directly with a click of a button.
File Location: C:\Users\User\Documents\MedicalRecord.accdb

You can use Process.Start(), it's the same thing as double-clicking your file directly.
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Process.Start(#"C:\Users\User\Documents\MedicalRecord.accdb");
}

Yes, it is possible, instead of using open file dialog's file name, use the file location you want

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Here is my code:
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}
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The problem is that SendKeys.Send("^{s}"); does not work.
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See How to: Programmatically save documents.

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Using the WebBrowser component in C#, is it possible to obtain the file path of a user downloaded file?
For example, a user is browsing an arbitrary website using the WebBrowser then clicks a link to download, say, a PDF. The default download manager pops-up and prompts the user to save the file and the user can download the file to a location of their choice; but I do not know where they have saved that file.
Is this actually possible using the WebBrowser control?
You can try this:
private void webBrowser1_Navigating(object sender,
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e.Cancel = true;
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client.DownloadDataCompleted += new DownloadDataCompletedEventHandler(client_DownloadDataCompleted);
client.DownloadDataAsync(e.Url);
}
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When you host the web browser component, you can handle all the events. So for example, you can handle the right click, override the menu and show your custom menu.
So When the user clicks on a link or right clicks, you can show your own dialog instead of the system dialog and then you can have the path of the downloaded file from your own dialog.

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I am working on a c# Windows utility, which is opening a file using webbrowser control.
webBrowser1.Navigate("URL");
URL is actually an attachment, which is showing as "Open" "Save" dialog
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{
textbox1.text ="filedownload event fired!!"
}
can I do somthing so that i cancel the file open/save dialog in the background.
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I have a win forms app and I'm opening a webBrowser inside the app. I have to use the browser, since I'm automating the actual browser UI flow of the site. I hit a snag trying to upload a file. The input element type is "file" and, as I've discovered, the only way to populate it programatically is to hit the browse button and select the actual file from the "Choose File to Upload" dialog.
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timer1.Interval = 3000;
timer1.Start();
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private void timer1_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
timer1.Stop();
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}
catch (Exception ex)
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I want to be able to load some information programmatically into Properties.Settings.Default before I publish it, but it doesn't persist. How do I overcome that?
I have (as a test):
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Properties.Settings.Default.Setting1 = "abc";
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}
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{
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}
I clicked on button1, then published (with clickonce) and then run the published application and clicked on button2. The Text was empty.
If don't publish the application, rather just close it and reopen it and click on button2 – I get "abc".
See the following post http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/17659/How-To-Use-the-Settings-Class-in-C
publishing won't click the button for you.
You need to detect the setting isn't initialised correctly (compare with an application setting perhaps) and then set and save it yourself.
Blank / doesn't exist / = somesettingToUpgrade
and a little routine to find a setting by name, set and save then you could put that in the button click handler as well as say FormLoad.
It seems that the problem was that the scope was "user". But if the scope is "application" – it can't be changed programmatically.
So there seems not to be a way to do it. Persist from build programmatically, that is.

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