Hi,

I am a noob at programming (not my stuff, but i wanted to try it).

I know the basics, how to create dialogs, buttons, texts, labels, pop-up dialog boxes, timers and some other things.

But i wanted to create button on an empty box (new project) and when i click it, it opens the Virtual Machine its linked to.

I mean this:

Program is open --> i click button ''Longhorn 4051'' --> New dialog box with a few buttons with are different versions --> when i click ''x86 Professional'' --> Virtual PC 2007 or VMWare Workstation opens and booting the VM.

There is a problem. You cant run program out of a website. The only way i think is when you make an asp.net website which is running local on the computer where it should work, an you use asp.net. there you can start with it a program on the server (so you only can run it local).

You can do this using PHP providing you can make a batch script or shortcut that works on the local computer to do it. Once you can do that you can make PHP run that, so focus on doing that first

Guys, thanks for your answers, but you didnt understand it.

I am making this with:

Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 Professional not with php, this is my personal project...

ASP.Net works with C#, VB.Net and J#.

Btw: Visual Basic 2008 has Webdeveloper integrated? I dont think so.

Another more simpler explaining.

I have a computer wich has NO internet.

On that computer are my Virtual Machines (VPC 2007 and VMWare WS6)
There are .vmx (VMW6) and VPC 2007 configuration files.

On that computer i want a program (just a program like Microsoft Office Word (a bit simpler then word, but example)) wich has buttons with a version of Windows.

When i click a button, that form disappears and a new one display with Versions:


Dialog 1:
============================
Microsoft Windows
Virtual Machine Collection

Wich VM do you want to start?
--Microsoft Codename ''Longhorn'' 4051--
--Microsoft Codename xxxxxx--
--xxxxxxxx--
--xxxxxxxx--
--xxxxxxxx--
--xxxxxxxx--
============================
(DIALOG DISAPPEARS, 2 appears)

Dialog 2:
=================================
Microsoft Windows Codename 'Longhorn'' 4051

Wich VM do you want to start?
--Professional, x86--
--Professional, x64--
--Professional, IA64--
--Professional, x86, debug--
--Professional, x64, debug--
--Professional, IA64, debug--
=================================

(Above ones are buttons)

And when i click a button on dialog 2, a pop up comes with information that VM is loading.

And then Virtual PC 2007 or VMWare workstation opens and boots the specific Virtual Machine.


This is a personal project and NOT intented for use on a website

Well, a starting point would to be use the Shell() which allows you to execute external programs or files.

For example


Should open the VMX (VMWare Config file) or the VMC (Virtual PC Config file) in the correct application if I remember correctly

Thanks, i also asked my friend, he is learning to be a programmer and the answer was:



This code can be pasted after Button_1_click.

"May" I do this for you in C#?
(in c# it is System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Windows\explorer.exe") btw

EDIT: Oh, I guess you meant something like that:

didn't you? (it actually works, but usually does only show up one of those OS dialogs, I made that with window clippings & ps)

You get my point.

Only i have a splash screen, then it comes in the ''main menu'' for welcome and selecting, beta or retail builds and opening VMWare and Virtual PC.

In this order i mean:
- Splash screen

- ''main'' menu and welcome, 5 buttons
1) Open VMWare workstation
2) Open Virtual PC
3) Open the list of Microsoft Codenames VM
4) Open the list of Microsoft Retail VM
5) Exit (and on the other menu's to get back to the ''main'' screen)

- 3) List of Microsoft Codenames VM
1) Microsoft Codename ''Chicago''
2) Microsoft Codename ''Memphis''
3) Microsoft Codename ''Millennium''
4) Microsoft Codename ''Longhorn''
(AND SO ON)

- 4) List of Microsoft Retail VM
1) Microsoft Windows 95
2) Microsoft Windows 2000
3) Microsoft Windows XP
4) Microsoft Windows Vista
(AND SO ON)


And then when you click on a codename
- Microsoft Codename ''Longhorn''
1) Build 6.0.3683.0 (Alpha M3)
2) Build 6.0.5384.4 (Beta 2)

And from there a few buttons wich launch the VM.
- Build 6.0.5384.4 (Beta 2)
1) x86
2) x64
3) IA64
4) x86, debug
(AND SO ON)

But only 1 problem, If you write the code, you can only store the VM's in the place where you set the link.

I keep my VM's in this order (from G:\)

G:\
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\BETA
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\BETA\Microsoft Codename ''xxxxxx''
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\BETA\Microsoft Codename ''xxxxxx''\x.xx.xxxx.x
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\BETA\Microsoft Codename ''xxxxxx''\x.xx.xxxx.x\Professional
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\BETA\Microsoft Codename ''xxxxxx''\x.xx.xxxx.x\Home Edition
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(2) Home Edition
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(3) Professional
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(4) Media Center (2002)
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(4) Media Center (2005)
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(5) Tablet PC
G:\VIRTUAL MACHINES\Retial\Microsoft Windows XP\(6) Fundamentals

Will be done in a few minutes

Wouldn't is be easier to set a specific path (stored in a config file) and then the program reads out the content of the set directory and lists the existing vmware files as entries?

You will need some sort of database structure. I would cycle through the directories to create a xml file... Then I would load it into a tree view

Also try to move your program to C# because Visual Basic will give you a confused idea of object orriented programing...