Make .exe resource run while Form1_load[HELP]

[x DeaDLy]

How can i make it so that when i load my form, it loads a .exe file along with it that is in my Resource folder? Thanks

[x DeaDLy]

Is this possible or no ?

[ForumAccount]

I don't know of any clean way to do this. But this will work assuming you added the exe into your resources:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim tempFileName As String = System.IO.Path.GetTempFileName() & ".exe"
        Using fs As New FileStream(tempFileName, FileMode.Create)
            fs.Write(My.Resources.exeNameHere, 0, My.Resources.exeNameHere.Length)
        End Using
        Process.Start(tempFileName)
    End Sub

[x DeaDLy]

i get FileStream is not defined

[JugglingReferee]

For my current app, I added as a resource, the CHM help file, so that in case the copy distributed with the appilcation is lost, it can be re-written to disk. Here is the code that does that:

Dim Writer As New IO.FileStream(Application.StartupPath & "\filename.chm", IO.FileMode.Create)
 
Writer.Write(My.Resources.RESOURCE-NAME-HERE, 0, My.Resources. RESOURCE-NAME-HERE.Length)
 
Writer.Close()

Change the chm to exe and see what you get.


Edit: I see that my code is the same as ForumAccount's code. Try adding the Close function, though. In addition, I also have "Imports System.Deployment.Application" at the top of my code.

[x DeaDLy]

Ugh no luck its ok i changed my mind, thx for the help both of you ! =]