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Creating a VB.NET Windows application using the command line

Posted on September 14th

Juanito27 posted this question to the VB.NET forum on GotDotNet last week...

Command line compile Windows vb app
I need to have someone show me how to compile via command line a vb.net windows app. Could someone show me the minimum code to get a window/form up with maybe a label or button on it.

so I posted up a sample to the samples page on my personal site that shows creating two programs via the VB.NET command line compiler... first a console application, then a Windows Forms app... this page is a draft version of something I'm putting together for MSDN so let me know if you find it useful...



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Comment:
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Written by:
Wayne Taylor
Posted on:
9/14/2004 1:58:00 AM

Hi

Great article. Really informative and simply.... What about having a table of available command line arguments with descriptions and examples when and why you would use each og them, or are there too many?

Cheers.

Comment:
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Written by:
Megan
Posted on:
1/24/2005 6:30:00 PM

Really great work. Exactually what a beginner such as myself was looking for. Thank you!

Comment:
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Written by:
Duncan Mackenzie
Posted on:
1/25/2005 8:25:00 AM

If you have multiple forms, just add each .vb file onto your command line (vbc.exe form1.vb form2.vb form3.vb).... yep, devenv.exe works wonders but I was assuming that you don't have access to Visual Studio in this case.

Comment:
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Written by:
nick
Posted on:
7/13/2005 8:43:00 AM

does the executable work for people without the framework?

Comment:
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Written by:
Duncan Mackenzie
Posted on:
7/13/2005 8:59:00 AM

Nope, the framework is still required

Comment:
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Written by:
nick
Posted on:
7/13/2005 1:42:00 PM

so how do i compile it to run on other .net free platforms?

Comment:
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Written by:
Duncan Mackenzie
Posted on:
7/13/2005 1:53:00 PM

You can't ... you can create an install that will put the .NET Framework onto the target (client) machine, but it is not possible to run the application without the framework.

Comment:
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Written by:
nick
Posted on:
7/13/2005 1:59:00 PM

hmm. ok thanks

Comment:
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Written by:
Raj
Posted on:
7/15/2005 3:31:00 AM

Hallo
Can someone help me to show on how to compile a vb.net file using the command line. I am a very basic beginner working on this compilation process. Help me out on how to do it, the commands to do it and where should I type the commands.

Looking forward to your help. Thanks in advance.

Please mail to raja@gunasekaran.net

Comment:
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Written by:
LazyDev
Posted on:
9/16/2005 1:43:00 PM

I messed up my VS.net VB part - so I had to compile my ASP.net app from CMD prompt:

1. Edit the PATH environment variable to include C:\WINNT\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322

2. browse to your webapp directory:
cd Inetpub\wwwroot\VoucherInvoice

3. The execute following (instead of linebreaks - use spaces):

vbc
/recurse:*.vb
/t:library
/rootnamespace:VoucherInvoice
/out:bin/VoucherInvoice.dll

/r:System.dll
/r:System.Web.dll
/r:Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
/r:System.XML.dll
/r:System.Data.dll
/r:System.Drawing.dll

/r:bin/ML_controls.dll
/r:bin/ML_DataAccess.dll
/r:bin/MetaBuilders.WebControls.DefaultButtons.dll

/imports:System,System.Data,System.Data.SqlClient,System.Configuration,System.Drawing,
System.Web,System.Web.UI,System.Web.SessionState,System.Web.UI.WebControls,
System.Web.UI.HtmlControls,Microsoft.VisualBasic

Comment:
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Written by:
NaliniSelvam
Posted on:
11/28/2006 6:31:00 AM

i wanna use System.Web.UI features in windows application.For Eg,
In web application, its possible to convert memory stream into a PDF.
How will i do thet in windows application.
Can anyone guide me??

Comment:
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Written by:
NaliniSelvam
Posted on:
11/28/2006 6:35:00 AM

pls mail me to minisel2003@yahoo.co.in

Comment:
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Written by:
Odessa
Posted on:
4/11/2007 3:00:00 AM

Nice !! thanks for your help about creating command line in vb.net ^^

Comment:
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Written by:
John Simmons
Posted on:
6/25/2007 3:05:00 PM

Hello,

Is there a way to determine the command-line equilvalent for an existing Visual Studio project?

This would be useful for automaticing release builds.