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You can include a batch file that will also be installed by the installer which removes the read-only attribute when it is executed. The installer should run this batch file after copying the database. The contents of the batch file follow:<br />

<pre><code id="code-307066">@ECHO off
attrib -r -h -s *.mdb
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You can include a batch file that will also be installed by the installer which removes the read-only attribute when it is executed. The installer should run this batch file after copying the database. The contents of the batch file follow:


@ECHO off
attrib -r -h -s *.mdb


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To remove an attribute use System.IO.File.SetAttribut<wbr />es. Ex:<br />
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if(File.GetAttributes(save<wbr />dCardFileP<wbr />ath) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)<br />
File.SetAttributes(savedCa<wbr />rdFilePath<wbr />, FileAttributes.Normal);
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To remove an attribute use System.IO.File.SetAttributes. Ex:

if(File.GetAttributes(savedCardFilePath) == FileAttributes.ReadOnly)
File.SetAttributes(savedCardFilePath, FileAttributes.Normal);

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DHaest,<br />
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can you translate the above code to VB.Net?
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DHaest,

can you translate the above code to VB.Net?

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I alread tries that but GetAttributes is not a property of System.IO.FileInfo
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I alread tries that but GetAttributes is not a property of System.IO.FileInfo

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Sorry I already used the word File as a System.IO.FileInfo variable
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Sorry I already used the word File as a System.IO.FileInfo variable

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 &nbsp;If IO.File.GetAttributes(MyFi<wbr />le) = IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly<wbr /> Then<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;IO.File.SetAttributes(MyFi<wbr />le, IO.FileAttributes.Normal)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp;End If
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 If IO.File.GetAttributes(MyFile) = IO.FileAttributes.ReadOnly Then
             IO.File.SetAttributes(MyFile, IO.FileAttributes.Normal)
   End If

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I have an Access MDB file on a install disc which my install program copies to the users computer. Trouble is after its copied it ends up as Read only. What is the code for changing it to Read/Write
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I have an Access MDB file on a install disc which my install program copies to the users computer. Trouble is after its copied it ends up as Read only. What is the code for changing it to Read/Write

Read Write

Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) is an object-oriented programming language implemented on the .NET framework, but also supported on other platforms such as Mono and Silverlight. Microsoft launched VB.NET as the successor to the Visual Basic language. Though it is similar in syntax to  Visual Basic pre-2002, it is not the same technology,