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How to Run VB.net Code as an Administrator

Whenever you see this error message

“Cannot open [Windows service name] on computer “

you need to run the VB.Net code as an “Administrator”. There are 2 solutions available.

Go to project and select “(Project Name) properties…”
Click on “View UAC Settings”
Find the code “<requestedExecutionLevel level=”asInvoker” uiAccess=”false” />”
Replace the code with “<requestedExecutionLevel level=”requireAdministrator” uiAccess=”false” />”
You will be able to run your sample code now.
Later, when the code is compiled to executable (exe), this VB.Net application will also run as “Administrator”.

Source:

Step 1: Find Visual Studio IDE in program files, for my machine it is located at “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE”

Step 2: Right click on “vbexpress.exe” and select “Properties”

Step 3: Click on “Compatibility”, then check on “Run this program as an administrator” , then click “OK”

Step 4: Run the program and it will run as administrator.

This guide applies to the following MOBITEK products:-

USB Driver had been pre-installed in the following Linux Distro:-

For other distro, you may need to compile the driver into Linux kernel which is not covered in this guide.

Optional — install “Cutecom” from Software Manager.

Click on “install”
Go to “User and Groups”.
Click on the current user and then click on “Groups”.
Assign the following “Groups” or permissions to the user:-
1. dialout
2. root
3. sudo
4. tty
Restart Linux.
Open terminal and enter “lsusb”.
If MOBITEK Q24 GSM Modem Hub is detected by Linux, there should be 2 items listed on screen — “Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT4232H”.
Open CuteCom (or minicom).
Manually type “/dev/ttyUSB0”
Click on “Open device”.
For the input method below, change the Input type from “LF line end” (default) to “CR,LF line end”.
Enter “AT”, and if “OK” is returned or displayed then this mean that the modem is successfully connected to “/dev/ttyUSB0”.
Click “Close device”.
To check next modem in MOBITEK Q24 GSM Modem Hub, then type:-
1. /dev/ttyUSB1
2. /dev/ttyUSB2
3. …
4. /dev/ttyUSB7
  and repeat Step 10 until 13.

Problem: I have old VB6 code, what is the easiest way to convert or port to VB.Net?

Solution:-

Copy the CLISMS folder (original code) into our local disk.
Run the Visual Basic 2008. Click File>Open Project. It should appear like this. Open the CLISMS original code.
Choose the project which is .vbp and click “Open”.
Upgrade the coding using the upgrade wizard in VB.Net. It appear like this. Click “Next”.
Choose “EXE”, click “Next”.
Change to “CLISMS.NET”, click “Next”.
Click “Yes”.
Wait for the process porting to be completed. The dialog box will automatically closed once it is done.
You can see the project has successfully ported.

The following steps are optional.

Double click “My Project”, goto “Application”, change the “CLI” to “CLISMS”. Save it
Click “Build -> Build CLISMS”.
Go to “G:\mobitek\CLISMS ori code\CLISMS.NET\bin”
Copy the “sms.bat” from the ori code.
Paste on your upgraded code. My path:G:\mobitek\CLISMS ori code\CLISMS.NET\bin
Right click the sms batch file and click edit.
It appear that can be edited one.The notepad appear. change the port number and change the telephone number. Then press ctrl+S.
Double click the sms batch file. It appear like this. Your cmd will automatically closed once the process of sending SMS is send. Then, it is done