to get a list of installed software in a machine

[ananth]

Hi all,
i have a activex control containing a command button.on the button click the activex control should get the list if installed softwares available on the machine,can anyone help me regarding this since i am new to visual basic

[willakawill]

Hi all,
i have a activex control containing a command button.on the button click the activex control should get the list if installed softwares available on the machine,can anyone help me regarding this since i am new to visual basic

Have you linked to this active x reference in your project?

[ananth]

Hi willakawill,
The requirement is I have vb6.0. I need to use an activex control that contains a command button on the button click it should generate a list of installed softwares available on the pc .i dont know how to to get along since i am very much a beginner please suggest some codes or links that helps me out in a finding a solution.

Have you linked to this active x reference in your project?

[willakawill]

Hi willakawill,
The requirement is I have vb6.0. I need to use an activex control that contains a command button on the button click it should generate a list of installed softwares available on the pc .i dont know how to to get along since i am very much a beginner please suggest some codes or links that helps me out in a finding a solution.

Great. Do you have a project? A form? do you have this object on your form? does it appear as a control in your project?
Do you have a help file with the object?
I need to know where you are in your project in order to point you in the right direction.

[albertw]

Great. Do you have a project? A form? do you have this object on your form? does it appear as a control in your project?
Do you have a help file with the object?
I need to know where you are in your project in order to point you in the right direction.

hi
if your create a form (without contents, but with an icon) and a module
and paste following into this module:

 
Sub Main()
  'open the Add/Remove Programs window
  Shell "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0"
  End
End Sub
 
 

have your project start as SubMain and make an exe... :)

[ananth]

HI Mr.Albert
Thanks for giving me a solution.But the thing is the code should access a system registry to get the installed softwares.The path in the registry i want to access is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall.
I dont know how to start can u give some guidelines for it, the fact is i am new to vb and i dont no how to do .
The requirement is i need to have a form with a command button.On the Button click it should show the list of available softwares installed

hi
if your create a form (without contents, but with an icon) and a module
and paste following into this module:

 
Sub Main()
  'open the Add/Remove Programs window
  Shell "rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL appwiz.cpl,,0"
  End
End Sub
 
 

have your project start as SubMain and make an exe... :)

[albertw]

HI Mr.Albert
Thanks for giving me a solution.But the thing is the code should access a system registry to get the installed softwares.The path in the registry i want to access is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Uninstall.
I dont know how to start can u give some guidelines for it, the fact is i am new to vb and i dont no how to do .
The requirement is i need to have a form with a command button.On the Button click it should show the list of available softwares installed

hi

try above code as command1_click() instead
accessing the registry directly is a matter of many declarations which i never have used before. unkown matter so to speak.

[ananth]

Hello Mr.Albert,
I first of all thank you for the valuable information you have provided me the code works fine on a button click,but the problem is it opens up a Add/Remove programs control panel.the thing is i just want to store those software information details on a text box or anywhere else it shouldnt display the the control panel.please help me out regarding this

hi

try above code as command1_click() instead
accessing the registry directly is a matter of many declarations which i never have used before. unkown matter so to speak.

[sashi]

Hello Mr.Albert,
I first of all thank you for the valuable information you have provided me the code works fine on a button click,but the problem is it opens up a Add/Remove programs control panel.the thing is i just want to store those software information details on a text box or anywhere else it shouldnt display the the control panel.please help me out regarding this

Hi there,

Do a little research on WMI (Windows Management Intrumentation) for further reading & understanding, hope it helps. Good luck & take care.

[albertw]

Hi there,

Do a little research on WMI (Windows Management Intrumentation) for further reading & understanding, hope it helps. Good luck & take care.

hi

or try this link

reg ripper

[ananth]

Hi Mr.Albert
The information and other links you have provided me was so useful ,I first of all thank you for providing me such a valuable information without which my project would have been a failure.Thanks a lot sir

hi

or try this link

reg ripper