Noman Malik

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12 years ago.

Is it possible to run an ".exe" file through mbed?

If i make an executable program in visual basic, is it possible to run that program directly by writing some commands in mbed.

As Stephen says below, there are ways to trigger a PC program. I played around using the serial debug link for this purpose with VB to get the mbed controlling the actions of the VB program. It didn't actually run the VB program which I started manually, but it did control its funtion.

posted by Kevin Hobbs 24 Nov 2012

kindly explain how to control its function

posted by Noman Malik 27 Nov 2012

Many users have reported that they found error of https://unfitpc.com/ctfmon-exe when there are working on their computers but you just feel free and correct it easily .

posted by simran sidhki 05 Oct 2018

1 Answer

Richard Ellingworth
12 years ago.

No. Visual Basic produces code that can be executed on a PC compatible computer. Visual Basic .NET needs .NET to be installed on the PC. The mbed won't do either.

There are boards out there like the netduino or Gadgeteer which can execute programs written using Visual Studio using the .NET micro framework which is a cut down version of .NET for microcontrollers. See http://netduino.com/ and http://www.netmf.com/gadgeteer/.

can i write a code to capture active screen of pc on mbed?

posted by sanwal muneer 20 Nov 2012

If the PC had a program on it that could capture the screen there are certainly ways you could use the mbed to trigger that process.

posted by Stephen Paulger 20 Nov 2012

@stephen: Can you kindly explain those ways how to trigger that process

posted by Noman Malik 27 Nov 2012