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> Hey All,
> I've got a program running on a Network share.  It works without any
> problems when I add the \\server\* with Full Trust in the .Net
> Configuration MMC.  I also export this security set as an MSI to be
> installed for users who wish to run the program.
>
> The question is, is that sometimes a user will simply go to the share
> and try running the program sometimes (start -> run ->
> \\server\share\Program.Net.Exe).  This will cause the application to
> fail, and an unfriendly message to be displayed.
>
> I would like to do a test to make sure the program has the correct
> permissions to run, but it doesn't even reach the On_Load event.  How
> would I go about testing to make sure the program is able to run so if
> they don't have the security permissions to run a program from the
> share, I'd like to give them a nice friendly "Don't Panic!" message :)
>
> Any examples in VB/C# work for me, thanks in advance!
>
> -Jesse Albert
>

> Hi Jesse, here's something in VB that works just fine.
> HTH,
>   Marius.
>
> <snip>
> Imports System.Security
>
> Public Class MainApp
>
>     Public Shared Sub Main()
>         If Panic() Then
>             MessageBox.Show("Don't Panic")
>         Else
>             Application.Run(New MainForm)
>         End If
>     End Sub
>
>     Private Shared Function Panic() As Boolean
>         Try
>             Dim trust As New
> PermissionSet(Permissions.PermissionState.Unrestricted)
>             trust.Demand()
>             Return False
>         Catch ex As SecurityException
>             MessageBox.Show("Panic! No permissions to run app")
>             Return True
>         Catch ex As Exception
>             MessageBox.Show("Panic! Trouble running app")
>             Return True
>         End Try
>     End Function
> End Class
> </snip>
>
> <Jess.Alb***@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1149254968.935756.206040@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> > Hey All,
> > I've got a program running on a Network share.  It works without any
> > problems when I add the \\server\* with Full Trust in the .Net
> > Configuration MMC.  I also export this security set as an MSI to be
> > installed for users who wish to run the program.
> >
> > The question is, is that sometimes a user will simply go to the share
> > and try running the program sometimes (start -> run ->
> > \\server\share\Program.Net.Exe).  This will cause the application to
> > fail, and an unfriendly message to be displayed.
> >
> > I would like to do a test to make sure the program has the correct
> > permissions to run, but it doesn't even reach the On_Load event.  How
> > would I go about testing to make sure the program is able to run so if
> > they don't have the security permissions to run a program from the
> > share, I'd like to give them a nice friendly "Don't Panic!" message :)
> >
> > Any examples in VB/C# work for me, thanks in advance!
> >
> > -Jesse Albert
> >