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I am using the below code to get the path:
string componentName =System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
It returns the complete path:
C:\PurgeEngineIntegrated\PurgeEngine\PurgeEngine\bin\Debug
But I wanted to go to the path:
C:\PurgeEngineIntegrated\PurgeEngine\PurgeEngine\GDPR Files
The code is correct. It is returning the location from which your assembly is running. When Visual Studio compiles, that is the folder that it is put into. If GDPR Files is a folder that should be present with the run time, you can either mark it as Copy Always or Copy Only If Newer. Alternatively, you need to manually copy that folder over.
You can try this:
string componentName = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).Parent.FullName + "\\GDPR Files";
Please note Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() this will give you the working directory path which is C:\PurgeEngineIntegrated\PurgeEngine\PurgeEngine\bin\Debug and this code Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).Parent.FullName will give you the path before the Bin folder. If you run the program from exe file from the Debug folder, it will still work as it gives you the path of two steps up of the current location. So you have to be careful if you want to use it in different location.
You can try UriBuilder.UnescapeDataString() to get directory from assembly location
string componentName = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
UriBuilder oUriBuilder = new UriBuilder(componentName);
string strPath = oUriBuilder.UnescapeDataString(oUriBuilder.Path);
string strDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(strPath);
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I am trying to make an application that deletes a folder and I cannot seem to find a way to find what user they are on and implement it into the directory deleting. I am coding in c# on Visual Studio
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os: windows 10
basically I want to find the username of the computer and set it as a variable than go and delete a certain folder inside of C:/users/(user)
I have a way to get the user which is Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile); But I want to set that as a variable and then use that variable to replace
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo(#"C:\Users\Desktop
Path\yes");
foreach(FileInfo file in di.GetFiles())
{
file.Delete();
}
I don't know why would you need to get the user, but ok. You already have the solution using Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile); that will get you something like "C:\Users\randomUserName". You can store that in a variable. Then append whatever folder path you need using Path.Combine, you don't really need to use that function but it's best practice and it just saves you so much trouble. So the final product will be something like this.
var userPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile);
var path = Path.Combine(userPath, "you path here");
var dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(path);
//Rest of your code here.
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I have a folder structure in the project as seen in the picture:
and I would like to have the SettingsManagementTest.mvconfig File to be directly in the Release/Debug folder. But it is always built into a subfolder called SettingsManagement.
Is this even possible or should think of another solution?
Call var currentDir = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(); and you will land in your Debug folder. I recommend printing currentDir out once so you have a better understanding of what the method returns.
You can call var bin = Directory.GetParent(currentDir); to path into your bin folder.
You use var release = Path.Combine(bin, "Release"); to path into your Release folder.
To create your desired file in the Release folder you can call File.Create(Path.Combine(release, "SettingsManagementTest.mvconfig"));
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I have a folder in my project named Export, I save files to that folder using this code :
document.Save(#"D:\workspace\folder1\Solution.Application.DataExporter\Export\mydocument.pdf");
But when others use this code, they complain that they don't have that path. How can I give path to my code so that it works everywhere? Thanks.
Option 1: Use the Environment.SpecialFolder to get the physical location of a special folder. See here for an overview of possible special folders.
For example, if you want to put the document in 'my documents' folder, then Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments would give you the location to the my documents folder on the current machine.
Code:
var path = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);
This way you are sure you always have the correct and existing location. If needed, you can always first create an export folder into this special folder with Directory.CreateDirectory(), if it does not exist yet.
Option 2: Of course, you can always ask for a location to the user if you don't want to use a predefined one, by using the SaveFileDialog class, for example.
Create the folder 'Export' in MyDocuments, and then save the file to that directory. As many others have pointed out. You need to save to a directory, that the executing user has access rights to.
string documentFolder = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), #"Export");
if (!Directory.Exists(documentFolder))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(documentFolder);
}
document.Save(Path.Combine(documentFolder, "mydocument.pdf"));
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I'm having an issue in saving an rtf file, I'm saving it in a subfolder in "MyDocuments" the strange this is that i also save a .bin file and some other stuff and it doesn't causes any exeption, i'am pc admin so why does it happen?
string docs = System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments) + "\\Monitor\\Immobili\\";`
richTextBox1.SaveFile(docs+code);
code is also another string
An UnauthorizedAccessException means one of 3 things:
The caller does not have the required permission.
Path is a directory.
Path specified a read-only file.
Check for last two reasons. I think you are not adding filename after path. Add breakpoints and check if richTextBox1.SaveFile(docs+code); is getting the complete path to the file instead of just folder path.
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I am trying to read a plain text file named "test.txt" from my system but all the attempts
File.Exists(), StreamReder are not getting the file, that is not a new task for me but i am irritated due to this strange behavior. I have given full permissions to the file but in vain. I am doing the test in a C# console application. The system has a fresh installation and I am wondering of any permission issue when run in debug mode. I also copied the file to Debug folder but still same error. Can anyone please guide me about this? Thanks in advance
There is a neat function in C# for reading string files: (in System.IO namespace)
string text = File.ReadAllText("test.txt");
If you are having trouble with the path, you can add test.txt as a resource with copy to (add the file to teh project, right-click properties and select Copy to output directory.
Then you can use:
string path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "test.txt");
File.ReadAllText(path);
Have you stepped through the code? The first step is to make sure the path being used in the program is correct.
Debug mode will still run under your account so, if you have permission to open the file, that won't be a problem.