I have my files place in a directory name XMLpackage which is located under the Root of my project
At run time i need to read the file by passing the Path.
By putting my file in debug folder i was able to read. But in this specific XMLpackage folder i can not read it.
How to do this?
Change the file property 'Copy to Output' with value other than 'Do not copy'
To get the file path try,
Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "XMLpackage", "file1.xml");
Try this. Right click the file in Solution Explorer and click on Properties. Change the "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy Always" as shown in the image.
You can access the file like
string f = System.IO.File.ReadAllText(#"XMLpackage\TableScripts.xml");
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Solution Explorer
Here, vaccineFiles.txt is the file, I want to access from marked class file named validators.cs. It is marked in blue. What is the proper way to access the file?
My first recommendation is that if validator.cs is not a controller, it´s better to move it outside Controllers folder.
With "AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory" you can get base directory for your execution base path. Another consideration is to set "Copy to output directory" to "Copy always" or "Copy if newer" under properties (F4) for vaccineFiles.txt in order the file to be copied to bin folder after building it.
I hope it could be helpful for you.
BR!
I'm creating an app that can take a text from one file, read it, edit the text via a string, then write the edited string in a new text file.
My problem is that the file can't be found. In the following example I placed the file in the folder indicated in the screenshot and in another attempt in the 'bin' file, both without success and identical error message.
What I was trying to a achieve is the the following (as I am aware I could write the whole path from "C:\"), the text file should be somewhere in the application's directory so that the whole app can be moved without having to re-write the path.
So I need a way to write a "relative" path, if such thing is possible. this should pls work with creating a file similarly as well.
screenshot of the error message
visual studio screenshot with code and file location
thanks in advance.
Summary / Explanation: The file is not found because the directory you have set is not the directory of the file. If the file is in the same directory as to the C# file you are currently working on, then there's no need to add a folder's directory into it but rather just type the filename. You can also consider what's written below this paragraph.
FIRST:
Click InputText.txt
SECOND:
Right Click and Choose "Properties" or just press Alt + Enter
THIRD:
Set the "Build Action" property to "Embedded Resource"
FOURTH:
Set the "Copy to Output Directory" property to "Copy always"
LASTLY:
Change the Readline's first parameter to -> #"InputText.txt"
...
foreach (string line in File.ReadLines(#"InputText.txt", Encoding.UTF8))
{
originalTextInLines.Add(line);
}
...
This is the sample output (in my case of trying this).
This is the file that the example application above
The file is in the same directory the Program.cs is found that the file may be addressed by typing its filename only.
I have a file (.doc file), that is required for the software to work properly. The program starts with the user opening the file manually (OpenFileDialog) and continuing on normally. Is there a way to have the file already within the project so the user doesn't have to manually open the file each time the project runs? Thanks!
Here's a link to the tutorial I used to make this project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYse5nh5nB8
You can Add your document with right click context menu Add->Existing Item, in your project.
Select Properties of document by right clicking and Change Build Action from Compile to Embedded Resource and Copy to Output Directory" of the report file to "Copy always".
You can get the path of this file as
string fileName = "YourDocument.doc";
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, fileName);
once you have file path you can read its contents.
I have added a solution folder on my visual solution project.
I have added some text files inside that folder.
I have Built and Rebuilt my solution but still nothing.
The error I get when trying to access a file from the folder:
System.IO.StreamReader file0 = new System.IO.StreamReader(Path.Combine(Environment.CurrentDirectory, #"newFolder\SampleText.txt"));
An unhandled exception of type 'System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException' occurred in mscorlib.dll
Additional information: Could not find a part of the path 'I:\Programming\Projects\SampleProject\SampleProject\SampleProject\bin\Release\newFolder\SampleText.txt'.
The path to the Release folder is valid, but newFolder is not inside.
I don't understand why it is not being generated, any help would be great.
Click on your text file, change Copy to Output Directory to Copy if newer or Copy always. This will copy the file and any folder structure beneath it up to the project level and re-create it in the output folder.
The answers correct. You need to change "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy Always" or "Copy If Newer" BUT YOU NEED TO DO ONE MORE THING. You need to choose Build Action as "Content". By doing so the folders that contain the files are generated in debug folder automatically without hassle. The other Build Actions may also work I am not sure but not "Resource" one.
If you set text file's property "Copy to Output Directory" to "Always" in solution then folder that contains this file will be created automatically
If you create your folder at the project level as opposed to the solution level, you can then go to each file in that folder and view the Properties (right-click / Properties). Here, can then set the "Copy to Output Directory" option to "Copy Always" or "Copy if newer", whichever one is appropriate for your purposes.
I'm writing a unit test for file uploading feature of my web application. I mocked a test file, and save it in the "Test files" subdirectory of the directory that my test project resident in.
As I don't want to hard coded the file path. How can I know the directory of my project by code? I used #"..\Test files\test1.xml", but it doesn't work.
Thanks in advance!
Remember that your unit test project will be running relative from it's own bin directory, and not from the project directory. You can get the path to that bin directory using:
Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location
However, the easiest thing to do is set your test files and folders to be copied to the output directory. Just click on your file in the solution explorer, hit F4, and change "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy always" or "Copy if newer". The folder structure will automatically also be copied. Then your relative path statements will work correctly.
I beleive HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath will give you the physical directory of your application root.
I would store the name of the sub directory in the web.config file, and then use System.IO.Path.Combine(HttpContext.Current.Request.PhysicalApplicationPath,) to build the full path to the sub directory.
Just another way:
int ix = Application.StartupPath.LastIndexOf(Application.ProductName);
string s = Application.StartupPath.Remove(ix + Application.ProductName.Length + 1);
edit: After I posted it I saw that the question was for web applications, while my solution is for Windows Forms.