I am currently developing a C# application. I want to have a website as a help file that is loaded within the Windows form of the software.
I have added the directory where the help site is stored inside with the rest of the project classes and folders and included it into the project.
I have the following in the code
string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
string openPath = Path.Combine(appPath, "HelpFiles/Introduction/index.htm");
helpContent.Navigate(openPath);
How can I reference the site directory from inside the main project. At the moment I can only get it to work if I can copy the directory into the bin/debug directory where the exe is located. I don't want this I want the HelpFiles directory to be embedded into the main part of the software.
How are you planning to deploy your project? If you are planning to use VS Setup project then you should mark your help files as content files and then in setup project, place the content files at installation directory - for example, you may choose structure such as:
<Installation Dir>
bin -> place project output here
help -> place project content files
Now you can use a relative path from app base path i.e.
string openPath = Path.Combine(appPath, "../help/Introduction/index.htm");
Another way could be to mark all your help files as "copy to output" (from files property), that will put all your files in the same directory as exe.
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the problem that i have with my application is about how to reference some files, when i load and image, etc, i use Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(AppContext.BaseDirectory, "..\\..\\..\\")); and this works fine for debugging and for some files, but doesn't work for some essential files, credentials.txt, config.ini, this files are searched in appdata when i run the published file and i don't know how i should reference them.
I try to generate some initial files so i am sure where they are and that they exists, but for folders that works great with
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
with that i can make the folders where the app is run but you can't generate a file without load the content of the original file, and i don't know how to reference them.
Example:
Project.
Root of the project.
utils/key/credentials.txt
When the published file is executed i want to generate and store credentials.txt like this:
Executable (app.exe stored for example in "my documents")
"my documents"/utils/key/credentials.txt
how i do that? when i run the published application you just have the .exe, the dlls, and the resources are embebbed, so the uri doesn't works.
Assuming you have sufficient permissions, you could create a folder in the output folder of your compiled .exe at runtime using the Directory.CreateDirectory method.
If the utils/key/credentials.txt file is part of your deployment, you should set its Build Action to Content and the Copy to Output Directory property to Copy if newer in Visual Studio. This will add the utils and key folders to the output directory of the .exe, which is typically c:<project-folder\bin\Debug or \Release when you build from Visual Studio.
You can get the absolute path of the output directory like this:
string path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName);
Depending on your requirements, you may then append the relative path of the file within your app to the absolute path.
I have a windows forms application through which I am running SSIS packages. I have created SSIS packages and placed .dtsx files in a folder.
Now while I am deploying my solution using click one, how do I include these as application files?
Currently the project publish properties does not show these files even if I include it in my solution.
I cannot include these files as a resource file, because based on the user selection I will be selecting a specific .dtsx file say, entityname_targetname.dtsx as path and file name.
Because DTS.Application.LoadPAckage method expects a file name and not a resource name.
After adding it your solution, right click the respective file and choose Properties. Then select appropriate value in "Copy to Output Directory". This will add the files in the folder in which your main executable is placed after ClickOnce deployment.
I have a xml file in the setup folder of a windows application. Now during the installation how do i copy this file to my application's folder so that it can be copied to this path C:\Program Files (x86).......
I can not add the file to the application folder in the setup project because the content of file might change after build of setup project.
Its an external xml file in located inside set up folder. and I want to copy this file on installation path(C:/Program Files...) during installation. I will give this file with msi installer in side installer folder.
Please provide any idea if someone have....
If I'm understanding you correctly, this might solve your problem, or at least get you started:
Include the file in the main project (for instance in a folder called "resources"). Right click the file in VS, choose properties, and set Copy to output directory to Coppy Always.
In my mvc3 web project I have an App_GlobalResources folder containing the resource file Permissions.resx.
I am able to access the values in this file when I run the site locally in visual studio using:
string value = (string)HttpContext.GetGlobalResourceObject(resourceClass, key);
However, once I deploy it to the production web server it is not able to access the values in this file. I checked and it is creating App_GlobalResources in the bin folder of the publish directory containing the file.
My first time using global resource files, is there any additional steps required to get this working once deployed to the webserver?
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure App_GlobalResources should not be created in the bin folder. Have you got Copy to output folder set? (You shouldn't need it).
In WebForms, in properties of the .resx files, we have Build Action set to Content and Custom Tool set to GlobalResourceProxyGenerator. This creates dlls for the resources in the bin folder.
However, I've not used App_GlobalResources in MVC (it makes things tricky to test outside of a web context), but there's some info here that might be useful:
http://odetocode.com/Blogs/scott/archive/2009/07/16/resource-files-and-asp-net-mvc-projects.aspx
I want to embed a PDF file (which is basically have Product details, Release notes) and wants to open that file from menu bar. What would be the best approach. I need to use this file in installer also. So i'm looking for an approach in which file will be moved to BIN on compilation and from there installer can access that file.
IDEAS ...
Add the file to the project the builds the EXE (use Add existing file in visual studio). Then right click on the file in visual studio, go to properties, and verify that the build action is "Content" and the copy to output directory is "Always" or "If newer" (whichever suits you).
Then this file will always be copied to the same directory where the EXE resides and your application will be able to access it because it's always in the application's directory.
If the installer just takes the BIN directory then it will also be able to access it because the file will reside in the BIN directory.
Have fun!
Finally i did it in following way:
a. We've a folder which contains notes.pdf (used by installshield).
b. Created a pre build command to copy the pdf file from installshield folder to output directory.
c. use process.start("notes.pdf"); to open the file. As it would look in bin directory first for pdf file and we've already copied it there.
It worked for both Installer version and running application from code.