I've got a little function below that checks if a file exists and if not creates a new one.
public static void LogFile(string sEventName)
{
StreamWriter log;
if (!File.Exists("NETSlogfile.txt"))
{
log = new StreamWriter("NETSlogfile.txt");
}
else
{
log = File.AppendText("NETSlogfile.txt");
}
log.WriteLine("Data Time: " + DateTime.Now + " Event: " + sEventName);
// Console.WriteLine(sEventName); // write responses to console for debugging
log.Close();
}
Now I currently get an exception:
"Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\NETSlogfile.txt' is denied."
Which I care little for, as I don't really want the file saving in this location and can just type in any file path, however, I was wondering if there was a way to set this default file path from 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\' to somewhere else?
Specifically the line 'log = new StreamWriter("NETSlogfile.txt");' creates a new file (or at least tries to) at this default file path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express\', is there anyway to change that default file path?
You do not have permissions to write to the IIS directory any files but you can write files within your application root directory or any sub directory in it
what you can do is create a folder in your application and then use it's path to write and read text file which would be like:
var filePath = Server.MapPath("~/Temp/NETSlogfile.txt");
if (!File.Exists(filePath))
and now use the filePath variable which contains the full path of it.
Assuming you have a Temp named folder in your application directory.
Related
get current date and make directory and second when directory is created, in that directory I have to store excel file and also save file as current date.
String Todaysdate = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
if (!Directory.Exists("C:\\Users\\Krupal\\Desktop\\" + Todaysdate))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory("C:\\Users\\Krupal\\Desktop\\" + Todaysdate);
}
This code have made directory with current date.
But when I want to store file in that directory, it generates the error:
Could not find a part of the path
'D:\WORK\RNSB\RNSB\bin\Debug\22-01-2020\22-01-2020.XLS
Belove path is store excel file that i have to store.
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(Todaysdate+"\\"+DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") +".XLS"))
Actually you are making the directory in a path then you are saving the .xls in another path.
You are making the directory using this path:
"C:\\Users\\Krupal\\Desktop\\" + Todaysdate
Then, here the path where you are trying to save the .xls:
Todaysdate+"\\"+DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") +".XLS"
The error shows the problem clearly, it could not fin this path:
D:\WORK\RNSB\RNSB\bin\Debug\22-01-2020\22-01-2020.XLS
While creating the .xls you are omitting the root path, so the process looks for the path 22-01-2020\22-01-2020.XLS in his working directory D:\WORK\RNSB\RNSB\bin\Debug.
You just need to align those paths: I sugget you to use relative paths, so here how you should fix your code:
String Todaysdate = DateTime.Now.ToString("dd-MM-yyyy");
if (!Directory.Exists(Todaysdate))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(Todaysdate);
}
//then
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter(Todaysdate+"\\"+DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") +".XLS"))
I presume you are running your WinForms application in Debug mode. This means that your current path is [your application path]\bin\Debug. If you look in file explorer, you will find that an executable has been created there. When using StreamWriter without an absolute file name, the file it tries to create is relative to the current execution path (in your case 'D:\WORK\RNSB\RNSB\bin\Debug'). StreamWriter will create a new file, if one does not exist, but it will not create a new folder, and you are passing it Todaysdate + "\\" which is effectively a new folder. Hence you are getting the error message.
To fix your problem, you need to provide the absolute path to your newly created directory thus:
using (System.IO.StreamWriter file = new System.IO.StreamWriter("C:\\Users\\Krupal\\Desktop\\" + Todaysdate+"\\"+DateTime.Now.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy") +".XLS"))
Winforms always expect directories inside Debug Folder, since it's EXE file is inside Debug and try to find it inside Debug folder.
In error it clearly shows that it is looking inside "Debug" folder.
Can you check whether File Exists in the mentioned folder created by you in C Drive.
// To Write File
System.IO.File.WriteAllLines(#"C:\Users\Public\TestFolder\WriteLines.txt", lines);
You can follow this MSDN Post, hope it helps, if Yes, please Upvote it
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/file-system/how-to-write-to-a-text-file
My problem is that I have a windows forms application which is located on a shared location, which is doing some logic and at the end i need to export the data into an excel file.
But the excel file should be exported to the machine that the users is logged in, not on the shared server where the application is hosted ...
Any Ideas?
Example of the situation:
The location of the application is at 192.168.1.150\AppName\App.exe
I have access to this shared location and I'm starting the exe file from there.
I need the application to export an excel file to my computer on my desktop .... how?
If you think the folder "My Documents" is a good place to save the Excel file, then this code will help to get you the path:
var folderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments)
or if you want to put the file on the Desktop:
var folderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory)
The code works regardless of where the folder "My Documents" (or "Desktop") is located for the user (C:, D:, Network share, etc), or which language version his windows installation is using.
To combine with a time based file name:
var fileName = $"your_file_{DateTime.Now:yyMMddHHmmss}.xlsx";
var fullPath = Path.Combine(folderPath, fileName);
I often use time based file names to not overwrite if there is a previous file. (It would of course overwrite if created the same second)
If you want a file name that is guaranteed to be unique you can use a Guid instead of DateTime:
var fileName = $"your_file_{Guid.NewGuid():N}.xlsx";
If the file is just used "within the program" you can also store it in the temporary files folder. To get the path to the temporary files folder you write var folderPath = Path.GetTempPath()
Hope this helps!
Why don't you just use Save File Dialog and save the excel file where you want? Something like this:
private void SaveFile_FileOk(object sender, CancelEventArgs e)
{
string name = SaveFile.FileName;
string[] savearray = new string[] { "some test:" }
File.WriteAllLines(name, savearray);
//this is just an example, your excel file goes here.
}
And on your button to save:
SaveFile.ShowDialog();
You can choose the path for where you want to save...
One of my executable process produces two files. I want to move one file that is produced to shared drive. I am writing an automatic process to move the file from one location to shared drive. The only issue is file name changes every time the executable is run so I don't have the exact filename with me. I only have the extension, .xls. I have only one .xls file in my directory.
I tried doing this
File.Copy(#"*.xls", #"\\serv44\Application\testing\name\test2\*.xls", true);
It threw an error saying Invalid name. After moving the file to shared drive. I want to delete the .xls file.
File.Delete("*.xls");
any help will be appreciated
You should get file name and then do whatever you want with that file. I.e. if you have only one xls file in the source directory:
var targetDirectory = #"\\serv44\Application\testing\name\test2\";
var sourceFile = Directory.EnumerateFiles(sourceDirectory, "*.xls").FirstOrDefault();
if (sourceFile != null)
{
var sourceFileName = Path.GetFileName(sourceFile);
var targetFileName = Path.Combine(targetDirectory, sourceFileName);
File.Copy(sourceFileName, targetFileName);
File.Delete(sourceFileName);
}
Note: instead of copy and delete you can use single Move operation.
If you want to move several files from your source directory, then instead of taking first one process all found files in a loop:
foreach(var sourceFile in Directory.EnumerateFiles(sourceDirectory, "*.xls"))
{
var sourceFileName = Path.GetFileName(sourceFile);
var targetFileName = Path.Combine(targetDirectory, sourceFileName);
File.Move(sourceFileName, targetFileName);
}
This should give you that file name:
var fileName = Directory.GetFiles(yourDirectory, "*.xls").ToList().FirstOrDefault();
I was trying to move a file from my Resx to my PC, but I'm keep having problems.
So I import a folder named "bad" in the Resources and I use the File.Move method to move the folder "bad" into my PC.
But the program keeps crashing because it says: Cannot create a file when its already exists.
Here the code I use:
//txtpath is the root folder. I let the user choose the root folder and save it in txtpath.text
private void btnbadname_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string source = "Resources\bad";
string destination = txtpath.Text + #"\RADS\projects\lol_air_client\releases\0.0.1.74\deploy\assets\locale\App";
File.Move(source, destination);
MessageBox.Show("脏话ID已开启, 教程请点击下面的链接");
}
The destination Directory cannot exist. In your code you are creating the Directory if it doesn't exist and then trying to move your directory, the Move Method will create the directory for you. If the Directory already exists you will need to Delete it or Move it.
See:
Cannot create a file when that file already exists when using Directory.Move
Destination supposed to have the filename as well
string destination = txtpath.Text + #"\RADS\projects\lol_air_client\releases\0.0.1.74\deploy\assets\locale\App\yourfilename.ext";
You are using File.Move to move directory, why not using Directory.Move.
The MSDN documentation will only move files from a source to a destination, while Directory.Move will move the directory itself.
If I misunderstood you, and you want to move a file;
You can check if the file exists before or not using something like:
if(File.Exists(fileName))
File.Delete(fileName);
Edit:
If you want to iterate through the directory and make sure that the file doesn't exist before moving it, you can use something like:
//Set the location of your directories
string sourceDirectory = #"";
string destDirectory = #"";
//Check if the directory exists, and if not create it
if (!Directory.Exists(destDirectory))
Directory.CreateDirectory(destDirectory);
DirectoryInfo sourceDirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(sourceDirectory);
//Iterate through directory and check the existance of each file
foreach (FileInfo sourceFileInfo in sourceDirInfo.GetFiles())
{
string fileName = sourceFileInfo.Name;
string destFile = Path.Combine(destDirectory, fileName);
if (File.Exists(destFile))
File.Delete(destFile);
//Finally move the file
File.Move(sourceFileInfo.FullName, destFile);
}
When using MoveTo, provide the full path of where you are sending the file, including the file name, eg, pic123.jpg. If you use DirectoryInfo to get an array of files and want to move any of them, append the Name property of the file to the directory path where you are sending the file.
imgFile.MoveTo("C:\myPictures\ArchiveFolder\pic123.jpg")
I'm developing a C# asp.net web application. I'm basically done with it, but I have this little problem. I want to save xml files to the "Users" folder within my project, but if I don't psychically hard code the path "C:......\Users" in my project it wants to save the file in this "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\Users" folder, this is an annoying problem because I can't use the hard coded directory on our web hosts server. Also, I have a checkbox list that populates from the the "DownloadLibrary" folder in my project, and its suppose to download the files from that fold but its also looking to the "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\" folder for download even though its populating from the correct folder. I'm very confused by this, its the first time something like this has ever happened to me. Can anyone please help me with this, its the only thing standing in my way to complete this project.
You don't want to use the working directory at all; you want to use a directory relative to where the web application is located (which can be retrieved from HttpRequest.ApplicationPath.
HttpRequest request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
// get the physical path to the web application
string pathToApp = request.MapPath(request.ApplicationPath);
string usersPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(pathToApp, "Users");
Update
As VincayC points out; asp.net development is not my strongest skill ;) The above code is essentially equivalent of this (much simpler) code:
string usersPath = HttpRequest.Current.Request.MapPath("~/Users");
If this code appears in the code-behind of a page, you can probably cut HttpContext.Current as well, since the page has a Request property.
That did fix the one problem I'm having, but the downloads are still not downloading from the right place, the program still wants to get the files from "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\DevServer\10.0\" directory here is the code I'm using
--Code to populate the checkbox--
HttpRequest request = HttpContext.Current.Request;
// get the physical path to the web application
string appPath = request.MapPath(request.ApplicationPath);
string directory = System.IO.Path.Combine(appPath, "DownloadLibrary/");
// Get the list of files into the CheckBoxList
var dirInfo = new DirectoryInfo(directory);
cblFiles.DataSource = dirInfo.GetFiles();
cblFiles.DataBind();
--Download Button Code--
// Tell the browser we're sending a ZIP file!
var downloadFileName = string.Format("Items-{0}.zip", DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd-HH_mm_ss"));
Response.ContentType = "application/zip";
Response.AddHeader("Content-Disposition", "filename=" + downloadFileName);
// Zip the contents of the selected files
using (var zip = new ZipFile())
{
// Add the password protection, if specified
/*if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(txtZIPPassword.Text))
{
zip.Password = txtZIPPassword.Text;
// 'This encryption is weak! Please see http://cheeso.members.winisp.net/DotNetZipHelp/html/24077057-63cb-ac7e-6be5-697fe9ce37d6.htm for more details
zip.Encryption = EncryptionAlgorithm.WinZipAes128;
}*/
// Construct the contents of the README.txt file that will be included in this ZIP
var readMeMessage = string.Format("Your ZIP file {0} contains the following files:{1}{1}", downloadFileName, Environment.NewLine);
// Add the checked files to the ZIP
foreach (ListItem li in cblFiles.Items)
if (li.Selected)
{
// Record the file that was included in readMeMessage
readMeMessage += string.Concat("\t* ", li.Text, Environment.NewLine);
// Now add the file to the ZIP (use a value of "" as the second parameter to put the files in the "root" folder)
zip.AddFile(li.Value, "Your Files");
}
// Add the README.txt file to the ZIP
//zip.AddEntry("README.txt", readMeMessage, Encoding.ASCII);
// Send the contents of the ZIP back to the output stream
zip.Save(Response.OutputStream);</pre></code>
I'm not sure how to get the downloads to point to my application directory,I tried everything I can think off.