I am trying to make a file path inside of the folder above the executable. For instance, I am wanting the variable TAGPATH to be the filepath to an executable in the folder C:\User\ApplicationFolder\tag_rw\tag_rw.exe while the application is in C:\User\ApplicationFolder\AppFiles. I want the application to be portable, meaning no matter the folder names it will retrieve the filepath of the application's executable then go to the parent folder and navigate into tag_rw\tag_rw.exe.
I basically want string TAGPATH = #"path_to_appfolder\\tag_rw\\tag_rw.exe"
Here is what I have tired so far (using the first answer How to navigate a few folders up? ):
string appPath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
string TAGPATH = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(System.IO.Path.Combine(appPath, #"..\"));
I am getting a run-time error ArgumentException with the description URI formats are not supported.
Is there an easier/better way to go about this?
Thank you!
Can you try this?
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string cur = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
Console.WriteLine(cur);
string parent1 = Path.Combine(cur, #"..\");
Console.WriteLine(new DirectoryInfo(parent1).FullName);
string parent2 = Path.Combine(cur, #"..\..\");
Console.WriteLine(new DirectoryInfo(parent2).FullName);
Console.ReadLine();
}
Navigation is limited to absolute and relative types. I think you mean to navigate to parent directory regardless of whole application location.
Maybe you try relative path
string TAGPATH = "..\\tag_rw\\tagrw.exe"
Related
I'm trying not to hard code my path, but I have not been able to figure our a way to get to an xml file that I have included in my project under a folder labeled Datasource. Here is my latest code that I have tried which still doesn't work.
public static string myAssemblyDirectory
{
get
{
string codeBase = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase;
UriBuilder uri = new UriBuilder(codeBase);
string path = Uri.UnescapeDataString(uri.Path);
return Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
}
}
string fileName = xmlFileName;
string path = Path.Combine(myAssemblyDirectory, #"DataSource\" + fileName);
XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load(path);
Here is the output for the path that I'm getting which is putting it in my test results output folder.
"C:\MyAutomation\Automated_Test_Projects\AutomationProjects\MiserReleaseTestSuites\TestResults\marcw_ISD2005M 2016-02-05 10_15_17\Out\DataSource\Miser_Login_Dts.xml"
If possible I'd like to point it to
"C:\MyAutomation\Automated_Test_Projects\AutomationProjects\MiserReleaseTestSuites\MiserReleaseTestSuites\DataSource\Miser_Login_DTs.xml"
".." Can be used to go to the relative parent directory. "." Refers to the current directory.
You can combine these to form a relative path that starts higher up in the directory tree.
In your example you need to go 3 directories higher than the out folder and then into the MiserReleaseTestSuites\DataSource folder. Combining this produces
#"..\..\..\MiserReleaseTestSuites\DataSource\"
You can deploy the file in the same manner as you would when data driving the tests. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/25742114/546871
The TestContext class contains several fields with "directory" in their names. These can be used to access the various directories associated with running the tests. See also https://stackoverflow.com/a/19682311/546871
if you want to change the ResourceDictionary in code, you have to write a long path, like new Uri(#"pack://application:,,,/MyProject;component/System/Language/Window1_EN.xaml", UriKind.Absolute).
Is there any way I can use by using the file name (Window11_EN.xaml) to get its Path of Project (/System/Language) ?
first of all you need to have property that could store your file path
public string xmlfilepath{get;set;}
now, all you have to do is to get application base directory, and concatenate with your path,
as an example i have created:
static string path = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
static string debug = Path.GetDirectoryName(path);
static string bin = Path.GetDirectoryName(debug);
static string projectfolder = Path.GetDirectoryName(bin);
public string xamlFilepath = projectfolder + "\\System\\Language\\Window1_EN.xaml";
or if it is in the bin/debug try using this one
xmlfilepath= System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "your folder name and file name path will come here";
That's my problem. I have a Window1_EN.xaml resourcedictionary file, like the following picture shows. we can use uri syntax to get the file according to its directory in Solution Explorer. we don't need to copy the folder into Bin/Debug directory. But it need to write it manually. Is the anyway I can code it?
I am trying to get a folder path in my C drive that I did not want to hard code with my program.
I know that I can use string path = System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory; However its give me : C:\FACE\Camera\Camera\bin\Debug . Which I want to only have C:\FACE\ as I want to initialise something in the FACE folder but outside of my Camera folder. I do not wish to hardcode the file path. Is it possible to do it? Thanks for the help!
You could use the method Directory.GetParent for this purpose:
Directory.GetParent("here you will pass you path");
Update
For your case, you could take that you want as below:
string projectPath = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()).Parent.FullName;
string solutionPath = Directory.GetParent(projectPath).Parent.FullName;
string basePath = Directory.GetParent(solutionPath).FullName;
The variable basePath contains that you want.
System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory always returns the path of executable assembly.You can use DTE if you are using web application
I need to identify first is this a UNCPath if so get the file directory
Is there a method to identify if a path is a UNC Path?
How do I get the file's parent.Parent.directory?
\\MyServer\\MySharedDrive\\MyDirectory\\MySubDirectory\\Myfile.csv
Wanted result and should work however deep
\\MyServer\\MySharedDrive\\MyDirectory
so that I can save another file to the above directory.
I guess I cannot do
Path.Combine("\\MyServer\\MySharedDrive\\MyDirectory",myNewFile.csv)
Any Suggestions?
Many thanks
To get parent directory and then creating a new path you can do:
string path = "\\MyServer\\MySharedDrive\\MyDirectory\\MySubDirectory\\Myfile.csv";
DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(Path.GetDirectoryName(path));
string finalPath = Path.Combine(directory.Parent.FullName, "myNewFile.csv"
To check if the path is UNC check this post.
From MSDN
Most members of the Path class do not interact with the file system
and do not verify the existence of the file specified by a path string
Again from MSDN on Path class
In members that accept a path, the path can refer to a file or just a
directory. The specified path can also refer to a relative path or a
Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path for a server and share name
Said that, you could write
string myUNCPath = #"\\MyServer\MySharedDrive\MyDirectory\MySubDirectory\Myfile.csv";
string myParent = Path.GetDirectoryName(Path.GetDirectoryName(myUNCPath));
string finalFile = Path.Combine(#"\\MyServer\MySharedDrive\MyDirectory","myNewFile.csv");
As a safety check you should execute two separate calls to Path.GetDirectoryName because if you have only one level deep of subdirectory then the result of Path.GetDirectoryName will be null
For example, if the initial UNC path is
string myUNCPath = #"\\MyServer\MySharedDrive\MyDirectory\Myfile.csv";
string myParent = Path.GetDirectoryName(myUNCPath);
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(myParent))
{
myParent = Path.GetDirectoryName(myParent);
if(!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(myParent))
{
string finalFile = Path.Combine(myParent, "myNewFile.csv");
.....
}
}
For the part relative to your first question, the discovery of an UNC path is relatively easy.
See this article on Windows Dev Center about Paths and Files
Console.WriteLine(IsUNCPath(myUNCPath));
......
bool IsUNCPath(string pathToCheck)
{
return pathToCheck.StartsWith(#"\\");
}
I have one folder named "Images" in my project. I want to get the path of the Image folder so that I can browse that and get the files.
I'm using below piece of code for my above requirement and it is working fine.
string basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
basePath = basePath.Replace("bin", "#");
string[] str = basePath.Split('#');
basePath = str[0];
string path = string.Format(#"{0}{1}", basePath, "Images");
string[] fileEntries = Directory.GetFiles(path);
foreach (string fileName in fileEntries)
listBox.Items.Add(fileName);
Just want to know like is there any elegant way of doing this? What are the best ways of getting the folder path?
This is what i usually use:
string appDirectory = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
Note that this returns the directory of the assembly that contains the currently executing code (i assume this is your main executable).
To get the parent directory of the resulting path, you can also use
Path.GetDirectoryName(appDirectory);
I would advice against depending on the Visual Studio project structure in your code, though. Consider adding the images folder as content to your application, so that it resides in a subdirectory in the same directory as your executable.
If you are just trying to reference a directory with a fixed relationship to another, then you can just use the same .. syntax you'd use at the command line?
You should also use the methods in the Path class (eg Path.Combine) rather than all that string manipulation.