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Retrieve filepath for selenium webdriver

I am trying to upload a file with the sendkeys function on the inputid.
I am currently using the path C:\Users\myusername\Documents\seleniumsolution\Utils\Dir\Dir1\Dir2\Dir3\UploadFolder\example.jpg
I see the file in my solution. But I dont want to give to complete path but only the filename and that selenium finds the path itself. Otherwise I will be the only one that can use this testcase.
I tried with:
var file = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), url);
And tried with:
string documents = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath),"UploadFolder");
Both of them dont give me the required result.
Hope that you guys can help me out.

You might need to travel on the folders tree to get to the file
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
will get you in the bin\debug folder. From there you can use parent to move up to the file location. For example (might need some tweaking)
string solutionParentDirectory = Directory.GetParent(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory).Parent.Parent.Parent.FullName;
string file = Path.Combine(solutionParentDirectory, #"UploadFolder\example.jpg");
You can also try
string file = Path.GetFullPath("example.jpg");

Moving up a folder from the executable

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"

How to the get of a path without file:\\ being at the beginning

I am working on a c# project and I am trying to get the current path of where my executable is running from. However, the method that I am using is adding file:\\ to the beginning i.e. file:\\C:\\users\\user\\Project\\Debug all I want the string to be is C:\\users\\user\\Project\\Debug but I can't find a way to do this.
Below is the code I am using
string basePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);
Thanks for any help you can provide

string basePath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

var basePath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;

Write a text file to a sub-folder

I am trying to write out a text file to: C:\Test folder\output\, but without putting C:\ in.
i.e.
This is what I have at the moment, which currently works, but has the C:\ in the beginning.
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(#"C:\Test folder\output\test.txt");
I really want to write the file to the output folder, but with out having to have C:\ in the front.
I have tried the following, but my program just hangs (doesn't write the file out):
(#"\\Test folder\output\test.txt");
(#".\Test folder\output\test.txt");
("//Test folder//output//test.txt");
("./Test folder//output//test.txt");
Is there anyway I could do this?
Thanks.

Thanks for helping guys.
A colleague of mine chipped in and helped as well, but #Kami helped a lot too.
It is now working when I have:
string path = string.Concat(Environment.CurrentDirectory, #"\Output\test.txt");
As he said: "The CurrentDirectory is where the program is run from.

I understand that you would want to write data to a specified folder. The first method is to specify the folder in code or through configuration.
If you need to write to specific drive or current drive you can do the following
string driveLetter = Path.GetPathRoot(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
string path = diveLetter + #"Test folder\output\test.txt";
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path);
If the directory needs to be relative to the current application directory, then user AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory to get the current directory and use ../ combination to navigate to the required folder.

You can use System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName to get the directory of your running application and then you can add to this the rest of the path..
I don't get clearly what you want from this question , hope this get it..

A common technique is to make the directory relative to your exe's runtime directory, e.g., a sub-directory, like this:
string exeRuntimeDirectory =
System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
string subDirectory =
System.IO.Path.Combine(exeRuntimeDirectory, "Output");
if (!System.IO.Directory.Exists(subDirectory))
{
// Output directory does not exist, so create it.
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(subDirectory);
}
This means wherever the exe is installed to, it will create an "Output" sub-directory, which it can then write files to.
It also has the advantage of keeping the exe and its output files together in one location, and not scattered all over the place.

Ways to get the relative path of a folder

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.