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.
Related
I can't seem to find an answer anywhere on how to get the name of the first folder of my project.
So for Example I have a BaseSite folder and inside that BaseSite folder is where my solution file sits, in there I have many projects. I need to retrive the "BaseSite" name and only that.
I have found various examples with AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetData("DataDirectory").ToString(); but that gives you the full path and my folder name is buried in there.
Same with: Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/somedata.xml");
Please check. It will return the base directory.
var BaseDirectory = new DirectoryInfo(Server.MapPath("~")).Parent.Name;
And
new DirectoryInfo(Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/somedata.xml")).Parent.Name;
I hope this will help you.
//this path will return current project folder
string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
DirectoryInfo info = new DirectoryInfo(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory);
string infy = info.Parent.FullName; //this will give you the full path of project folder.
if you have to go one level up then add
info.Parent.Parent.FullName
And if you have to go one level down to subdirectory. Then use
DirectoryInfo[] directoryinfo = info.GetDirectories("SearchPattern or your subdirectory name");
string subdirectory = directoryinfo.FirstOrDefault().FullName;
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"
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'm writing to a text folder which is in a folder within my project but I can't seem to get to it without writing the absolute complete path as it is on my computer which is fine on this computer but when I want to take it elsewhere I can't have that as the drives are different etc.
Here is a screenshot of the lines I'm using to get it to post to the directory on the right.
The file I'm trying to access is in a folder called AdminAccount and is called User.txt. it works fine as you can see from the commented directory link as a direct path but when I try with the directory string in use it does not work.
http://i.imgur.com/hAV55W0.png
Any help how to get around this? I tried all sorts, I tried doing
private string[] getLines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"\AdminAccount\User.txt");
private string[] getLines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#"..\AdminAccount\User.txt");
No joy.
You can use,
string rootPath = Environment.CurrentDirectory;
string filePath = Path.Combine(rootPath,#"..\..\AdminAccount\User.txt");
private string[] getLines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(#filePath);
..\ is used to access a top level folder in the hierarchy. you can keep on adding ..\ to move up in the hierarchy.
Ex:
string path1 = #"C:\Users\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Test\Test\bin\Debug"
string newPath = Path.Combine(path1, #"..\..\AdminAccount\User.txt");
new path would return
C:\Users\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\Test\Test\AdminAccount\User.txt
You just have to set the property "Copy to Output Directory" of the "User.txt" file to "Copy allways" or "Copy if newer".
Now you can read the lines as below
string[] getLines = File.ReadAllLines(
Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "AdminAccount", "User.txt"));
We use absolut path or relatvie path to find a file in our C# application right now. Is there a way to find the file just by its name if the file is under the currect working directory or under one of the "paths"?
Use absolute pathe is not good and use relative path is not good enough because we may change project structure by rename or move project folders. If we our code can automatically search current working directory, its subfolders and search system path, that will be more flexible.
thanks,
You can easily build a recursive function to do this for you. Look at Directory.GetDirectories and Directory.GetFiles, both under System.IO
Try this:
string target = "yourFilenameToMatch";
string current = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
// 1. check subtree from current directory
matches=Directory.GetFiles(current, target, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
if (matches.Length>0)
return matches[0];
// 2. check system path
string systemPath = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH");
char[] split = new char[] {";"};
foreach (string nextDir in systemPath.Split(split))
{
if (File.Exists(nextDir + '\\' + target)
{
return nextDir;
}
}
return String.Empty;
You could call Directory.GetFiles for each root folder in which you want to search for the file. the parameter searchOption allow you to specify whether the search operation look in all subdirectories or only the directory specified. E.g:
public string GetFileName(string[] folders,string fileName) {
string[] filePaths;
foreach(var folder in folders) {
filePaths=Directory.GetFiles(folder,fileName,SearchOption.AllDirectories)
if (filePaths.Lenght>0)
return filePaths[0];
}
}
Try this:
Directory.EnumerateFiles(pathInWhichToSearch, fileNameToFind, SearchOption.AllDirectories);
And, you need to use:
using System.IO;
on top of your class.
This searches all subdirectories of pathInWhichToSearch for a file with name fileNameToFind (it can be a pattern too - like *.txt) and returns result as IEnumerable<string> with full paths of found files.
You can get the exe's directory using
Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);
Example Code: http://www.csharp-examples.net/get-application-directory/
And then, you can search the folders from there using recursion. This is a good article on recursive searching for files:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303974