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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");

Storing MSSQL LocalDB for Application

I have been using a LocalDB.mdf file to build my application, but now need to use it in production and create an installable application.
After research, it seems the best place to store such a file is in the /Appdata/Local/ folder.
I intend to create a new LocalDB.mdf file in there if it doesnt already exist, or has been deleted.
I have a pre-made LocalDB.mdf file in my App Resources, which I wanted to copy into this /Appdata/Local/ folder on first run, but I am seeing an Access is denied error.
I can create a blank file ok to that folder.
Here is the code:
string appDataFolder = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData);
string dvAppDataFolder = appDataFolder + #"\MyApp";
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", dvAppDataFolder);
if (!Directory.Exists(dvAppDataFolder))
Directory.CreateDirectory(dvAppDataFolder);
if (!File.Exists(dvAppDataFolder + "LocalDB.mdf"))
{
File.WriteAllBytes(dvAppDataFolder, LokiServer.Properties.Resources.newDB);
}
In addition, Am I going about this the right way?

This line
if (!File.Exists(dvAppDataFolder + "LocalDB.mdf"))
is probably wrong. Missing the backslash, better to use Path.Combine instead of a string concatenation.
Finally, you want to write to a file not to a folder
string fileName = Path.Combine(dvAppDataFolder,"LocalDB.mdf");
if (!File.Exists(fileName))
{
File.WriteAllBytes(fileName, LokiServer.Properties.Resources.newDB);
}
Are you doing it right? It depends. If your app data should be kept separated for each user of your target machine then you are right, but if you want your database to be available to all users of that machine then use
string appDataFolder = Environment.GetFolderPath
(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData);

How to get the folder path using folder name c#

I'm using C# to get the exact path of the specific folder in windows system by giving the folder name. Is their any way to get the folder path by giving the folder name, where the folder name will be unique.

Update:
Folder is created at run time with current time as the name. This
process is done by the application. Here i know the folder name but i
didn't know path, because path is selected by the user during
installation and installation is done before very long time.
That changes the question considerably. Why not use the application to tell you where it lives:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.application.startuppath.aspx
I had a similar idea ages ago and wrote about it as a Code Project Tip:
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/132804/Open-folders-using-a-Run-Command
Otherwise you would need to index every folder on the PC and make them unique names and look up the full path that way.
The other suggestion I have is using LogParser as the Most efficient way to find all exe files on disk using C#? Its a free Microsoft product but I'm not sure about re-dist permissions, I had to include it in my package separately last time I used it. It full on flys, faster than a speeding train!
I found a Log Parser example that finds folders, you could try it out and adapt it if its useful:
SELECT TOP 1 * FROM C:\TFS\Project\*.* WHERE INDEX_OF(Path, 'Database') > 0
The good folks over at http://visuallogparser.codeplex.com/ have
provided us with the source code.
Open the VisualLogParser solution in VS2010, ignore the prompt about debugging, after the solution loads, F5, set the combo-box to FS (FileSystem), paste in this query and press go.

You could probably use something like this, but it'll be rather slow, depending on how many folders needed to be looked through.
Use it like FindFullPath(rootFolder, folderNameToLookFor)
public static string FindFullPath(string path, string folderName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(folderName) || !Directory.Exists(path))
{
return null;
}
var di = new DirectoryInfo(path);
return findFullPath(di, folderName);
}
private static string findFullPath(DirectoryInfo directoryInfo, string folderName)
{
if (folderName.Equals(directoryInfo.Name, StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase))
{
return directoryInfo.FullName;
}
try
{
var subDirs = directoryInfo.GetDirectories();
return subDirs.Select(subDir => findFullPath(subDir, folderName)).FirstOrDefault(fullPath => fullPath != null);
}
catch
{
// DirectoryNotFound, Security, UnauthorizedAccess
return null;
}
}

See following link
string dirName = new DirectoryInfo(#"c:\projects\roott\wsdlproj\devlop\beta2\text").Name;

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.

Search file

I have to search the filepath from filename into my harddisk.
I was wondering if there is a way to use main Windows 7 search manager (start->edit text with "search programs and file".
Or simply if there is a quick way to find filepath within computer
Can you help me?

You'll need the Windows Search SDK.
Edit: Check out the related MSDN docs.

Here's some sample code, i've used in my univercity project:
DirectoryInfo di = new DirectoryInfo("/some/path");
foreach (FileInfo i in di.GetFiles("filter.text"))
{
// do something
}
Here, /some/path is path where you want to search files and filter.text is filename filter (for example, *.* for all files or *.cpp for .cpp files match. These would match all files or 1.cpp, main.cpp and Main.Project.cpp, respectively).