Question

How do I programmically get the File Path of a File In my project?

 string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH);

The EMAIL_PATH I added to my project as a text file. This line of code throws an exception because by default it is looking in the system32 folder for some reason. I need to set it to the projects directory.

Answer 1

You could use Path.Combine and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory:

string fileName = "SampleFile.txt";
string path = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH, fileName);

Returns in a test project in debug mode this path(when LocalConstants.EMAIL_PATH="Emails"):

C:\****\****\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WindowsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\bin\Debug\Emails\SampleFile.txt