Question

I am running windows application in vb.net.I have a xml file named mail.xml in folder named XmlFiles.In default.aspx.vb i have to get the path of mail.xml.What code i hve to write to make it possible?

Answer 1

You can use the GetFullPath static method of the Path class:

Dim fileName As string = 'myfile.ext' Dim path1 As string = 'mydir' Dim path2 As string = '\mydir' Dim fullPath As string  fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(path1) Console.WriteLine('GetFullPath('{0}') returns '{1}'', _     path1, fullPath)  fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(fileName) Console.WriteLine('GetFullPath('{0}') returns '{1}'', _     fileName, fullPath)  fullPath = Path.GetFullPath(path2) Console.WriteLine('GetFullPath('{0}') returns '{1}'', _     path2, fullPath)  ' Output is based on your current directory, except ' in the last case, where it is based on the root drive ' GetFullPath('mydir') returns 'C:\temp\Demo\mydir' ' GetFullPath('myfile.ext') returns 'C:\temp\Demo\myfile.ext' ' GetFullPath('\mydir') returns 'C:\mydir' 

Example is from MSDN.

Another way is to use the fullName property of the FileInfo class (inherited from FileSystemInfo), see usage below:

Sub DisplayFileSystemInfoAttributes(ByVal fsi As FileInfo)     ' Assume that this entry is a file.     Dim entryType As String = 'File'      ' Determine if this entry is really a directory.     If fsi.Attributes = FileAttributes.Directory Then         entryType = 'Directory'     End If      ' Show this entry's type, name, and creation date.     Console.WriteLine('{0} entry {1} was created on {2:D}', _         entryType, **fsi.FullName**, fsi.CreationTime) End Sub 

From MSDN as well.