Question

I am trying to write a chunk of XML data to a file like this:

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("D://project//data//" + i + ".xml"))

but it gives the following error:

Server Error in ‘/’ Application.

Could not find a part of the path ‘D:\project\data\1.xml‘.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not
find a part of the path ‘D:\project\data\1.xml‘.

However, when I am reading an XML using an XmlReader:

XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("d://project//data.xml");

it creates the reader seamlessly and gives no error. I don’t understand why.

EDIT: sorry both the folder paths are same and the correct one is d://project//data.xml

Answer 1

I’ve spotted two things that are wrong here.

XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create("d://project_elysian//data.xml"); 

and

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("D://project//data//" + i + ".xml")) 

The top Create uses a directory called project_elysian and the second is using project.

Also, you are creating a file called data.xml and the other you are using data as a directory. If you are looking at incrementing the file, then you will need to remove the foward slash before the i variable

using (XmlWriter writer = XmlWriter.Create("D:/project/data" + i + ".xml"))