Question

I developed a desktop system and it needs to be deployed. My paths are in full. See example below. I am worried that when I deploy my system, it would not run in their computers because they do not have the D drive or the MY_THESIS folder. Help?

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"D:\MY_THESIS\WORKING FILES\WindowsFormsApplication2\WindowsFormsApplication2\User Manual\User Guide Outline.pdf");

Answer 1

Assuming your exe is in the same directory as the PDF, simply use this:

string path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);

path = System.IO.Path.Combine(path, "User Guide Outline.pdf");
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path);