Question

I have a windows application with an “images” folder. I need to check if an image exists, which it will, during runtime. The below code is what I have but it always returns false.

 if ( File.Exists("images/" + item.tool_image) )
        {
            Image img;
            img = Image.FromFile("images/" + item.tool_image);
            titem.Image = img;
        }

Whats the problem or the proper way to do this.

Answer 1

If the file you’re looking for doesn’t exist in the working directory of your application, call File.Exists with a fully-qualified path:

if (File.Exists(@"C:\images\" + item.tool_image))
{ ... }

Of course, verify that a file actually exists at that location.

You’ll find life easier if you use the tools provided by the Path class:

if (File.Exists(Path.Combine(@"C:\images", item.tool_image)))
{ ... }