Question

I have one .net windows application I’m trying to read .xml file from c# windows application.

but i’m getting error :

Could not find a part of the path ‘c:\WindowsFormsApplication1\WindowsFormsApplication1\bin\Debug\~\Files\test.xml’.

but my file is in Files folder which is in application WindowsFormsApplication1 only
not in \bin\Debug

then why it is searching into \bin\Debug ?

code in form.cs

DataSet dsAuthors = new DataSet("authors");
            string filePath = @"~/Files/test.xml";

            dsAuthors.ReadXml(filePath);

also please tell me is there any way to use Server.MapPath like we do it in web application.

I tried other solution like :

string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath);

            System.IO.DirectoryInfo directoryInfo = System.IO.Directory.GetParent(appPath);
            System.IO.DirectoryInfo directoryInfo2 = System.IO.Directory.GetParent(directoryInfo.FullName);

            string path = directoryInfo2.FullName + @"\Files";

but getting error :
Access to the path is denied.

Answer 1

Try:

        string filePath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, Path.Combine("Files", "test.xml"));// @"~/Files/test.xml";

If it doesn’t work make sure that the test.xml has “Copy to output directory” property set to “Copy always”.