Question

Say I have this file structure

Soultion-> Folder1 -> FileIwant.html

So this could be something like C:\Soultion\Folder1\FilterIwant.html

Now I need to read this file into my application. I can’t just hardcode it since when I give it to someone else they might put it on F: drive or something.

Or when I create a msi file the path might be completely different. So how can I say maybe take

“Folder1\FilterIwant.html”

and use that to get the folder path regardless of where they put it?

Edit

I tried Path.GetFullPath but I land up in the bin/debug directory. But my file is not in that directory. I think it is a couple directories before. Also if I make a msi file will I have bin/debug directory?

Answer 1

Why is a file which is used as part of your application not in the same folder as the application? It sounds to me like you should set the properties on that file to copy to the output folder when you do a build.

Doing that will make sure your file is in the bin\debug folder.

EDIT:
either that or you should be placing your files in one of the special folders, app data or my documents spring to mind.