Saving a file in current working directory

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Hi all,

I am trying to save my file in current working directory using C# Compact Framework application, where my .exe file is located but it give me IO error when i try to save like this:

"..\\..\\type1.txt"

I also tried this:

string st1 = @"\\type1.txt"

but this also gave me an IO exception..

I tried to fetch the current directory using Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), but this gave me a not supported exception..

Please help me up asap.

Thanks,
Jason

Posted 22-Mar-11 11:36am

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string fileName = String.Format(@"{0}\type1.txt", Application.StartupPath);

Posted 4-Sep-13 2:59am

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fcronin · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22T11:46:00

Jason,

Paths aren't relative unless you are dealing in HTML.

You should just use the file name if you want it saved in the "current working folder" (Environment.CurrentDirectory), or get the application execution (Application.StartupPath) to save the file where the application was launched from.

So, to create the full path/file name for opening/saving in the folder the application is launched from... use:

C#

string fileName = String.Format(@"{0}\type1.txt", Application.StartupPath);

One more tip... using the @ in front of a string means 'take this literally'... so your \\ is not translated to a single \ the way you wrote that. @"\\..." would be the beginning of a network UNC path.

Hope that helps,
Frank

jason_borne21 · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22T13:59:00

Solution 2

Hi Frank,

Thanks for the help but as I mentioned I am using compact framework so Environment.CurrentDirectory, or get the application execution (Application.StartupPath) did not worked so I used the below string and that did the job for me.

C#

string fileName = String.Format(@"{0}\type1.txt", System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
      System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase);

Thanks a lot for your help.
Jason.

Posted 22-Mar-11 13:59pm

jason_borne21

Updated 22-Mar-11 14:03pm

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JOAT-MON 22-Mar-11 20:08pm

+5 Interesting, I wouldn't have thought that would be so different in CE. BTW - Added code block formatting.

fcronin 22-Mar-11 21:06pm

Yes, very interesting... learn something new every day... never worked with the compact framework.