CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#
willa
willa

Reputation: 669

Using new created folder with timestamps

I am new to c#, I have made a function which creates a new folder with a time stamp everytime the console is run.

string newfolder = @"d:\Denby_Screenshots" + DateTime.Now.ToString(" yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss-fff");
        if (!Directory.Exists(newfolder))
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(newfolder);
            Console.WriteLine("Screenshot folder has been created");
        }

I then would like this to be down to allow the screenshots to be saved into this newly created file.

static private Test_Criteria Block_Two(IWebDriver driver, Screenshot screenshot, string newfolder)
    {
        {
        screenshot = ((ITakesScreenshot)driver).GetScreenshot();
      screenshot.SaveAsFile("d:\\ScreenShot.png",System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Png);

But for the life of me I am not sure how to do this would anyone be able to advise or have any good screenshots for me to be able to work from. Thanks

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4058

Answers (2)

Sten Petrov
Sten Petrov

Reputation: 11040

Like so:

screenshot.SaveAsFile(Path.Combine(newFolder,"screenshot.png", ImageFormat.Png);

And reconsider your folder structure, it would be extremely annoying to have a zillion folders in your root folder with just one file in each.

A better approach would be 

newFolder = Path.Combine(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyPictures, "Screenshots",DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd"));

And the target file name:

Path.Combine(newFolder, "Screenshot "+DateTime.Now.ToString("HH-mm-ss-fff")+".png");

Upvotes: 1

Yahya
Yahya

Reputation: 3444

If you are doing these two steps in one console context. Then simply, return newly created folder name to the calling function. And use that folder name (as string) to save files into.

Something like this:

SaveAsFile(Path.Combine(returnedFolderName, suggestedFileName).....

Upvotes: 1

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