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Jose M.
Jose M.

Reputation: 2340

How to open file located inside winform project

I have a project that requires some pdf reports to be opened from my forms. Since the program can be installed in any drive, I used the winform location directory as my path. I reports are located on a directory called Reports. It works well under development becuase I the winform is under bin\debug, but when I deploy my solution and try the procedure, it does not work, the file cannot be found. I created a Reports directory after deployment, but still did not find my pdf.

Here is the code:

        'Open the requested file name. The files are stored in the
    'same path as the main workbook.
    '@param filename  file to be opened

    Function OpenReports(strFileName As String) As String

        Dim reportFolder As String

        Try

            reportFolder = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), "Reports")
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(reportFolder & "\" & strFileName)

        Catch ex As Exception

            MsgBox("The " & strFileName & " is not found on directory")

        End Try

        Return strFileName

    End Function

Private Sub btnRptRangesToMarket_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles btnRptRangesToMarket.Click

    'This procedure runs when the btnRptRangesToMarket is clicked
    'the procedure opens the pdf below by running the OpenReports Function

    OpenReports("Ranges to Market.pdf")

End Sub

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1969

Answers (1)

dotNET
dotNET

Reputation: 35400

Try Application.StartupPath instead of Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(). I always get good results with that property.

This is from MSDN:

The current directory is distinct from the original directory, which is the one from which the process was started.

Upvotes: 2

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