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Valentin H
Valentin H

Reputation: 7458

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName makes path invalide

I'm trying to execute a tool-exe which is located in the same directory as main exe. For this I'm trying to obtain first the exe-name of the process using Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly and then getting the directory using IO.Path.GetDirectoryName

//1
String exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase; 
//2
String ncpath = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(exePath);

1 returns "file:///C:/Development/RC_trunk/bin/Release/ResultConfirmation.EXE" It is an URI. Not exactly what I need but ok.

2 returns "file:\C:\Development\RC_trunk\bin\Release" Which seems to be a simple [/]+ to \ replacement.

Am I using wrong API for my problem?

P.S. IDE is VS2008

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5371

Answers (3)

keenthinker
keenthinker

Reputation: 7830

You need to use GetExecutingAssembly.Location:

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

instead of CodeBase and then use GetDirectoryName.

Upvotes: 2

David Arno
David Arno

Reputation: 43264

To get the application directory, try AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.

Take a look at Best way to get application folder path for other ways of accessing the directory.

Upvotes: 2

helb
helb

Reputation: 7793

Use this instead for step 1)

string exePath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;

Upvotes: 1

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