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greenfeet
greenfeet

Reputation: 677

How can I easily get the path of a file inside a folder in my solution in Visual Studio with C#?

I am using Visual Studio 2010 Professional.

I have created a folder inside a project in my solution using the "right click -> Add -> New folder -> folder1" method, and now my solution explorer looks like this:

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Is there a way for me to programmatically access files inside this folder (ex: sampleFile.xml) from code, other than get the path of the executable and go from there?

Edit: I want to know if there's a more elegant solution provided by VS/C#, I know I can construct the path using the executable path or base directory.

For example, found this here : if I add the file as a resource (Right click on project -> Properties -> Resources -> Add Resource) a "Resource" folder is generated in my solution explorer :

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and I can get the content of the file easily like this :

var newFile = Properties.Resources.newFile1;

Is there something similar for other non-resource files in the solution and can I get the path of the files in a similar way?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 4227

Answers (1)

David Arno
David Arno

Reputation: 43264

Assuming that Test is your main project, then the file can be accessed via:

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"\Folder1\SampleFile.xml"

(This assumes that: (a) you want to access it from within Visual Studio, or (b) that whatever install mechanism you use places Folder1 within the start directory of the application.)

Upvotes: 2

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