[RESOLVED] [2005 Express] App.Config Filepaths

[Ajhayter]

Hello,

I have tried using

   System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(My.Settings.pathhmt)

Where pathhmt is a path to an EXE file, but unfortunatly the file does not load and I get an exception.

How can I launch a file with the filepath referenced in the app.config?

Thanks in advance.

Ajhayter

[ComputerJy]

What kind of Exception do you get?
Always be specific

[Ajhayter]

What kind of Exception do you get?
Always be specific

Just a file cannot be found in the debug.

Seems to be it just searches for "my.settings.pathhmt" rather than the filepath that "pathhmt" references.

Any ideas?

[jmcilhinney]

Have you actually checked what that setting contains? The code you've provided will work fine as long as the setting contains a valid file path. If it doesn't then of course you're going to get an exception. The only way that that code would search for a file named "My.Settings.pathhmt" is if you'd wrapped it in double quotes, which you haven't according to your post.

If IO.File.Exists(My.Settings.patthmt) Then
    MessageBox.Show("File found: " & My.Settings.patthmt)
Else
    MessageBox.Show("File not found: " & My.Settings.patthmt)
End If

Don't just assume that everything you think is happening is happening. Test it.