[RESOLVED] [2005 Express] App.Config Filepaths

Hello,

I have tried using

Code:

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

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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

What kind of Exception do you get?
Always be specific

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ComputerJy

What kind of Exception do you get?
Always be specific

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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?

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.

VB Code:

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.