file path?

[jonni]

Hi all,

I want to be able to use a file (.gif) without knowing exactly where it's located.

If I put the file in the same directory as my .sln file how can I access the file?

In vb6 there is something like app.path to get the directory where project files are.

is there a function that takes a file (for example .sln my file) and return the full path so I can use that if I put the .gif file in the same dir as my .sln file ?

Regards

Jonni

[brown monkey]

just put it in the project folder/bin/debug and access it as

Application.StartUpPath+@"\file.extension"

[Pirate]

My 2cent :
It would be a lot safer to use Combine the two paths using this method .

using System.IO

string path=Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath,"file.extension") 

[dekelc]

Hello,
I'm using the VS.Net and it doesn't work...
did the code change?

I want to get the path of the project...
anyone knows how?

thanks

[Hack]

Try

string aPath1 = Application.ExecutablePath;
    string aPath2 = Application.StartupPath;

[dekelc]

why can't it recognise the "Application.ExecutablePath" and
"Application.StartupPath" functions?

or am I doing something wrong?

I have a dll that I'm building, and I want to save some preferences in a txt
file in the same folder...

[Pirate]

Application Class comes under this namespace "System.Windows.Forms".

[jmcilhinney]

If you've created a Class Library project, as it would seem you have, then you will need to add a reference to the System.Windows.Forms assembly, which contains the System.Windows.Forms namespace. If you want to create a DLL with WinForms functionality you can create a Windows Control Library project from the start, which already has that reference.