[RESOLVED] [2005] Unable to copy directory

[MrNorth]

Hi!

I am very annoyed with a problem I have when trying to copy a directory.

In my application folder I have a structure like this

MyApp\Comp1\bin\Debug
MyApp\Comp1\Init
MyApp\Comp1\Data
MyApp\Comp1\Archive
MyApp\Comp2\bin\Debug

etc...

WHen someone drops a certain file in the Init directory I want first archive the entire Data directory to the Archive folder, creating a folder like:
Archive\Data_2008-09-27\

But the problem is, in order to do this I need to know the full path of the Data and archive folders. I tried to do this:

Application.StartupPath +"\..\..\Data"

But the the My.Computer.FileSystem.CopyDirectory method complains about a bad path. I assume it can't handle the \..\ Is there a better way to get the path only to the MyApp1\ level?

like c:\Apps\MyApps\MyApp1

Anyone has a solution to this? It should be simple... I just want to know the AppRoot path...

Note this is Winforms, not ASP.NET

And I dont want to do string parsing... feels sooo vb6

kind regards
Henrik

[kmoorman]

MrNorth,

Does this do what you need?

        Dim myPath As String = Application.StartupPath

        myPath = Directory.GetParent(myPath).FullName
        myPath = Directory.GetParent(myPath).FullName
        myPath = myPath & "\Data"

        MsgBox(myPath)

Kerry Moorman

[dbasnett]

One of these?

        Dim SpecFolder() As String = New String() _
        {Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System), _
         Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), _
         Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData), _
         Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), _
         Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Desktop), _ 
         Application.ExecutablePath}

[jmcilhinney]

You can use the Path class to manipulate file and folder paths. If you've got a folder path and you want the path of its parent then Path.GetDirectoryName will get it.

[MrNorth]

Thanks that solved it!

kind regards
Henrik