Find Path Of Current Directory?
Jun 12, 2009i want to get path of current directory .
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View 2 RepliesGiven that I have a file in path: C:ApplicationsGeneral UtilsAssembly1Assembly1BinDebugAssembly1.dll
and I am working in the following path:C:ApplicationsUnder DevelopmentApp1App1
is there some easy way to find the dotted path route from the application to the assembly:
General UtilsAssembly1Assembly1BinDebugAssembly1.dll
How to get full path of current directory of process from where process starts Like if i use my software to start somefile then I want my software to know where she started it from ( files path) What I mean is the file I opend using my softwares location.
View 2 Repliesim trying to find a file in a directory with a specified file path
filePath(j) = B:\Movies\Action\Transformers 2
im searching for front cover, when i find it im loading it into my picture box
If path.Contains(trimFilmTitle) = True Then
'find Front Cover
file_names = My.Computer.FileSystem.FindInFiles(filePath(j), "folder-front", True,
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I'm a developer for a College we have an active directory.I need to query Active Directory with the Pc name and return it's path in the Active Directory tree.
View 3 Replieshow to copy, delete, show files, show current directory, change directory, make folder, rename folder. My problem is i have a method on deleting a file and copying a file, but i don't know how to pass the method so that when i click the delete button it would let me choose what file to delete. By the way im using buttons on each function.[code...]
View 2 RepliesI have an ACCESS database containing VBA code residing on a USB drive in a directory called 'collect'. When the application runs the code uses a DLL that is in the same directory as the application. The code in the DLL is VB.NET.
The DLL is declared :
Private Declare Function Collect Lib "x:collectwcolv332.dll" (ByRef Str As Any)
This works fine but it only works when the USB drive is mapped to x:
The follwoing which I expected to work does not
Private Declare Function Collect Lib "wcolv332.dll" (ByRef Str As Any)
and neither does
Private Declare Function Collect Lib "collectwcolv332.dll" (ByRef Str As Any)
How do I get the path of the current assembly? I need to get data from some paths relative to the location of hte current assembly (.dll).
I thought someone told me to use the reflection namespace but I can't find anything in there.
i want save image in directory path and also save path in database...sqlserver 2005 and retrieve in in same folder and path?
View 1 RepliesI want to save the directory that a user chooses when they open a file with the OpenFileDialog. I currently have
FileDir=My.Computer.FileSystem.CurrentDirectory
after the open dialog, and this works ok in Windows XP. But on Windows Vista this seems to give the Application (.exe) directory, whihc is not what we want.
Im looking for a way to get the parent directory of a file. Ive tried using Directory.GetParent() but its not doing what i want it to do. For example lets say i have 3 files:[code]I want to get "Test" and not "C:"Its probably simple but as usual im overthinking and made no progress for 2 hours now and its frustrating.
View 6 RepliesI am using the following code:
Dim GPMSOM As GPMGMTLib.GPMSOM = GPMDomain.GetSOM("DC=virtual,DC=domain")
I need to *not* hardcode "DC=virtual,DC=domain"
How can I get that programatically?
How to get the current windows explorer path in vb.net windows application?
View 2 RepliesFor some reason the Current Directory of my windows service is C:WindowsSystem32
and when I schedule my service I get this error Access is Denied.
In one of the blogs I saw this peice to change the current directory. But I am not sure where to place this code.
System.IO.Directory.SetCurrentDirectory(System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory)
I am after the one which is most used. A number of ones I have come across are:
CurDir
Environment.CurrentDirectory()
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
Application.StartupPath (this one doesn't work for me, missing a library?) I am using it to save a file, for argument sake, "test.txt"
I'm making a Windows Forms application and I am about to publish it to a ClickOnce to distribute on a CD. The program refers to a LOT of files, e.g. pictures, which I have in a folder on disc called GAMEFILES. It's in the Solution Explorer. That folder does itself have a lot of subfolders. (I'm sort of a tidiness freak.)[code]...
View 3 RepliesI cannot read files from the current directory. If I give it a absolute path name, works fine.
I get a file not found error, saying C:programfilesCommenfilesMicrsoftsharedevserver10.0stormdoor.html. A interested fact is that my project is not stored in the folder it says it's current, the project is stored in C:useres edpoottelmydoumentsVisual studio 2010WEbSitesmaster2
I am trying to see if IIS is installed and display a message and a download exe to INstall IIS if IIS isn't installed.However i am having a hard time running a file without specifying the full path in the vb-script.The path will be dynamic and it impossible to specify any other directory than "%cd% [code]...
View 2 Repliesi am wondering how to get the current directory and display it in a text box. I use delphi and that code is getcurrentdir, or something similar.
View 2 RepliesHow do I get the current my documents directory in vb?
View 2 RepliesI'm using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 professional edition and I was wondering how to put files with a certain extension such as .txt from the applications current directory into a combo box in the application itself.
I have no idea how to do this or even if it's possible.Actually if no one knows I would like to ask how to get a button to open up one of those file browsers to look for a certain file and then assign a variable to the path of the file selected.
I want to get the current directory of any process. As I have seen in Process Explorer tool that it is possible, but don't know how??
View 7 RepliesI am using the following code to save 3 pictures. The problem is that after you save the first picture the save as dialog box goes back to the the initial settings, how can I keep it in the last position, in other words the last place the user saved too
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I thought the restore directory setting would take care of that?
How to get the current windows explorer path in vb.net windows application?
View 1 Repliesi have to get the files in all the directories with date formats in file name and also in extension. Some thing like new_mmddyyyy.txt / new_yyyymmdd.* like this....
View 14 RepliesI have a bath file whihc is in the same folder as my program. I want it to open if a certain string is correct in a text box so i used this
If InStr(SerialText.Text, "KN6-585-BE4") = True Then app.path(+"lol.bat")
I get a blue line under the word 'app' and it says "Name app is not declared"
Could anyone help me? (I'm a noob, mihgt take some explaining)
Oh if you need to know i am using Visual Basics 2008 Express edition.
How do I specify a path for current user to export excel file? My goal is to set a path as "MyDocument" of current user to export excel file when "SaveFileDialog" is opened.
Below is my code.
With UC_PAY_STATUS_U
.SaveFileDialog1.Filter = "Microsoft Excel|*.xls"
.SaveFileDialog1.Title = "Save as Excel"
.SaveFileDialog1.FileName = "Payroll" & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Strings.Replace(Now.ToShortDateString, "/", "")
.SaveFileDialog1.ShowDialog()
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When opening the file browser over and over, I want it to show the directory I opened a file from last time. But it always goes back to the initial directory every time I open it. How do I do it?
View 4 RepliesI've been testing the code below (vb 2010) and everything works except for the fact that I cannot get the statement "Dim dirName As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath)" to work. The dialog is "Path is not declared.it may be inaccessible due to protection level".As you may note I have it commented out below and went with the more explicit statement. Note that the code is from another author and I'd like to understand how to make this work as originally provided.
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
Dim fileName As String = "flatfile.txt"
'Dim dirName As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath)[code].....
How do i get the directory name, without the full path?[code]....
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