I need to get the path (not the executable) where my application is running from:
System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory()
When I run the above statement with & "/images/image.jpg" on my local machine it works fine but when I install the application on another machine it says it cannot find the file and there is a lot of extra path information some.
I just need the directory of where the app is running. I am coding in VB.NET with Visual Studio 2008.
Thanks!
This is the first post on google so I thought I'd post different ways that are available and how they compare. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to create a table here, so it's an image. The code for each is below the image using fully qualified names.
My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
Environment.CurrentDirectory
System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase
New System.UriBuilder(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase)
Path.GetDirectoryName(Uri.UnescapeDataString((New System.UriBuilder(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase).Path)))
Uri.UnescapeDataString((New System.UriBuilder(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.CodeBase).Path))
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Edit October 18, 2021:
Sigh... None of the above work if using net5.0 or net6.0 and publishing app as single-file bundle. Best I got now is:
// This will give you the directory but not the assembly
string basedir = AppContext.BaseDirectory;
// Before you package the app as a single file bundle, you will get the dll.
// But after you publish it, you'll get the exe.
string pathToExecutable = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[0].Replace(".dll", ".exe");
Dim strPath As String = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName( _
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase)
Taken from HOW TO: Determine the Executing Application's Path (MSDN)
I needed to know this and came here, before I remembered the Environment class.
In case anyone else had this issue, just use this: Environment.CurrentDirectory.
Example:
Dim dataDirectory As String = String.Format("{0}\Data\", Environment.CurrentDirectory)
When run from Visual Studio in debug mode yeilds:
C:\Development\solution folder\application folder\bin\debug
This is the exact behaviour I needed, and its simple and straightforward enough.
Dim P As String = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().CodeBase)
P = New Uri(P).LocalPath
You could use the static StartupPath property of the Application class.
You can write the following:
Path.Combine(Path.GetParentDirectory(GetType(MyClass).Assembly.Location), "Images\image.jpg")
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In a VB.NET application I need to set a button to start a program - specifically, Steam. But I need to allow for the user having installed the program somewhere other than the default location "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam". So all I know is the executable name: "steam.exe".
In searching for an answer it looks like I should be able to get the path using Microsoft.Win32.Registry somehow, but the examples I'm seeing aren't helping me (I guess I'm just not getting how to apply those examples to my situation).
This tutorial gives the example of finding the path to the excel executable:
Dim regKey As RegistryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\Windows\CurrentVersion\AppPaths\excel.exe")
Dim path As String = regKey.GetValue("Path").ToString
But I'm getting a value of "Nothing" for regKey. Not only that, even if it did get a value for regKey, how would I know the registry path for another program (Steam, in my case)?
And how much will the version of Windows change the possible registry location of a program - if at all?
I started experimenting with DHTMLX Scheduler .Net but encountered some 'issues'.
I like to have everything ordered at my own way (css files in folder 'styling', js files in folder 'scripts', ...)
But now it seems like using this dll forces me to place everything in a folder that they chose. So when I init the Scheduler on my page, it automatically tries to call this files:
/Scripts/dhtmlxScheduler/dhtmlxscheduler.js
/Scripts/dhtmlxScheduler/dhtmlxscheduler.css
/Scripts/dhtmlxScheduler/locale/locale_nl.js
I would like to change these paths to for example '/scripts/dhtmlxscheduler.js' but I can't find a property in the Scheduler object where I'm able to do this.
Is this possible or do I have to put everything in the folder they would like to have it?
My working code thisfar:
Public Scheduler As DHXScheduler
Scheduler = New DHXScheduler()
Scheduler.InitialDate = New DateTime(Now.Year, Now.Month, Now.Day)
Scheduler.InitialView = "day"
Scheduler.Config.first_hour = 6
Scheduler.Config.last_hour = 20
Scheduler.Config.time_step = 30
Scheduler.Config.limit_time_select = True
Scheduler.Localization.Set(SchedulerLocalization.Localizations.Dutch)
Scheduler.DataAction = Me.ResolveUrl("/Handlers/Scheduler_Data.ashx")
Scheduler.SaveAction = Me.ResolveUrl("/Handlers/Scheduler_Save.ashx")
Scheduler.LoadData = True
Scheduler.EnableDataprocessor = True
I would like to find the possibility to set such a property to my own filepath, if possible ..
thx in advance
Further research showed me that I could change the default location with this line of code:
Scheduler.Codebase = "/js/dhtmlxscheduler"
However, this only sets the rootfolder, so all the files have to be located within this folder. I helped myself out by putting empty files over there and call my own styling and scripting from the location I wanted (just to get rid of the console errors).
So this solved my problem (as far as it could be solved).
I created my vb.net project to .exe file.
During installation on another machine, one can change the location of installing package to any drive.
In my project, I have set my app.config to point the Database that is available in c:\project.
If I suppose, while installation, when I change the location of installation to **d:** or anywhere, I get invalid access db.
What I want is:
I want to reconfigure my app.config file automatically, by detecting its current db location.
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager
Dim config As System.Configuration.Configuration = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.None)
config.ConnectionStrings.ConnectionStrings("MyProject.Properties.Settings.MyProjectConString").ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DataSource=|DataDirectory|\SampleDB;Persist Security Info=True;"
config.Save(ConfigurationSaveMode.Modified)
Where MyProject.Properties.Settings.MyProjectConString is the name of your project and connection string.
Although this is too late to answer as the question is very old but I think this might help someone else in the future.
So, there is a way to change the Connection String value in the runtime. Since connection string is a read-only item like all other items that are on Application Scope under My.Settings so we can't change it using My.Setting.ConnectionString = "Something". But here is the code by which you can solve the issue and change any My.Settings item that is on Application Scope in the runtime.
So the code is,
My.Settings.Item("ConnectionString") = "Something"
simple...
MsgBox(My.Settings.Item("remoteAddress").ToString)
My.Settings.Item("remoteAddress") = "abcserver.servebbs.net"
My.Settings.Save()
MsgBox(My.Settings.Item("remoteAddress").ToString)
You have three options:
1.) Create and use a folder in C:\Databse and set your connection string at design time.
2.)Add the database to the project's data source at design time, then use '|Data Directory|\mydb.mdb' as your connection string.
3.) And if you use sqlserver, you don't need to worry about the location of the database once you have attached the database to sqlserver. You only need to use the proper connection string eg 'Data Source=.; Database = mydb; Integrated Security = False; Username=myusername; Password = mypassword; User Instance = false'.
The above is an example of a sql server with SQL Authentication mode as login, if you use Windows Authentication, set Integrated Security = True and remove both username and password.
How do you get the path of the App_Data folder in the Seed method of the configuration class of code first migrations.
I want to read from a file I've put in the App_Data folder and the Seed method runs after the update-database command. HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath obviously does not work because there is no HttpContext at that point.
I got it to work with something like:
string MyPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + "/../App_Data"
because AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory ends at the "/bin" directory.
Here is a quick-and-dirty way to get you started:
var myPath = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
//to quickly show the path, either attach another debugger or just throw an exception
throw new Exception(myPath);
#Rusty Divine gave a good answer, however maybe you will find this is better for you:
System.IO.Path.Combine( System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, #"\\bin\\Debug$", String.Empty, System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) , RELATIVE_PATH, "FILENAME.EXE");
For example:
System.IO.Path.Combine( System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, #"\\bin$", String.Empty, System.Text.RegularExpressions.RegexOptions.IgnoreCase) , "App_Data\\Init", "fileName.txt");
In that way (using Regx), we make sure the only replace could be is at the suffix (at the end) of the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory String. If there is sub folders in the server path named: "\bin\Debug" they won't be replaced.
This solution is case insensitive, meaning "\BIN\debug" will also be replaced.
Moreover, you don't need to append the strings to one string.
System.IO.Path.Combine will do it for you.
For what it's worth... you need to do a string replace if you are going to use BaseDirectory in your unit test. But, this still has the problem that it uses the path of your unit test project so be weary of that if you are trying to point to files in another project. In this case you will have to hard code the path.
AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory.Replace("\\bin\\Debug","") + "\\App_Data";
Quick background: I have a VB.NET application in which I was previously using ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings to read from app.config, and got an error message to change it to System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings (as the first way is now obsolete)
I did so, and I even have a reference to System.Configuration.dll AND the Imports statement at the top, but I am getting a "Name ConfigurationManager not declared" error message. Any suggestions?
CODE:
It's pretty straightforward - I'm just checking if something exists, and if it does, I read from it:
If Not Exists(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get(rep & "Email")) Then
Return False
End If
message = ReadAllText(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings.Get(rep & "Email"))
The project template doesn't have the reference you need. Project + Add Reference, select "System.Configuration".
For more insight, click the "Show All Files" icon at the top of the Solution Explorer window and open the References node.
Another issue that causes this is the reference being the wrong case.
System.configuration was in the .vbproj, instead of System.Configuration.
For me, compiling with the above mistake worked on Windows but not on Linux, but fixing it to the latter made it work on both.
If you are using visual studio 2015 and Visual Basic language. Go to Project + Add Reference > Select Assemblies > Framework. Search for System.configuration. Add the DLL file. After it. On your form, add this in the first line without quotations "Imports System.Configuration" go to your connection string declaration then put this value without quotation "ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("'string configuration name'").ConnectionString" like this.
Public constr As String = ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("string configuration name").ConnectionString
This one works for me. Just now. Hope this one helps others. ^_^