First thanks for the fast reply... I solved the problem thanks to your help. I use option number 4, and it works fine!!!.
My Idea is that the program will perform some kind of operation accroding to a config text file. The problem was, when I execute the program from other users, It didn't found the correct path, (since I used Path.Getcurrentpath() ) Thank for all the help Yossi Chris Howie wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:55 AM, YyYo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all... >> >> I am new to C# language and I have, probably a simple question, about how >> to >> get the relative path of the execution file. >> >> In my solution, I have a text file with some information. In my program, >> I >> want to open the text file using a relative path. >> >> My question is how can I get the path of the execution file, so from it I >> could know the relative path of the text file. >> >> Many thanks for the help... > > There are a few cases I can see requiring this for: > > 1. The file is a data file that will likely never change, or only > needs to change when recompiling. In this case it would be better to > embed the file in the compiled executable as a resource and use > reflection to extract the stream at runtime. > > 2. The file is a configuration-type file that will probably change. > In this case you can either do what you're doing (which I would not > recommend) or use > Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData), > "YourAppName") to obtain a path to a directory where you can save and > load this stuff. > > 3. The file is a data file that will be processed by the application. > In this case you should either allow specification of the filename as > an argument, or if you really want to only allow one filename, just > open the file by its name and allow the environment to locate the file > in the current working directory. > > And if you really want to approach the problem the way you are, then > you want to "using System.IO; using System.Reflection;" and use > Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location), > "yourdatafilename"). > > -- > Chris Howie > http://www.chrishowie.com > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Crazycomputers > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [email protected] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/how-to-get-relative-path-tp21411461p21411927.html Sent from the Mono - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [email protected] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
