Resource folder / Folder Prob....

Question

I added a folder to a project i have and inside that folder are other folders with txt. docs in them what i'm tring to do is, lets say that the folder name that i added is named "StoreNames" and inside that folder is a txt.doc name "First and another one that is "Last" I want to check to see if they are there and if not recreate them( Just in case they get deleted and will keep the app from crashing):

if (checkbox == true)

{

   // then check to see if the txt is in the folder loacation.

 //if not the remake it.

}

I can get the folder to show up on the location ( Project1.Properties.Resources. ) to check???

Please help

Answer 1

What I would do is store the path names in Project1.Properties.Settings.Default.Paths of type System.Collections.Specialized.StringCollection. Then just loop through all the Paths to see if they exist using:

System.IO.File.Exits(...);

So you want to use Settings.Default (found on the "Settings" tab) instead of Resources.

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Dan Randolph

Answer 2

Can you put a little code sample (Still learning ... If I see it I can understand it better)

The folder that I made is in the project with the resource folder... shouldn't you be able to give a direct path, so that you were ever you install it.. ( If not in C dir) it will allways find it ... I thought that I saw a function .. like "Getpath" would that work????(Don't know how to use it...)

Thanks

Answer 3

Can you be more specific about what you want to do? I can't do a specific code sample if I don't have the requirements written clearly.

Here is a general sample. Uses Visual Studio to add relative path strings like this screen shot (no direct coding required):

Paths are relative to your exe location.

Here is "directory exists" sample code:

using System.IO;
using PathsTest.Properties;

namespace PathsTest
{
  class Program
  {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
      int len = Settings.Default.Paths.Count;
      for (int i = 0; i < len; ++i)
      {
        Console.WriteLine("Path {0} exists = {1}", 
                           Settings.Default.Paths[i], 
                           System.IO.Directory.Exists(Settings.Default.Paths[i]));
      }
    }
  }
}

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Dan Randolph

Answer 4

Let me see if I got this right ... If I add a folder to the project I would have to use ( Not sure...)

System.IO.Directory.Exists(Settings.Default.Paths.StoreNames.Names);

And I would be looking for a folder for the "First.txt" file they is there and if not recreate it. ( I'm going to need to write to it...)

I hope that clears up what I'm trying to do... if there is a better way please let me know....

Thanks

Answer 5

To check directories use

Directory.Exists("mypath");

To check files use

File.Exists(@"mypath\filename") ... or

if (File.Exists(Settings.Default.Paths[0] + "First.txt")) {...} //combining example from above

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Dan Randolph

Answer 6

OR....it is a Windows share and the file is copied or created by a windows process use the fileWatcher instead of a timer:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filesystemwatcher.aspx

Answer 7

Doing some research it think what i need is this, but it doent work???? when i added the folder with the text file in it it's in a folder in the project ...

string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"\test1.txt";

if (File.Exists(path))

{

MessageBox.Show("Worked");

}

Answer 8

Good luck to you!

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Dan Randolph

Answer 9

Hi superlurker,

How's it going? Do you have any updates about the previous issue?

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Bob Shen [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 10

Not realy that would work for me... I wasn't sure on how to get to a folder that i created in my project I think this is what I'm looking for but it doesn't work ... i think that the code is wrong..

Doing some research it think what i need is this, but it doent work???? when i added the folder with the text file in it it's in a folder in the project ...

string path = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory + @"\test1.txt";

if (File.Exists(path))

{

MessageBox.Show("Worked");

}

Answer 11

Hi superlurker,

It seems that "StoreNames" is a folder which added in your project. If so, try the sample below.

            string path = System.Environment.CurrentDirectory;
            string path2 = path.Substring(0, path.LastIndexOf("bin")) + "StoreNames" + "\\test1.txt";
            if (File.Exists(path2))
            {
                MessageBox.Show("Worked");
            }
            else
                File.Create(path2);

Have a nice day.

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Bob Shen [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 12

string StoreFolderCheck = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.StartupPath.Substring(0, Application.StartupPath.LastIndexOf("\\"))) + "\\StoreNames";

I used this .. it works ...but I got the idea from your code... this way were very i put it will work from there I made folder and file checks( don't want to crash if missing ...LOL

Thanks