I want to persist some data into a text file in my c# application. I added the text file to the root of my project.
How do i access it now? Will this file be embedded with my exe or what?
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A:
- You need to set the file to copy to output directory.
- You can access the path relatively ("file.txt", or ".file.txt")
It will not be embedded with your exe.
Read this for help on opening a file.
Nix
2010-07-27 19:54:46
A:
It will be in the same directory as your exe by default, you can also provide a specific path where it can be dropped to via the construct of your StreamWriter or w/e class you are using.
Jesus Ramos
2010-07-27 19:55:35
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A:
First, make sure that you right click the file and select "Copy to Output Directory".
Second, the file will not be embedded inside of your Executable. It will be a normal *.txt file alongside your *.exe and you would access it as such:
StreamWriter sw = null;
FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "filename.txt"));
if(fi.Exists)
sw = new StreamWriter(fi.Open(FileMode.Open));
Justin Niessner
2010-07-27 19:58:22
Please use `Path.Combine` here.
Steven Sudit
2010-07-27 20:01:51
And you might want to show `OpenText`, instead.
Steven Sudit
2010-07-27 20:02:25
@Steven Sudit - Updated to use Path.Comine. I'm sticking with Open so he can use it to Read/Write as needed.
Justin Niessner
2010-07-27 20:31:56
For a snippet of code without context, this is sufficiently clear.
Steven Sudit
2010-07-27 20:40:35
A:
It sounds like your text file will contain "settings" for your application, and if you want to embed these settings then just use the actual Settings built into the project. Properties>Settings. MSDN: Settings
myermian
2010-07-27 20:02:08
That goes counter to wanting it to be embedded. You either want to be able to alter it after the code is compiled, or you want it to be embedded (part of your application code).
myermian
2010-07-27 20:22:23
@whydna: Application-wide settings are stored in your app.config, which you do not want to write to programmatically.
Steven Sudit
2010-07-27 20:41:38
A:
There's also the excellent Nini project (http://nini.sourceforge.net/manual.php) which makes it easy to access (and write) simple settings files of various flavors and to optionally combine them with command line parameters.
Hightechrider
2010-07-27 20:33:22