ASP.NET System.IO.File.Open("C:\TEST.TXT", System.IO.FileMode.Open); ERROR FILE NOT FOUND? LOCAL:

Question

Dumb question.. is this c# code intended to read local client files?

System.IO.FileStream content = System.IO.File.Open("c:\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);

It gives me error FILE NOT FOUND

I'm running Windows 7 and IE 8.

Answer 1

you forgot @ before "

System.IO.FileStream content = System.IO.File.Open(@"c:\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);

ofcourse you can do in this way:

System.IO.FileStream content = System.IO.File.Open("c:\\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);

Answer 2

Having \ by itself means an escape character. You need to either use @ or double \

System.IO.FileStream content = System.IO.File.Open(@"c:\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);
or
System.IO.FileStream content = System.IO.File.Open("c:\\test.txt", System.IO.FileMode.Open);

If both fails..Check your NTFS permissions on the file.