How do I find the file path to write my file to?
Here is my code and then my question.
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim objfile As New System.IO.StreamWriter("C:Documents and SettingsJOHNDOEMy DocumentsTHETARGETFOLDERMYFILE.TXT")
objfile.WriteLine("just a test")
objfile.Close()
end sub
This code will write to my target folder, however if i build my project and make it available for other people to use on their computer I run into the problem of not knowing what the john doe name is. How would i know what they have named their computer. Is there a way around this. any suggestions? -vb 2008
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December 12, 2008 11:51 PM
UPDATED:
December 15, 2008 7:26 PM
Answer Wiki:
There's a couple ways to get around this problem:
1. You can use windows system variables instead of hard-coding the path into your app. For example: Save my file to "%HOMEPATH%My DocumentsMyFile.txt"
2. Prompt the user where they want to save the file and save that in a configuration/ini file in your app's folder.
3. Save the file to your app's folder by using the .Net variable Application.StartupPath, which refers to your application's folder.
- Max
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