How do I open a default pdf file within my windows form then save it locally on my pc

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I have to find the file then click open every time i want the file to show up in the form.

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i used the open file dialog option but dont want to have to find that file every i want to open it.

Posted 16-May-16 8:50am

Ashton Lewis

Updated 16-May-16 15:34pm

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Richard MacCutchan 16-May-16 14:52pm

Then you need to hard code its location somewhere so the application knows where it is.

Ashton Lewis 16-May-16 15:10pm

can you please help me out with the code to do that. i'm relative new to programming.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-May-16 16:47pm

There is no such thing as "default pdf file".
—SA

George Jonsson 16-May-16 21:43pm

The OP probably means "open a file with a default path and name"

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 16-May-16 21:45pm

This is almost the same; there is no such thing.
—SA

George Jonsson 16-May-16 22:35pm

Hmm, maybe I didn't formulate myself properly, but sure you can have a default path for a file you open regularly.
Or you can call it "most recently opened file" or what ever, but lots of software have that kind of thing.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 17-May-16 8:25am

Most recent file, yes, because it can be considered as a part of permanently saved state...
—SA

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George Jonsson · Answer 1 · 2016-05-16T15:34:00

Hard coding a path is rarely the best of ideas.
What you can do is that you use the file dialog the first time, and then you save the path in the application settings.
Then your app can check if a stored path exists and that it is a valid path.
If not, you open the file dialog again.

See Application Settings Overview[^]
and
Using Settings in C#[^]

The code could be something like this:

C#

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(Properties.Settings.Default.MyStoredFilePath) 
    || !File.Exist(Properties.Settings.Default.MyStoredFilePath))
{
    // Open the file dialog and set the path
    if (fileDialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResults.OK)
        Properties.Settings.Default.MyStoredFilePath = fileDialog.FileName;
}

// Open your document using the path variable
if (File.Exist(Properties.Settings.Default.MyStoredFilePath))
    OpenDocumentOrWhatEverYourMethodIs(Properties.Settings.Default.MyStoredFilePath);
else
    // What ever you need to do