Need help with error in my deployed application in C#

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I have deployed an application that has a text file that is updated with a certain value when the administrator changes something. For example, the current password that should be checked is !!Password!!. Say the admin wants to change that to @!!Password!!, the text file is updated and the new text would be the new password.

The program runs fine while debugging.. saving the password and even retreiving it when needing to check.

However, I have just deployed the application and now there is an error with everything that has something to do with that text file. Something about a path? but the text file is in my project and all paths are specified. Like i said there is absolutely NO PROBLEM in debug mode. Why wont it work once I deployed the application?

This is my error:

Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\YCOZGQO3.6RP\Admin\AdminPass.txt'.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

Posted 15-Feb-13 0:31am

Christopher Smit

Updated 15-Feb-13 1:17am

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Zoltán Zörgő 15-Feb-13 6:37am

Could you give us the exact exception text you get?
Are there all needed file ACLs in place?
Are you sure the file is also deployed?
Are you sure, you are specifying the correct path? Be aware, that the while debugging, the running assambly is not what you see, is is a copy of it in the cache. Where is the file located relative to the executable and how do you specify it's path?

Christopher Smit 15-Feb-13 6:44am

The error message is : Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.

Could not find a part of the path
'C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Local\Apps\2.0\YCOZGQO3.6RP\Admin\AdminPass.txt'.

Zoltán Zörgő 15-Feb-13 7:21am

Let's be clear: is it a Windows Forms application or ASP.NET?

Christopher Smit 15-Feb-13 7:25am

It is a windows forms application.

[no name] 15-Feb-13 6:41am

are u deploy your application on IIS 7 or else because if u not configure iis7 properly the error was throw by application and its related to path and give ur error msg

Christopher Smit 15-Feb-13 6:44am

The above error is what I am seeing?

Bandi Ramesh 15-Feb-13 6:52am

Problem may be with the path you have given, try playing with the path...

Christopher Smit 15-Feb-13 6:58am

The path I specified to the application is "../../Admin/AdminPass.txt"
This works perfectly in debugging..
Should the path be different in deployed state?

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-15T01:31:00

Solution 1

According to MSDN[^], the executing assambly path can be determined using following code sequence:

C#

string path = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase );

Now use this and the System.IO.Path class[^] members to construct the path to your file.

Posted 15-Feb-13 1:31am

Zoltán Zörgő

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fjdiewornncalwe 15-Feb-13 10:09am

+5.

Zoltán Zörgő 15-Feb-13 13:03pm

Thank you.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Mar-13 14:41pm

It's shorter: use System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
Besides, it's more typically should be System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location;
(I voted 4.)
—SA

Zoltán Zörgő 11-Mar-13 16:45pm

After my experience not all alternatives do work on the same way. This one worked for me in all situations - Location returned sometimes other locations depending on running context.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 11-Mar-13 16:59pm

That is true, but "my" method will work the same way as "yours". Do you understand why? They have the same nature.

The problem with other methods is that they don't work or give wrong results depending on how you host an assembly (under Visual Studio host, service controller, and the like)...

—SA