How can i get the path of my application ?

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I want the path of my application for following code,

Dim Report As New ReportDocument
Report.Load("D:\xxx\xx\x\ Report.rpt")
instead of hard coding the path i need it using code

so i tried following code

filepath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath)
but it is returning path as D:\xxx\xx\x\bin\
I dont want that Bin in my path
so what can i do here?

Posted 23-May-13 20:29pm

Am Gayathri

Updated 23-May-13 21:07pm

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Solution 1

You are doing right thing.
It is returning right path of your application.
Because you are currently developing your application executable file of your application is in 'bin' folder.
But when you will install your app in any system it will return the exact path where it is installed.

Posted 23-May-13 20:37pm

Mayur Panchal

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Am Gayathri 24-May-13 2:42am

But i need
Report.Load("D:\xxx\xx\x\ Report.rpt")

i couldn't find Report.rpt inside Bin folder. so how can i set the path for report?

Mayur Panchal 24-May-13 2:50am

But if report is in your project/solution then u can access it directly. you don't need the path for that.

Am Gayathri 24-May-13 2:51am

How can i do that? How can i access directory?

Mayur Panchal 24-May-13 2:54am

Refer below link
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/9781/How-to-Load-and-Display-Crystal-Reports-in-VB-NET

Am Gayathri 24-May-13 3:34am

Hi Thanks I got solution..

Am Gayathri 24-May-13 3:00am

In this link
Dim objForm As New frmViewReport
objForm.ViewReport("C:\test.rtp", , "@parameter1=test¶mter2=10")
objForm.show()

they are passing path as "C:\test.rtp" but in my case i cant give it as hard code.
I dont know where the customer will install my application.

Solution 2

try this

VB

dim fullPath as string = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName().CodeBase
dim pathOnly as string = fullPath.SubString(0, fullPath.LastIndexOf("\")) & "\Report.rpt"

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 23-May-13 21:08pm

Aarti Meswania

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Am Gayathri 24-May-13 3:27am

Error :Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length

Aarti Meswania 24-May-13 3:31am

what is string you get in fullpath variable?

Am Gayathri 24-May-13 3:34am

Hi Thanks I got solution..

Dim path As String = Replace(filepath, "\bin", "\Report\ExibitSummeryReport.rpt")

Aarti Meswania 24-May-13 3:39am

good congrates! :)

Solution 4

using this

VB

Dim Report As New ReportDocument
Dim str as string = string.empty
str = Server.MapPath(Report.rpt)
Report.Load(str)

Posted 23-May-13 21:40pm

Nirav D Parmar

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Am Gayathri · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-23T21:36:00

Solution 3

Solution :

Dim path As String = Replace(filepath, "\bin", "\Report\ExibitSummeryReport.rpt")
filepath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath)

Dim Report As New ReportDocument
Report.Load(path)

Posted 23-May-13 21:36pm

Am Gayathri