saving a file without overwriting the existing image

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i save a file to a folder using:

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private void btnsave_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    string path = @"H:\le sensored\le sensored\images";
    string name = "Osim";
    pictureBox6.Image.Save(path + @"\" + name + ".jpg", ImageFormat.Jpeg);
}

but when i try to save another picture it overwrites the 1st one,please can i save other image in that same file path?

Posted 22-Apr-15 1:59am

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Updated 22-Apr-15 2:08am

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Richard MacCutchan 22-Apr-15 8:11am

No, use a different filename.

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TheRealSteveJudge · Answer 1 · 2015-04-22T02:14:00

When you try to save a file with a file name of an existing file
it will be overwritten.

You must use a different file name.

Maybe you should use a counter that holds the number
of saved pictures and increase it after a file has been written.

The file name could e.g. be a combination of "Osim" and the current value of the counter.

Then your files would be called e.g. Osim_1.jpg, Osim_2.jpg, Osim_3.jpg etc.

OriginalGriff · Answer 2 · 2015-04-22T02:16:00

To do that, you will have to do one of two things:
1) Rename the existing file to something else first - File.Move[^] will do that for you, but you may have to check if that file exists as well.
2) Use a different name.

In either case, check if the file exists with File.Exists[^] first.

To use a different name, I'd suggest that you append a version number just before the file extension - and if you use an integer value to can check if it exists, and increment it if it does, then recheck.
So you would end up with

MyPic.jpg
MyPic.0001.jpg
MyPic.0002.jpg
...

saving a file without overwriting the existing image

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