Trying to save run files directly to Bin folder of the project.The below code is giving the error" 'Application' is not a member of 'My'. Kindly suggest an alternate or a way to rectify the below code

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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.IO.DirectoryInfo
Imports System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo

Public Class SaveScript

Public Sub SaveFile(ByVal scriptcontent As String, ByVal filename As String, ByVal extension As String)
Try

Dim filelocation As String
Dim filepath As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
filelocation = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("FilePath") '
filepath = filelocation & filename & extension
Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(filepath)
objWriter.Write(scriptcontent)
objWriter.Close()

Catch ex As Exception

End Try

End Sub

Posted 4-Feb-14 22:36pm

Alina091

Updated 4-Feb-14 22:38pm

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-04T22:44:00

Solution 1

For starters, never try to save in the application exe folder, or any folder below that. It works for development, but is fails in production, because the EXE is in a folder below "Program Files" which requires admin permissions to modify to prevent virus activity.

Instead, see here: Where should I store my data?[^] - it's in C#, but it's pretty obvioius what to do.

Posted 4-Feb-14 22:44pm

OriginalGriff

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Alina091 5-Feb-14 5:02am

@OriginalGriff-Hi-Thanks for the suggestion.I am new to dot net.In my code I have already hard coded a specified path but now I want to redirect under bin of the project.Is
"Dim Directory As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath" is a right way to do it and which namespace does it use?

OriginalGriff 5-Feb-14 5:19am

Do not try to store anything under the bin of the project - it isn't a good idea at all.
Application is a member of My, and your code compiles on my system: but are you trying to use this on a web applictaion / web site (the ASP.NET part of your question implies you are)?

Alina091 5-Feb-14 7:00am

@OriginalGriff- Thanks a lot. Appreciate your advice. As you said "I am trying to use this on a web application", It helped me coming to the conclusion. My code worked using Server.MapPath("/Scripts").Thanks :)

OriginalGriff 5-Feb-14 7:08am

You're welcome!