Physical address of a form or usercontrol

Question

0.00/5 (No votes)

See more:

Hi,

I'm making a program with several forms and usercontorls, But there is a problem I face here,

How can I get the Physical address of a form that I'm working in it right now?

Addition 1:
I mean is there a property that dynamically give me the physical address of a form or usercontrol, that when I use it, it give me the address written in the box of "Full Path" inside the properties menu, and I could use it like:

VB

Dim myaddress as string = me.FullPath

Addition 2:
In the solution explorer when you select a file such as form or usercontrol or even image file or a foler, after you righ-click on it and select properties, in the properties menu you see a row which includes the full path of that file (Full Path), Now I'm looking for a way to access that property dynamicaly inside the program, like writing

VB

return me.FullPath

and it returns the full path of the file.

What I have tried:

So far I'm reading the MSDN and trying to find a property that gives me the physical address of the usercontrol or a form.

Posted 26-Jul-16 21:00pm

m.r.m.40

Updated 27-Jul-16 1:01am

v3

Add a Solution

Comments

[no name] 27-Jul-16 3:17am

No, there is not a physical address available. What will you do? Do you Need somthing like "MyForm/MyPanel/MyUserControl" where "My..." are the names of the controls?

m.r.m.40 27-Jul-16 3:24am

No, I need something like "C:\application\Accounting\Form1".

[no name] 27-Jul-16 3:28am

I don't get it :)

m.r.m.40 27-Jul-16 3:34am

I updated the question, the addition 2 is posted in response to you.

Richard MacCutchan 27-Jul-16 3:30am

Forms do not have physical addresses, they are dynamic objects created at run time, from various pieces of program logic.

m.r.m.40 27-Jul-16 3:33am

I updated the question, read addition two please.

Richard MacCutchan 27-Jul-16 4:06am

Forms do not have physical addresses.

What you are seeing in Solution Explorer is the path of a source file in your project. Once your application is compiled and linked into an executable program those files are no longer used. When you run the application the Form is created dynamically in the address space of the application, not in a folder on the disk.

m.r.m.40 27-Jul-16 4:53am

I got it,
Thanks,

So now I just stepped into a worst problem, I'll Upload my next question If I couldn't solve this problem.

Thanks,

F-ES Sitecore 27-Jul-16 5:03am

PROTIP: If you need the location of the sourcecode files in your solution then you're doing something wrong.

3 solutions

Add a Solution

Add your solution here

Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML

Preview 0

…

Existing Members

Sign in to your account

...or Join us

Download, Vote, Comment, Publish.

Your Email
Password
Forgot your password?

Your Email
This email is in use. Do you need your password?
Optional Password

I have read and agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy
Please subscribe me to the CodeProject newsletters

When answering a question please:

Read the question carefully.
Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar.
If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome.
Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Provide an answer or move on to the next question.

Let's work to help developers, not make them feel stupid.

This content, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

User 11060979 · Answer 1 · 2016-07-26T22:32:00

Not sure whether this does match your request and also whether it is a good idea for production.
Anyway maybe you try it and get some ideas.

Use System.Runtime.CompilerServices for this:

C#

using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;

namespace LogTests
{
    public static class LogTest
    {
        public static string Log(string infoText,
                                [CallerFilePath] string file = "",
                                [CallerMemberName] string member = "",
                                [CallerLineNumber] int line = 0)
        {
            string test = string.Format("File= {0} Member= {1} Line= {2} InfoText= {3}", file, member, line, infoText);
            return (test);
        }
    }
}

MyControl has do do something like this:

C#

namespace MyControls
{
    public class MyControl
    {
        // ...
        private void PathTest()
        {
            string test = LogTest.Log("MyControl");
        }
        // ....
    }
}

I hope it helps.

Ralf Meier · Answer 2 · 2016-07-27T01:01:00

If I understood the question right the answer is : Reflection.
With the code below you could search inside your Application for the required objects and get their name.

VB

Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Dim a As Reflection.Assembly = Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
        Dim t() As Type = a.GetTypes()

        For Each ty As Type In t
            If ty.BaseType.Name = "Form" Then
                MessageBox.Show(ty.Name)
            End If
        Next

    End Sub
End Class

Also with Reflection you can get the Properties of a specified Object-Type - but not in the way you think.
To complete this you should provide much more Information ... what is your final Goal ?

Saurabh Gupta1 · Answer 3 · 2016-07-26T21:31:00

Solution 1

Use

C#

Server.MapPath

or

XML

Path.GetFullPath

Posted 26-Jul-16 21:31pm

Saurabh Gupta1

Physical address of a form or usercontrol

3 solutions

Solution 2

Solution 3

Solution 1

Add your solution here

Preview 0