Archives by Tag 'File System'

Get Current Directory while running as WindowsService

By admin - Last updated: Monday, September 8, 2008

During development, while you run the application as a console application or windows form application, often the code needs to load a specific file within the same folder of the exe assembly resides. The file can be located by using the file name directory since the default location will be the exe’s [...]

C# Watch file system

By admin - Last updated: Thursday, November 1, 2007

using System.IO;
public static void WatchFolder()
{
    FileSystemWatcher fileSystemWatcher = new FileSystemWatcher();
    fileSystemWatcher .Path = “C:\\FoldName”;
    fileSystemWatcher .NotifyFilter =
           NotifyFilters.LastAccess | NotifyFilters.LastWrite
            | NotifyFilters.FileName | NotifyFilters.DirectoryName;

    fileSystemWatcher .Filter = “*.cs”;

    // Add an event handler.
    oFileSystemWatcher.Created += new FileSystemEventHandler(OnCreated);

    [...]