I'm trying to open a text file in a program I've created but it won't work unless I specify it as an absolute file path. I can't seem to make a relative path name.
Sophiron -2 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostIf you have added the text file to a project and you can see it in the solution explorer then you need to click on the text file and set the build action to content and copyToOutput = copyifnewer or copyalways. You can then open it with
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adam_k 239 Master Poster
You've used .\ right?
Try System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath
Unhnd_Exception
If you have added the text file to a project and you can see it in the solution explorer then you need to click on the text file and set the build action to content and copyToOutput = copyifnewer or copyalways. You can then open it with
MsgBox(My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllText("TextFile1.txt"))If it was in a folder then "TextFolder\TextFile1.txt"
Sophiron -2 Newbie Poster
here is my code that I'm currently using
If My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("equiplist.txt") = True Then
objReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.OpenTextFileReader("equiplist.txt") Unhnd_Exception commented: Your code looks fine to me. What's the problem. -2
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