File is ther but FileNotFound Exception is comming

[VenkatRastapuram]

Hello Sir,

I am developing a application in .NET compact Framework.
There is a file DataFile.xml. It is there in the local directory but there is a FileNotFound Exception while reading the file.

System.IO.Path.GetFullpath("DataFile.xml"

is returning a complete path which is a string.

the path is displayed in the messagebox also.

But it is giving a FileNotFound Excepiton while reading that file. similar case with all the files in the directory

for eg:

try
{
string filepath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("DataFile.xml"

System.IO.FileStream filereader = File.OpenRead(filepath);

}
catch(Exception e)
{
MessageBox.show(e.message());
}

the above code is giving FileNotFound Exception

File is there and I checked the the file names also.

Please try to solve my problem,Urgent

Regards,
R.Venkatesh
MakeLogic

http://www.makelogic.com

venkat@makelogicmldb.com

 

[obislavu]

The file or directory passed to the GetFullPath() method is not required to exist!.
For example, if c:\temp\mydir is the current directory, calling GetFullPath on a file name such as test.txt returns c:\temp\mydir\test.txt. The file need not exist but you get the full path !.
Put your file where the .exe is located and retry your code.
So before you open the file check if it exists like here:

try
{
string filepath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath("DataFile.xml"
if (File.Exists(filepath))
{
System.IO.FileStream filereader = File.OpenRead(filepath);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show( filepath + " does not exist"
}
}
catch(Exception e)
{
MessageBox.Show(e.GetType() + e.Message);
}
-obislavu-