How to get or setup dynamic absolute File Path in Visual Studio Project?

Question

string path = @"c:\users\user\documents\visual studio 2015\Projects\PRACTICE\PRACTICE\Image\Boruto_logo.png";

        if (File.Exists(path))
            MessageBox.Show("Exists");
        else
            MessageBox.Show("Not Exist");

The code above is a simple program that checks if the full file path exists but what I want is instead of copy-pasting the full path of the file, I want it like the string to be like this >> string path = "..\\Image\\Boruto_logo.png" so that even I transfer my project to another computer it will still run correctly

Answer 1

Create new Images folder in your project folder (this is completely optional) and add your image to it. Right click to folder -> Add -> Existing items -> Select your image

Now change Copy to output directory property to Copy Always .

Now use below relative path to access this file.

using System.IO;

...
//GetCurrentDirectory() will give you current executable directory.
//Combine with current directory with your resource
string path = Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), @"Images\Boruto_logo.png");

if (File.Exists(path))
    Console.WriteLine("Exists");
else
    Console.WriteLine("Not Exist");

In this way, even if you run your code on another computer it will work fine.