The ProgressBar Control:- Path of xml file

[Guest]

Hello,
How can I give actual path of directory where my xml file exist? I want to
load a xml "progressbarsample.xml" from path "c:\manoj\". I read example on
page number 125 of book "Microsoft .NET COMPACT FRAMEWORK by Andy Wigley &
Stephen Wheelwright". The code written for path in book is as follows: -
Please help me where and how I should give actual path of xml file
"progressbarsample.xml" which is "c"\manoj\" in my case. When I compile
program it compiles successfully but when I run it give error message "File
not found" and stop at statement "while (xmlrdr.Read())".

Thank you.
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
label1.Text = "Loading... Please Wait";
//Force form to display label text change
Application.DoEvents();

//Assume this file is about 25000 nodes
progressBar1.Minimum = 250;
progressBar1.Maximum = 25000;
progressBar1.Value = progressBar1.Minimum;

//Get path to XML file - in same directory as this program
string path = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetName
().CodeBase;
string xmlFileUrl = new FileInfo(path).DirectoryName
+@"\progressbarsample.xml";
XmlTextReader xmlrdr = new XmlTextReader(xmlFileUrl);
int readcount = 0;
while (xmlrdr.Read())
{
//do something ...
//Update progressbar every 100 reads
if ((++readcount % 100) == 0)
{
if (progressBar1.Value < progressBar1.Maximum)
progressBar1.Value += progressBar1.Minimum;
}
}
//complete
progressBar1.Value = progressBar1.Maximum;
label1.Text = "Complete!";
}

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

Windows CE devices don't have drive letters, so you can't read from the C
drive on your desktop PC if that is what you are trying to do. If you add
your xml file to your project and set it's BuildAction to Content it will be
deployed to the folder with your exe. See here for how to determine your
path at runtime:-
http://wiki.opennetcf.org/ow.asp?CompactFrameworkFAQ/StartupDirectory

Peter