how to read a file from a different project?

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how to read a file from a different project?

I have a solution:

Solution1
-MyProject
-MyProject.Artifacts
----Message.XML
-MyProject.Tests

I am attempting to read the contents of Message.XML from MyProject.Tests.

How do I read the contents of Message.XML from MyProject.Tests?

Unfortunately, right now I'm doing something like this, but it's not very pretty:

        var currentDir = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
        var parentDir = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(currentDir).FullName).FullName;
        var parentParentDir = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(currentDir).FullName).FullName).FullName;
        var parentParentParentDir = Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(Directory.GetParent(currentDir).FullName).FullName).FullName).FullName;

What kind of application is it? Web, Console or WPF ...? I think you can define the XML output folder yourself. Thus, you can refer to this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6041332/best-way-to-get-application-folder-path — wannadream, Nov 16 '18 at 20:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 16 '18 at 19:53

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You can store a path to the file in app settings of app.config / web.config using that read the file contents.

That way if you need to deploy your software in a different way you have the flexibility

answered Nov 16 '18 at 19:53

thepolishboy

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then i will need to maintain two sets of configuration files, one in my regular project and one in my tests project – Alex Gordon Nov 16 '18 at 19:53
Or us a config transform so when you run test you get set of values and run production you get a different set – thepolishboy Nov 16 '18 at 19:54

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '18 at 20:10

If your path is fixed, you can write the path like "c:\projects\solution ... Message.xml"

If you want a relative path, the simplest way is this:

var DI = new DirectoryInfo("..\\..\\..\\..\\Your Folder\\Message.XML");

This path is started from CurrentDirectory and goes four folders up and the one folder down and finds the file.

how to read a file from a different project?

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