Get actual dll path in .Net

Question

I have a dll named JIMS.Printing.dll which is placed inside the Reporting folder of the main application JIMS.exe.

But I am getting an error when calling some files inside the Templates folder inside JIMS.Printing.dll code inside of Reporting which running JIMS.exe

JIMS.exe
--------->Reporting
------------------->JIMS.Printing.dll
------------------->Templates
-----------------------------> Files

Code:

string _templatePath = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(JIMS.Printing.PrintInvoice)).Location), "Templates");

Code from JIMS.Printing.dll

JIMS.exe looking for Files inside JIMS.exe Path\Templates\file, But actually the file is in JIMS.Printing.dll Path\Templates\files

What is the error? What is your question? – prprcupofcoffee Nov 02 '12 at 18:19 — prprcupofcoffee, Nov 02 '12 at 18:19

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Mar 24 '15 at 15:33

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You can use:

Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location

which will give you the path of the executing assembly then use:

System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location)

which will give the containing folder.

edited Mar 24 '15 at 15:33

Bruno Bieri

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answered Nov 02 '12 at 18:22

mrvux

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You may also want to check out this answer: http://stackoverflow.com/a/283917/1306012 – Bruno Bieri Mar 24 '15 at 15:37

Rahul Tripathi · Answer 2 · 2012-11-02T18:25:56.927

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YOu can try this:-

 string path1= System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(DaoTests)).Location;

 string directory= Path.GetDirectoryName( path1 );

edited Nov 02 '12 at 18:25

answered Nov 02 '12 at 18:19

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Get actual dll path in .Net

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