C# Winform: Setting the file save location

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My program must produce files from some given data. I'm dealing with PDFs and Excel documents. How do I allow the user to set the directory where the files will be saved? I'm not referring to SaveFileDialog where the user must choose the directory every time. I want the files to automatically be saved to the directory previously specified by the user. Something to this effect:

Most immediate solution I can think of is to store the directory in a file and read it every time a file is to be saved.

I also read about Properties.Settings.Default.Save(), but is it relevant to my case?

Check this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10766654/appsettings-get-value-from-config-file — Gabor, Sep 15 '17 at 02:28

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 03:33

Use FolderBrowserDialog to get the folder... https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.folderbrowserdialog(v=vs.110).aspx

Get the folder's path.

folderName = folderBrowserDialog1.SelectedPath;

Then go into your project properties (Project menu > Project Name Properties), and click the settings tab. Add a new setting with a name of your choice, like SaveLocation with the type of string. Then you can save it like so...

Settings.Default["SaveLocation"] = folderName;
Properties.Settings.Default.Save();

And then, obviously, retrieve it like so...

string saveLocation = Settings.Default["SaveLocation"]

Read more about saving application settings here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a65txexh.aspx

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '17 at 04:10

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You may care to use the registry to store information between sessions. This will require that you have admin privileges. Since this is winform it may be.

answered Sep 15 '17 at 04:10

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