Createworddocument issue, file not found

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I get an error message that the word file does not exist, below is the code so far.

this supposes to create a word document and replaces words in it, I think the problem is that I do not have access to the C:/temp folder, but i do not know what to replace it with? Tried C:/desktop still didnt work.

thanks

Posted 24-Aug-16 2:14am

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Updated 1-Sep-16 2:21am

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Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 8:29am

Replace it with the path to a directory that you do have access to.

Member 12699376 24-Aug-16 8:45am

tried desktop still didnt work :(

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 8:49am

Where is the file? Do you really have no way of checking where it is stored?

Richard Deeming 1-Sep-16 9:35am

Removing the content of your question after it has been answered is extremely rude.

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-24T03:55:00

Solution 1

C:\Desktop\ is not the path to the desktop folder, and C:\Temp\ is not the path to the temp folder. The real paths are within your user profile folder.

You can get the path to the temp folder with:

System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()

You can get the path to the desktop folder with:

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory)

So, to save the file on your desktop, you would use:

string destinationFilePath = Path.Combine(
    Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.DesktopDirectory),
    "new.doc");

In either case, the first parameter to your CreateWordDocument function needs to be the real path of the existing file you want to open. If you specify a path that doesn't exist, you'll get your (misspelled) error message.

Posted 24-Aug-16 3:55am

Richard Deeming

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Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 10:41am

I just ran FileStream strIn = File.Open(@"C:\temp\foo.txt", FileMode.Open);, and it worked fine, opened the file no problem.

Richard Deeming 24-Aug-16 10:45am

But that's not the standard location for the Temp folder.

If you create a folder called Temp in the root of C:, and give your account the necessary permissions, then it will work. But it won't exist by default.

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 11:02am

Well my Windows 10 system has a Temp directory in the root of my C: drive. No idea how it got there, but I assume that Windows created it. And since that was the path that OP was using I (foolishly?) assumed that he/she had verified its existence via Explorer.

Richard Deeming 24-Aug-16 10:47am

Temporary folder[^]:
In MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, the temporary directory is set by the environment variable TEMP. Originally, the default was c:\Temp, then %WinDir%\Temp. In the Windows XP era, the temporary directory was set per-user as Local Settings\Temp, although still user-relocatable. For Windows Vista, 7 & 8 the temp location has moved again to within the AppData section of the User Profile, typically C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Local\Temp.

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 11:10am

Interesting. I just checked my wife's system which has only ever had Windows 8 (very briefly), 8.1 and 10 installed, and it also has a C:\Temp directory. And I know that she would not have created it.

Richard Deeming 24-Aug-16 11:12am

Any software in common between them? It sounds like an application that hasn't been updated to use the correct path, and is still creating files in the DOS-era path.

Richard MacCutchan 24-Aug-16 11:16am

No, my PC has loads of stuff installed and de-installed on a moderately regular basis. Hers is standard Windows with MS Office 2003 (which I did have under Windows 7) - maybe that's the culprit.

I also have access to some standard Windows 7 and 10 systems which I will look at tomorrow.