How to get files from project folders in same solution to service

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Hi,

I created windows service in same solution.

In one project I included the files in App_Data folders.

I want to get the files in service.

How can we get files in windows service from web project in same solution.

Please suggest me

What I have tried:

This is my service code

public void GetDashboards()
        {
            string sPath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(string.Format(@"~/App_Data/Dashboards"));
            string[] lstFiles = Directory.GetFiles(sPath, "*.xml");
//This folder is existing in different project in same solution.Here I got object reference not set to an instance error.

            foreach (string item in lstFiles)
            {
                FileInfo objFileInfo = new FileInfo(item);
                string sFileName = objFileInfo.Name.Replace(objFileInfo.Extension, "");
                UpdateExtract(sFileName);
            }
        }

Posted 6-Jun-17 22:49pm

TarunKumarSusarapu

Updated 7-Jun-17 0:44am

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F-ES Sitecore · Answer 1 · 2017-06-06T23:17:00

Solution 1

Your service can't access HttpContext because it is not running as the result of a web request, and it knows nothing about the web site's configuration such as where it is located on the disc. You're just going to have to tell the service the path by using a config file (app.config) and hard-coding the path into the config file and reading that config value using ConfigurationManager.

Posted 6-Jun-17 23:17pm

F-ES Sitecore

Updated 6-Jun-17 23:18pm

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TarunKumarSusarapu 7-Jun-17 5:31am

Hi F-ES Sitecore,

Would you please modify the code

string sPath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(string.Format(@"~/App_Data/Dashboards"));
string[] lstFiles = Directory.GetFiles(sPath, "*.xml");

F-ES Sitecore 7-Jun-17 5:34am

You can't modify it, what you are trying to do is not possible inside a windows service. Store the folder path in the app.config instead

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2400097/reading-from-app-config-file

TarunKumarSusarapu 7-Jun-17 5:41am

Suppost my project file path is C:\Temp\Original\SourceCode\AINIPMKPIDashboard\App_Data\Dashboards\Data Extracts\

How can add it in app.config file without hard coding.