Copy Files and Folders from CURRENT directory to User Home Folder VB.Net

Question

Hi,

Is it possible to use "Current Directory" as source (instead of full /absolute path) to copy file /folder to current user profile?

Source: C:\myData\Backups\Latest**UserBackup**\SavedData\StdDoc.txt
<Instead of using the whole path, can we limit to the current directory, In my case it's UserBackup where the VB app should run>
Possibility to define source as: CurrentDir\SavedData\StdDoc.txt ?
Destination: %UserName%\Documents\StdDoc.txt

Answer 1

I think before anyone can answer this question, need to clarify when you state "current directory", do you mean...

• running application directory...
• running application start folder (this can be changed from within the icon that launches the application or set in debug)...
• current file system directory (assuming it was changed or you launched the application from the command line)...
• or current users "home" folder?

Thanks.

Answer 2

One of the ways :

 Dim sCurrentDirectory As String = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

Answer 3

Tried following but seems to be not working:

 Private Sub Button18_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button18.Click
        ' Define Current Directory
        ' Absolute Path >> C:\Users\Public\Desktop\myData\UserA\Documents\ReadMe-UserA.txt
        ' How to define Current Directory >> ?? so regardless of UserA or UserB, VB app should check the current dir if it's inside UserA or UserB etc.
        Dim currDir() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(IO.Path.Combine("C:\Users", "Public", "Desktop", "myData"), "*.*", IO.SearchOption.AllDirectories)


        'Define Target Directory
        Dim tarDir() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(IO.Path.Combine("C:\Users", Environment.UserName, "Documents"), "*.*")

        'Copy required file from current location to user's documents
        System.IO.File.Copy(currDir(0), tarDir(0), overwrite:=True)
    End Sub

Answer 4

Hi,

Current Directory >> running application directory.

Answer 5

If a WinForms application, you can try Application.StartupPath or IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath).

Things are a little more complicated if you are doing a different kind of project (Console, ASP.NET, etc.). Things get even more complicated once you start talking about .NET Core / .NET 5. And even more so once you start talking about types of deployments (single-file).