My VB.net program reads in some constant data from a text file. I navigate to this file by setting a relative path, which I intended to wrok both on my pc, with my file structure, and in prod :
Dim path As String = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory
Dim parent As System.IO.DirectoryInfo = Directory.GetParent(path)
Dim FOLDER_PATH As String = parent.ToString & ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings(“PrefixAndSuffixFilePath”)
The config file entry points to the file name.
This works fine on my pc from the IDE but when I trigger the executable from a cmd file on the prod server it fails to find the required file.
Research showed that in prod path = C:\Windows and Parent = C:\
Obviously getcurrentdirectory is acting differently in the prod environment. Can anyone tell me what’s going on or suggest an alternate method of providing a relative path? I would prefer not to hardcode the path to the text file.
Thanks!
