c# Program couldn't find config.ini file-CodePudding

Im using an older program to export some data to a csv. The program uses config.ini file to store some credentials. I've been using an c# console application for test purpose. The problem i have is that my program can't find any config.ini file.

I tried this block of code to receive the location of my project and the ini file but that doens't seem to work well.

 string dir = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
            Console.WriteLine(dir);
            string assname = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
            Path.GetDirectoryName(assname);
            string filename = Path.Combine(dir, "config.ini");
            string ConfigFilePath = Path.Combine(dir, "config.ini");

This is my code for now:

static void CheckLogin()
        {
            string ConfigFilePath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, "config.ini");
            if (File.Exists(ConfigFilePath))
            {

                Console.WriteLine("Options and Credentials are imported from config.ini ...");

                StreamReader IniFile = new StreamReader(ConfigFilePath);

                while (!IniFile.EndOfStream)
                {
                    String Line = IniFile.ReadLine();
                    string[] LineValues = Line.Split(':');
                    string Value = string.Join(":", LineValues, 1, LineValues.Length - 1);

                    switch (LineValues[0])
                    {
                        case "DevId":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.Talk2MDevId = Value;
                            break;
                        case "APIToken":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.APIToken = Value;
                            Console.WriteLine(Value);
                            break;
                        case "DeleteData":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.DeleteData = Value.ToLower().StartsWith("y");
                            break;
                        case "CSVFilename":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.CSVFilename = Value;
                            break;
                        case "CSVTitle":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.CSVTitle = Value;
                            break;
                        case "CSVLineFormat":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.CSVLineFormat = Value;
                            break;
                        case "DateTimeFormat":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.DateTimeFormat = Value;
                            break;
                        case "CSVOutputDir":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.CSVOutputDir = Value;
                            break;
                        case "ForceRetrieveAll":
                            Properties.Settings.Default.TransactionId = "0";
                            break;
                    }             
                                               
                }

                Properties.Settings.Default.Save();
                IniFile.Close();
                //Delete the config file not to store the credentials in a all users accessible directory
                File.Delete(ConfigFilePath);
            }

i've never worked with .ini files so if some can help me out here how to locate the .ini file? it will be very helpfull!

CodePudding user response：

you can list your files in application working directory like this :

var currentDir = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
var files =Directory.GetFiles(currentDir);

and you can find your config file with this :

var conf = files.FirstOrDefault(name => name.EndsWith(".ini"));

var conf = files.FirstOrDefault(name => name == "config.ini");