ASP.NET MVC Website Read File from Disk Problem

Question

I\'m reading a text file containing an insert statement for SQL using C# in an MVC Website I\'m working on. When debugging the function I\'m using works fine and the insert

Answer 1

There may be an alternative solution to this problem. You can avoid messing with path and file system altogether if you can 'bake' the file into assembly at build time. Here is how you can do this:

1. In Visual Studio solution explorer right click on a file and go to Properties.

2. Set Build Action to 'Embedded Resource'.

3. Later you can read the file using GetManifestResourceStream:

       var stream = GetType()
           .Assembly
           .GetManifestResourceStream("YourNameSpace.Folder.YourFile.txt");
   
       using (var reader = new StreamReader(stream)) {
           var fileContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
       }
   

   More info here.