Re: temp directory question

This will cause you a problem in Windows Vista if your application is installed in ProgramFiles. A better choice would be to put the file in the local app data, which is under the user's profile -- Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData.

RobinS.
GoldMail.com

"kimiraikkonen" <kimiraikkonen85@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:11ccddb0-edb1-4843-8cfc-c62f6b68abd2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Apr 6, 8:13 am, "Aussie Rules" <aus...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,

In my application I need to write an XML file to disk, but am concerned that
permission might be a problem.

The file only needs to be written out and used for another reason and can
then be deleted.

I was thinking about using the windows/system temp directory as the
location, as I guess that a directory where my application shouldn't have an
issue writting to.

Is this the best location for this file to go? and how do I determine what
the temp directory is ?

Thanks

If you have any difficulty about writing to a specific folder such as
temp (plus you may able to write), create your own temp folder in your
application folder then delete folder / file after operation has
finished.

For example when you need a folder temporarily, create a new one
using:
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory("c:\your_app\your_folder")

Then you can delete folder fairly after the directory is not needed
anylonger using:
(usually when formclosing event is fired)
System.IO.Directory.Delete("c:\your_app\your_folder")

Therefore you have a folder that's created and deleted temporarily,
just my opinion.

Regards,

Onur Güzel

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