Access to path is denied

Question

for some reason when I create my path that will be used for my StreamWriter it creates a folder called test.doc instead of a file called test.doc

Here is my code:

fileLocation = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "QuickNote\\");
fileLocation = fileLocation + "test.doc";

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong with my file path?

UPDATE:

class WordDocExport
{
    string fileLocation;
    public void exportDoc(StringBuilder sb)
    {
        fileLocation = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "QuickNote\\");
        fileLocation = fileLocation + "test.doc";

        if (!Directory.Exists(fileLocation))
        {
            Directory.CreateDirectory(fileLocation);
            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fileLocation, true))
            {
                sw.Write(sb.ToString());
            }
        }

        else
        {
            using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fileLocation, true))
            {
                sw.Write(sb.ToString());
            }
        }
    }
}

Sorry for the delay. I posted the question this morning right before I left for work and was in such as hurry that I didn't even think to post the rest of my code. So, here it is. Also I attempted to do a Path.Combine on the 2nd line test.doc but it gives the same problem.

Answer 1

OK, after seeing the complete code:

    fileLocation = fileLocation + "test.doc";

    if (!Directory.Exists(fileLocation))
    {
        Directory.CreateDirectory(fileLocation);     // this is the _complete_ path
        using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fileLocation, true))
        {
            sw.Write(sb.ToString());
        }
    }

You are literally calling CreateDirectory with a string ending in "test.doc". It does not matter if a path ends with \ or not, and "<something>\QuickNote\test.doc" is a valid folder path.

You can replace the code with:

string rootFolderPath = Environment.GetFolderPath(
    System.Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments);

string folderPath = Path.Combine(rootFolderPath, "QuickNote");

if (!Directory.Exists(folderPath))
{
    Directory.CreateDirectory(folderPath);
}

fileLocation = Path.Combine(folderPath, "test.doc");

using (StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(fileLocation, true))
{
    sw.Write(sb.ToString());
}

     

No need to create a writer twice.

Answer 2

Path.Combine will remove "\" from the end of the string.

You should use the same method on the second line insead of "+".

Answer 3

Try this:

var fileLocation = Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "QuickNote");
fileLocation = Path.Combine(fileLocation, "test.doc");

Answer 4

If you have C# 4.0 version you can test directly

Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.MyDocuments), "QuickNote", "test.doc");