Refer to same SubFolder from 2 projects in One Solution Solution

Hi:

I have a .Net Application in which I have a common library and 2 projects - one in Visual Basic and the other in C#. The Visual Basic project is basically the C# project that has been translated into VB. Depending on the language that is used by my clients, they set the start-up project to the VB or C# project.

Both of these projects have a SubFolder called Courses - which contain a bunch of courses that are not part of the code but which are launched by the app.

Here's what the solution looks like:

My Solution
	MyCommonLibrariesProject
	VBProject
		VB Code Stuff
		Courses
			Course 1
			Course 2
	C# Project
		C# Code Stuff
		Courses
			Course 1
			Course 2

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I was wondering if there was a way where I didn't need to make an exact copy of the fairly large Courses Directory in both projects - but could have both projects refer to the same subdirectory e.g. launch "~/Courses/Course1"

Any help greatly appreciated.

RBS

.NET Programming

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RBS

8/22/2022 - Mon

Kyle Abrahams

12/9/2013

You can have an app.config which your application could then reference.

Or if you know where your EXE is going to live you can using something like:
string folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName) + @"..\..\Courses\";
//assuming your in the debug / release folder
//.. = bin
//next .. = Project folder
//go down to courses.

RBS

12/9/2013

ASKER

Hi - I'm sorry but I don't understand what you mean by "you can have an app.config which your application could then reference". This is web application so there is no exe file.

RBS

Jacques Bourgeois (James Burger)

12/10/2013

.NET is a very large topic. Put ASP.NET in your topics. This will tell that this is a web application, and attract experts that are interested in answering web questions.

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12/10/2013

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