Relative path to a image

lee croydon

Hi,

i am creating a poker game and have hit a brick wall, i am trying to bring the card images into the app for the players hand, flop, turn and river. i can do this using the absolute path as in the code below, but i need the app to be stand alone so that the images can be accessed for any machine it is download to (hence the relative path).

i am quite new to relative paths so please excuse my lack of knowledge, any help you offer or if you can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated.

Card card = new Card();

List deckOfCards = new List();

card.Deck(deckOfCards);

List allCards = new List();

var playersHand = deckOfCards.Take(2);

int i = 0;

string[] ph = new string[2];

foreach (Card c in playersHand)

{

ph[i] = c.number.ToString() + c.suit.ToString() + ".png";

i++;

allCards.Add(c);

}

foreach (string image in ph)

{

imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\DELL User\Dropbox\Computeach\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\MyCards\" + image));

}

playerOneCard1.Image = imageList1.Images[0];

playerOneCard2.Image = imageList1.Images[1];

playerOneCard1.Show();

playerOneCard2.Show();

deckOfCards.RemoveRange(0, 2);

var burnCard = deckOfCards.Take(1);

foreach (Card c in burnCard)

{

deckOfCards.Remove(c);

}

var flop = deckOfCards.Take(3);

string[] fp = new string[3];

i = 0;

foreach (Card c in flop)

{

fp[i] = c.number.ToString() + c.suit.ToString() + ".png";

i++;

allCards.Add(c);

}

foreach (string image in fp)

{

imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\DELL User\Dropbox\Computeach\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\MyCards\" + image));

}

flop1.Image = imageList1.Images[2];

flop2.Image = imageList1.Images[3];

flop3.Image = imageList1.Images[4];

flop1.Show();

flop2.Show();

flop3.Show();

deckOfCards.RemoveRange(0, 3);

burnCard = deckOfCards.Take(1);

foreach (Card c in burnCard)

{

c.isUsed = true;

}

var turn = deckOfCards.Take(1);

string[] tn = new string[1];

i = 0;

foreach (Card c in turn)

{

tn[i] = c.number.ToString() + c.suit.ToString() + ".png";

deckOfCards.Remove(c);

allCards.Add(c);

}

foreach (string image in tn)

{

imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\DELL User\Dropbox\Computeach\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\MyCards\" + image));

}

turnCard.Image = imageList1.Images[5];

turnCard.Show();

burnCard = deckOfCards.Take(1);

card.isUsed = deckOfCards.Contains(card);

foreach (Card c in burnCard)

{

deckOfCards.Remove(c);

}

var river = deckOfCards.Take(1);

string[] rir = new string[1];

i = 0;

foreach (Card c in river)

{

rir[i] = c.number.ToString() + c.suit.ToString() + ".png";

deckOfCards.Remove(c);

allCards.Add(c);

}

foreach (string image in rir)

{

imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(@"C:\Users\DELL User\Dropbox\Computeach\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\LeeCroydon.PokerGame.Table\MyCards\" + image));

}

riverCard.Image = imageList1.Images[6];

riverCard.Show();

thank you in advance Lee :)

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Vulpes12y ago
Accepted answer
It looks to me like you're building a Windows Forms application here.

One thing you could do is to store the images in the same folder as the executable itself (i.e. the \bin folder) or, in a sub-folder thereof.

You can then construct a path to them using the Application.StartupPath property:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.application.startuppath(v=vs.110).aspx

However, a better idea from the viewpoint of eventual deployment of the application might be to embed the images as a resource into your assembly. Check this MS Support article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319292
Vulpes11y ago
".... the second one confused me to the point of despair :)"

That's Microsoft Support for you :-)
lee croydon11y ago
Thank you Vulpes these links were most helpful, even though the second one confused me to the point of despair :) this it what i ended up with string appPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(Application.ExecutablePath); string[] parts = appPath.Split('\\'); string fileName = parts[0] + "\\" + parts[1] + "\\" + parts[2] + "\\" + parts[3] + "\\" + parts[4] + "\\" + parts[5] + "\\cardImages\\"; var playersHand = deckOfCards.Take(2); int i = 0; string[] ph = new string[2]; foreach (Card c in playersHand) { ph[i] = c.number.ToString() + c.suit.ToString() + ".png"; i++; allCards.Add(c); } foreach (string image in ph) { imageList1.Images.Add(Image.FromFile(fileName + image)); } playerOneCard1.Image = imageList1.Images[0]; playerOneCard2.Image = imageList1.Images[1]; playerOneCard1.Show(); playerOneCard2.Show(); deckOfCards.RemoveRange(0, 2);