@jetdv Hi Edward. I wonder if you can help me again?
I want to get the current project directory in text form. I know about myVegas.Project.FilePath, but this gives me the full path, including the filename. I've scoured the API and I can't find anything that will give me just the directory path. If you confirm that there isn't any alternative, I'll have to do some string manipulation to strip off the file name.
Thanks in advance.
My guess would be this:
String projectPath = vegas.Project.FilePath;
String folderName = Path.GetDirectoryName(projectPath);
MessageBox.Show(folderName);
Someone more knowledgeable would need to add error checking.
Thanks Robert. I’ll give it a go
Hi Robert. That worked. I have to say though, I can't find any reference to GetDirectoryName in the API. How do you know about it? How many more methods like this are undocumented. Or am I wrong?
No need for error checking. A null string is returned if no project is open.
Thanks.
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I asked: In C#, how do you get the folder name a file resides in?
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In C#, you can use the Path class from the System.IO namespace to extract the folder name from a file path. The Path.GetDirectoryName() method specifically returns the directory name of a specified path. Here's an example:
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using System; using System.IO; class Program { static void Main() { string filePath = @"C:\path\to\file.txt"; string folderName = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath); Console.WriteLine("Folder name: " + folderName); } }
In this example, the GetDirectoryName() method is called with the file path "C:\path\to\file.txt", and it returns the folder name "C:\path\to". The folder name is then printed to the console.
Note that the GetDirectoryName() method returns null if the specified path is a root directory or an empty string. Make sure to handle such cases accordingly in your code.
@Jack S, "GetDirectoryName" is a part of .NET. A lot of the commands used in our scripts are part of .NET and not part of the VEGAS API. The VEGAS API part is "vegas.Project.FilePath;". All manipulations to the file path are then a part of .NET.
An easy way to figure out the proper command is to simply search for something like: "Get directory name of a file path" and you'll get many hits on the web.
For example, going through a list of events - "ForEach" is a .NET command. Comparing something - "If"/"Else" is a .NET command.
Thanks @Robert Johnston and @jetdv. That answers both my questions.