Example: I want to automatically do a search of the program I write, and if you find an ".exe" application it will run it, if it does not find it, send a message saying that the program is not installed on your computer.
Process.Start(Programa + ".exe");
I wanted to know if there's any way to do it, because I searched a lot and did not find it.
If you are trying to run an application whose location is not determined, try searching for it recursively using a root directory.
Thus, the GetFiles method will enumerate all executable files recursively in all folders in the root directory:
References:
using System.IO;
Code:
string ProcurarOArquivo(string nome, string root) {
// nome -> nome do arquivo que esta sendo procurado
// root -> pasta raiz
string[] Arquivos = Directory.GetFiles(root, "*.exe", SearchOption.AllDirectories);
foreach(string a in Arquivos) {
string A = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(a);
if(A.ToLower() == nome.ToLower()) return a;
// A -> arquivo com nome cortado
// a -> arquivo com nome e caminho completo
}
return "";
}
And to use, call the ProcurarOArquivo() method as in the example below:
// no exemplo abaixo, PastaParaProcurar é o diretório onde
// o aplicativo está sendo executado. Você pode alterar por
// qualquer diretório literal ou variável.
string PastaParaProcurar = Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location);
// enfim chama o arquivo executável.
Process.Start(ProcurarOArquivo(Programa, PastaParaProcurar));
Notes:
- If the file is not found, an empty%% will be returned.
- If you want to search the entire system, set
Stringto"C:\", but the processor and memory usage will be arbitrarily large.