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Hi,

I am trying to add all text files in folder Source but get an exception error when I run the code.

I have used:

String sFile = "@c:\\Source\\*.txt";

Any help would be great.

Thanks in advance:confused:

Trot

Posted 25-Aug-10 0:57am

trotter246

Updated 25-Aug-10 7:48am

Deeksha Shenoy

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DavidKiryazi · Answer 1 · 2010-08-25T01:04:00

Solution 1

Trot one problem is that you are using the "@" system which essentially means "ignore special characters and treat everything as a string literal". So what this means is...

string sFile = @"c:\Source\*.txt";

Should fix your first issue. Alternatively, you can remove the "@" and leave everything the same.

Dave

Posted 25-Aug-10 1:04am

DavidKiryazi

Updated 25-Aug-10 1:20am

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trotter246 25-Aug-10 7:12am

Thanks Dave, I tried this and still get the error, may be I sould have posted the other bit of code:-

String sFile = "c:\Source\*.txt";
MailAttachment oAttch = new MailAttachment(sFile, MailEncoding.Base64);

Sandeep Mewara · Answer 2 · 2010-08-25T07:00:00

Solution 2

Unable to add comments. Getting some server error so posting as an answer.

Based on the comment to the answer:
Looks like you did not follow what David suggested.
Either use:

C#

string sFile = @"c:\Source\*.txt";

OR

C#

string sFile = "c:\\Source\\*.txt";

Posted 25-Aug-10 7:00am

Sandeep Mewara