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Renaming a file using ASP.NET 2.0 and C# .NET


ASP.NET File Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to rename a file on the disk using ASP.NET 2.0 and C#.NET

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The .NET Framework offers a number of types that makes accessing resources on filesystems easy to use.

To delete a simple file on the disk, we will need to first import the System.IO namespace. The System.IO namespace contains the File.Delete() method and FileInfo type that we will use to perform our delete with.

using System.IO

We'll put our code in the btnSubmit_Click() event.

When the btnSubmit_Click() event fires it first checks to see if the file exists using the FileInfo type. If it exists it runs the File.Move() method to rename it, otherwise it throws a FileNotFoundException which is caught by one of the catch statements below the try block.

protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
FileInfo TheFile = new FileInfo(MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtOldFile.Text);
if (TheFile.Exists)
{
File.Move(MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtOldFile.Text,MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtNewFile.Text);
}
else
{
throw new FileNotFoundException();
}
}

catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
{
lblStatus.Text += ex.Message;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblStatus.Text += ex.Message;
}
}

We have one textbox,a Submit button, a label, and a checkbox on the front end for user interaction. The front end .aspx page looks something like this:

<table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#cccccc">
<tr>
<td width="100" align="right" bgcolor="#eeeeee" class="header1"> Renaming a File:</td>
<td align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
Old File File:<asp:TextBox ID="txtOldFile" runat="server"></asp:TextBox> <br />
New File Name:<asp:TextBox ID="txtNewFile" runat="server" Width="126px"></asp:TextBox><br />
<asp:Button ID="btnSubmit" runat="server" Text="Submit" OnClick="btnSubmit_Click" /><br />&nbsp;
<asp:label ID="lblStatus" runat="server"></asp:label></td>
</tr>
</table>

The flow for the code behind page is as follows.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Security;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts;
using System.Web.UI.HtmlControls;
using System.IO;

public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void btnSubmit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
try
{
FileInfo TheFile = new FileInfo(MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtOldFile.Text);
if (TheFile.Exists)
{
File.Move(MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtOldFile.Text,MapPath(".") + "\\" + txtNewFile.Text);
}
else
{
throw new FileNotFoundException();
}
}

catch (FileNotFoundException ex)
{
lblStatus.Text += ex.Message;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
lblStatus.Text += ex.Message;
}
}
}


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