urgent copy image from hard Drive on local host

[mavii]

am developing application in ASP.Net with C#. i am using button for FileOpenDialog to browse any image from hard drive as follows openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); string s = openFileDialog1.FileName; textBox6.Text = s; problem is: i want the browsed image to be copied in local hosti.e,""C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\1.jpg" i have the follwing idea in mind File.Copy("C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\1.jpg", "C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\xyz.jpg"); or File.Copy(s.Substring(13,s.Length-13), "C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\xyz.jpg"); but i dont want to existing image to be overwrite, i want all images to ve saved in local host can anyone sugesst me what to do?

[Giorgi Dalakishvili]

If you use File.Copy("C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\1.jpg", "C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\xyz.jpg"); it will throw IOException if the destination already exists so you should check that before you start copying. What so you want to do if the file already exists? I suggest you give them all unique name using GUID.

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[mavii]

will u plz make ur sugesstion some more clear that "give them all unique name using GUID" GUID?

[Pete OHanlon]

He means that the Guid type is guaranteed to generate a unique value, so there is no danger of overwriting files. For instance:

string fileDest = Path.Combine(@"c:\Images\Copy", Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".gif");
File.Copy(@"c:\Images\MyImage.gif", fileDest);

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[mavii]

can u suggest a solution for following problem public static int count = 0; private void button3_Click_1(object sender, EventArgs e) { openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); string s = openFileDialog1.FileName; textBox6.Text = s; string st = "Pict" + (count++) + ".jpg"; File.Copy(s.Substring(13, s.Length - 13), "C:\\Inetpub\\wwwroot\\15 WebSite\\images\\" + st);} i want the image to be saved in local host with the same name as as it was present in hard drive (from where it was browsed) i have applied ur GUID example but unfortunately its not working, can u apply this in my code?

[pmarfleet]

Use the File.Exists method to check for the presence of a particular file. Paul

[Pete OHanlon]

You can't keep the filenames the same - you are going to have to change them somehow. The Guid example would be:

string s = System.IO.Path.GetFileName(openFileDialog1.FileName);
string st = "Pict" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".jpg";
File.Copy(openDialog1.Filename, Path.Combine(@"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\15 website\images", st));

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[Malcolm Smart]

If you get the solution can you please post it on all the forums your posted this question.

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[mavii]

string strQuery = ""; openFileDialog1.ShowDialog(); string s = openFileDialog1.FileName; textBox6.Text = s; st2 = s; string st = "Pict" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString() + ".jpg"; File.Copy(openFileDialog1.FileName, Path.Combine(@"c:\inetpub\wwwroot\15 website\images", st)); strQuery = "INSERT INTO criminal(pic_name) VALUES('"+System.IO.Path.GetFileName(openFileDialog1.FileName)+"')"; SqlCommand com = new SqlCommand(strQuery, conn); com.ExecuteNonQuery(); PROBLEM: error comes on this the SQL Query , am i inserting rightly? or there is some other way Actually i want to insert only picture name of the picture to be browsed can u plz suggest any solution