Copy file from application installation folder to local storage
I am trying to copy a file from the installed location of my Windows 8 app to its local storage. I have been doing research and trying to do this to no avail. This is what I have come up with so far, but I am not sure where I am going wrong.
private async void TransferToStorage()
{
try
{
// Get file from appx install folder
Windows.ApplicationModel.Package package = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current;
Windows.Storage.StorageFolder installedLocation = package.InstalledLocation;
StorageFile temp1 = await installedLocation.GetFileAsync("track.xml");
// Read the file
var lines = await FileIO.ReadLinesAsync(temp1);
//Create the file in local storage
StorageFile myStorageFile = await localFolder.CreateFileAsync("track_iso.xml", CreationCollisionOption.ReplaceExisting);
// Write to it
await FileIO.WriteLinesAsync(myStorageFile, lines);
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
}
Any ideas?
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I decided myself. Here is the method for anyone else who comes across this question / problem:
private async void TransferToStorage()
{
// Has the file been copied already?
try
{
await ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder.GetFileAsync("localfile.xml");
// No exception means it exists
return;
}
catch (System.IO.FileNotFoundException)
{
// The file obviously doesn't exist
}
// Cant await inside catch, but this works anyway
StorageFile stopfile = await StorageFile.GetFileFromApplicationUriAsync(new Uri("ms-appx:///installfile.xml"));
await stopfile.CopyAsync(ApplicationData.Current.LocalFolder);
}
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