How To Create Directory In Asp Net

Updated date Feb 02, 2021

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In this article I will explain how to create, delete directory or folder from your drive in ASP.NET using C#.

Introduction

In this article, I will explain how to create and delete a directory or folder from your drive in ASP.NET using C#. When you are running a community website where the user posts articles, forum messages, etc. When a user registers in a website a folder can be created at run time, then when you upload or ask a query, the data can be automatically placed inside the user's own directory instead of the root or anywhere else. You must import the following namespace:

using System.IO;

Complete Program

Create_and_Remove_Directory.aspx.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.IO;
public partial class Create_and_Remove_Directory : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
protected void RadButton1_Click( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string path = @ "D:\" + txtname.Text;
if (!(Directory.Exists(path)))
{
Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
Sucesslbl.Text ="Directory Created Successfully" ;
}
else
{
Sucesslbl.Text ="Already Directory Exits With Same Name" ;
}
}
protected void RadButton2_Click( object sender, EventArgs e)
{
string path = @ "D:\" + deletetxt.Text;
if (Directory.Exists(path))
{
DeleteDirectory(path);
}
else
{
Deletelbl.Text ="Directory not exits" ;
}
}
private void DeleteDirectory( string path)
{
foreach ( string filename in Directory.GetFiles(path))
{
File.Delete(filename);
}
foreach ( string subfolder in Directory.GetDirectories(path))
{
DeleteDirectory(subfolder);
}
Directory.Delete(path);
Deletelbl.Text ="Directory deleted successfully" ;
}
}

Create_and_Remove_Directory.aspx

<%@ Page Language= "C#" AutoEventWireup= "true" CodeFile= "Create_and_Remove_Directory.aspx.cs" Inherits= "Create_and_Remove_Directory" %>
<%@ Register assembly="Telerik.Web.UI" namespace= "Telerik.Web.UI" tagprefix= "telerik" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd" >
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server" >
<title></title>
<style type="text/css" >
.style1
{
width: 230px;
}
.style2
{
width: 169px;
}
.style3
{
width: 230px;
height: 26px;
}
.style4
{
width: 169px;
height: 26px;
}
.style5
{
height: 26px;
}
.style6
{
width: 230px;
height: 29px;
}
.style7
{
width: 169px;
height: 29px;
}
.style8
{
height: 29px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat= "server" >
<div>
<asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat= "server" >
</asp:ScriptManager>
<h3>Create and Remove Directoryin ASP.NET</h3>
<table style="width: 47%;" >
<tr>
<tdclass = "style1" style= "font-weight: bold" >
Enter File Name to Create</td>
<tdclass = "style2" >
<asp:TextBox ID="txtname" runat= "server" ></asp:TextBox>
</td>
<td>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tdclass = "style3" >
</td>
<tdclass = "style4" >
<telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton1" runat= "server" Font-Bold= "True"
onclick="RadButton1_Click" Text= "Create Directory" >
</telerik:RadButton>
</td>
<tdclass = "style5" >
<asp:Label ID="Sucesslbl" runat= "server" ForeColor= "Red" ></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tdclass = "style6" style= "font-weight: bold" >
Enter File Name to Delete</td>
<tdclass = "style7" >
<asp:TextBox ID="deletetxt" runat= "server" ></asp:TextBox>
</td>
<tdclass = "style8" >
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tdclass = "style1" >
</td>
<tdclass = "style2" >
<telerik:RadButton ID="RadButton2" runat= "server" Font-Bold= "True"
onclick="RadButton2_Click" Text= "Delete Directory" >
</telerik:RadButton>
</td>
<td>
<asp:Label ID="Deletelbl" runat= "server" ForeColor= "Red" ></asp:Label>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>