StorageFolder.GetFileAsync(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Windows.Storage

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Gets the file with the specified name from the current folder.

public:
 virtual IAsyncOperation<StorageFile ^> ^ GetFileAsync(Platform::String ^ name) = GetFileAsync;

/// [Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
IAsyncOperation<StorageFile> GetFileAsync(winrt::hstring const& name);

[Windows.Foundation.Metadata.RemoteAsync]
public IAsyncOperation<StorageFile> GetFileAsync(string name);

function getFileAsync(name)

Public Function GetFileAsync (name As String) As IAsyncOperation(Of StorageFile)

Parameters

name: String
Platform::String

winrt::hstring

The name (or path relative to the current folder) of the file to get.

Returns

IAsyncOperation<StorageFile>

When this method completes successfully, it returns a StorageFile that represents the specified file.

Implements

M:Windows.Storage.IStorageFolder.GetFileAsync(System.String) M:Windows.Storage.IStorageFolder.GetFileAsync(Platform::String) M:Windows.Storage.IStorageFolder.GetFileAsync(winrt::hstring)

Attributes: RemoteAsyncAttribute

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

The specified file does not exist. Check the value of name.

UnauthorizedAccessException

You don't have permission to access the specified file. For more information, see File access permissions.

ArgumentException

The path cannot be in Uri format (for example, /image.jpg). Check the value of name.

Examples

The following example shows how to get a file from the current folder by calling the GetFileAsync method. This example also shows how to get a file from a subfolder of the current folder by providing a relative path.

using Windows.Storage;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

// Get the app's installation folder.
StorageFolder appFolder = Windows.ApplicationModel.Package.Current.InstalledLocation;

// Get the app's manifest file from the current folder.
string name = "AppxManifest.xml";
StorageFile manifestFile = await appFolder.GetFileAsync(name);

// Get a file from a subfolder of the current folder
// by providing a relative path.
string image = @"Assets\Logo.scale-100.png";
StorageFile logoImage = await appFolder.GetFileAsync(image);

IAsyncAction MainPage::ExampleCoroutineAsync()
{
    // Get the app's installation folder.
    Windows::Storage::StorageFolder appFolder{ Windows::ApplicationModel::Package::Current().InstalledLocation() };

    // Get the app's manifest file from the current folder.
    std::wstring name{ L"AppxManifest.xml" };
    Windows::Storage::StorageFile manifest{ co_await appFolder.GetFileAsync(name) };
    // Do something with the manifest file.
}

// Get the app's installation folder
StorageFolder^ appFolder = Windows::ApplicationModel::Package::Current->InstalledLocation;

// Get the app's manifest file from the current folder
String^ name = "AppxManifest.xml";
create_task(appFolder->GetFileAsync(name)).then([=](StorageFile^ manifest){
 //Do something with the manifest file  
});

Remarks

To get an item that's a file or a folder, call the GetItemAsync method.

Applies to