topic Re: How to access data located inside the installation location of an Add-in? in ArcObjects SDK Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-access-data-located-inside-the-installation/m-p/493311#M13279 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you embed the data in the project you can get the path to it in C# starting with System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location). this will give you the path to where the addin data is extracted on the machine within the AssemblyCache folder.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:32:38 GMT FreddieGibson 2015-03-30T01:32:38Z How to access data located inside the installation location of an Add-in? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-access-data-located-inside-the-installation/m-p/493310#M13278 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am creating an Add-in for ArcMap 10.2 using C#.NET.&nbsp; Documentation for Python Add-ins says you can access the data located inside the installation location using the __file__ built-in function.</P><P></P><P>How do I access this location in .NET?&nbsp; I know the location is "C:\Users\&lt;username&gt;\AppData\Local\ESRI\Desktop10.0\AssemblyCache" but that isn't very helpful since I don't know the username.</P><P></P><P>Thanks,</P><P>Keith</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:43:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-access-data-located-inside-the-installation/m-p/493310#M13278 KeithPower1 2015-03-25T18:43:34Z Re: How to access data located inside the installation location of an Add-in? https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-access-data-located-inside-the-installation/m-p/493311#M13279 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If you embed the data in the project you can get the path to it in C# starting with System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location). this will give you the path to where the addin data is extracted on the machine within the AssemblyCache folder.</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 01:32:38 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcobjects-sdk-questions/how-to-access-data-located-inside-the-installation/m-p/493311#M13279 FreddieGibson 2015-03-30T01:32:38Z