Executing excel from C# Application

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I want to open a file from a Class in C# using a Process, located in a directoy I asked the user.

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.FileName = "EXCEL.EXE";
startInfo.Arguments = Here goes the directory I asked
Process.Start(startInfo);

The problem, is that when the location of the file indicated by the user has an space," ", excel thinks that I'm sending two sepparate locations. For example with C:\Users\dj\Desktop\da ba excel tries to open " C:\Users\dj\Desktop\da" as one file, and at the same time "ba" as another file. How can I send a location to excel which has an space, without having this error? with an addres like C:\Users\dj\Desktop\daba without an space it works perfectly.

Ahmad Mageed · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-18 21:33:23Z

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Try quoting your path:

startInfo.Arguments = "\"" + "C:\Users\dj\Desktop\da ba.xls" + "\"";

Tim

edited Jan 18, 2010 at 21:33

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Sev · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-05 02:59:49Z

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Try using a string literal

startInfo.Arguments = @"C:\Users\un\Desktop\file with space"

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Howli · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-10 13:18:57Z

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This way works

"\"" + @dialog.FileName + "\"";

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