WindowsFolder

Purpose

Provides utility functionality for opening Windows filesystem folders via Windows Explorer. This module exists to abstract the process of launching Explorer to display specific application directories, such as the Manuals folder, which contains documentation files for the DTS.Suite application.

Public Interface

WindowsFolder (class)

Static utility class for opening Windows folders.

public static void OpenManualsFolder(string path)

Opens Windows Explorer to display the Manuals folder located at the specified path.
Combines the provided path with Constants.ManualsFolder to construct the full path.
Launches Constants.WindowsExplorer as a new process with the constructed path as an argument.

Invariants

The path parameter must be a valid filesystem path; no validation is performed within the method.
The method assumes the Manuals folder exists within the provided path directory.
Constants.ManualsFolder and Constants.WindowsExplorer must be defined and accessible.

Dependencies

This module depends on:

System.IO.Path - for path combination
System.Diagnostics.Process and ProcessStartInfo - for launching Explorer
Constants.ManualsFolder - constant defining the Manuals folder name
Constants.WindowsExplorer - constant defining the Explorer executable path

What depends on this module:

Not determinable from source alone.

Gotchas

The XML documentation mentions a default path of C:\DTS\DTS.Suite\(version)\DataPRO\Manuals but the method relies on the caller to provide the correct base path.
No error handling is present; if the path is invalid or Explorer cannot be started, an exception will propagate to the caller.
The method does not verify the folder exists before attempting to open it.

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