# TextControl.SetFileDirectory Method

> Determines the directory path where the files of a specific file type are stored.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET Server
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Method
- **Introduced:** 23.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Web.MVC`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.Web` (assembly `TXTextControl.Web.DocumentEditor.dll`, from nuget.org, the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET Server > Reference > TXTextControl.Web.MVC > TextControl.SetFileDirectory Method
- **449 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/setfiledirectory-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/setfiledirectory-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web-mvc/textcontrol/setfiledirectory-method/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Determines the directory path where the files of a specific file type are stored.

### Syntax

```csharp
public TextControl SetFileDirectory(string directory, FileType type);
```

```vbnet
Public Function SetFileDirectory(directory As String, type As FileType) As TextControl
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| directory | Specifies the directory path where the files of a specific file type are stored. |
| type | Specifies one of the [FileType](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-server/reference/txtextcontrol-web/filetype/enumeration/llms-full.txt) values. |

### Return Value

A reference to the `Web.MVC.TextControl` instance to allow method chaining.

### Examples

The following example uses `TextControl.SetFileDirectory` in a document-processing workflow.

```csharp
var result = textControl.SetFileDirectory("Quarterly report", TXTextControl.Web.FileType.Document);
Console.WriteLine(result);
```

```vbnet
Dim result = textControl.SetFileDirectory("Quarterly report", TXTextControl.Web.FileType.Document)
Console.WriteLine(result)
```

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