I'm trying to refer to the file path to a virtual directory I created in IIS 6.0 - the app I am using needs a file path (e.g.: c:\inetpub\wwwroot), and Bluedragon is installed on C:, and the virtual directory is on E: - web paths are fine and work, but when I try to refer to the file path (e:\sandbox\ which is mapped in IIS to /assets), it fails. Am I missing something obvious here? Any help is appreciated.
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I understand that - what I am saying is the app requires a physical file path (e.g.: e:\sandbox) in code, and when I try to refer to it, it says the location is invalid - the path is correct, and the virtual location (/assets) works fine. In order for this app to write files to the filesystem, it needs a physical path, hence the question.
Take a look at expandPath('.'). So if you cfc is in a mapping to e:\webRoot then calling expandPath will give the location the cfc is at.
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The application and Bluedragon are on C:, and the app (a file manager) has two variables that you set to tell it where the files it stores are located - includeDir (the physical path location) and includeDirWeb (the web path to the physical path specified in includeDir.
Right now I have include Dir set to E:\sandbox\assets
and includeDirWeb set to https://mywebsite.com/asse
This is on WIn2003, IIS 6.0 and BlueDragon 7.0.1, and in IIS I have a Virtual Directory (E:\Sandbox) mapped to /assets
THanks for your help so far on this, hopefully this additional info will get us closer to a solution.
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by: Jones911Posted on 2009-01-12 at 15:05:37ID: 23358505
e:\sanbox is a physical location
/assets is a virtual location.
Perhaps provide some code for a better explanation.