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Problem with Request.ApplicationPath

Hi,
I have following function

if ((userName == null) || (userName.Length <= 0))
{
string login = Request.ApplicationPath + "/login.aspx";
string js = string.Format ("<script langauge=\"javascript\">window.parent.location.href = '{0}';</script>",login);
this.RegisterStartupScript("login", js);
}

this works fine with my localhost and windows xp but on windows 2000 string login = Request.ApplicationPath + "/login.aspx"; gives only http://login.aspx instead of the whole application path/login.aspx.....does anyone know why Request.ApplicationPath is not able to get the path on windows 2000 and how can one resolve this.
Thanks

YZlat

try replacing

Request.ApplicationPath
with

Server.MapPath(Request.ApplicationPath)

ethoths

WHen you talk about the differente machines do you mean clients or have you installed your web on these servers?

If the latter have you configured the application correctly in IIS?

ethoths

Forget YZlat answer. This will return the physical (folder) location of the app!

aspnetdev

ASKER

basically windows2000 is my staging server....i have iis installed there too....and i copied all my dlls and aspx pages anf everything works fine except this Request.ApplicationPath...i heard that in windows 2000 you can create multiple defaults sites unlinke xp where u have one default site...underwhich u create the virtual dir...im confused

aspnetdev

ASKER

These are not clients ....i have installed my app there...its server by itself

nauman_ahmed

You can use something like the following:

string strURL = "http://"+Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"]+"/"+Request.ServerVariables["URL"];
string strScriptPath = Request.ServerVariables["SCRIPT_NAME"];
string[] strScriptPathArr = strScriptPath.Split('/');
string strScriptName = strScriptPathArr[strScriptPathArr.Length - 1];
strURL = strURL.Replace(strScriptName,"")+"/login.aspx";

--Nauman.

YZlat

did you try using CurrentExecutionFilePath instead?

ethoths

In 2000 just put your site as a folder in c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyApp

The in IIS click on the create application button.

aspnetdev

ASKER

Nauman ,i tried your solution but ,if im in like http://MyDir/Sub1/Sub2/test.aspx,then its redirecting me to
http://MyDir/Sub1/Sub2/login.aspx instead of http://MyDir/login.aspx

aspnetdev

ASKER

Nauman ...i can be in http://MyDir/Sub1/Sub2/Sub3/test1.aspx,yours solution is getting me
http://MyDir/Sub1/Sub2/login.aspx rather than http://MyDir/login.aspx....can you please reply asap.TY

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aspnetdev

ASKER

Iam using this way ...and implementing it on win2k server

string userName = UtpContextManager.UserName;
if ((userName == null) || (userName.Length <= 0))
{
string login;
if(Request.ApplicationPath == null)
{
loginFile = "http://"+Request.ServerVariables["SERVER_NAME"]+"/login.aspx";
}
else
{
login = Request.ApplicationPath + "/login.aspx";
}

string js = string.Format ("<script langauge=\"javascript\">window.parent.location.href = '{0}';</script>",login);
this.RegisterStartupScript("login", js);

Let me try it ...and if this works 500 are yours :)
actually its seems that on win2k server the directory structure is different ...unlinke winxp where we get http://servername/website in win2k its http://servername/page.aspx the website name is not there....anyways let me implement n see..how it goes and then will get back to u
ty

aspnetdev

ASKER

im checking for Request.ApplicationPath since win2k's apppath is always null "it seems" and other server does have the Request.ApplicationPath....hope it works