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Getting the actual URL, with domain and not host name from my ASP.NET 2.0 application

Getting the actual URL, with domain and not host name from my ASP.NET 2.0 application.

I am trying to open in IE a file (MS Word Doc) that I just uploaded through my web application on an IIS server running ASP.NET 2.0. I am able to get a URL from the Request.Url object and this works when I am debugging locally. However, when the application gets published to an application web server the Request.Url.AbsoluteUri returns the host name in the Url which is not accessible to a remote/browsing computer.

For example, this works on my local:
http://localhost/MyApplication/UploadedFiles/File1.doc

This does not work when the application runs from the server:
http://serverhostname/MyApplication/UploadedFiles/File1.doc

I am able to navigate with my browser to the file and open it on the web server with a URL like:
http://www.mycompany.com/MyApplication/UploadedFiles/File1.doc

This may be an ignorant question, but I guess that's me right now, Should I be asking for "how to get the domain?" ?

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Bruce

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mrichmon,

Thanks, but those return the same values I am already getting from Request objects other member variables.

We finally broke down and stored the domain names in the web.config's appSettings. We then use a Select Case on System.Environment.MachineName.ToLower().

Select Case System.Environment.MachineName.ToLower()
Case "dev_server"
      'Get Dev URL from web.config
      _ApplicationServerURL = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ServerURL_Dev")
Case "test1_server", "test2_server", "test3_server"
      'Get Test URL from web.config
      _ApplicationServerURL = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ServerURL_Test")
Case "prod1_server", "prod2_server"
      'Get Production URL from web.config
      _ApplicationServerURL = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("ServerURL_Production")
Case Else
      'Get Localhost URL from web.config
      _ApplicationServerURL = "http://localhost/"
End Select

<appSettings>
<add key="ServerURL_Dev" value="http://dev.dev_server.com/"/>
<add key="ServerURL_Test" value="http://test.testdomain.com"/>
<add key="ServerURL_Production" value="http://www.proddomain.com"/>
</appSettings>

I do appreciate the effort mrichmon! Thank you.