How to get the entire file path from a FileUpload control in C sharp ASP.net

string filePath = (System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName));

Hi silemone,

I did what you suggested but instead of getting the actual location of the file, I was getting a path from inside visual studio as "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\gimp-2.6.exe". When I tried to attach this I got a runtime error "Can't find this file. Make sure the path and file name are correct."
Also, I checked to see if the file actually existed in file path that was being returned from the expression you suggested and there was no such file in the folder.

?  wow...that's odd.

are you running a local copy of your program?  maybe visual studios is working off of temporary files...bu tstill doesn't explain why it would give that address if its not correct...

I am running the application off Visual Studio.

Here is the code snippet I have written :

 string fpath = System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(FileUpload1.PostedFile.FileName);
        newAttachmentCell.Text = FileUpload1.FileName.ToString();
        newAttachmentRow.Cells.Add(newAttachmentCell);
        AttachmentTable.Rows.Add(newAttachmentRow);
        eMail.Attachments.Add(fpath, OlAttachmentType.olByValue, 1, FileUpload1.FileName);

Thanks

will the file always be located at a certain directory because you could always hardcode that part...

filePath = @"c://....";

yes ... i could always do that ;) ... but I wanted to implement it using the FileUpload box.

string strFilePath = Server.MapPath("~/UploadFile") + "\\" +FileUpload1.FileName;

These links may help you...
http://www.dotnetjohn.com/articles.aspx?articleid=7

http://www.aspnettutorials.com/tutorials/email/email-attachment-aspnet2-vb.aspx

http://www.systemnetmail.com/faq/3.4.1.aspx

Hi RajasekaranMoorthy,

The code that you posted points me to the directory where my Project Folder is located and not the actual file and I try to pass the the path of the file as an attachment to the email, I get a file not found runtime exception.