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Get full file path c# web app

Hi
I have a dotx file un my Web PAge, I created a folder called "Templates" (all inside my Vs project) and I added this file inside.

I would like to get the full path with code in order to dont worry about paths when I publish the page.

I have tried code like

string path = Server.MapPath("file.dotx");
System.IO.FileInfo file = new System.IO.FileInfo(path);

but it doesn work because it gives me a wrong folder.

bcolladay

It seems like you would need to put:

string path = Server.MapPath("Templates\file.dotx");

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

In general I like always starting from the root:

eg:

Server.MapPath("~\<dir>");

the tilda (~) says go to root of the web directory.

Veljean

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I dont get it... it gives me a extra folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\DIGEVCE\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\ModuloProgramacion\Formularios\Plantillas\CCE_42_Gen_2011_1.dotx

when physically my file is in

C:\Documents and Settings\DIGEVCE\Mis documentos\Visual Studio 2010\WebSites\ModuloProgramacion\Plantillas\CCE_42_Gen_2011_1.dotx

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Veljean

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thanks ged325 , Im not very sure how it works but thanks anyway!!

Kyle Abrahams, PMP

Your file was most likely in a different directory.

eg:

C:\inetpub\wwwroot\AppRoot\Otherdir\YourFile.aspx

by default yourfile.aspx looks in otherDIR and any folders underneath it.

So if you had
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AppRoot\otherdir\childDir

yourfile.Aspx could access it via Server.MapPath(childDir + "\" + <file>)

However in your case you wanted to go one level up:

eg:
c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AppRoot\SomeDir\File.dotx

Correct server.map path is ("..\SomeDir\File.dotx")

But if you change the directory structure then you have to worry about all the links. The best way to do this is using the tilda: "~"

tilda means go to AppRoot.

so in this sense "~" == "c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AppRoot"

then from there you can just apply the directories as needed.