page.MaphPath problem

[Tascien]

I have a userControl placed in a directory like this:

/usercontrols/myUserControl.ascx
/usercontrols/controlsList.txt
/index.aspx

'index.aspx' is using 'myUserControl.ascx'
'myUserControl.ascx' is using page.MapPath("controlsList.txt") to open
the file, and the process is failing because the file cannot be found.
the system is looking for:

\\webshare\controlsList.txt
instead of
\\webshare\usercontrols\controlsList.txt

is this how microsoft designed this to be? i know i can change the
folder to match, but i want to make sure that there isn't any other
programed way...

[Curt_C [MVP]]

this is as expected. It's all relative to the PAGE that has the controls.
Make all calls relative to the root and you are ok, or what I do is
something like this

root
root/pages/
root/controls/
root/.......blah/

Then I make ALL my calls/paths like this

.../pages/pageName.aspx
or
.../controls/controlName.ascx
--
Curt Christianson
Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
www.Darkfalz.com
"Tascien" <ta******@ecoaches.com> wrote in message
news:80*************************@posting.google.co m...

I have a userControl placed in a directory like this:

/usercontrols/myUserControl.ascx
/usercontrols/controlsList.txt
/index.aspx

'index.aspx' is using 'myUserControl.ascx'
'myUserControl.ascx' is using page.MapPath("controlsList.txt") to open
the file, and the process is failing because the file cannot be found.
the system is looking for:

\\webshare\controlsList.txt
instead of
\\webshare\usercontrols\controlsList.txt

is this how microsoft designed this to be? i know i can change the
folder to match, but i want to make sure that there isn't any other
programed way...