Uploading files via a virtual directory

[Joel Zinn]

I am having to change several websites that upload files. Our web master
has changed the replication tool and that is causing a problem. We have
been using the normal httpInputFile object. It works great, as long as you
have a direct path ("c:\temp\uploads"), but it does not work well with
virtual paths (http:\\AppName\Uploads). The problem is that the physical
folder is not under the root app path, it has to be in another physical
location to replicate properly. We can set up the virtual directory to view
the files, but the uploads return an error about URI formats not supported,
when I try in the PostedFile.SaveAs.

Anyone have any experience with a problem like this?

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Joel Zinn
Sr IT Architect
American Electric Power

[Kevin Spencer]

One is a file path. One is a URL. You can only save files to file paths or
UNCs.

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HTH,
Kevin Spencer
..Net Developer
Microsoft MVP
Big things are made up
of lots of little things.

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I am having to change several websites that upload files. Our web master
has changed the replication tool and that is causing a problem. We have
been using the normal httpInputFile object. It works great, as long as you have a direct path ("c:\temp\uploads"), but it does not work well with
virtual paths (http:\\AppName\Uploads). The problem is that the physical
folder is not under the root app path, it has to be in another physical
location to replicate properly. We can set up the virtual directory to view the files, but the uploads return an error about URI formats not supported, when I try in the PostedFile.SaveAs.

Anyone have any experience with a problem like this?

--
Joel Zinn
Sr IT Architect
American Electric Power