Problem saving files.

[Joel Zinn]

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

[Rick Strahl [MVP]]

Hi Joel,

I'm going to guess your problem is one of permissions? Are you actually
getting to the 'upload' folder?

If you end up with an external path I would use some sort of config settings
to control where that path sits. The main thing you need to worry about is
that the Web Account has rights to write the file into htis upload
directory. This means ASPNET or NETWORK SERVICE usually...

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Rick Strahl
West Wind Technologies
http://www.west-wind.com/
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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