server.mappath in a vb class

[MattB]

If I use server.mappath to get to the root dir of my application from within
codebehind, it works fine. I also want to use this from a vb class I have in
my application, and I think I have an issue with context because
server.mappath does not work there.
I was thinking I'd just need to be more specific with the namespace and
tried HttpServerUtility.MapPath() (found this in help) but if I try to use
that directly, Intellisense won't accept it saying "Reference to a
non-shared member requires an object reference." so I declared a variable as
a HttpServerUtility, but that fails at runtime with a null object reference
error.

So all I really want to do is be able to refer to my application root folder
from a vb class in my asp.net application. Not sure if I'm close in my
approach above, but if someone could give me a hint on how to do this I'd
really appreciate it. I just want it to work like Server.MapPath in a
codebehind page. Thanks!

Matt

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\) [MVP]]

Server and HttpServerUtility are equivalent overall. The best way to use it
is to create a HttpServerUtility object and pass it in to your class file.
Server is an instantiated copy of HttpServerUtility; you just do not see the
instantiation.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"MattB" <so********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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If I use server.mappath to get to the root dir of my application from within codebehind, it works fine. I also want to use this from a vb class I have in my application, and I think I have an issue with context because
server.mappath does not work there.
I was thinking I'd just need to be more specific with the namespace and
tried HttpServerUtility.MapPath() (found this in help) but if I try to use
that directly, Intellisense won't accept it saying "Reference to a
non-shared member requires an object reference." so I declared a variable as a HttpServerUtility, but that fails at runtime with a null object reference error.

So all I really want to do is be able to refer to my application root folder from a vb class in my asp.net application. Not sure if I'm close in my
approach above, but if someone could give me a hint on how to do this I'd
really appreciate it. I just want it to work like Server.MapPath in a
codebehind page. Thanks!

Matt

[MattB]

Thanks for the response!
If possible I'd like to not have to pass it in. Is there anyway I can
instantiate it in my vb class so I don't need to modify code that calls this
class elsewhere?

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) [MVP] wrote:

Server and HttpServerUtility are equivalent overall. The best way to
use it is to create a HttpServerUtility object and pass it in to your
class file. Server is an instantiated copy of HttpServerUtility; you
just do not see the instantiation.
************************************************
Think Outside the Box!
************************************************
"MattB" <so********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2p************@uni-berlin.de...

If I use server.mappath to get to the root dir of my application
from within codebehind, it works fine. I also want to use this from
a vb class I have in my application, and I think I have an issue
with context because server.mappath does not work there.
I was thinking I'd just need to be more specific with the namespace
and tried HttpServerUtility.MapPath() (found this in help) but if I
try to use that directly, Intellisense won't accept it saying
"Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference." so
I declared a variable as a HttpServerUtility, but that fails at
runtime with a null object reference error.

So all I really want to do is be able to refer to my application
root folder from a vb class in my asp.net application. Not sure if
I'm close in my approach above, but if someone could give me a hint
on how to do this I'd really appreciate it. I just want it to work
like Server.MapPath in a codebehind page. Thanks!

Matt

[Kevin Spencer]

You don't need to instantiate it. You need to reference it. It already
exists in the HttpContext of the Current Request:

string s = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(url) ;

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

"MattB" <so********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2p************@uni-berlin.de...

Thanks for the response!
If possible I'd like to not have to pass it in. Is there anyway I can
instantiate it in my vb class so I don't need to modify code that calls this class elsewhere?

Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer) [MVP] wrote:

Server and HttpServerUtility are equivalent overall. The best way to
use it is to create a HttpServerUtility object and pass it in to your
class file. Server is an instantiated copy of HttpServerUtility; you
just do not see the instantiation.
************************************************
Think Outside the Box!
************************************************
"MattB" <so********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:2p************@uni-berlin.de...

If I use server.mappath to get to the root dir of my application
from within codebehind, it works fine. I also want to use this from
a vb class I have in my application, and I think I have an issue
with context because server.mappath does not work there.
I was thinking I'd just need to be more specific with the namespace
and tried HttpServerUtility.MapPath() (found this in help) but if I
try to use that directly, Intellisense won't accept it saying
"Reference to a non-shared member requires an object reference." so
I declared a variable as a HttpServerUtility, but that fails at
runtime with a null object reference error.

So all I really want to do is be able to refer to my application
root folder from a vb class in my asp.net application. Not sure if
I'm close in my approach above, but if someone could give me a hint
on how to do this I'd really appreciate it. I just want it to work
like Server.MapPath in a codebehind page. Thanks!

Matt