How to get physical path of file? MapPath() - Scheduler - Thread

Sakharam

Hi All,

I am developing a scheduler object for my web application. I am starting new
thread on Application_Start event.
Everything works fine except following issue.
I am using following statement in it to get physical path of file.

strTemplateFile =
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("myF ile.txt")

But, Since thread is not running against any request, I can't get
HttpContent.Current object and it throws NullReference Exception.
When I start scheduler from web page it works fine.

Can anyone guide me how to achieve this when code runs on Application_start
event not against any request.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,

Sakharam Phapale

Nov 19 '05 #1

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Curt_C [MVP]

Just using Server.MapPath() wont work to retrieve the server file?

What does it return?

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"Sakharam" wrote:

Hi All,

I am developing a scheduler object for my web application. I am starting new
thread on Application_Start event.
Everything works fine except following issue.
I am using following statement in it to get physical path of file.

strTemplateFile =
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("myF ile.txt")

But, Since thread is not running against any request, I can't get
HttpContent.Current object and it throws NullReference Exception.
When I start scheduler from web page it works fine.

Can anyone guide me how to achieve this when code runs on Application_start
event not against any request.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,

Sakharam Phapale

Nov 19 '05 #2

Sakharam

Hi Curt,

Thanks for reply.

Since this is simple class, I cannot use simply "Server.MapPath".
Note that this class function gets called from "Application_Start" event in
seperate thread.

Thanks and Regards,

Sakharam Phapale

"Curt_C [MVP]" <software_at_darkfalz.com> wrote in message
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Just using Server.MapPath() wont work to retrieve the server file?

What does it return?

--
Curt Christianson
site: http://www.darkfalz.com
blog: http://blog.darkfalz.com

"Sakharam" wrote:

Hi All,

I am developing a scheduler object for my web application. I am starting
new
thread on Application_Start event.
Everything works fine except following issue.
I am using following statement in it to get physical path of file.

strTemplateFile =
System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("myF ile.txt")

But, Since thread is not running against any request, I can't get
HttpContent.Current object and it throws NullReference Exception.
When I start scheduler from web page it works fine.

Can anyone guide me how to achieve this when code runs on
Application_start
event not against any request.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,

Sakharam Phapale

Nov 19 '05 #3

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