mappath?

[majiofpersia]

Hi all,
I am confused the mappath does not support virtual directories any more? I
realize that the ".." for the virtual directory to go to a higher level root
is not supported in .NET any longer ... but I can't get the mappath to work
with the backslash/forwardslash/ and no-slash to work either ... I have
tried pretty much every combination ... any ideas as what I am doing wrong
is appreciated ... Here is what I am trying to achieve ...

my code in directory:
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/practice/test.aspx

my file in directory
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/files/text.txt

in the code I want to get to the text file without providing the whole
physical path ..
I have tried the following and get errors for all of them... (in C#)

mappath("/files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("\\files\\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("\files\text.txt"); - escape character error which makes sense
mappath("files\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory

What am I doing wrong??

Thanks in advance,

- Maji

[majiofpersia]

your suggestion does not work ...
I tried it and I get the same error ....

Does anyone know of a setting on IIS that might be affecting this?

Thanks in advance,

-Maji

"Jeff Mankato" <no*@me.com> wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:24:27 -0700, majiofpersia wrote:

my code in directory:
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/practice/test.aspx

my file in directory
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/files/text.txt

Why not use the '~' in mappath to signify the root of the web that the
page is sitting on?
i.e. MapPath("~/files/text.txt")

[majiofpersia]

your suggestion does not work ...
I tried it and I get the same error ....

Does anyone know of a setting on IIS that might be affecting this?

Thanks in advance,

-Maji

"Jeff Mankato" <no*@me.com> wrote in message
news:pa****************************@me.com...

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:24:27 -0700, majiofpersia wrote:

my code in directory:
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/practice/test.aspx

my file in directory
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/files/text.txt

Why not use the '~' in mappath to signify the root of the web that the
page is sitting on?
i.e. MapPath("~/files/text.txt")

[Bill Priess]

Funny, I was able to get it to work fine...

Response.Write(Server.MapPath("../files/text.txt"));

outputted: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\files\text.txt

and I ran it from http://localhost/projects/webform1.aspx..
Where is it documeneted that .NET does not support the ".." anymore?

HTH,

Bill P.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:24:27 -0700, majiofpersia <ma**********@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Hi all,
I am confused the mappath does not support virtual directories any more?
I
realize that the ".." for the virtual directory to go to a higher level
root
is not supported in .NET any longer ... but I can't get the mappath to
work
with the backslash/forwardslash/ and no-slash to work either ... I have
tried pretty much every combination ... any ideas as what I am doing
wrong
is appreciated ... Here is what I am trying to achieve ...

my code in directory:
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/practice/test.aspx

my file in directory
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/files/text.txt

in the code I want to get to the text file without providing the whole
physical path ..
I have tried the following and get errors for all of them... (in C#)

mappath("/files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("\\files\\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files
directory
mappath("\files\text.txt"); - escape character error which makes sense
mappath("files\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory

What am I doing wrong??

Thanks in advance,

- Maji

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[Bill Priess]

Funny, I was able to get it to work fine...

Response.Write(Server.MapPath("../files/text.txt"));

outputted: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\files\text.txt

and I ran it from http://localhost/projects/webform1.aspx..
Where is it documeneted that .NET does not support the ".." anymore?

HTH,

Bill P.

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 14:24:27 -0700, majiofpersia <ma**********@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Hi all,
I am confused the mappath does not support virtual directories any more?
I
realize that the ".." for the virtual directory to go to a higher level
root
is not supported in .NET any longer ... but I can't get the mappath to
work
with the backslash/forwardslash/ and no-slash to work either ... I have
tried pretty much every combination ... any ideas as what I am doing
wrong
is appreciated ... Here is what I am trying to achieve ...

my code in directory:
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/practice/test.aspx

my file in directory
c:/inetpub/wwwroot/files/text.txt

in the code I want to get to the text file without providing the whole
physical path ..
I have tried the following and get errors for all of them... (in C#)

mappath("/files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("\\files\\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files
directory
mappath("\files\text.txt"); - escape character error which makes sense
mappath("files\text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory
mappath("files/text.txt"); - file not found in practice/files directory

What am I doing wrong??

Thanks in advance,

- Maji

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