Server.MapPath: Returning a URL instead of a HD Location

[Nathan Sokalski]

When using the Server.MapPath() method, the results being returned are given
as locations on my hard drive. I would like to be returned a result that is
a URL, in my case something like the following:

http://localhost/WebApplication1/WebForm1.aspx

Instead, I am recieving results that are something like the following:

c:/inetpub/wwwroot/WebApplication1/WebForm1.aspx

I realize that these are the same file for me, but do not want them to cause
problems when I move my site to a host other than my computer. Is there a
way I can get MapPath to return a URL rather than a file directory?

 

[MasterGaurav]

Server.MapPath is supposed to the path mapped on the server, ie, the on
the HDD.

[HttpRequest] Request.FilePath is probably what you are looking for.

If you need only the URL part (excluding http://.../app/), you may want
to use

[HttpRequest] Request.RawUrl


HTH



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Gaurav Vaish
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[Lee]

Hi

See this article, entitled 'Understanding Paths in ASP.Net' >>
http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=101145

 

[Nathan Sokalski]

It looks like FilePath is a property rather than a method, so how do I pass
it the info that I passed to Server.MapPath?

 

[MasterGaurav]

Hi Nathan,

What exactly is that you are looking for?

I mean... the problem that you wish to solve.

I think it will be better that way...


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[Nathan Sokalski]

My basic problem is that I want to use the MakeRelative method of the Uri
class. To do this, I am making a Uri of the URL I want to go to. However,
because Visual Studio makes the project in a subdirectory of localhost,
which is where I am testing my project, but my finished site will be going
on http://www.nathansokalski.com/, I cannot enter an absolute URL like the
Uri constructor requires without needing to change all the Uri's in my site.
To avoid this problem, I am creating the Uri's as follows:

Dim targetURL As New Uri(Server.MapPath("images/frog.gif"))



So that I can create the Uri using a relative path and have the appropriate
domain & subdirectory added automatically. However, because the
Server.MapPath() method is returning a location on my hard drive, the
following command returns a String that is the same as that returned by
Server.MapPath() (with File:/// in front of it) rather than one that is
relative to the current URL:



HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.MakeRelative(targetURL)



After experimenting with the Uri class and its MakeRelative method, I have
concluded that if I could replace the Server.MapPath with something that
returned an URL that started with http:// instead of c: then the
MakeRelative method would return what I want. So my basic reason for using
Server.MapPath is to allow myself to test my application in any directory
and then transfer it to my actual site without changing all the Uri's.
Thanks.

 

[MasterGaurav]

Try using:

new Uri (Server.MapPath("") + "images/frog.gif")

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Gaurav Vaish
http://mastergaurav.blogspot.com
http://mastergaurav.org
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