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Absolute path back to web-relative path

If I have managed to locate and verify the existence of a file using Server.MapPath and I now want to send the user directly to that file, what is the fastest way to convert that absolute path back into a relative web path?
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Get file inside views folder in ASP.Net MVC 4.0

I need to retrieve the name of a single view inside a views\something folder (comes from request) within MVC 4.0 and I'm not sure of how best to do it. My code works but it has a 'hacky' feel to it and I was hoping someone could be simplified. My…
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WCF getting the phisical path of URL adress

I'm new at WCF and i'm trying to create a service, it needs to convert url to server path. For example: Gets -> "www.sample.com/client1" Returns -> "c://samplefolder/sampleproject/client1" I'm trying this code: string realPath =…
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Classic ASP Server.MapPath() doesn't work as expected in global.asa

In Classic ASP, Server.MapPath() doesn't always work properly in the Application_OnStart event within global.asa. I have an ASP page at "\testfolder\test.asp" within a virtual root, I have an XSLT file at "\xsl\transform.xsl". My virtual root is…
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httpcontext current server mappath shows c:\inetpub\wwwroot when the current location is somewhere else

I have taken on a MVC project, in VS 2008, from another developer and I need to know why HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("/") is c:\inetpub\wwwroot. I am running the project from c:\Websites\Customer\Web\Website\Application\ IIS shows that the…
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Server.MapPath not accepting UNC URL

I'm having a bit of trouble loading an XML file with ASP. This is the location of the XML file (it's a UNC url): \\ilife104\teamdisk\Shared\Integration\System\dev\Data\prcImportFactSetFeeds\fileList.xml And this is my code: <% 'load the XML…
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How to Load a file from another project of same solution

I have two projects in my solution, ProjectA and ProjectB. ProjectA contains folder named 'Config' which contains myfile.xml. I want to access this file from ProjectB which is a WebAPI. I tried following code: string rootPath =…
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How do I get the ASP.NET content relative path

Doing a project between multiple people, and a few components (web app, services app and some others). We will be storing some information inside the Content folder of the web app so it can be accessed directly from the web server with an href,…
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Server.MapPath gives error with UNC

Here is my directory to my server (permissions are good): string ServerPath = ("\\\\servername\\Public\\Intranet2007Docs"); Here I am accessing it: DirectoryInfo directory = new DirectoryInfo(Server.MapPath(ServerPath)); And here is the error:…
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Save file in a folder above the site files

My host has the following structure: /Web -> Where is the content of the site /Data -> Folder permissions to read and write How do I upload a file to the Data folder? The code below does not work, since "~" returns the directory / web. //Save…
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Make 'File Upload' optional in Upload Form - .NET

Right now, I'm using this to allow a file to be moved to our server: filUpload.PostedFile.SaveAs(Server.MapPath("~/Images/" + filUpload.FileName)); However when I don't upload a file, it gives me an error: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could…
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Is there a way to map a path from an external server?

Well, I've been working on my server with a method like the following:     System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("/path/something"); ... and it's been working so far. Nevertheless, now I've encountered an issue. The thing is, I need to…
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How to MapPath in an IIS7 Rewrite Provider?

I am using the rather excellent IIS7 Rewrite module (V2), and want to create a custom RewriteProvider that rewrites differently depeneding on whether the physical file exists. I have successfully created a provider, as in this…
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Writing viewing stats to XML file. Possible problems with losing data count?

Hello I have created XML which holds codes for properties and number of page viewings for that code: 35
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Delete file on server

I have a file path in the format file://SERVERNAME/FOLDER$/FOLDER/image.jpg. I call System.IO.File.Delete(Server.MapPath(file://SERVERNAME/FOLDER$/FOLDER/image.jpg)) to delete the file, but i get the error file:/SERVERNAME/FOLDER$/FOLDER/image.jpg'…
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