Hi, I've been trying to use Server.MapPath in the following code: doc.Load(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("xml/MailingList.xml")); it worked fine previously when I put the path in manually, ie: doc.Load("C:\\VS2008 Projects\\SLtest\\SLtest.Web\\xml\\MailingList.xml\"); So I logged the output of the Server.MapPath to try and see what the problem was, and it seems to have the slashes removed, ie: C:VS2008 ProjectsSLtestSLtest.WebxmlMailingList.xml which would explain why it's failing to find the file. Does anyone know why this might be? I can't seem to find anyone who has had the same issue. I'm sure it must be simple to resolve. Any help much appreciated! John.
I am now having the same problem. My code is running in ASP.Net MVC and I have created a custom ActionResult, in it I have the following overload: public override void ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) { if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(FileDownloadName)) { context.HttpContext.Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment; filename=" + FileDownloadName); } string filePath = context.HttpContext.Server.MapPath(VirtualPath); context.HttpContext.Response.TransmitFile(filePath); } and this is all fine from VS 2008. So, I published this only to find that when I try to click the link on the host I get the following: Could not find a part of the path 'E:\web\<my discount.asp username>\htdocs\<virtual path> (paths missing for security) this is very urgent
Hi John, Try: { doc.Load(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("xml/MailingList.xml")); must be: doc.Load(HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(@"xml/MailingList.xml")); } Good luck
