Writing to an XML File Within an .aspx page

The path you are using is incorrect.

You can find the path to your root in the account information section in the control panel.

I would not use physical path but rather opt for using Server.mappath function.

quote:Originally posted by villagecirc

When I open a database to use the dataset.WriteXML(xml path name) within a C# visual studio web aplication I am unsure what the path should be. The default path is pointing to the location of the virtual directory on my home PC not the server default path. I tried useing a similiar path that connected the database itself that resided in the webconfig file like this
MYDS.WriteXml("E:/web/villagecirc/BTUpdate/Event.xml");

I am assuming that this path is probably probing my E: drive which is a cdr but all joking aside is their anyway to go about pointing in to a the server path instead of my home pc path. If anyone has successfully written to a xml file I would greatly apreciate any and all help in the matter. I was able to write the xml file as a local host housing the xml file on my home pc. So I completely know that it is a path problem but do not know how to go about pointing to the right server path. Even if I did I wonder if the server would restrict access to the xml file as it does not have general write procedures. Perhaps their is an applied path funtion I can use.

Thank you in advance for any and all help in the matter....[8D]

Matthew H. Paulson
[email protected]
http://www.villagecircle.net
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If you want to access a file in your web root

Server.Mappath("/myfile.txt")

this should give you (on our server), e:\web\userid\htdoc\myfile.txt

quote:Originally posted by villagecirc

Hey bruce I was wondering if you could display the function in context.


When I use the Server.MapPath function do I need to pass it my root server path?

//string sPath = Server.MapPath();
//this.lblPath.text = sPath;

Matthew H. Paulson
[email protected]
http://www.villagecircle.net
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