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Control.MapPathSecure Method
Visual Studio 2010
Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, maps to.
Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
Parameters
- virtualPath
- Type: System.String
A relative or root relative URL.
| Exception | Condition |
|---|---|
| ArgumentNullException | virtualPath is null or an empty string (""). |
The following example uses the MapPathSecure method to obtain the physical path of a virtual directory of the containing Page or UserControl object.
// An HttpException occurs if the server control does not,; // have permissions to read the resulting mapped file. output.Write("The Actual Path of the virtual directory : "+ MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory)+"<br>"); // Get all the files from the absolute path of 'MyControl'; // using TemplateSourceDirectory which gives the virtual Directory. string [] myFiles= Directory.GetFiles(MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory)); output.Write("The files in this Directory are <br>"); // List all the files. for (int i=0;i<myFiles.Length;i++) output.Write(myFiles[i]+"<br>");
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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