Page.MapPath Method

Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, or an application-relative path maps to.

Namespace: System.Web.UI
Assembly: System.Web (in system.web.dll)

'Declaration
Public Function MapPath ( _
	virtualPath As String _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As Page
Dim virtualPath As String
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.MapPath(virtualPath)
public String MapPath (
	String virtualPath
)
public function MapPath (
	virtualPath : String
) : String
Not applicable.

Parameters

virtualPath

A String that represents the virtual path.

Return Value

The physical path associated with the virtual path or application-relative path.

Caution noteCaution:

The MapPath property can potentially contain sensitive information about the hosting environment. The return value should not be displayed to users.

The following example uses the MapPath method to obtain the physical path of a subfolder. It then uses this information to set the Text property of a TextBox Web server control.

Dim fileNameString As String  = Me.MapPath(subFolder.Text)
fileNameString += "\\" + fileNameTextBox.Text

String fileNameString = this.MapPath(subFolder.get_Text());
fileNameString += "\\" + fileNameTextBox.get_Text();

Windows 98, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is supported on Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP SP2, and Windows Server 2003 SP1.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

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