Question

I am developing a c# web application with VS 2008 where I am trying to capture the physical path of the selected file. Using IE, I am finally able to retrieve this now in text variable. But I want to capture this information in string. How do I do this?

Currently I am using:
lb3.Text = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;

And it gives me:
Text = “C:\Documents and Settings\Admin\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\AddFileToSQL\AddFileToSQL\Default.aspx”

Thank you guys for your comments/advice. I am just trying to capture the file path in a string. But when I try:
string fullpath = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;

in my C# code and set a breakpoint on this line, I look at the Watch window and enter fullpath and it says fullpath is out of context. Does this make sense to you? How do I get the path into a string variable?

Marvin, not sure what you mean but this is more of my code in context:

protected void btnAppend_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Label lb3 = new Label();
            lb3.Text = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;
            string fullpath2 = Request.PhysicalPath;

Answer 1

string fullpath = Label lb3 = new Label();
lb3.Text = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;
string fullpath2 = Request.PhysicalPath;

to

Label lb3 = new Label();
lb3.Text = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;
string fullpath2 = Page.Request.PhysicalPath;

I tested it and it works it gets a string to the fullpath if you do something with it later you might need to take off the quotation marks off the beginning and end of the string