Question

I am trying to construct a file path in order to read an XSLT file, like so:

string path = "../_xslt/example.xslt";
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path); 

…where I am in a controller (/Controllers/ExampleController.cs), and the ‘/_xslt/’ folder is at the same level as ‘/Controllers’

However, the error I am getting is:

(System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException)
Could not find a part of the path ‘c:\windows\system32\_xslt\example.xslt’.

Am I going about this the wrong way?

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

You can use the HttpServerUtility.MapPath method to map any relative paths for you, in your controller this is easily accessible via the ControllerContext:

string path = ControllerContext.HttpContext.Server.MapPath("~/_xslt/example.xslt");
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