Question

I have a default image in my folder in visual studio.

How can I get the server path to find the image in runtime in code?

if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Picture))
{
    //image1.ImageUrl = @"F:\Temp\Projects\IMEICHECK\IMEICHECK\Images\Design\New\no-image.gif";
}
else
    image1.ImageUrl = entry.Picture;

Answer 1

It looks as though perhaps your image path is not part of the website or web application. This is not good practice.

You should put the image in a common location within the web app/site, such as:

/Common/Images/no-image.gif

And then easily store that path either in the web.config appSettings section, or as a constant string in your code-behind if it’s only used in one place.

private const string defaultNoImagePath = "/Common/Images/no-image.gif";

if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(entry.Picture))
{
    image1.ImageUrl = defaultNoImagePath;
}
else
{
    image1.ImageUrl = entry.Picture;
}