Question

I’m trying to get the absolute path of certain files in a C# class. Server.MapPath works great of course for ASPX and their code-behind pages, but that doesn’t exist in another class file. I tried HostingEnvironment.MapPath(), but that complains that the relative virtual path isn’t allowed. Any thoughts?

System.Web is already imported.

Answer 1

The ServerUtility class is available as an instance in your HttpContext. If you’re in an environment where you know it’ll be executed inside the ASP.Net pipeline, you can use

HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath()

You’ll have to import System.Web though.