Question

once i click button, my image1 will display an image;

when i set my imagePath to

Server.MapPath("~/SME IMAGE/anonymous_avatar.gif");

my url not work

but when i set my path to

"~/SME IMAGE/anonymous_avatar.gif"

my url work

so basically what happen to my Server.MapPath?

    try
    {

        string imagePath = Server.MapPath("~/SME IMAGE/anonymous_avatar.gif");
        Image1.ImageUrl = imagePath;
        Response.Write("success");
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Response.Write(ex.Message.ToString());
    }

Answer 1

Server.MapPath it translates the “web” path into your local path.

So Server.MapPath("Server.MapPath") it will give the local location of your file.

You are assigning this to the ImageUrl property, but this will be translated to something like "www.mywebsite.com/C:\wwwroot\somefile.gif"