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  tim yap

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  Difference of Server.MapPath and Page.MapPath

  Sep 12, 2008 02:21 AM|LINK

  Hi all,

  I just want to know what is the difference between server.mappath and page.mappath?

  I try to use this two by passing parameter like this

  Server.MapPath("C:\MyFolder"), Server.MapPath("~/MyFolder"),

  Page.MapPath("C:\MyFolder"), Page.MapPath("~/MyFolder")

   

  but both didn't work for me,.

  thanks for any help 

   

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  Re: Difference of Server.MapPath and Page.MapPath

  Sep 12, 2008 03:06 AM|LINK

  They both map a virtual path to a physical one.

  So, if you have a folder named folder1 in your wesite root and that root is in C:\inetpub\www\site1, then:

  string path = Server.MapPath("~/folder1");

  will set path to C:\inetpub\www\site1\folder1

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  Re: Difference of Server.MapPath and Page.MapPath

  Sep 12, 2008 03:53 AM|LINK

  Can i also set the parameter of server.mappath to (C:\Program Files\My Folder")  ???
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  Re: Difference of Server.MapPath and Page.MapPath

  Sep 12, 2008 04:04 AM|LINK

  Server.MapPath is used to read the physical path of a virtual folder. There's nothing you can "set".

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  Re: Difference of Server.MapPath and Page.MapPath

  Sep 12, 2008 04:18 AM|LINK

  Hi,
  

  They both map a virtual path to a physical one..

  Page.MapPath: -
  

  Retrieves the physical path that a virtual path, either absolute or relative, or an application-relative path maps to..
  

  Server.MapPath: -
  

  Each file on a Web server has two ways of being accessed - through a virtual path and through a physical path. The virtual path is the path one would enter into their browser's Address bar, for example:

  http://www.yourserver.com/someDirectory/someFile.asp

  The bold part of the URL above is referred to as the virtual path. The physical path is the actual drive, directory, and filename of a particular file on the Web server. For example, on your computer, if you run Windows 9X, your

  Win.ini

  file's physical path is

  C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI

  (assuming you installed Windows on your

  C:

  drive).

   

  If you got a possible solution to your problem, then please mark the post as answer. Help the community to get better.
  
  Nikhil Tripathi,
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  Ahmedabad, India.