Accessing a file from web service

[Scott W]

All,

I am trying to access an encrypted file from a web service. The service
works fine if the file is in the search path. Isn't there a way to specify
the path to the file? Such as a subdirectory under the virtual directory
where the service resides?

Thanks

 

[Martin Kulov]

Hello Scott,

I can not understand what are you tring to achive. How is the file encrypted? How do you open the file?

Regards,

Martin Kulov
www.codeattest.com

 

[Scott W]

Hello Martin.

It is encrytpted and read by a thrid party dll. I am trying to pass the
path to the dll. I'm sure it's something silly I'm doing, but can't seem to
figure it out.

Thanks

 

[Dan Rogers]

Hi Scott,

Have you tried putting the DLL in the same directory as the service's bin?
This is the recommended way to do this. Additionally, once the DLL is
loaded, the file being opened will need to be properly permissioned and in
a reachable path.

Regards

Dan Rogers
Microsoft Corporation
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[Scott W]

Yes, that's whhat I was doing.. I worked around this issue by building the
path to the file dynamically.

Thanks for the input.