Accessing App_Data from App_Code

[Sushi]

Hi
I am developing an application using ASP.Net 2.0. In my code under
App_Code I would like to access the files in App_Data. Any ideas if
there is a way to get the path of this folder ?

Thanks

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Doesn't "~/App_Data" work ?

 

[Sushi]

No, that doesnt work. In my case the current directory when loading a
file seems to be the Visual Studio install directory.

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

That can't be.

"~" refers to an ASP.NET application's *virtual* directory
root and cannot possibly refer to VS's physical installation directory.

 

[thesteef]

I know this is an old thread, just thought I'd update it for the googlers.

"~/App_Data" does indeed not work. Even if the resident 'MVP' thinks so..:flute:

you have to use Server.MapPath to get the "~" to work in something other than markup in asp.net. Only in the app_code folder, you don't have direct access to Server.MapPath, so you get something like:

HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/App_Data");

Hope this helps someone