How to find the asp.net physical application path

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hi i am using console application inside asp.net application to send a html template through
mail.but it will display the error message could not find part of the path.i am using httpcontext
to find the path is there any other way to find the path without using httpcontext.my code is

method 1:
// const string TemplatePath = "~/HTMLPage.htm";//error could find path
// //var reader = new StreamReader(TemplatePath).ReadToEnd();

method 2;
//// StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/HTMLPage.htm"));error

i am using conosole application as a seperate project inside asp.net application.if anyone have
any idea how to specify the path help me.

Posted 8-May-14 2:04am

prabhakar78

Updated 30-May-19 19:47pm

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Vi(ky · Answer 1 · 2014-05-08T02:10:00

Solution 1

if you file in bin folder then you can do like this

C#

string fileName = "HTMLPage.htm";            
string filePath = Path.Combine(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory, fileName);

Posted 8-May-14 2:10am

Vi(ky

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prabhakar78 8-May-14 8:17am

hi my html template is inside the asp.net application and i try to call that html template
from the console application which is also present inside the same application.anyway
thanks for your suggestion

Vi(ky 8-May-14 8:34am

when you run you console app in run from debug/ release folder inside bin folder. to get access your html file you have to put the file in debug/ or release folder & then you can use
string fileName = "HTMLPage.htm";
string folder = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
string filePath = Path.Combine(folder, fileName);

prabhakar78 8-May-14 8:58am

ok thnaks

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 2 · 2014-05-08T03:06:00

The question is not clear. In an ASP.NET code-behind code, you should of course use MapPath. For your separate application you execute on the server, this function does not mean anything certain. You can find the path where the currently running application is located this way:

C#

string exeDir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(
   System.Reflection.Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().Location;

By the way, there are many other ways to find this path, but some of them are not universal, they work incorrectly for some ways of hosting the application, etc. The method I show is universally correct.

—SA

Member 12818842 · Answer 3 · 2019-05-30T19:48:00

Solution 3

The following line of code will work.

Var appPath = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath;

It will give you hosting physical path. You can concatenate with sub folder further.

Posted 30-May-19 19:48pm

Member 12818842

Updated 5-Jun-19 0:07am

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CHill60 31-May-19 7:45am

Actually that line of code won't. It won't even compile. I think you meant

string physicalPath = System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath;

Member 12818842 5-Jun-19 6:07am

Yes, it's same.