File path not taking correctly

Question

Inside my asp.net website I am trying to access a file

 FileStream stream = File.Open("/App_Data/" + FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

I want this code to select an xlsxfile inside my websites app data folder. This code always take the whole path from directory like

'c:\App_Data\w1.xlsx

I don't want this code to go for root URL.I just want to take file inside my website.How can i tweek the code to achieve this

Check this out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11637370/opening-a-file-in-c-sharp-using-filestream — Xavier, Jul 29 '13 at 05:30

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 29 '13 at 05:33

4

use Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/" + FileName) instead of "/App_Data/" + FileName

answered Jul 29 '13 at 05:33

Damith

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

3

Try this:

File.Open(Server.MapPath("~") + FileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);

Also check out this answer, it has pretty good explanation of MapPath

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

Community

answered Jul 29 '13 at 05:32

dmay

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 29 '13 at 05:31

2

Try using

Server.MapPath('~/App_Data/' + FileName)

answered Jul 29 '13 at 05:31

Nilesh

3 Answers3