Server.MapPath in windows forms?

[Alejandro Casal]

Hi,

I'm developing a windows application and I want to load an XML schema into a
DataSet. In ASP.net I would use:

DS.ReadXMLSchema(Server.MapPath("file.xsd"));

But this doesn't seem to work in a windows app. Which is the counterpart
then of Server.MapPath in Windows Forms? Do I need any to use any extra
namespace?

Thanks,

Alejandro.

 

[Scot Rose [MSFT]]

In VB6 you would have used App.Path, In Dotnet the same capability maps to using

System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location

which returns the path of the assembly.

Look under "App Object Changes in Visual Basic .NET" for more information..

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[Alejandro Casal]

Scot,

Sorry, I forgot to say I'm programming in C#. Have looked into what you said
but doesn't make much sense to me. Do you have other suggesitons?

Thanks again,

Alejandro.

 

[Kellye Gaskill]

Server.MapPath just appends the web directory to the filename.

You already know the filename, and Scot told you how to get the application
directory (assuming that is where the file is stored). You just need to
combine them.

string appDir = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location;
DS.ReadXMLSchema(System.IO.Path.Combine(appDir, "file.xsd"));

 

[Deepak Kapoor]

You can use
System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location
in C# as well.

That's the beauty of the framework


Deepak

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[Alejandro Casal]

I had to add the '()' to GetExecutingAssembly since it is a method. Then
replaced the "\bin\app.exe" in appDir with "file.xsd" and it works.

Thanks,

Alejandro.