ASP.NET MVC: converting virtualpath to actualpath is wrong

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I have been using Url.Content inside <% and %> in my views and all seems to be working fine... Then from withing my controller i have tried the following, but it always returns the wrong path

 XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(Url.Content("~/content/xml/faq.xml"));

and

 XDocument xdoc = XDocument.Load(VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/content/xml/faq.xml"));

Basically the path shoudl be c:\Vs2008\Source\MyAppName.....

but its returning c:\MyAppName.....

So its invalid,

Any ideas why this is happning?? Is there a work around?

rmac · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-15 15:06:58Z

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Those two methods are only meant to be used in the context of clients accessing content through your web server. To read a file internally, within the application you need to use Server.MapPath() or a similar method to get the physical path on your disk.

answered Dec 15, 2009 at 15:06

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Chuck Conway · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-15 15:00:56Z

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That's correct. I'm not sure why it's adding the C:\ but MyApp...\ is the absolute path.

Have you tried Server.MapPath?

answered Dec 15, 2009 at 15:00

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Mark Ewer · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-15 15:43:21Z

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I was having a similar problem linking to some .css and image files. I wrote a blog post on this at http://www.stickfiguresoftware.com/node/46 that may be helpful and even has some sample code that I got to work.

Not sure it's the perfect solution, but it worked out for me.

answered Dec 15, 2009 at 15:43

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