i am trying to display a textfile from a server location in the network but does not work?
public ActionResult ShowFile()
{
string filepath = Server.MapPath("\\some unc path\\TextFile1.txt");
var stream = new StreamReader(filepath);
return File(stream.ReadToEnd(), "text/plain");
}
The Problem is Server.MapPath("\\some unc path\\TextFile1.txt"); The file isn't located in your server document directory, so the mapping will fail. You have an absolute path, so use this in your StreamReader or give it directly to the File() method.
Also your path is incorrect. See the other post.
The File method takes a stream or filename; you're trying to pass it the file contents.
Change it to
return File(@"\\some unc path\TextFile1.txt", "text/plain");
