Help with a file

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jncraig
Posts:79

08/13/2007 8:25 AM
In my module, I want to read a block of text from a file that is in the module's directory (Desktop Modules/myModule). I'm having trouble getting the right path to the file so that File.OpenText can find it. Help!

John Mitchell
Posts:3248

08/13/2007 9:35 AM
Hi Joe, If the code-behind is running for an ascx file that is in the module's folder then you can use Me.TemplateSourceDirectory or Me.ResolveUrl() to get the virtual path. ResolveUrl actually just returns the TemplateSourceDirectory property. http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.control.templatesourcedirectory.aspx http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.control.resolveurl.aspx Then you can use Server.MapPath to get the actual physical folder.

jncraig
Posts:79

08/14/2007 6:54 AM
Thanks! (do you have any favorite references for finding stuff in the seemingly endless set of class libraries?)

John Mitchell
Posts:3248

08/14/2007 10:04 AM
Sometimes I'll just use google to search MSDN by adding site:msdn2.microsoft.com to my search parameters. I happened to know that one off the top of my head so it was a little easier, but if you spend a little time with the high-level namespaces you can usually guess what namespace the code method or class you are looking for will be in, which helps to narrow it down.

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