getting location of the server outside the website project

[liptonIcedTea]

Hi, is it possible to get the location of the server outside of the website project?

I usually use Server.MapPath to find the server page but that method only seems accessible in the code behind page for each web form.

I do not seem to have access to the Page object in any web controls that I have outside of the main web form.

 

[Paszt]

I do not seem to have access to the Page object in any web controls that I have outside of the main web form.

This makes perfect sense since a web form is based on (Inherits) the System.Web.UI.Page class and the various flavours of web controls do not.
The System.Web.UI.UserControl class also has a Server property, so calling Server.Mathpath will work in a UserControl.
The System.Web.UI.Control class doesn't have a Server property, but it does have a Context property which in turn has a Server property. So in a System.Web.UI.Control based control, you can call Context.Server.Mathpath.

 

[Paszt]

Hi, is it possible to get the location of the server outside of the website project?

What do you mean by outside of the website project? Is the control not in the project?

 

[liptonIcedTea]

the control is part of the solution, but not in the website project. it's in the data access layer.

I had to access the file system on the server. i ended up just referencing the server url in my app config and then accessing it from there.

 

[Paszt]

When you compile the control, reference it in the website project and add it to a web form, it will run in the same context as the page. Thus you can use the control's Context property to reference the Server.