Get the absolute path of the relative path

Question

I call the method in C # as follows:

return Chart.RenderChartHTML("../../Charts/MSLine.swf"); 

The fact is that the path may be different depending on which folder I call RenderChartHTML from.

I tried the following to find the absolute path, but it does not work:

 string mslinepath = HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("~/Charts/MSLine.swf"); return Chart.RenderChartHTML(mslinepath); 

Answer 1

Use ResolveUrl () . It converts the URL into one that can be used on the requesting client.

So try instead:

 string mslinepath = ResolveUrl("~/Charts/MSLine.swf") 

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

You do not need ~/ . Just HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("Charts/MSLine.swf");