ASP.NET MVC - Find Absolute Path to the App_Data folder from Controller
- by tyndall
What is the correct way to find the absolute path to the App_Data folder from a Controller in an ASP.NET MVC project? I'd like to be able to temporarily work with an .xml file and I don't want to hardcode the path.
This does not work:
[HandleError]
public class HomeController : Controller
{
public ActionResult Index()
{
string path = VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/App_Data/somedata.xml");
//.... do whatever
return View();
}
}
I think outside of the web context VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute() doesn't work.
string path comes back as "C:\App_Data\somedata.xml"
Where should I determine the path of the .xml file in an MVC app?
global.asax and stick it an application-level variable?
