Newbie... I am working on a project in MVC4 with MS SQL Server 2008 R2 where I have a functionality to save a file(.txt/.xls etc.) in a specified folder using Browse button. As of now I have hard-coded the same(viz NOT required). Problem is how can I get the absolute path of that folder so that I will use the same path to open the file for modification? Or is there any way to store the path of Browse button in a string using RegEx or the other way?

You mean using RegEx?

Not following what you are wanting to do, typicaly if there is a browse button on a web page it is to locate a file on the client machine to attach it to the form for upload on post.

A RegEx is a class that ecapulsates the functionality of a regural express it does not store anything. It matches strings.

Well morgan, thanks for your post. It is like I need to save a file at a particular location. That is fine, but what I need to do in order to retrieve the path of the same folder?

If you are wanting client machines to connect to your web server and upload files to it. Them you should define a virtual file system that maps to physical file system, I do not recommend giving clients access to your real file system. The virtual file system can be DB driven where you store data such as a client information and file information such as virtual path (the path the client thinks they are accessing), and the physical path (were on disk the file is actually located). Then if a client then needs to access specific file from your web app then you can refernce it by the information that you have stored.

I got it. The information you have provided is really useful.

Thanks a lot morgan.