Rooted Path Error

cortttt · September 1st, 2009, 09:47 PM

Thanks for your help!

I'm getting this error when I try to upload the picture file in LINQ chapter.

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Quote:

The SaveAs method is configured to require a rooted path, and the path 'cd267bc1-a0ce-434c-bd50-0ca592d95b7b\ced06f37-df6c-4714-9679-a99c925da209.jpg' is not rooted."

I really don't understand this - my 'Pics' folder is I think at the root of the website. I went to the head of Solution Explorer, clicked on the website name and got a new folder 'Pics'. Isn't that at the root?

The website (PRI) is folded into wwroot.

This piece of code was highlighted in the error message:

[fileUpload1.SaveAs(System.IO.Path.Combine(physical folder, fileName + extension))
/]

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Imar · September 2nd, 2009, 04:02 AM

Hi cortttt,

It looks like the variable physicalfolder is empty. Can you post the rest of the code in this method?

Cheers,

Imar

cortttt · September 2nd, 2009, 07:33 PM

Thanks

Code:

 Protected Sub LinqDataSource1_Inserting1(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Web.UI.WebControls.LinqDataSourceInsertEventArgs) Handles LinqDataSource1.Inserting

        Dim myPicture As Picture = CType(e.NewObject, Picture)
        myPicture.PhotoAlbumID = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString.Get("PhotoAlbumID"))
        Dim fileUpload1 As FileUpload = CType(ListView1.InsertItem.FindControl("FileUpload1"), FileUpload)
        Dim virtualFolder As String = "~/Pics/"
        Dim physicalfolder As String = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
        Dim fileName As String = Guid.NewGuid().ToString()
        Dim extension As String = System.IO.Path.GetExtension(fileUpload1.FileName)

        fileUpload1.SaveAs(System.IO.Path.Combine(physicalfolder, fileName + extension))
        myPicture.ImageURL = virtualFolder + fileName + extension

    End Sub

cortttt · September 2nd, 2009, 07:38 PM

I see my mistake - physical folder has wrong code. When I first did this I put all that code in the wrong place; when I moved it to the right place something went very wrong - since about half of it was wrong

physicalfolder should = serverMapPath(virtualFolder)

Works great now- fantastic!

Imar · September 3rd, 2009, 06:51 AM

Excellent; glad it's working now...

Imar