The property HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath
represents the virtual directory in IIS or WebDev.WebServer.
HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath evaluates to "/virtualdirectory"
This can be used in conjunction with VirtualPathUtility
to make a path root relative :
VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("~/images/cat.jpg",
HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
// (this evaluates to "/virtualdirectory/images/cat.jpg")
In IIS6 and WebDev.WebServer the Request object is available in global.asax.cs
, but IIS7 complains that it is 'not available in current context'. Therefore the second line of code above works but not in IIS7.
The problem is I need to access the virtual directroy name within global.asax.cs
. I need it to construct some paths that are used in dynamically created CSS. Is there an alternative way to access this value?
Edit: This is the error you get in IIS 7 for calling HttpContext.Current.Request
in global.asax.cs under Application_Start:
HttpException (0x80004005): Request is not available in this context]
System.Web.HttpContext.get_Request() +8789264