ASP.NET in a Nutshell

Name

PhysicalPath

Synopsis

stringvar 
                      = Request.PhysicalPath

Returns a String containing the physical path to the requested file.

Parameters

stringvar

A String variable to receive the physical path.

Example

The example writes the PhysicalPath property to the browser:

Sub Page_Load(  )
   Dim physicalPath As String
   physicalPath = Request.PhysicalPath
   Message.Text = "Physical Path = " & physicalPath
End Sub

Notes

Unlike the PhysicalApplicationPath, which returns only the path to the root of the application, the PhysicalPath property returns the full physical path of the requested resource, including any intervening folders and the resource’s filename. This property may be useful in combination with ASP.NET’s Trace functionality in troubleshooting situations when files you are attempting to write to or read from are not found, or when created files aren’t located where you expect them to be. Adding Trace.Write statements to your page to write the Path, PhysicalApplicationPath, and PhysicalPath properties to the trace log (which you can enable by adding the Trace="true" attribute to the @ Page directive) may help you track down such bugs.