How to get application root (full physical path) in OnApplicationStarted in MVC3 application?

Question

Until now I used:

Dim appPath = HttpContext.Current.Request.MapPath(HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)

But today I moved my app from IIS6 to IIS7 and I get "Request is not available in this context" exception. This is due to Integrated mode pipeline in IIS7. I do not want to go to classic mode, so I am looking for a different way of getting the application path (which is "C:\SVN\L2E\trunk\Website").

Does anyone have an idea how I can get the full physical path of my MVC3 app?

Pappus

Answer 1

You can use System.Web.HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath to get the virtual path and call System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath to map the virtual path to a physical one.

Holmen

Thanks, works as it should :). Strange I could not find it myself – Pappus

Answer 2

use this:

 AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory 

Silden