[Solved] The relative virtual path '../Images' is not allowed here

[Tijs]

Hello,

I am trying to use the Image Dialog in the Editor, but have a problem: The ImageManager seems to require absolute paths, while I need to use a relative path. This is the code I have now:

 

<ImageManager ViewPaths="../Images" UploadPaths="../Images" DeletePaths="../Images" />

I would like to avoid the following:
<ImageManager ViewPaths="~/Directory/Images" UploadPaths="~/Directory/Images" DeletePaths="~/Directory/Images" />

Is there a way to get this to work?

 

[Tervel]

Hi Tijs,

The relative syntax is not currently supported, because RadEditor uses the so-called FileBrowserContentProvider abstraction which allows for the editor dialogs to be hooked into various CMS systems and/or databases.

The default implementation of the FileBrowserContentProvider has no notion of Page - hence, it is not able to determine in which context the relative path should be resolved in. E.g. here is some code from the provider:

public override DirectoryItem ResolveRootDirectoryAsTree(string path)
{
//No Page object here, just HttpContext object here
string physicalPath = Context.Server.MapPath(path);

Hence, the easiest way to "feed" relative paths to the editor is not declarative, but uses a little bit of code, e.g.:

string path = Page.ResolveUrl("./images");
RadEditor1.ImageManager.ViewPaths = new string[] { path };

I hope this helps,
Tervel
the Telerik team

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