Virtual path not working

[Tijs]

Hello,

I am using a virtual path to load and store my images. I can view this url in my browser to get a list of the directory contents. However, when using this url as view/delete/upload paths in my ImageViewer I get the following exception:

'********' is not a valid virtual path.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[HttpException (0x80004005): '********' is not a valid virtual path.] System.Web.VirtualPath.Create(String virtualPath, VirtualPathOptions options) +8855691 System.Web.HttpServerUtility.MapPath(String path) +90 Telerik.Web.UI.Widgets.FileSystemContentProvider.ResolveRootDirectoryAsTree(String path) +33 Telerik.Web.UI.RadFileExplorer.BindExplorer() +139 Telerik.Web.UI.RadFileExplorer.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +385 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +50 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +141 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +627

[Tijs]

Anyone? This is rather high priority.

Thanks!

[Rumen]

Hi Tijs,

The default content provider of the editor's file explorer dialogs works only with virtual paths, e.g.

paths that starts with / or with ~/ (where the ~ represents the root of your web application).

Please, see the following KB article for more information: Uploading images to the server (upload tab is disabled).

Kind regards,
Rumen
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[Tijs]

Thanks for your reply.

However, I am using Server.MapPath (as requested in one of my other posts) so the path shouldn't be relative, right?

[Lini]

Hello,

The server exception you posted indicates that that the default content provider for the editor dialogs is trying to use Server.MapPath() on a path that is already resolved (e.g. starts with "C:\"). The Server.MapPath() method works only with relative paths (e.g. starting with "/"). You should set the ViewPaths/UploadPaths/DeletePaths to be relative paths (starting with "/" or "~/" for application relative paths). If you need to have absolute paths in the editor dialogs, you will need to create a custom content provider for that. The default provider will only recognize relative paths.

Regards,
Lini
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