Using MapPath from a worker thread

Question

I have a WCF service method that's running in a worker thread I spin from another method.
I need to map a relative service app path ("~/Templates/a.template") to the physical path ("D:\Web\Templates\a.template"), but I can't use HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath because HttpContext.Current is null in a worker thread. How else can I reach MapPath method?

score 44 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 19 '17 at 11:22

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Use System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.MapPath().

No HttpContext required and it does the same work.

edited Jul 19 '17 at 11:22

Hakan Fıstık

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answered Jan 18 '11 at 21:03

mas_oz2k1

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Ha...I've never come across that before. Thanks. – Lee Gunn Oct 11 '12 at 09:11

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 25 '10 at 18:05

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I actually figured out a workaround - I use HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPath to get physical path of WCF service, and add the relative path to it.

answered Feb 25 '10 at 18:05

Andrey

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Using MapPath from a worker thread

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