ASP.NET Hyperlink Control Showing wrong path

Question

I am using this source code to specify a repository path to download files.

1. In Web.Config
   <add key="Repository" value="D:\D Drive\MyApplication\RepotingService\SRC\Repository"/>
2. Now in the CS File I used this source code to download the file. string Repository = WebConfigurationManager.AppSettings["Repository"].ToString();

       FileNameLink.NavigateUrl = Repository + "/AuthorizedUser/R1/" + gvITD.SelectedRow.Cells[9].Text;
       FileNameLink.Text = gvITD.SelectedRow.Cells[10].Text;
   

But when I bring my cursor to the hyperlink it the, it shows wrong path.

file:///D:/D%20Drive/MyApplication/RepotingService/SRC/Repository//AuthorizedUser/R1/2022

Why is it adding file:// before the Drive?

Answer 1

this is the default browser behavior. For. E.g. consider the following Html

<a href="d:\test.html">testing</a>

You may see the markup include the reference to the local disk. The browser will convert the link to the local disk to file:// format

To understand whether ASP.Net actually converts the link to file:// format, please refer the source of the generated page.

Answer 2

Hi @Adeel Mirza ,
I think you could use Server.MapPath to get the virtual path of the physical file.

Server.MapPath(path)    

Best regards,
Yijing Sun

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