find a virtual/ relative path to a dependant file 1

[skitty123]

I have some crystal reports (.rpt files ) currently on the C:\ of my development machine. so the paths to the report are hard coded as
reportViewer.ReportSource = "C:\<my report>.rpt"

when I deploy my application, I assume I will have to change all the hardcoded paths again... It does not sound like good practice, so I was wondering if there is any way to set a virtual path to my report files? or a function to find the file given its name from a relative path maybe?

using VS .NET 2003, C#, ASP and Crystal Reports 8.1
Thx

 

[JCruz063]

Skitty123,
Save your *.rpt files to a folder within your website's root folder (instead of the C drive), and use the MapPath functions. For instance, assumming that you have a folder within your website's root that is called Reports, you could write the following:

repotViewer.ReportSource = 
   [COLOR=blue]this[/color].MapPath("Reports\\[YourReport].rpt");

Hope this helps!

JC

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