Control.TemplateSourceDirectory Property

public:
 virtual property System::String ^ TemplateSourceDirectory { System::String ^ get(); };

[System.ComponentModel.Browsable(false)]
public virtual string TemplateSourceDirectory { get; }

member this.TemplateSourceDirectory : string

Public Overridable ReadOnly Property TemplateSourceDirectory As String

Property Value

Attributes

BrowsableAttribute

Examples

The following example uses the TemplateSourceDirectory property twice. The first time it is used in a Control.MapPathSecure method call to obtain the path to the directory in which the control resides. The second time it is in a Directory.GetFiles method call to obtain the list of all the files contained within that directory.

// An HttpException occurs if the server control does not,;
// have permissions to read the resulting mapped file. 
     output.Write("The Actual Path of the virtual directory : "+
     MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory)+"<br>");

    // Get all the files from the absolute path of 'MyControl';
    // using TemplateSourceDirectory which gives the virtual Directory.
        string [] myFiles=
        Directory.GetFiles(MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory));
        output.Write("The files in this Directory are <br>");

         // List all the files.
         for (int i=0;i<myFiles.Length;i++)
            output.Write(myFiles[i]+"<br>");

' An HttpException occurs if the server control does not,;
' have permissions to read the resulting mapped file.
output.Write("The Actual Path of the virtual directory : " & _
            MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory) & "<br>")

' Get all the files from the absolute path of 'MyControl';
' using TemplateSourceDirectory which gives the virtual Directory.
Dim myFiles As String() = Directory.GetFiles(MapPathSecure(TemplateSourceDirectory))
output.Write("The files in this Directory are <br>")

' List all the files.
Dim i As Integer
For i = 0 To myFiles.Length - 1
   output.Write(myFiles(i) & "<br>")
Next i

Remarks

The TemplateSourceDirectory property specifies the path to the page or user control that contains the current control. For example, if the Web page resides at http://www.contoso.com/application/subdirectory, the TemplateSourceDirectory property returns "application/subdirectory".

To return the application-relative virtual path ("~/subdirectory"), use the AppRelativeTemplateSourceDirectory property.

Applies to

See also

• Page
• UserControl