I found the metabase.bin in system32/inetsrv directory and I am hoping I can
use the IISadmin object to connect to it an read the values for virtual
websites.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Love" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 10:41 AM
Subject: RE: Relative path?
> It's important to remember that Cold Fusion functions and tags (except
> CFlocation) use the host computer's file system for pathing whereas html
> tags such as <img> <form> and <a href> use web pathing as defined by the
web
> server.
> If you use expandpath(), <cfmodule>, or <cfinclude> in a .cfm file then
the
> path you use will be evaluated (using the computer's file system) from the
> calling templates physical location.
> In this case it sounds like you used expandPath() in a template on your F
> drive. The best way around this is to create a request variable (or
> application if you prefer) to hold the physical path to the web root
> (c:\inetpub\wwwroot) and have all your cffile tags use this variable
> (<cffile action="upload" fileField="upFile"
> destination="#request.localWebPath#\folder1\folder2">)
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> Bryan Love ACP
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan LaPlante [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 6:44 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Relative path?
>
>
> I have a file manager program for users to upload files to the server
> however I don't want them to be able to upload files to the root of the
file
> manager. I put the templates on another drive but now when I try to do
> virtual to physical mapping the file manager thinks that the drive it runs
> on is the root of the web server. I shared the directory into IIS4 on NT4
> and created a relative mapping in CF administrator. When I use
> #expandPath("../") it still thinks that the root is E:\filemanager\
instead
> of c:\inetpub\wwwroot. Any ideas how to resolve this?
>
> Bryan LaPlante
> 816-347-8220
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.netwebapps.com
> Web Development
>
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