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Caverman
Caverman

Reputation: 3707

Not able to read an XML file in a directory?

I have an MVC web application where I would like to read an XML file that will give me a list of image folders/files to display.

I'm running this locally on a Windows 10 machine using Visual Studio 2015. In my controller when I try to do the following code to get the XML file I immediately get an error "The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory."

public ActionResult Index()
{
    XElement xelement = XElement.Load("~\\Gallery\\Gallery.xml");
    IEnumerable<XElement> galleries = xelement.Elements();

    return View();
}

I then did some research and found that I should put the following in my web.config file. When I do that and go to the View it will immediately just list out the folders in my directory. 

<system.webServer>
    <directoryBrowse enabled="true" />
</system.webServer>

I also followed some info where I went to IIS, selected Directory Browsing, and then "enable". That didn't seem to have any effect.

Any ideas on what I can do?

Error Message enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Views: 636

Answers (2)

Caverman
Caverman

Reputation: 3707

I'm posting an Answer to this question in case someone else comes across the same issue.

The problem ended up being the fact that I had a controller named "Gallery" as well as a folder in my site called "Gallery". My HTML ActionLink was creating a hyperlink like instead of . Once I changed the image folder to GalleryImages then everything worked properly.

Don't name your controllers the same as a folder name in your site.

Upvotes: 0

spender
spender

Reputation: 120450

"~\\Gallery\\Gallery.xml" is not understood as the path you intended by XElement.Load.

You can map ASP.NET application paths to file-system paths with HostingEnvironment.MapPath, so:

XElement xelement = XElement.Load(HostingEnvironment.MapPath("~\\Gallery\\Gallery.xml"));

Upvotes: 2

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