how can get image from a relative path

Question

i am working in asp .net mvc3.

i want to get a image which exist in this location in my project G:\projects\CalcoWoms\CalcoWOMS\Content\pictures\calcologo.png

CalcoWOMS is my project name. i want to fetch this calcologo.png in following line please check following line and tell me how should write this following line in correct way.?

iTextSharp.text.Image gif = iTextSharp.text.Image.GetInstance("~/calcologo.png");

means in place of ("~/calcologo.png"); what path i should write ?

Answer 1

You could use MapPath

var physicalPath = Server.MapPath("~/Content/pictures/calcologo.png");

Answer 2

You could use the HostingEnvironment object along with Path.Combine

Path.Combine(@HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath, "calcologo.png");

Of course, @HostingEnvironment.ApplicationPhysicalPath will only take you to the root of your application, so you might need to use "Content/picturescalcologo.png".

Answer 3

You could try "%~dp0calcologo.png".
%~dp0 means current directory.