what is difference between System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory and System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath?

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System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

this works on localhost but when deploy on server it's not working but when I using

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System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath

then that works..!!

Posted 28-Oct-15 2:00am

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John C Rayan 28-Oct-15 8:14am

what do you mean by System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory not working?

Member 11774876 28-Oct-15 8:35am

I mean when I test for particular image to see if that image is exist then ...CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory unable to find(Returns false even though image is present there)but when I test with ...Server.MapPath() then it returns true as file/image found.

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**Debojyoti Saha** · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-28T02:37:00

Both are return the same value most of case but they have some deference.

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System.AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory

Get the base directory that the assembly resolver uses to probe for assemblies
Security: for access to the information in the path itself, including if the path is in the form "file://" or \\UNC\dir or "c:\"

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System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath

return the physical path of you application that correspond to the specified virtual path on the web server.

In Visual studio 2010 test projects, if you enable deployment option of Edit test settings, AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory points to the TestResults\Out folder(not bin\debug). Although, default setting point to bin\debug folder.