Get Execution Path Shared by Web application and Windows application Using c#

This method will return a execution path of either web application or Windows application, Depend on from where we calling.

 

Code Snippet

1. /// <summary>
2.     /// This method will retunrns the execution path of our application.
3.     /// This method returns execution path for web application as well as windows service.
4.     /// </summary>
5.     /// <returns>Returns <see cref="System.String"/> value.</returns>
6.     public static string GetExecutionPath()
7.     {
8.         string ExecutionPath = "";
9.         try
10.         {
11.             ExecutionPath = System.Web.HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath("ServiceConfig.xml");
12.         }
13.         catch
14.         {
15.         }
16.         if (ExecutionPath == "")
17.         {
18.             ExecutionPath = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location;
19.         }
20.         try
21.         {
22.             string strExeName = FileSystem.Dir(ExecutionPath, 0);
23.             string FilePath = Path.GetFullPath(ExecutionPath.Substring(0, (ExecutionPath.Length - strExeName.Length)));
24.  
25.             return FilePath;
26.         }
27.         catch
28.         {
29.             throw;
30.         }
31.     }

While “ServiceConfig.xml” is a configuration file kept in root of web application and windows application.