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Files Path on Classic Asp

I'm new at ASP, and I'm trying to code with a simple tree to organize my code. It is as follows:

-act
   connect.asp
   login.asp
-db
   database.sql
-img
   images.files
-style
   styles.css
-view
index.asp

For now, on training's sake, my index.asp is a login page, that calls login.asp to actually login the user. Then, that login.asp redirects him back to Index.asp. I am calling the login.asp just fine from my index.asp, because I use HTML to reference it:

<form action="act/login.asp" method="post">

But I can't call index.asp from my login.asp. I have tried

response.redirect(Server.MapPath("../index.asp"))

But as I read about MapPath, it does not accept ../ and when I just Server.MapPath("/") it references the current folder.

How can I navigate through my folders using ASP? I have nothing accept MapPath and it does't work with parent folders.

Solution

  • When you use MapPath it returns a local physical path, and redirect("url") wants a URL to redirect you to. Now, ../ does not work in ASP. So, what you can do is:

    responde.redirect("/parentdirectory/index.asp")

    Note that If you use the same code only with "/index.asp" it won't work, since "/" brings you to the root of the project.