How to access the HttpServerUtility.MapPath method in a Thread or Timer?

Question

I use a System.Timers.Timer in my Asp.Net application and I need to use the HttpServerUtility.MapPath method which seems to be only available via <

Answer 1

It's possible to use HostingEnvironment.MapPath() instead of HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath()

I haven't tried it yet in a thread or timer event though.

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Some (non viable) solutions I considered;

• The only method I care about on HttpServerUtility is MapPath. So as an alternative I could use AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory and build my paths from this. But this will fail if your app uses virtual directories (Mine does).

• Another approach: Add all the paths I need to the the Global class. Resolve these paths in Application_Start.