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I'm using templates on a number of machines that all have slightly different folder layouts. For example, on one machine the projects folder is in C:\Projects and on another it's at D:\Projects. So I created an environment variable %PROJECTS% that maps correctly to the folder and used that variable in the paths in CS templates.

Now when I run the templates, I get a UnauthorizedAccessException. If I use the full path, it runs correctly, so it's not a permission issue.

I get the same exception when I use .. in the path. In previous versions (I upgraded to 4.1.4 yesterday), .. would travel up a directory from the directory from which the csp file was run, but now it seems to use the system32 directory.

Is there any way to use a non-absolute path? Is there any way to work around these issues? I couldn't find anything relevant in the forums or elsewhere, but if I missed something, just let me know.

Thanks in advance!

Hello,

Here is a quick work around. You will need to modify your template a little bit but the following sample template will resolve an environment variable. I'll also submit a bug report :).

<%@ CodeTemplate Language="C#" TargetLanguage="Text" src="" Inherits="" Debug="False" Description="Template description here." %>
<%@ Assembly Name="System.Data" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="System.Data" %>

environment Variable (%userprofile%): <%= ResolveEnvironmentVariablePath("%userprofile%") %>

<script runat="template">

public string ResolveEnvironmentVariablePath(string environmentVariable)
{
    //http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.expandenvironmentvariables.aspx
    return System.Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(environmentVariable);
}

</script>

Thanks

-Blake Niemyjski