Create a virtual folder from ASP.NET

Question

Is it possible to create a virtual folder in IIS from an ASP.NET site?

Sample: I have a website http://www.example.com/myApp and from within that application, I want to create http://www.example.com/userfiles123 (and point it to a actual folder somewhere else on the machine)

If not, any other suggestions on how to schedule a "create virtual directory" command from an asp.net page?

Answer 1

DirectoryServices can be used to connect to IIS and create Virtual Directories.

I found this bit of script on Codersource.net used to create a Virtual Directory:

public void CreateNewVirtualDirectory(int ServerId, string VirtualDirName, string Path, bool AccessScript){
      DirectoryEntry Parent = new DirectoryEntry(@"IIS://localhost/W3SVC/" + ServerId.ToString() + "/Root");
      DirectoryEntry NewVirtualDir;
      NewVirtualDir = Parent.Children.Add(VirtualDirName, "IIsWebVirtualDir");
      NewVirtualDir.Properties["Path"][0] = Path;
      NewVirtualDir.Properties["AccessScript"][0] = AccessScript;
      NewVirtualDir.CommitChanges();
}

Also found an example in ASP.NET just like you wanted. See this blog post for more information and downloadable code.

Answer 2

suppose this is ur path

• C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WebSite1

then do this

go to iis and select the websites----then in that expand the default website ---- then rightclick the ourwebsite name and -----select new from that and give virtual directory and tehn there give the permisssions in the sharing and then-- give the alias name to that ------then apply and ok then expand the website name and in the wizard select our default.aspx file and explore tyaht one then it will be hosted