>>>>>>Hi,
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>>>>>>In order to figure out a problem I am having with an ASP.NET application on customer site I need to check if the application reaches a few points/conditions. Ideally I would like to insert a code in those places to create some dummy/token files. This way I can see if the point had reached or not. But my understanding of ASP.NET is that it is not allowed to make files on the server.
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>>>>>>Any suggestions of how to get/create files to debug at run-time?
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>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>As long as the account that ASP.NET is running under has the neccessary permisions set in the OS you should not have problems writing to file.....
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>>>>I found that File.CreateText() is easy enough method to create a simple text file. So far it works on my PC. Next thing I will be testing it on the user server.
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>>>If you are using the ASP.NET Development Server then it probably would work - whether it will work on the production server as-is is a very different matter. What is the IIS /OS version on that machine?
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>>The server is Server 2003 R2. So far, I am not able to make my application to create sample text file. I don't know if I am doing something wrong or this is just not allowed on the server.
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>PMFJI, another possibility is to write to the event log:
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>Dim myEvent As EventLog = New EventLog
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>myEvent.Log = "Application"
>myEvent.Source = "MyAppName"
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>myEvent.WriteEntry("My message here", EventLogEntryType.Information)
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Also, please, what namespace do I need to include for the EventLog class? UPDATE: Ignore this message. I found the namespace. Systems.Diagnostics.