This function is used to retrieve the real path from a virtual path.
The path returned is the absolute path of the web application root to which the virtual path is concatenated. The format of the resulting path may vary according to the http server's execution platform.
Context
Adelia Web client
Parameters
ALPHA (n) |
VirtualPath |
Virtual path |
ALPHA (n) |
RealPath |
Resulting real path |
BOOL |
ReturnCode |
Returns: *TRUE if the function was executed successfully, *FALSE if it was not. |
Example
ALPHA(64) |
VirtPth |
ALPHA(256) |
RealPth |
BOOL |
RetCode |
Retrieval of the web application's location on the HTTP server
VirtPth = *BLANK
CALL_CLASS 'VaToolBx' 'VaToolBxAwsGetRealPath' VirtPth RealPth RetCode
If the application server used is TOMCAT 4.1, the path returned could be the following for a given execution context:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\MySite" (for a Windows server)
VirtPth = '/Images/Picture.gif'
CALL_CLASS 'VaToolBx' 'VaToolBxAwsGetRealPath' VirtPth RealPth RetCode
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\MySite\Images\Picture.gif" (for a Windows server)
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