FilePath.RelativeToAbsolutePath Method

Definition

Namespace

Sandcastle.Core

Assembly

Sandcastle.Core.dll

This helper method can be used to convert a relative path to an absolute path based on the given base path.

public static string RelativeToAbsolutePath(string basePath, string relativePath)

Parameters

basePath string

The base path

relativePath string

A relative path

Returns

string

An absolute path

Examples

string basePath = @"E:\DotNet\CS\TestProject\Source";
string relativePath = @"..\Doc\Help.html";

string absolutePath = FilePath.RelativeToAbsolutePath(basePath,
    relativePath);

Console.WriteLine(absolutePath);

// Results in: E:\DotNet\CS\TestProject\Doc\Help.html

Dim basePath As String = "E:\DotNet\CS\TestProject\Source"
Dim relativePath As String = "..\Doc\Help.html"

Dim absolutePath As String = _
    FilePath.RelativeToAbsolutePath(basePath, relativePath);

Console.WriteLine(absolutePath)

' Results in: E:\DotNet\CS\TestProject\Doc\Help.html

Remarks

If the base path is null or empty, the current working folder is used.