[RESOLVED] [3.0/LINQ] Weird Error

[zdavis]

Has anyone ever seen an error like this?

Attempt to access the method failed: System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(System.String)

Thanks,

-zd

[Hack]

What method was it attempting to access?

[Atheist]

See if this solves your problem.

[zdavis]

Thanks for the great help. However, I am using this with Silverlight and I don't think Silverlight permits fileAccess

thanks,

-zd

[mendhak]

Silverlight, so, it's running on an end-user's machine, which means that you're attempting to access a file on their machine. I'm willing to bet that this is a security issue, and that accessing such files is blocked unless you 'configure' it to. How are you currently 'getting' the file path?

[zdavis]

after thinking about this error and realizing it was on the end user machine. I realize my way of retrieving files would never work. I was using Directory.GetFiles().

Basically I am wanting to make a dynamic photogallery using the silverlight stuff. I was going to store my pictures and access them locallly for testing purposes (which wasn't a smart choice). The effort was ill faded and unplanned in the beginning. However, after thinking about it some more. I think i can store the pictures in a database and then either use a webservice to deliver them or just get them from the database.

Let me know what you think

Thanks for all the help

-zd

[mendhak]

Webservice, better idea. Its format of data returned will stay the same, you can keep changing the UI however you want.

[zdavis]

Nice...thanks mendhak. Maintainability...pretty important.

-zd