ASP.NET MVC HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath null for WCF Webservice

Hi,

Just solved a problem at work:

If HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath is giving you null or an exception or not working, there are several possibilities. One of them is you didn't enable asp.net compatibility mode.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa702682(v=vs.110).aspx

Better off to migrate to another way of finding the server path than depending on HttpContext though,

http://stackoverflow.com/a/6861451

HttpContext is bad to depend on, when dealing with WCF or non-MVC applications (there isn't always a context.)

Hope this helps someone

~ B

jQuery UI Dialog Create Custom Close Button

Hi,

Just wanted to share how to create a custom close button with jQuery UI's Dialog Widget

Create a dialog this way



// TODO store modalDialog somewhere so you can call modalDialog.dialog('open'); and modalDialog.dialog('close'); when required

I suggest creating a wrapper JavaScript class, to store the dialogs by some id. That way you can retrieve dialogs already created. Some basic functions like wrapper.closeDialog(id), wrapper,createDialog(id) and so on will go a long way.

The key is, when using the .dialog function, jQuery UI wraps the dialog in its own div (the $(this).parent().find(".ui-dialog-titlebar") line).

Hope this helps someone.