Access _layouts files programmaticaly (file not found exception)

Question

Hi everyone,

i'm developping my first WCM site with MOSS 2007.
Some pages need to access some external xml files.

To do so, I used a provisioning feature to put these files into the "_layouts" folder.

But, when i try to access them from C# code, i always get a File not Found exception

using System;
using Microsoft.SharePoint;

namespace AccesFiles
{
    class FileAccess
    {
         static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            using (SPSite site = new SPSite("http://myserver:1000"))
            {
                using (SPWeb web = site.RootWeb)
                {
                    SPFolder folder = web.GetFolder("_layouts"); //I already tried SPFolder folder = web.GetFolder("/_layouts"); but didn't work either
                    SPFile file = web.GetFile("_layouts/myfile.xml");
                    file.MoveTo("/_catalogs");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

Can someone tell me where i'm wrong
Thank you very much


Tryste

Answer 1

_layouts is a virtual directory in IIS, its not a folder in SharePoint.  I would provision your XML files to a document library using a feature.  The feature contains a module.  Here's an article which should help, "How to provision a file" http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms441170.aspx

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Answer 2

My problem is solved if i do it that way

Thank you!