Imports System.web

Public Class Disk_Class
    Public Function getParentDirectory()

        ' this function works for /main/db/test/ as well as /main/db/test.aspx
        System.Web.HttpContext(context = System.Web.HttpContext.Current)
        Dim path As String = context.Session("Path").ToString()
        If path = "./" Then
            Return "../"                    ' trivial, no string manipulation required
        ElseIf path = "/" Then
            Return "/"                      ' can't go higher than root
        Else
            ' remove trailing "/" at end of path
            If path.LastIndexOf("/") = path.Length - 1 Then
                path = path.Remove(path.LastIndexOf("/"), (path.Length - path.LastIndexOf("/")))
                Try
                    'remove the characters after the last occurence of / in the string. => parent directory
                    path = path.Remove(path.LastIndexOf("/"), (path.Length - path.LastIndexOf("/")))
                    Return path + "/"

				catch System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException(ex)

                    Return "/" 'default to root
                End Try
            End If
        End If

    End Function

    Public Function ReportError(ByVal problem As String, ByVal tech As String, ByVal suggestion As String)

        ' outputs error, in english, and in tech, and with any suggestions.
        System.Web.HttpContext(context = System.Web.HttpContext.Current)
        Dim output As String = "<font color=red><BIG>Problem:</BIG> " + problem + "</font><hr>"
        output += "Suggestion: " + suggestion + "<hr>"
        output += "<small>Technical details: " + tech + "</small><hr>"
        context.Response.Write(output)

    End Function
End Class