Relative & absolute path question (JavaScript, mostly)

Radu

Hi.

I have files in the "Scorecard Previews" subfolder of the virtual path
of my app,
the absolute path being

C:\Data\Orderin g Process\Scoreca rd Previews\
I have a javascript function which changes the href of an <a>
depending on some selection in a combo. If in the javascript function
I set the href like this:

hLink.href="/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text +
".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Scorecard%20Pr...corecard_1.doc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I'm missing part of the path) - the path to the application.
If i set the href like this:

hLink.href="~/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text
+ ".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/~/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I have an extra "~" character).

How should I set the path in JavaScript ?

In VB.net (code behind) it has been very simple:

cmdOpenScorecar dPreview.Naviga teUrl = "~/Scorecard
Previews/" & strSelectedScor ecard
Thanks a lot
Alex

Feb 9 '07 #1

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bruce barker

unfortunatly iis does not support the "~" path specification (which is
really a unix feature). asp.net sorta supports it. when a server side
control renders a url it translates the "~" path to the vdir path.

to do this in javascript you can use a relative path:

hLink.href="Sco recard Previews/"
+ cbo.options[index].text + ".doc"

which will work if the current page is in the basedir. if its in a
subfolder you can navigate up "../Scorecard Previews".

to a browser "/path", means server/path.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Radu wrote:

Hi.

I have files in the "Scorecard Previews" subfolder of the virtual path
of my app,
the absolute path being

C:\Data\Orderin g Process\Scoreca rd Previews\
I have a javascript function which changes the href of an <a>
depending on some selection in a combo. If in the javascript function
I set the href like this:

hLink.href="/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text +
".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Scorecard%20Pr...corecard_1.doc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I'm missing part of the path) - the path to the application.
If i set the href like this:

hLink.href="~/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text
+ ".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/~/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I have an extra "~" character).

How should I set the path in JavaScript ?

In VB.net (code behind) it has been very simple:

cmdOpenScorecar dPreview.Naviga teUrl = "~/Scorecard
Previews/" & strSelectedScor ecard
Thanks a lot
Alex

Feb 9 '07 #2

Radu

On Feb 9, 11:45 am, bruce barker <nos...@nospam. comwrote:

unfortunatly iis does not support the "~" path specification (which is
really a unix feature). asp.net sorta supports it. when a server side
control renders a url it translates the "~" path to the vdir path.

to do this in javascript you can use a relative path:

hLink.href="Sco recard Previews/"
+ cbo.options[index].text + ".doc"

which will work if the current page is in the basedir. if its in a
subfolder you can navigate up "../Scorecard Previews".

to a browser "/path", means server/path.

-- bruce (sqlwork.com)

Radu wrote:
Hi.

I have files in the "Scorecard Previews" subfolder of the virtual path
of my app,
the absolute path being

C:\Data\Orderin g Process\Scoreca rd Previews\

I have a javascript function which changes the href of an <a>
depending on some selection in a combo. If in the javascript function
I set the href like this:

hLink.href="/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text +
".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Scorecard%20Pr...corecard_1.doc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I'm missing part of the path) - the path to the application.

If i set the href like this:

hLink.href="~/Scorecard Previews/"+ cbo.options[index].text
+ ".doc"

the <apoints to something like

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/~/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

which is not correct - it should be

http://localhost:1218/Ordering%20Process/Scorecard
%20Previews/MyScorecard_1.d oc

(I have an extra "~" character).

How should I set the path in JavaScript ?

In VB.net (code behind) it has been very simple:

cmdOpenScorecar dPreview.Naviga teUrl = "~/Scorecard
Previews/" & strSelectedScor ecard

Thanks a lot
Alex- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Thank you, Bruce, it worked :-))) Have a great weekend !

Feb 9 '07 #3

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