using ~ (virtual path) with images

[Brian Henry]

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/
folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the controls
to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of
the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control so
it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it
from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use the
~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[John Saunders]

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/ folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the controls to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of
the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control so it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it
from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use the ~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

Perhaps you should give an example of what you're talking about.
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Pete Beech]

If I understand your situation right, it should work if you make sure the
<img> tag runs on the server, and then use the ~ notation to get to the
images subdir,

e.g. <img src="~/images/pic.jpg" runat=server>

HTH,
Pete Beech

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/ folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the controls to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of
the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control so it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it
from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use the ~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[Rick Strahl [MVP]]

Hi Brian,

The ~ syntax works with ASP.Net controls etc. but if you build your own URLs
this obviously won't work.

Take a look at this BLOG entry:

http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/269.aspx

which talks about the various ASP.Net paths and also provides a generic
routine that lets you properly expand your own Urls using the ~ syntax.

Regards,

+++ Rick ---

--

Rick Strahl
West Wind Technologies
http://www.west-wind.com/
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/
----------------------------------
Making waves on the Web
"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:#7**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/ folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the controls to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of
the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control so it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it
from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use the ~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[Brian Henry]

thanks! that works great for img tag's.. is there anyway to also do this
with backgrounds of tables? runat=server doesnt seem to work on td tags with
background = "~/images/img.gif"

thanks!
"Pete Beech" <pe*********@hotmail.nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

If I understand your situation right, it should work if you make sure the
<img> tag runs on the server, and then use the ~ notation to get to the
images subdir,

e.g. <img src="~/images/pic.jpg" runat=server>

HTH,
Pete Beech

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the

/images/

folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the

controls

to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control

so

it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use

the

~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hey Brian,

Don't forget the ASP.NET Table control...

<asp:Table id="Table1" runat="server" BorderWidth=1
BackImageUrl="~/images/floor.jpg">
<asp:TableRow>
<asp:TableCell>Hello</asp:TableCell>
<asp:TableCell></asp:TableCell>
</asp:TableRow>
<asp:TableRow></asp:TableRow>
<asp:TableRow></asp:TableRow>
</asp:Table>

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

thanks! that works great for img tag's.. is there anyway to also do this
with backgrounds of tables? runat=server doesnt seem to work on td tags
with
background = "~/images/img.gif"

thanks!
"Pete Beech" <pe*********@hotmail.nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

If I understand your situation right, it should work if you make sure the
<img> tag runs on the server, and then use the ~ notation to get to the
images subdir,

e.g. <img src="~/images/pic.jpg" runat=server>

HTH,
Pete Beech

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

> I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the

/images/

> folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
> control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the

controls

> to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of > the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual
> control

so

> it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it > from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use

the

> ~ in the img src? thanks
>
> example structure of this
>
> / root
> |--- images
> |--- controls for header etc...
> | -- main page.html
> |--- new pages in folder
> | --- sub page 1.. references control header and img
>
>

[Brian W]

No, Brian, it won't work with tables. You can do something like this...

<table background='<%=ResolveUrl("~/images/image.jpg")%>'>
.... rest of table goes here
HTH
Brian W


"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

thanks! that works great for img tag's.. is there anyway to also do this
with backgrounds of tables? runat=server doesnt seem to work on td tags with background = "~/images/img.gif"

thanks!
"Pete Beech" <pe*********@hotmail.nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

If I understand your situation right, it should work if you make sure the

<img> tag runs on the server, and then use the ~ notation to get to the
images subdir,

e.g. <img src="~/images/pic.jpg" runat=server>

HTH,
Pete Beech

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/

folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the

controls

to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references

section of the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual

control so

it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its

doing

it from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to

use the

~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[Brian Henry]

thanks, all your comments helped a lot

"Brian W" <brianw@gold_death_2_spam_rush.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

No, Brian, it won't work with tables. You can do something like this...

<table background='<%=ResolveUrl("~/images/image.jpg")%>'>
... rest of table goes here
HTH
Brian W


"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

thanks! that works great for img tag's.. is there anyway to also do this
with backgrounds of tables? runat=server doesnt seem to work on td tags

with

background = "~/images/img.gif"

thanks!
"Pete Beech" <pe*********@hotmail.nojunk.com> wrote in message
news:OZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

If I understand your situation right, it should work if you make sure the <img> tag runs on the server, and then use the ~ notation to get to the images subdir,

e.g. <img src="~/images/pic.jpg" runat=server>

HTH,
Pete Beech

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the
/images/
> folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header > control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the
controls
> to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section

of

> the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual

control so
> it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing

it

> from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to

use the
> ~ in the img src? thanks
>
> example structure of this
>
> / root
> |--- images
> |--- controls for header etc...
> | -- main page.html
> |--- new pages in folder
> | --- sub page 1.. references control header and img
>
>

[Jos]

"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the /images/ folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the controls to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of
the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control so it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it
from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use the ~ in the img src? thanks

Yes. Add the attribute runat="server" to the <img> tag.
Of course, this will only work in .aspx files, not in .htm or .html files.

--

Jos

[Pete Beech]

Hi Rick,
I had a quick look at your blog entry - I think ResolveURL will do the same
as your function, with regard to ~'s at the start of the URL.

Pete

"Rick Strahl [MVP]" <ri********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:OC**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi Brian,

The ~ syntax works with ASP.Net controls etc. but if you build your own URLs this obviously won't work.

Take a look at this BLOG entry:

http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/269.aspx

which talks about the various ASP.Net paths and also provides a generic
routine that lets you properly expand your own Urls using the ~ syntax.

Regards,

+++ Rick ---

--

Rick Strahl
West Wind Technologies
http://www.west-wind.com/
http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/
----------------------------------
Making waves on the Web
"Brian Henry" <brian.henry[nospam]@adelphia.net> wrote in message
news:#7**************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

I made a header control in asp.net and it references images in the

/images/

folder in the virtural path's root folder... How can I get the header
control to show the images at any level of the web site? i got the

controls

to load using the ~/tempates/ctrlHeader thing in the references section of the page that uses them, but I need that same idea in the actual control

so

it knows to refrence the image folder no mater where the page its doing it from is located in the site... how can i do this? is there a way to use

the

~ in the img src? thanks

example structure of this

/ root
|--- images
|--- controls for header etc...
| -- main page.html
|--- new pages in folder
| --- sub page 1.. references control header and img

[John Saunders]

"Brian W" <brianw@gold_death_2_spam_rush.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

No, Brian, it won't work with tables. You can do something like this...

<table background='<%=ResolveUrl("~/images/image.jpg")%>'>
... rest of table goes here

Why wouldn't the following work:

<table runat="server" background="~/images/image.jpg">
....
</table>
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[George Ter-Saakov]

Why should it.
It works only in a handful amount of methods.
If some processing of the path is required then it works. If it's just a
property you set then it does not.

George.
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"Brian W" <brianw@gold_death_2_spam_rush.com> wrote in message
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No, Brian, it won't work with tables. You can do something like this...

<table background='<%=ResolveUrl("~/images/image.jpg")%>'>
... rest of table goes here

Why wouldn't the following work:

<table runat="server" background="~/images/image.jpg">
...
</table>
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com

[Brian W]

Actually, it has to do with how the HTML server control was implemented.
Whoever wrote the code for System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlTable chose not to
resolve the path before rendering.
Regards
Brian W

"John Saunders" <john.saunders at SurfControl.com> wrote in message
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"Brian W" <brianw@gold_death_2_spam_rush.com> wrote in message
news:eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

No, Brian, it won't work with tables. You can do something like this...

<table background='<%=ResolveUrl("~/images/image.jpg")%>'>
... rest of table goes here

Why wouldn't the following work:

<table runat="server" background="~/images/image.jpg">
...
</table>
--
John Saunders
John.Saunders at SurfControl.com