Absolute reference

[John]

Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

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John wrote:

Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

You can use the "~" root operator:

<a href="~/Default.aspx" runat="server">Home</a>

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Use ASP.NET server controls (e.g, Hyperlink). You can set the NavigatUrl to
something like "~/myfolder/myresource.aspx". The tilde (~) always will
resolve relative to to root of the web site.
Peter

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"John" wrote:

Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

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Hi John,

In addition to Peter's and Goran's replies, every descandant that derives
from Control class has ResolveUrl() that converts a URL into one that is
usable on the requesting client.

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Milosz
"John" wrote:

Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

[John]

Hi

I have used ~ but it instead of http://localhost/staff_news.asp it comes out
as http://localhost/events/~/staff_news.asp i.e. ~ is not being resolved
into root folder. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Regards

"Göran Andersson" <gu***@guffa.comwrote in message
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John wrote:

>Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

You can use the "~" root operator:

<a href="~/Default.aspx" runat="server">Home</a>

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?G=F6ran_Andersson?=]

The problem is that it's not resolved at all. You probably forgot
runat="server" to turn the tag into a server control.

John wrote:

Hi

I have used ~ but it instead of http://localhost/staff_news.asp it comes out
as http://localhost/events/~/staff_news.asp i.e. ~ is not being resolved
into root folder. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

Regards

"Göran Andersson" <gu***@guffa.comwrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>John wrote:

>>Hi

How can I set an absolute reference to site root in a page link so the
referenced page is always accessed from the site root folder?

Thanks

Regards

You can use the "~" root operator:

<a href="~/Default.aspx" runat="server">Home</a>

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com

--
Göran Andersson
_____
http://www.guffa.com