Url.Content in asp.net web-forms

Question

I'm trying to do this:

<a href="~/Cases/SupRequestSearch.aspx">Search request</a>

so I need the ~ to be rendered as http://myserver/app/...

in mvc I would do

<a href="<%=Url.Content("~/Cases/SupRequestSearch.aspx")%>>Search request</a>

is there something similar in asp.net web forms ?

Try Using Page.ResolveUrl in Webforms Also answered Here : [Here][1] [1]: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1630175/url-content-in-asp-net — , Sep 02 '11 at 13:48

Ben Cull · Answer 1 · 2012-06-25T00:33:26.850

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As rapadai mentioned above, the equivalent of

Url.Content("~/path/to/file.ext") // MVC

in webforms is

Page.ResolveUrl("~/path/to/file.ext") // Webforms

edited Jun 25 '12 at 00:33

answered Jun 25 '12 at 00:21

Ben Cull

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '11 at 13:26

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Try adding runat="server" to your tag.

answered Jun 13 '11 at 13:26

Daniel A. White

because, how is runat="server" going to help him with his question? – AlvinfromDiaspar Jul 31 '12 at 04:10
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@AlvinfromDiaspar - it creates a server tag that then asp.net can interpret and convert the url. – Daniel A. White Jul 31 '12 at 12:16
So that means adding the server isn't enough. there is actually more he must do to convert the url? – AlvinfromDiaspar Jul 31 '12 at 13:40
So this is sufficient, >Search request ? – AlvinfromDiaspar Jul 31 '12 at 15:31
So basically the Url.Content is "performed" on a url if it is processed on the server? – AlvinfromDiaspar Jul 31 '12 at 19:17

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 13 '11 at 13:27

5

Try this:

<asp:hyperlink  id="Search" NavigateUrl="~/Cases/SupRequestSearch.aspx" runat="server" />

or just

<a href="~/Cases/SupRequestSearch.aspx" id="Search" runat="server">Search request</a>

answered Jun 13 '11 at 13:27

Francis Gilbert

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

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If you don't have either Url or Page you can still use

VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative(string) or VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(string)

You still need to be within a web context of course - or this doesn't make sense.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:17

Community

answered Mar 13 '15 at 01:58

Simon_Weaver

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 08 '15 at 15:48

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<%= Page.ResolveUrl("~/Path/To/Page") %>

answered May 08 '15 at 15:48

Calvin Fisher

While this code snippet may solve the question, [including an explanation](http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/114762/explaining-entirely-code-based-answers) really helps to improve the quality of your post. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, and those people might not know the reasons for your code suggestion. – gunr2171 May 08 '15 at 18:02
@gunr2171 The most-upvoted answer in that post you provided says: "Everyone is free to up-vote whatever sort of answer they find useful. I'm not particularly fond of code-only answers either, `but for certain questions they are enough`." The accepted answer says "Then again; `often a short snippet of code really is all that is needed. I've seen some answers that went on and on and on with explanations of stuff that doesn't so much matter`" In this case, the question just asked, "what is the command to do X?" I posted the command. Is my answer in some way incorrect, that you downvoted it? – Calvin Fisher May 12 '15 at 22:11

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