Relative path in ASP.NET

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Tom Gullen picture Tom Gullen · Mar 6, 2011 · Viewed 14.1k times · Source 
<head runat="server">
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>Make Games with Scirra Software</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Game making with Construct." />
    <meta name="keywords" content="game maker, game builder, html5, create games, games creator" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/default.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/plugins/coin-slider/coin-slider-styles.css" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="~/images/favicon.ico" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="~/images/favicon_apple.png" />
    <script src="~/js/googleAnalytics.js"></script>
</head>

Renders as:

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <title>Make Games with Scirra Software</title>
    <meta name="description" content="Game making with Construct." />
    <meta name="keywords" content="game maker, game builder, html5, create games, games creator" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/default.css" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../plugins/coin-slider/coin-slider-styles.css" />
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="../images/favicon.ico" />
    <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="../images/favicon_apple.png" />
    <script src="~/js/googleAnalytics.js"></script>
</head>

Why is the JavaScript URL ~/ and not ../?

Answer

dana picture dana · Mar 6, 2011

Strange implementation indeed, but unfortunately that is the way ASP.NET handles this. Here is what I do to compensate:

<script src="<%=ResolveClientUrl("~/js/googleAnalytics.js")%>"></script>

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