Vantroeyen said:
Hello,
What is the meaning of the ~ caracter in a Url
ex: "~/folder/..." ?
In the context of an ASP.NET application ~ stands for the application
directory and most properties and methods using url will replace ~ with the
application root virtual path during rendering. This is very useful if you
want to reference a ressource without knowing the name of the application
directory.
Instead of writing urls like:
/myapp/images/ok.gif -> that could fail if myapp is once moved to
/allapps/myapp...
/images/ok.gif -> same problem
.../../images/ok.gif -> relative urls not always accepted and problems if the
owner page is moved
You would write :
~/images/ok.gif
I have tested this kind of urls for :
HttpResponse.Redirect
Hyperlink.ImageUrl, HyperLink.NavigateUrl
Image.ImageUrl
But I could not manage to find a proper documentation on this behaviour.
Hope it helps.
DK
