Relative path in ASP.NET

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<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 ../?

Chris Stillwell · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-22 14:38:35Z

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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>

edited Jul 22, 2016 at 14:38

Chris Stillwell

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answered Mar 6, 2011 at 0:42

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Forgotten Semicolon Over a year ago

You probably only need ResolveUrl(), as ResolveClientUrl creates the whole URL, rather than just the relative path.

Tom Gullen Over a year ago

Thanks, ive tried every single combination of this stuff, but the best it resolves to is: <script src="/ScirraNew/js/googleAnalytics.js"></script>. My site is in the ScirraNew folder, but it needs to resolve to ../js/Googleanalytics.js!

Tom Gullen Over a year ago

dana Over a year ago

@Tom Gullen - Are you sure you are using ResolveClientUrl (not ResolveUrl). The believe the former creates the ../ style path, whereas the later creates a root-relative path. I am going to test right now to be sure though.

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