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 ?

Answer 1

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.

See also : ResolveUrl without an ASP.NET Page

Answer 2

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>

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

As rapadai mentioned above, the equivalent of

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

in webforms is

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

Answer 5

Try adding runat="server" to your tag.