converting virtual path to actual web path in ASP.NET

Question

I have a virtual path (example: \"~/Images/Banner.jpg\") and I want to make that an absolute web path (example: \"/ApplicationRoot/Images/Banner.jpg\"). There is a method tha

Answer 1

There are various ways that are available in ASP.NET that we can use to resolve relative paths to absolute Urls -

1) Request.ApplicationPath
2) System.Web.VirtualPathUtility
3) Page.ResolveUrl
4) Page.ResolveClientUrl

Here's a article that explains the difference between the various ways to resolving paths in ASP.NET -

Different approaches for resolving URLs in ASP.NET

Answer 2

Control.ResolveClientUrl(url)

or

Control.ResolveUrl(url)

Whichever one you need (honestly I dont know the difference, as both seem to return mostly the same, perhaps someone can illuminate me :) ).

Answer 3

System.Web.VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("yourRelativePath");

There you go :)