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Hi all..

In a VS2005 ASP.NET 2.0 website application I am using a regular HTML anchor
(actually a number of them) in a page that produces Excel output because a
server control is really not needed here. I am using a relative path in the
anchor such as:
<a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"

My understanding is that I cannot use the syntax:

<a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx"

....if I am not declaring a Server control. Maybe I am wrong there... but
anyway...

I want to create in Global.asax a session variable - UrlRoot - that I can
reference anywhere in the application that holds the virtual root whether
the app is running on my dev machine, a local testing server, or the remote
production server like so ...

<a href= UrlRoot & "/Common/ListView.aspx"

I have tried:
Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" & Request.Url.Host)
Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" &
HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
Session.Add("URL_Root", VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative("/"))

No matter what method I use or where I run the app the link dynamically
created in the Excel file seems to be returning:

http://localhost/Common/ListView.aspx
rather than
http://www.prodserv.com/Common/ListView.aspx

Can anyone lend assistance? I need the URL_Root to return the root domain of
what the User would type into the browser to get to the correct page.
Thanks...

> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"

use

<asp:Hyperlink ID="myLink" NavigateUrl="~/Common/ListView.aspc"
runat="server">click here</asp:Hyperlink>

PS syntax is off the top of my head, not sure if that's write. Basically
use a Hyperlink control rather than an anchor tag.

"Aidy" <> wrote in message
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>> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> use
>
> <asp:Hyperlink ID="myLink" NavigateUrl="~/Common/ListView.aspc"
> runat="server">click here</asp:Hyperlink>
>

Have you tried:
Session.Add("URL_Root", Server.MapPath(""))

Not sure if you can use it but maybe...

S

"John Kotuby" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi all..
>
> In a VS2005 ASP.NET 2.0 website application I am using a regular HTML
> anchor (actually a number of them) in a page that produces Excel output
> because a server control is really not needed here. I am using a relative
> path in the anchor such as:
> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> My understanding is that I cannot use the syntax:
>
> <a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> ...if I am not declaring a Server control. Maybe I am wrong there... but
> anyway...
>
> I want to create in Global.asax a session variable - UrlRoot - that I can
> reference anywhere in the application that holds the virtual root whether
> the app is running on my dev machine, a local testing server, or the
> remote production server like so ...
>
> <a href= UrlRoot & "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> I have tried:
> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" & Request.Url.Host)
> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" &
> HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
> Session.Add("URL_Root", VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative("/"))
>
> No matter what method I use or where I run the app the link dynamically
> created in the Excel file seems to be returning:
>
> http://localhost/Common/ListView.aspx
> rather than
> http://www.prodserv.com/Common/ListView.aspx
>
> Can anyone lend assistance? I need the URL_Root to return the root domain
> of what the User would type into the browser to get to the correct page.
> Thanks...
>

Thanks SAL,

I think that Server.MapPath will actually give me a machine path like
C:\INETPUB\WWW\COMMON\ListView.apsx.
It's usually used to get absolute path references for opening files with the
File System Object and such.

"SAL" <SAL_@NoNo.com> wrote in message
news:...
> Have you tried:
> Session.Add("URL_Root", Server.MapPath(""))
>
> Not sure if you can use it but maybe...
>
> S
>
> "John Kotuby" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Hi all..
>>
>> In a VS2005 ASP.NET 2.0 website application I am using a regular HTML
>> anchor (actually a number of them) in a page that produces Excel output
>> because a server control is really not needed here. I am using a relative
>> path in the anchor such as:
>> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>
>> My understanding is that I cannot use the syntax:
>>
>> <a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>
>> ...if I am not declaring a Server control. Maybe I am wrong there... but
>> anyway...
>>
>> I want to create in Global.asax a session variable - UrlRoot - that I
>> can reference anywhere in the application that holds the virtual root
>> whether the app is running on my dev machine, a local testing server, or
>> the remote production server like so ...
>>
>> <a href= UrlRoot & "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>
>> I have tried:
>> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" & Request.Url.Host)
>> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" &
>> HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
>> Session.Add("URL_Root", VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative("/"))
>>
>> No matter what method I use or where I run the app the link dynamically
>> created in the Excel file seems to be returning:
>>
>> http://localhost/Common/ListView.aspx
>> rather than
>> http://www.prodserv.com/Common/ListView.aspx
>>
>> Can anyone lend assistance? I need the URL_Root to return the root domain
>> of what the User would type into the browser to get to the correct page.
>> Thanks...
>>
>
>

Try adding the runat='server' attribute to your anchor tag. If I remember
right that will translate the tilde(~) for you...
<a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx" runat='"server">Click me</a>

--
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net


"John Kotuby" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi all..
>
> In a VS2005 ASP.NET 2.0 website application I am using a regular HTML
> anchor (actually a number of them) in a page that produces Excel output
> because a server control is really not needed here. I am using a relative
> path in the anchor such as:
> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> My understanding is that I cannot use the syntax:
>
> <a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> ...if I am not declaring a Server control. Maybe I am wrong there... but
> anyway...
>
> I want to create in Global.asax a session variable - UrlRoot - that I can
> reference anywhere in the application that holds the virtual root whether
> the app is running on my dev machine, a local testing server, or the
> remote production server like so ...
>
> <a href= UrlRoot & "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>
> I have tried:
> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" & Request.Url.Host)
> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" &
> HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
> Session.Add("URL_Root", VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative("/"))
>
> No matter what method I use or where I run the app the link dynamically
> created in the Excel file seems to be returning:
>
> http://localhost/Common/ListView.aspx
> rather than
> http://www.prodserv.com/Common/ListView.aspx
>
> Can anyone lend assistance? I need the URL_Root to return the root domain
> of what the User would type into the browser to get to the correct page.
> Thanks...
>

Right you are John. If you don't want to make these server controls, maybe
you could parse the path to get what you need from it???

S

"John Kotuby" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Thanks SAL,
>
> I think that Server.MapPath will actually give me a machine path like
> C:\INETPUB\WWW\COMMON\ListView.apsx.
> It's usually used to get absolute path references for opening files with
> the File System Object and such.
>
> "SAL" <SAL_@NoNo.com> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Have you tried:
>> Session.Add("URL_Root", Server.MapPath(""))
>>
>> Not sure if you can use it but maybe...
>>
>> S
>>
>> "John Kotuby" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Hi all..
>>>
>>> In a VS2005 ASP.NET 2.0 website application I am using a regular HTML
>>> anchor (actually a number of them) in a page that produces Excel output
>>> because a server control is really not needed here. I am using a
>>> relative path in the anchor such as:
>>> <a href= "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>>
>>> My understanding is that I cannot use the syntax:
>>>
>>> <a href="~/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>>
>>> ...if I am not declaring a Server control. Maybe I am wrong there... but
>>> anyway...
>>>
>>> I want to create in Global.asax a session variable - UrlRoot - that I
>>> can reference anywhere in the application that holds the virtual root
>>> whether the app is running on my dev machine, a local testing server, or
>>> the remote production server like so ...
>>>
>>> <a href= UrlRoot & "/Common/ListView.aspx"
>>>
>>> I have tried:
>>> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" & Request.Url.Host)
>>> Session.Add("URL_Root", "http://" &
>>> HttpContext.Current.Request.ApplicationPath)
>>> Session.Add("URL_Root", VirtualPathUtility.ToAppRelative("/"))
>>>
>>> No matter what method I use or where I run the app the link dynamically
>>> created in the Excel file seems to be returning:
>>>
>>> http://localhost/Common/ListView.aspx
>>> rather than
>>> http://www.prodserv.com/Common/ListView.aspx
>>>
>>> Can anyone lend assistance? I need the URL_Root to return the root
>>> domain of what the User would type into the browser to get to the
>>> correct page.
>>> Thanks...
>>>
>>
>>
>
>