How can I run the "Development server" w/o a virtual path? (root)

[cmay]

I have a web application that I want to run using the "ASP.NET
Development Server" when I am working locally.

When I go to do this however, I don't see an option to set the Virtual
Path. By default it creates a virtual path that is the same name as
the folder that holds my app, e.g. "/MyWebApp", but in this case the
app I am trying to run is a root website application, so there are lots
of relative URLs that are expecting /images, or /styles or /javascript,
not /MyWebApp/images etc.

Is there a way that I can configure this to run w/o the virtual path?

 

[Chris Fulstow]

Hi,

Try using the tilde character to refer to you application root. It's a
shotcut for HttpRuntime.AppDomainAppVirtualPath.

For example, reference you images folder as:
~/images

Note that this only works for some server-side controls.

HTH,

Chris

 

[cmay]

Yea we had done this where we can, but it isn't reall feasible to do
this for every html / js / image href on a site.

You basically have to insert inline code into every path something like
this:

<link href="<%=page.ResolveUrl("~/css/style.css")%>"type="text/css"
rel="stylesheet">

Really a pain.


I found another solution in case anyone is interested:

http://www.chrismay.org/2006/04/12/RunningASPNETDevelopmentServerWithoutVirtualPathFromRoot.aspx

I got it from ScottGu.