User control + relative path

[Alex]

Hi. I need some help on this.
I have a user control (a header) in my root directory, and all my pages use
that control. Then a created a folder (in my root directory) and put a new
page inside it, and that page use the same control, but this time the
control can't find it's images and resources because it is trying to find it
in the same folder instead of the root directory. Now, I know that I can
change the control image's relative paths for absolute paths, but then when
I upload my application to the real server I have to change all the paths
again. Of course I could make a copy of the control in my new folder but
then I have to copy all the images and everything too.
Is there some simple way of dealing with that?
Thanks,
Alejandro Penate-Diaz.

 

[A Traveler]

Hello,

I had this same problem recently, and with a little ng help i was able to
get it fixed.
What works very well is the following...

In your usercontrol, call ResolveUrl as follows:

Me.ResolveUrl("~/images/myimage.gif")

You need the "~/", and then the rest is simply the path to your image
relative to the root of your application (note, this is NOT the root of the
site, but the root of the app, which may be different if the app is in a
subdirectory of the site).

Hope this helps.