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sophia · October 29th, 2011, 01:33 PM

Hi all,

In master page when I added jscript file then it is referenced as ../Scripts/ then it works fine but when I change it to ~/Scripts/ then it does not work, why? Folder structure is same as stated in book.

Code:

<script src="../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Thanks...

Imar · October 29th, 2011, 02:08 PM

In order for the ~ to work, you need to use a control with runat="server" on it as the ~ is expanded server side. However, if you try to do that with a JS file, .NET tries to execute that code on the server which results in an error.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 29th, 2011, 02:20 PM

Hi Imar,
Thanks for your prompt reply. But again one more confusion.

It is working fine with stylesheet files.

Code:

<link href="~/Styles/Styles.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" />

Above code is working fine with both ../ and ~/ although it does not contain any runat attribute.

Imar · October 29th, 2011, 02:27 PM

Yes, that works because the style sheet is placed inside the <head> with a runat=server attribute. Remove that, or place the CSS in the body and it will no longer work. Not sure why they didn't do the same trick for JS files.

Cheers,

Imar

sophia · October 29th, 2011, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Not sure why they didn't do the same trick for JS files.

Hmmmm.....

I think we both are best of searching the answer, and whoever finds it, must reply here....

Still many thanks....