VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute() VS. Url.Content()

Question

I have been working in an MVC project, and have seen both of these used. I was wondering what the difference between them is? Is it incorrect to use one over the other? My understanding is that I should be using Url.Content(), but VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute() seems to be working as well.

Answer 1

Url.Content() is an utility method part of MVC. Being there to uniformize and centralize utility classes I guess.

VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute() is a .NET Framework method. Maybe the MVC one is using it, we would have to check the source...

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