converting virtual path to actual web path in ASP.NET

Question

I have a virtual path (example: "~/Images/Banner.jpg") and I want to make that an absolute web path (example: "/ApplicationRoot/Images/Banner.jpg"). There is a method that will do this, I believe in a class called something like HTTPUtility or similar name. Though ever time I need this method, it takes me hours searching for it. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could post the proper method to do this so I can favorite this for easy access in the future.

Thank you very much.

Answer 1

System.Web.VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute("yourRelativePath");

There you go :)

Answer 2

Control.ResolveClientUrl(url)

or

Control.ResolveUrl(url)

Whichever one you need (honestly I dont know the difference, as both seem to return mostly the same, perhaps someone can illuminate me :) ).

Answer 3

There are various ways that are available in ASP.NET that we can use to resolve relative paths to absolute Urls -

1) Request.ApplicationPath
2) System.Web.VirtualPathUtility
3) Page.ResolveUrl
4) Page.ResolveClientUrl

Here's a article that explains the difference between the various ways to resolving paths in ASP.NET -

Different approaches for resolving URLs in ASP.NET