Unable to access ASP.NET Page inside a folder

Question

I am using ASP.NET/C#.

In my menu I have this li item

<li><a href="/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx">Update Deposit Interest</a></li>

But when I try to click on the a tag it just gives me this error

Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory.

Can anyone just point me as to what might be missing here?

Any suggestions are welcome.

Problem doesn't seems in that link, Bug should be there where you are using `..`. — yogi, Aug 04 '12 at 07:50

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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The problem could be caused by the DepositInterest.aspx page that you are navigating to. Are there any javascript/CSS files liked on that page or in the master page? If so you might want to check out that they are linked correctly.

Cannot use a leading .. to exit above the top directory

http://forums.asp.net/t/1019849.aspx

edited May 23 '17 at 12:04

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answered Aug 04 '12 at 09:05

Martin-Brennan

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It turned out to be what you suggested.I was linking to some scripts on my master page with ../Scripts/SomeScript.js.Thanks a lot. – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 09:22
:) Your very first answer on SO and you were spot on .Way to go. – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 09:47

Waqar Janjua · Answer 2 · 2012-08-04T08:09:23.890

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link should starts with tilde which represent root of your site or mention your complete address

<li><a href="~/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx" runat="server" >Update Deposit Interest</a></li>
     // or type complete address 
<li><a href="YourSite/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx">Update Deposit Interest</a></li>
 //             or use asp.net hyperlink
 <li> <asp:HyperLink id="hl1"                  
              NavigateUrl="~/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx"
              Text="Hyperlink"
              Target="_new"
              runat="server"/> </li>

Updated answer: If you are adding hyperlinks dynamically then add them as:

 MenuItem mi = new MenuItem();
    mi.NavigateUrl = "~/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx";
    mi.Text = "MY hyperlink";
    Menu1.Items.Add(mi);
    Menu1.DataBind();

edited Aug 04 '12 at 08:09

answered Aug 04 '12 at 07:47

Waqar Janjua

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You can't use `~` in a client side HTML link make it `runat="server"`. – yogi Aug 04 '12 at 07:47
@Waqar Thanks for the help , but now I am getting resource couldnot be found error – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 07:51
@WaqarJanjua When I click the link on my menu item it gives the error /CwizBankApp/Deposits/DepositsInterest.aspx could not be found – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 07:56
@WaqarJanjua Yeah My page is inside Deposits folder which is under the root CwizBankApp – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 07:59
@freebird and what code ( anchor or hyperlink ) in your listitem you are using now – Waqar Janjua Aug 04 '12 at 08:02
@WaqarJanjua I am using anchor tag. – Priyank Patel Aug 04 '12 at 08:06
@freebird see updated ans. also are you using Asp:Menu control ? plz show your menu code too – Waqar Janjua Aug 04 '12 at 08:11

Unable to access ASP.NET Page inside a folder

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