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ASP.net MVC 2 does rewrite all your relative urls in the <link> tag to the full relative path, which is good but it only works for URLs written in the <link> tag only, not <script> tags or any other elements.

  1. Create an MVC 2 web application
  2. create any controller and a view for it
  3. inside the view create a <link> tag like this <link href="test.xml" type="text/css"/>
  4. run your application, navigate to the view you created and then view source

you will find that MVC has rewritten your url in tag to full url like:

<link href="../Views/Home/Text.xml" type="text/css" />

i know that this file is in the Views folder and can't be viewed due to the web.config file that blocks any requests to files there, but thats not my problem

How can i get MVC to rewrite all urls not only in the <link> tage ?

Any help would be appreciated.

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This happens because your <head> tag has a runat="server" attribute (a nasty heritage from WebForms). Remove it and no rewrites will happen. Also instead of:

<link href="test.css" type="text/css" />

you should always use Url helpers when dealing with urls:

<link href="<%= Url.Content("~/test.css") %>" type="text/css" />

You should not leave automatic rewrites to happen, always use Url.Content for linking static resources.

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i see, but i want the rewrite to happen but not only for the <link> tag, for all tags like <script>, thanks for your reply anyway
@Ahmed Galal, that's why you should always use Url.Content as in my example in order to specify urls. That's the correct way to set urls in an ASP.NET MVC application. And for dynamic urls linking to controller actions you should use the corresponding html helpers: Html.ActionLink, Html.BeginForm, ...
@Darin Dimitrov, i know about Url.Content but i cant use it coz i dnt know where my folder will be placed, its a kind of a folder you upload to the server and its up to server where it should be saved. i only want to use relative URLs like what happens in the <link> tag.
@Ahmed Galal, I don't understand. Is this folder part of the web application root or it could be anywhere on the server? If it can be anywhere don't expect client browsers to be able to access it. It needs to be inside your server root and if it is simply use Url.Content("~/uploads") in order to get the correct relative path to this folder no matter where and how the application is hosted.
@Darin Dimitrov, Yes its a part of the web application root, but your folder might be renamed when its uploaded to the server, so you cant know the exact path
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perhaps you have already tried something like this

<head runat="server">
 <link href="test.xml" type="text/css"/>
 <script src="<%= ((WebFormView)this.ViewContext.View).ViewPath.Substring(1, 
  ((WebFormView)this.ViewContext.View).ViewPath.LastIndexOf('/')) %>test1.xml" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

renders html as

<head>
 <link href="Views/Shared/test.xml" type="text/css" />
 <script src="/Views/Home/test1.xml" type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
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thats works, however i was looking for a way that makes automatic url rewrite happens as it happens in the <link> tag, thanks for ur help

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