MVC2 - IIS7, Virtual Directory - Url.Content

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I have MVC2 applications that runs well on the root of website, however when I publish it to a Virtual Directory, none of the images or css worked. I used Url.Content, and all worked except for video files using Javascript and JW Player. I am building my dynamic buttons using:

onClick = string.Format("videoplayer('../video/{0}')", VideoName);

Now I need to use Url.Content, tried several ways but failed, I would appreciate your input. Thanks in advance

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-26 20:26:00Z

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You could separate your markup and javascript. For example you could use HTML5 data-* attributes and jQuery:

<div class="player" data-url="<%= Url.Content("~/video") %>/foo.avi">
    Play foo
</div>

<div class="player" data-url="<%= Url.Content("~/video") %>/bar.avi">
    Play bar
</div>

and then in a separate javascript file you could subscribe to the .click event:

$(function() {
    $('.player').click(function() {
        var url = $(this).data('url');
        videoplayer(url);      
        return false;
    });
});

edited Feb 26, 2012 at 20:26

answered Feb 26, 2012 at 20:00

Darin Dimitrov

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3 Comments

hncl Over a year ago

Thanks Darin, your solution works well; however I would like to place '<%= Url.Content("~/video/" + VideoName) %>' in my existing fuction(videoname){ var videotoplay = '<%= Url.Content("~" + videoname) %>'; I get the videoname from my button as /video/test.mp4. I am getting error The name 'videoname' does not exist in the current context. Thanks

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@user373721, ah, so videoname is a javascript variable? You should have explained that in your question. I will update my answer with an example.

RickAndMSFT Over a year ago

Darin is correct but you also need to learn some debugging skills. Use Fiddler/F12 tools and even view source to figure out the requested URL and why it's not working.

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