referencing files outside of web application with master page

[Guest]

I would like to use a master page in my web application. All of my
stylesheets and graphics are in folders one level above my web application.
How do I go about referencing these files from pages that are one level below
the master page. So for example on the master page I have:

<script type="text/javascript"
src="../globalstylesheets/javascriptfunctions.js"></script>

Then I have a forms folder and inside there I have a page that uses the
master page. So the url for this page should be

<script type="text/javascript"
src="../../globalstylesheets/javascriptfunctions.js"></script>

I tried ~ but it doesn't work since the files are not included in the web
application.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

If you have these files in a private directory then the browser will not be
able to download them.
You should at least put them in a virtual directory.

 

[Guest]

Awesome. Thanks for the response. After I put them in a virtual directory,
how would I reference them in the master page? I could always use the full
URL but that could be subject to change. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

 

[Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]]

You might consider putting the virtual directory path in the web.config or a
similar place for easy updating in case it needs to be modified in the
future.

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr,
MCSD, MVP, CSM, ASPInsider
http://SteveOrr.net