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VirtualPathUtility::Combine Method

Combines a base path and a relative path.

Namespace:  System.Web
Assembly:  System.Web (in System.Web.dll)

public:
static String^ Combine(
	String^ basePath, 
	String^ relativePath
)

Parameters

basePath
Type: System::String

The base path.

relativePath
Type: System::String

The relative path.

Return Value

Type: System::String
The combined basePath and relativePath.

ExceptionCondition
HttpException

relativePath is a physical path.

-or-

relativePath includes one or more colons.

ArgumentNullException

relativePath is nullptr or an empty string.

-or-

basePath is nullptr or an empty string.

The Combine method returns the value of the AppDomainAppVirtualPath property if the relative path is exactly a tilde (~).

The Combine method uses the AppDomainAppVirtualPath property value rather than the base path, if the relative path starts with a tilde and a slash mark (~/); otherwise, the Combine method uses the base path.

Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Starter Edition, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98

The .NET Framework and .NET Compact Framework do not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 3.5, 3.0, 2.0
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