Control.ResolveUrl versus Control.ResolveClientUrl versus VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute

Question

Is there any benifit to using one of these methods over the other when resolving paths which start with the tilde (~)?

Generally, what is a better practice, should y

Answer 1

Note that VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute(virtualPath) will throw an exception if a query string is included in the path.

The HttpException message will be along the lines of "'~/YourVirtualPath/YourPage.aspx?YourQueryStringArg=FooBar' is not a valid virtual path."

See Rick Strahl's Web Log:ResolveUrl() without Page and MSDN: VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute Method (String)