> I've seen this all over:
>
> Page.LoadControl("~/DesktopModules/SignIn.ascx")
>
> What does the "~" do?
It's a short-cut to the virtual root for that application. Very
convenient to create directory-independent references to pages, images,
etc. You can also use it in server-side controls, like:
<asp:Image ImageUrl="~/images/foo.bmp"/>
Syntactically, it comes from the unix root directory shorthand.
-Fritz
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