Control.ResolveUrl versus Control.ResolveClientUrl versus VirtualPathUtility.ToAbsolute

The difference between ResolveUrl and ResolveClientUrl is that ResolveClientUrl returns a path relative to the current page, ResolveUrl returns a path relative to the site root:

http://www.andornot.com/blog/post/ResolveUrl-vs-ResolveClientUrl.aspx

I would recommend using absolute paths.

Edit: Rick Strahl posted a nice article about this

Edit2: Removed bit about caching. Does not add to the answer and may not necessarily be accurate.

http://west-wind.com/weblog/posts/132081.aspx

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