Question

I have a c# web application on i.e. http://mysite.com

User opens his browser and types http://mysite.com/anywrongpath

Which I want to do is to get the “exact” url ( /anywrongpath ) and THEN redirect that user to i.e. /MainPage.aspx

I think I can handle redirection with:

protected void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    HttpException httpException = Server.GetLastError() as HttpException;
    if (httpException.ErrorCode == 404)
       Response.Redirect("/MainPage.aspx");
}

However, I have no idea how to handle the retrieve process of typed url. I made a research of “Sessions” , “Request.ServerVariables” , “Request.Url” etc but I couldnt solve the problem.

I am open for any idea how to solve it, and really glad if you give tiny code samples, thanx

Murat

Answer 1

Edit your web.config file and put something like this in the system.web section

<customErrors mode="RemoteOnly" defaultRedirect="Error.aspx">
    <error statusCode="404" redirect="MainPage.aspx" />
</customErrors>

When your user types an address like mysite.com/non-existant, IIS redirects him to mysite.com/MainPage.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/non-existant

This way, you can get the Request.QueryString["aspxerrorpath"]