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Asked: 2026-05-11T00:18:09+00:00

The following code will generate a link to the page I want to get

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The following code will generate a link to the page I want to get to.

<%= Html.ActionLink(image.Title, image.Id.ToString(), 'Image') %>

The following code will cause the correct url to be rendered on the page.

<%= Url.Action('Index', 'Image', new { id = image.Id })%>

But when I try to use it in javascript it fails. (with some strange error about page inheritance)

<div onclick='window.location = '<%= Url.Action('Index', 'Image', new { id = image.Id })%>''>     ... </div>

Should the above code work? What is the correct way to generate the javascript attempted above?

Update There error I get is

Views\Home\Index.aspx.cs(9): error ASPNET: Make sure that the class defined in this code file matches the ‘inherits’ attribute, and that it extends the correct base class (e.g. Page or UserControl).

Looks like it indicates a bigger problem.

Fixed Thanks for your help, the code contained a div with runat='server'. When I removed this it runs OK. This maybe because there is no form with runat='server' but I would expect a different error for that.

As this question doesn’t seem meaningful should I delete it?

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  1. This should work actually. ASP.NET MVC will substitute all <%= … %> or similar tags, it does not recognize whether it’s a html definition or javascript. What is the output of your view? Is the ‘strange error’ coming from Javascript or ASP.NET?

    EDIT: regarding your update: make sure your Index.aspx has the ‘Codebehind’ attribute (this is in Page-tag on the very first line) pointing to Index.aspx.cs and the attribute ‘Inherits’ contains the class name of the Page/User-Control class in the code-behind.

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