Simple ASP question about setting up Microsoft Visual Web Developer 08

Discussion in 'C#' started by rocky@dogsdeservebetter.o, Aug 4, 2009.

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    I've never seen experienced anything so difficult as trying to view an aspx file. So I got MSVWD2008. Now I still can't. I'm closer. I have the software.
    I have this site which someone else wrote a few years ago. I'm trying to view the files on my laptop before I upload them to the site.
    I'm getting lots of warnings but the biggest issue is that in the first line of the code, the software can't find the master page. I have it right in the very same directory as the aspx file I'm opening in this software. I don't know why it can't find it.
    My question is what is the proper way to describe a local path to a file, in aspx. Precisely the first line, I am referring to. I'll show it to you here.

    <%@ page language="VB" masterpagefile="~/pages/rocky.master" autoeventwireup="false" inherits="feedback, App_Web_i5ksdbwd" title="airedale911.org: Adoption Application Form" %>

    And here's the error.
    The Master page cannot be loaded.

    Thanks