[SOLVED] ASP page not retrieving import files

ASP page not retrieving import files

On a newly created website, based on an existing site, the @import is not locating the CSS files. I am just attempting to pull in the CSS files for a simple Hello World in order to make sure that this first step is functioning.

The HTML heading code:

<head id="Head1" runat="server">
    <title>Company Name - Hello World</title>
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" />
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />

    <style media="all" type="text/css">
        @import '<%# ResolveUrl("~/layout/HelloWorld.css")%>';
    </style>

</head>

Using Chrome, the Developer Tools displays the following:

<html>
<head id="Head1"><title>
    Company Name - Hello World
</title><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=Edge" /><meta charset="utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />

    <style media="all" type="text/css">
        @import '';
    </style>

</head>

The folder structure for the site contains the following:

HelloWorld -> the root
-- layout (folder)
-- pages (folder)
index.aspx

The code is a cut and paste from the a functioning ASP site.
In the developer tools under the Sources option, there are no folder paths being displayed.
The CSS file has been verified to exist in the layout folder.
The web page displays, but without the CSS formatting.
No error messages are generating when displaying a simple one line web page .

I have done a side by side comparison of the IIS settings for a working ASP site and the Hello World site, and not differences have been found. I am at a loss as to why the @import is displaying as an empty string.

Any wisdom as to how to resolve this is greatly appreciated.

Solution

It should be:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="~/layout/HelloWorld.css" />