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get asp.net session variable in HTML

I am trying to do:

<asp:HyperLink ID="hlMainImageView2"
                                             runat="server" ImageUrl=Session.BaseUrl &  UploadedImages/">View</asp:HyperLink>

Where session is my attempt to get the value of the session BaseUrl as use it has part of the hyperlink
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try:
<asp:HyperLink ID="hlMainImageView2"
                                             runat="server" ImageUrl=<%Session.BaseUrl%>UploadedImages/">View</asp:HyperLink>

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It gives me this error:

If this attribute value is enclosed in quotation marks, the quotation marks must match.
missing a starting quote for the ImageURL attribute:

<asp:HyperLink ID="hlMainImageView2"
                                             runat="server" ImageUrl="<%Session.BaseUrl%>UploadedImages/">View</asp:HyperLink>

I did this

<br />
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink4"
                                             runat="server" navigateurl="<%Session.BaseUrl%>UploadedImages/100-Main.jpg">View</asp:HyperLink>

AND IT navigated to

http://localhost:52803/MyAPP/products/%3C%Session.BaseUrl%%3EUploadedImages/100-Main.jpg

It did not give me the value for BaseUrL

also /products should not be int the path



ok try this :

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink4"
                                             runat="server" navigateurl="~/<%=Session.BaseUrl%> UploadedImages/100-Main.jpg">View</asp:HyperLink>

note <% has change to <%=

sorry i got that wrong , try :

<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink4"
                                             runat="server" navigateurl="<%=Session.BaseUrl%> UploadedImages/100-Main.jpg">View</asp:HyperLink>

ok what about :
<asp:HyperLink ID="HyperLink4"
                                             runat="server" navigateurl=<%=Session.BaseUrl%> & UploadedImages/100-Main.jpg>View</asp:HyperLink>

IT does not render. IT tells me that the server tag is not well formed
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