DNN ver 5.6.8

If I pass in the TabID of a page to the NavigateURL method, it returns something, but I don't understand what...

The page I'm trying to link to is: 
TabId: 3218
URL: http://MySite.com/MyPortal/ParentPage/ChildPage/tabid/3218/Default.aspx

But this code
DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL(3218);
Returns this url: 
http://MySite.com/MyPortal/ParentPage/tabid/7639/ctl/3218/Default.aspx

TabId 7639 is the page where I have this link... any idea why NavigateURL is returning this url?

Sebastian,

Thanks for the reply, more detail:
I'm using the UrlControl in my settings so users can set the URL property for a link. The UrlControl (AFAIK) returns the TabId of the selected page... can I use that TabId to get the URL of the selected page?

string myUrl = DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.NavigateURL(selectedTabId, string.Empty);

I've been unable to find any official looking "documentation." When I search for that, all I get are articles complaining about or discussing the lack of documentation for Dotnetnuke. Do you have a link?

If not, is there a way to get a URL for a page from the TabID?

Hello,

This is just a hunch, but is your number actually coming in as a string. I think if NavigateURL gets an integer as the first and only parameter, it takes it as the TabID. With the URL control, you usually have to pre-process the result to determine the type of thing it is and then handle it accordingly. For example, you'd treat file links differently than tab links. 

In any case, once you have the tabID, try just wrapping it in CInt() or (int).

Mike