Search views in the callee Project

Question

Hello,

From my main MVC application, i am trying to call a controller action that is located in a second MVC project. I can call the controller action, but i am getting the error:

The view 'myLogin.cshtml' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched:

~/Views/Account/myLogin.cshtml.aspx

~/Views/Account/myLogin.cshtml.ascx

~/Views/Shared/myLogin.cshtml.aspx

~/Views/Shared/myLogin.cshtml.ascx

~/Views/Account/myLogin.cshtml.cshtml

~/Views/Account/myLogin.cshtml.vbhtml

~/Views/Shared/myLogin.cshtml.cshtml

~/Views/Shared/myLogin.cshtml.vbhtml

It seems that the engine looks for the view in my main (the caller) project. How can i let it look in the folders of the second (the callee) project?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

the easiest fix is to add a msbuild step that copies the views in project2 to the main project view folder.

if you want a seperate folder in the main site, you would create a custom view engine and add view search templates for the new folder. You may need to update the publish step to include this folder.

note: in net 6+ razor page views (not mvc views) can be compiled into a library.

Answer 2

Hi @BanKid

The reason for this is that CSHTML files do not translate well into DLLs. I offer you a plan:

I offer you a plan:

1.Install RazorGenerator

2.Create a new class library. Also add references to System.Web, System.Web.Helpers, System.Web.Mvc, System.Web.WebPages.

If you do not add a reference, you will have the following error:

3.Create a folder View-Share. At the same time, you need to rename the newly created html file to cshtml and finally reference RazorGenerator.

4.Referenced in another project: RazorGenerator.MVC.

Best regards,

Qi You

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