Asp.net Mvc areas routing issue

Question

I want default page of the site to be Login.cshtml. I get the Exception:

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

I have 2 areas. Structure is shown below.

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My routeconfig is shown below.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace Portal.Web
{
public class RouteConfig
{
    public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
    {
        routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");

        routes.MapRoute(
            name: "Default",
            url: "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "LogIn", id =   UrlParameter.Optional },
            namespaces: new[] { "Portal.Web.Areas.Management" }
        );
    }
    }

}

My global.asax.cs is shown below:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;

namespace Portal.Web
{
// Note: For instructions on enabling IIS6 or IIS7 classic mode, 
// visit http://go.microsoft.com/?LinkId=9394801
public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

        WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
        FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
        RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
    }
}
}

`Have you any advice?

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '13 at 22:37

You forgot some stuff

Recap:

ManagementAreaRegistration.cs

public class ManagementAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
{
    public override string AreaName
    {
        get
        {
            return "Management";
        }
    }

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "Management_default",
            "Management/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
          new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

RouteConfig.cs

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default" // Route name
        , "{controller}/{action}/{id}" // URL with parameters
        , new { area = "management", controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional } // Parameter defaults
        , new[] { "Portal.Web.Areas.Management.Controllers" } // Namespace of controllers in root area
    );
}

You set Portal.Web.Areas.Management when it should be Portal.Web.Areas.Management.Controllers also it is missing the default area: area = "management"

Adrian Thompson Phillips · Answer 2 · 2013-07-16T15:58:38.213

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It looks as though you need to change your namespace on the MapRoute from:

Portal.Web.Areas.Management

To:

Portal.Web.Areas.Management.Controllers

edited Jul 16 '13 at 15:58

answered Jul 16 '13 at 15:35

Adrian Thompson Phillips

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score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 22 '14 at 10:07

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Clear out your bin folder and rebuild. There is a chance there is an old dll set up with the old routing. This worked for me for one route at least.

answered Apr 22 '14 at 10:07

Stuart Dobson

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score -5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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I followed instruction in this post. And problem is resolved. Visit ASP.NET MVC Default URL View

Thank you all.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Jul 17 '13 at 07:56

ftdeveloper

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There is no definitive answer at that url. what did you finally do ? Change ``defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "LogIn", id = UrlParameter.Optional }`` to ``defaults: new { area = "management", controller = "Home", action = "LogIn", id = UrlParameter.Optional }`` ? – Robert Hoffmann Jul 17 '13 at 10:30
Without any link to a direct solution this is not worth much to anyone. – Syska Jan 04 '14 at 22:09
I had the same issue and I solved my problem resolving the namespace of my web application. I move my controllers from no area to Admin Area and didn't work, when i adjust the namespace of all class it worked – renefc3 Jul 01 '14 at 11:38
@renefc3 Why did the namespace have to be changed? Maybe you can help me here -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25450549/want-to-understand-process-for-troubleshooting-asp-net-mvc-routing-failure – Howiecamp Aug 25 '14 at 05:05

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