Problems with "app_offline.html" and ASP.NET MVC

Asked May 19 '10 at 12:00

Active May 19 '10 at 14:12

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Why is App_Offline failing to work as soon as you it starts loading dlls?

Every time I had to update my ASP.NET application, I used to rename the file "app_offile.html" and the application would go offline. It still works with ASP.NET MVC, but when I start to upload the new versions and I refresh my browser, it gives me many errors because the application is being updated... so the "app_offline.html" is not working anymore.

Do you know what I should do?

I don't want my visitors to visit my website and get an error message. This is why this file exists.

ps: the file is bigger than 1k.

Cheers, G

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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asked May 19 '10 at 12:00

Guillermo Guerini

what error(s) are you getting? – curtisk May 19 '10 at 12:16
app_offile.html won't work ;) – Jan Willem B May 19 '10 at 12:17
I never got this to work in MVC; I built my own process for sending the application offline. – Brian Mains May 19 '10 at 12:42
@Brian What did you do? Could you explain your process? – Guillermo Guerini May 19 '10 at 13:52
actually it's **app_offline.htm** (notice it doesn't end with 'l') but I guess the OP already knows that. – Mauricio Scheffer May 19 '10 at 14:13
@Guillermo A custom action invoker is the key; I used the view engine to check for the existence of an app_offline view, something like that. When it exists, the user gets directed there. I'd have to refresh on what I did exactly... don't have that code handy. – Brian Mains May 19 '10 at 15:44

Problems with "app_offline.html" and ASP.NET MVC

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