Application calls Begin_Request for images, css and js ASP.NET MVC 3

Question

I have this MVC application where I declare the following routings:

routes.RouteExistingFiles = false;

routes.IgnoreRoute("Content/{*pathInfo}");
routes.IgnoreRoute("Scripts/{*pathInfo}");

routes.IgnoreRoute("{*alljs}", new { alljs = @".*\.js(/.*)?" });
routes.IgnoreRoute("{*allcss}", new { allcss = @".*\.css(/.*)?" });

I deployed my application on IIS and I see that the Application_BeginRequest is called also for every static resource

protected void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Log.Write("Begin request for " + Request.RawUrl)
}

I tried to set the web.Config in this way:

<system.webServer>
  <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
  <modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true" />
      <handlers accessPolicy="Read, Execute, Script">
          <add name="StaticFiles" path="*.js, *.css, *.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.png" verb="*" type="StaticFileModule" resourceType="Either" requireAccess="None" preCondition="integratedMode" />
      </handlers>
</system.webServer>

No success, unfortunately. Anyone has a clue for this?

can you configure IIS so that it serves the static files? It won't need to instantiate a asp.net process. — Dallas, Nov 21 '11 at 22:33
@Dallas - The StaticFiles handler is invoking the IIS's StaticFileModule, but it doesn't work. I'll be glad if you can address me where I can find an example of this solution :) — ab_732, Nov 22 '11 at 11:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:11

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Application_BeginRequest has nothing to do with routing.
It will always fire for all managed requests.

If you only want to handle MVC requests, use a global action filter.

answered Nov 21 '11 at 20:11

SLaks

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You are saying: do not use Begin_Request but use global action filter instead? – ab_732 Nov 21 '11 at 21:11
Yes. Or, better yet, instantiate it lazily when first used. Or use a non-global filter and apply that filter to each action that needs the DB. – SLaks Nov 21 '11 at 21:31

Application calls Begin_Request for images, css and js ASP.NET MVC 3

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