Question

I am having problems trying to get a very simple ASP.Net application to start using .Net Framework 4 and MVC 2.

When press F5 in Visual Studio 2010, I get the following error message HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unable. Please review the following URL and make sure it is spelled correctly.

When I added the view, I added the view by right clicking on the method in the controller, and this of course added the view. I have also noticed that when selecting “Go to View”, that this too throws an error in Visual Studio and says that the view does not exist! Further, I have gone to the Global.asax page and changed the default controller to be that of the one I have added, but this has made NO difference.

So, please tell me – but do I need to change?

Answer 1

Try to go to /ControllerName/ActionName. If you have changed the default, you have to make sure you have spelled it correctly. Also note that the ASP.NET MVC Framework removes the “Controller” suffix of controller names.

If your new controller is called MyNewController it should:

1. Inherit from Controller
2. Be called MyNewController

Like this

public MyNewController : Controller {
    public ActionsResult MyAction() {
       return View();
    }
}

In Global.asax.cs for this case, the default settings counld be:

routes.MapRoute(
    "Default", 
    "{controller}/{action}/{id}", 
    new { controller = "MyNew", action = "MyAction" }
);

Note how the default controller setting lacks the “Controller” suffix.