Question

I am using s#arp architecture 2.0 with asp.net mvc 3.0. The razor code in a master page looks like this:

 @Html.ActionLink("Logout", "LogOff", "Users", new { style = "color:Blue;" })

For some reason the app does not produce the correct link anymore (to the action logoff of controller users) but rather points to the current controller for the action logoff. I have not changed anything. where do I have to dig to overcome this please?

The generated link looks like this:

CurrentControllerName/LogOff?Length=5

Answer 1

You are calling a wrong overload of the ActionLink helper. Here’s what you do:

@Html.ActionLink(
    "Logout",                         // linkText
    "LogOff",                         // actionName
    "Users",                          // routeValues
    new { style = "color:Blue;" }     // htmlAttributes
)

It’s pretty obvious why this doesn’t produce the correct url. You are passing "Users" which is a string value at the place where the helper expects routeValues which must represent an anonymous object.

The correct overload is:

@Html.ActionLink(
    "Logout",                         // linkText
    "LogOff",                         // actionName
    "Users",                          // controllerName
    null,                             // routeValues
    new { style = "color:Blue;" }     // htmlAttributes
)