Question

I can’t get this to stick, it should stay the same when clicked but it appends the first two directories to it after it redirects:

<a href="~/Main/Content/Company/@Model.CompanyId/RemoveCompany"> remove </a>

When I click it, the browser tries to redirect to http://localhost/Main/Content/Companies/68/~/Main/Content/Company/68/RemoveCompany

tried this too

<a href="/Main/Content/Company/@Model.CompanyId/RemoveCompany"> remove </a>

redirects to http://localhost/Main/Companies/Main/Content/Company/0/RemoveCompany

the route looks like this in our Main Area:

context.MapRoute("RemoveCompany", "Main/Content/Company/{id}/RemoveCompany", new { controller = "Company", action = "RemoveCompany", id = UrlParameter.Optional });

Answer 1

Did you try using a helper?

<a href="@Url.Content("~/Main/Content/Company/" + Model.CompanyId + "/Remove")"> remove </a>

or even better: Routes – the kind of standard things people use in ASP.NET MVC. Seems like you are trying to hit a controller action belonging to an area or something. So simply setup your routes and get going:

@Html.ActionLink(
    "remove",
    "RemoveCompany", 
    "Company", 
    new {
        area = "main",
        id = Model.CompanyId
    }, 
    null
)

given the following Main area registration:

context.MapRoute(
    "RemoveCompany", 
    "Main/Content/Company/{id}/RemoveCompany", 
    new { 
        controller = "Company", 
        action = "RemoveCompany", 
        id = UrlParameter.Optional 
    });

yields:

<a href="/Main/Content/Company/123/RemoveCompany">remove</a>