Question

I have a new MVC3 project setup, and I added a folder inside my controller named “area1”.

I then put my controller inside that folder named abc.cs:

public class abc : Controller
{
        //
        // GET: /abc/
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return Content("abc index");
    }

}


public class MyAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
{
    public override string AreaName
    {
        get { return "My Area"; }
    }

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "abc",
            "area1/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new { controller = "abc", action = "index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
            );

        // And so on ...
    }
}

Now when I go to:

/area1/abc/index

I get an error page.

The resource cannot be found.

I put a breakpoint in the RegisterArea method and it doesn’t get called.

What am I doing wrong?

Other Few questions:

1. can I put my areas folder and controller code anywhere in the project, or does it have to be inside the main controllers folder?

2. can I have my views in my areas folder also?

Answer 1

I’m not sure what you mean by

and I added a folder inside my controller named “area1”.

Since your controller is a class, it doesn’t make sense to add a folder to it.

The process to create an area goes something like this:

1. In Visual Studio, right click on the project root, and select Add|Area

2. Enter the name for the area – Area1 or what have you.

3. VS will create ~/areas/area1, and add the Views, Controllers and Models folders.

4. Add, for instance, IndexController.cs to the Areas1/Controllers folder.

5. Add a view, “Index.cshtml”, to the Area1/Views folder

6. Rebuild the solution.

7. Open http://localhosdt/area1/index in your browser, and you should see your view.