Question

I have some code in an IAuthorizationFilter which redirects the user to a login page but I’m having trouble changing the controller which is used. So I might do

public void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext context) {   UserController u = new UserController();   context.Result = u.Login();   context.Cancel = true;  } 

But this results in

The view 'Login' or its master could not be found. The following locations were searched: ~/Views/Product/Login.aspx ~/Views/Product/Login.ascx ~/Views/Shared/Login.aspx ~/Views/Shared/Login.ascx 

I am running this from a product controler. How do I get the view engine to use the user controler rather than the product controler?

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Edit: I got it working with

RedirectResult r = new RedirectResult('../User.aspx/Login'); context.Result = r;  context.Cancel = true; 

But this is a cludge, I’m sure there is a better way. There is frustratingly little exposed in the ActionFilterAttribute. Seems like it might be useful if the controller exposed in AuthorizationContext had RedirectToAction exposed this would be easy.

Answer 1

Agree with ddc0660, you should be redirecting. Don’t run u.Login(), but rather set context.Result to a RedirectResult.