Question

I just barely created a new Area to organize my code.
But currently I am having trouble actually linking it from my “base” or “root” index page, to my new area page.

@Html.ActionLink("Tube Record Form", "BearingAssemblyForm", "_HiCT", new { area = "HICT" }, null)

---

 public class HICTAreaRegistration : AreaRegistration
{
    public override string AreaName
    {
        get
        {
            return "HICT";
        }
    }

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "HICT_default",
            "HICT/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new {controller = "_HiCT", action = "BearingAssemblyForm", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
        );
    }
}

The resource cannot be found.
And it seems its linked wrongly

Requested URL: /HICT/HiCT/BearingAssemblyForm

Controller: HiCT,
View/Action: BearingAssemblyForm, Area: HICT.

How would I like this?

Thank you so much.

Answer 1

Try this:

@Html.ActionLink("LinkText",
        "ActionName",
        "ControllerName",
        new { area = "HICT" }, null)

I think you’re not using the correct @Html.ActionLink method overload.

First off all, see if your area is registered correctly:

public class Routes : AreaRegistration
{
    public override string AreaName
    {
        get
        {
            return "HICT";
        }
    }

    public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
    {
        context.MapRoute(
            "HICT_default",
            "HICT/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
            new { controller = "_HiCT", action = "BearingAssemblyForm", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );
}

Make sure you’re calling RegisterAllAreas inside the Global.asax.cs file:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

    ...
}