Question

I wanted to know what files I need to add to a blank .NET c# Razor project to load my first page up.

I have created a view called Index.cshtml and inside it contains:

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index"; 
}

<h2>@ViewBag.Title</h2>

I have created a controller called HomeController.cs:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;

namespace My_Website.Models
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /Default1/

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View();
        }

    }
}

When I run this application, I get the following error:

The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched:
~/Views/Home/Index.aspx
~/Views/Home/Index.ascx
~/Views/Shared/Index.aspx
~/Views/Shared/Index.ascx
~/Views/Home/Index.cshtml
~/Views/Home/Index.vbhtml
~/Views/Shared/Index.cshtml
~/Views/Shared/Index.vbhtml 

Is there a way to redirect the script to point to Index.cshtml straight within the View folder without having to put in a Home directory to satisfy the default layout?

Answer 1

You can specify the view file path in your action method:

return View("~/Views/Index.cshtml");