Question

Some background:
I create a new ASP.NET MVC 3 WebApplication.
Then I add a Webforms page: ~/ASPWebforms/Test.aspx
Then I edit the routing in the Global.asax file like this:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    routes.MapPageRoute("Test", "Test/", "~/ASPWebforms/Test.aspx");
    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );
}

Now I type in my browser http://localhost:54847/Test and everything works as expected.

The problem is that all other links look like that: http://localhost:54847/Test?action=Index&controller=Home

I also tried to change the order of the routes:

public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
    routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    routes.MapRoute(
        "Default", // Route name
        "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
    );
    routes.MapPageRoute("Test", "Test/", "~/ASPWebforms/Test.aspx");
}

but then http://localhost:54847/Test won’t work anymore.

I’m expecting the link http://localhost:54874/Test to go to ~/ASPWebforms/Test.aspx
And the other links work as usual mvc style {controller}/{action}/{id}

Thx for your help!

Answer 1

I found a solution for the first problem on this page:

http://forums.asp.net/p/1589809/4028028.aspx

An interesting sentence from this page:

Please read the topic “Understanding the Outbound URL-Matching
Algorithm” in Steve book.