My project is missing the web.config
file from the Views
folder. Here are the steps I took to make the project.
- Created an empty MVC project and installed the packages listed below.
- Created a controller and view. The view was created by right-clicking the action name and selecting 'Add View...' from the menu.
- Attempt to run the project, but got the error
CS0103: The name 'ViewBag' does not exist in the current context
I am getting this error because web.config
is missing from my Views
folder. Since the web.config
contains a lot of version numbers, tokens, etc..., my question is:
- Why wasn't this added when I installed the packages?
- Did the packages create a template I can use to make the
web.config
file?
Packages I installed:
Antlr 3.4.1.9004
bootstrap 3.3.4
jQuery 1.9.1
Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc 5.2.3
Microsoft.AspNet.Razor 3.2.3
Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimi... 1.1.3
Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages 3.2.3
Microsoft.Web.Infrastructure 1.0.0.0
Modernizr 2.6.2
Newtonsoft.Json 5.0.4
Ninject 3.2.2.0
Ninject.MVC5 3.2.1.0
Ninject.Web.Common 3.2.0.0
Ninject.Web.Common.WebHost 3.2.0.0
WebActivatorEx 2
WebGrease 1.5.2
Should prob look like this, as said in the comments it's part of the project template and not a package
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
<section name="host" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.HostSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
<section name="pages" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorPagesSection, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" requirePermission="false" />
</sectionGroup>
</configSections>
<system.web.webPages.razor>
<host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=5.2.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
<namespaces>
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>
<appSettings>
<add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
</appSettings>
<system.webServer>
<handlers>
<remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
<add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
</handlers>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>
UPDATE
The above is the default config file from the Views folder, it is added to a new Web Project when it's created using Visual Studio 2013. It uses
- Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc 5.2.2
- Microsoft.AspNet.Razor 3.2.2
- Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages 3.2.2