MVC 2 does not work with ActionLink

MVC 2 does not work with ActionLink by Sean Hederman

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as Fixed

Type:	Bug
ID:	539378
Opened:	3/4/2010 10:04:28 PM
Access Restriction:	Public

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User(s) can reproduce this bug

Create a new ASP.NET MVC 2 Empty Web Application does not work, has references still to .NET 3.5 DLL's which cannot be referenced via the Add Reference dialog

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Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate

Windows 7

English

Create a new ASP.NET MVC 2 Empty Web Application
Add a HomeController, two views, Index.aspx and Test.aspx, and add their actions to the controller
In the default view place the following code:
<%= Html.ActionLink("Test", "Test") %>
Execute the web page

Server Error in '/' Application.

Compilation Error

Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message: CS0012: The type 'System.Web.Routing.RouteValueDictionary' is defined in an assembly that is not referenced. You must add a reference to assembly 'System.Web.Routing, Version=3.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'.

Source Error:

Line 9: <body>
Line 10: <div>
Line 11: <%= Html.ActionLink("Test", "Test") %>
Line 12: </div>
Line 13: </body>

Source File: c:\Projects\MvcApplication1\MvcApplication1\Views\Home\Index.aspx Line: 11

A web page with a hyperlink to Test

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Posted by Tentome on 3/10/2010 at 9:00 AM

I came to this same error by starting with an empty MVC 2 project. Happened when I added new controlers and routes in Global.asax.cs.

Posted by Microsoft on 3/8/2010 at 10:47 AM

Hi Sean,

This issue was present in the Visual Studio 2010 Release Candidate and has since been fixed. The issue was only with the "Empty ASP.NET MVC 2 Application" project template and should not affect the non-empty project template. The workaround is to manually add back the references to System.Web.Abstractions and System.Web.Routing to the web.config file. You can find the proper web.config entries in the non-empty project's web.config file.

Thank you for the bug report and sorry for any inconvenience!

Thanks,
The ASP.NET Team

Posted by Microsoft on 3/7/2010 at 11:42 PM

Thank you for reporting the issue.
We are routing this issue to the appropriate group within the Visual Studio Product Team for triage and resolution.These specialized experts will follow-up with your issue.

Posted by Microsoft on 3/5/2010 at 7:01 PM

Thank you for your feedback, we are currently reviewing the issue you have submitted. If this issue is urgent, please contact support directly(http://support.microsoft.com)

Posted by Dana Pellerin - CMC on 3/17/2010 at 7:29 AM

As mentioned in the comments, there's a few assembly references missing from the project template. here are the missing lines:

<add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
<add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />