MEF + MVC3 - Showing view always fail

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I'm trying to use MEF + MVC3.

I have 2 projects. One where I should "dynamically" render the other modules and I call it Shell. The second project is where I have a certain module, that I want to load inside Shell.

I was able to dynamically instantiate one controller from the module, using MEF, but everytime it redirects to the View it fails to find it.

Do I have to "copy+paste" the Views from all my modules/plugins to my Shell? Or there is any other solution?

I get "The view 'Index' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations". This happens because I don't have any View inside my project Shell — Francisco Correia, May 07 '12 at 13:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 07 '12 at 13:15

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You need to copy the .cshtml (or .aspx) view files to the actual application directory.

Views are not compiled into projects; instead, they are read from the web application directory at runtime.

If you want to, you can make your own VirtualPathProvider that reads views from something else.

answered May 07 '12 at 13:15

SLaks

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There are any orientation on how can I achieve that? – Francisco Correia May 07 '12 at 13:23
The VirtualPathProvider override in order to lookup inside module dll. – Francisco Correia May 07 '12 at 13:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 26 '12 at 16:25

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If you are using .aspx files then you need to make them an embedded view.

answered Jun 26 '12 at 16:25

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MEF + MVC3 - Showing view always fail

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