ActionMailer standalone @Html

Question

Hi I'm trying to use actionmailer standalone in a WCF service and everything works according to plan when it comes to substituting data using Model.XXX.

The problem starts when I try parsing templates using @Html

I receive : Unable to compile template. The name 'Html' does not exist in the current context

example template the works:

Hello @Model.Name

template failing

Hello @Model.Name
@Html.CheckBox("test")

So how can HtmlHelpers be used with actionmailer in a standalone scenario?

Press F12 on the `Model` property to see the underlying razor object of your webpage. There will or will not be the `Html` property. — AgentFire, Nov 04 '13 at 17:18
The problem is not the Model object the variable substitutions are ok , but HTML helpers doesn't appear to be recognized the problem starts when @Html is included and the view gets an error Unable to compile template. The name 'Html' does not exist in the current context — Anders Nilsson, Nov 04 '13 at 18:15

AgentFire · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-05T06:43:11.087

Ensure you have the web.config file inside your Views folder which helps the razor engine to have some extensions you might use:

<system.web.webPages.razor>
  <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, 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.Optimization"/>
      <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
    </namespaces>
  </pages>
</system.web.webPages.razor>

ActionMailer standalone @Html

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