Asp.net mvc compiler error when trying to invoke View Component from view page

Asked Sep 17 '18 at 18:18

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I am trying to create my first View Component in my MVC project but have come to a halt. When I try to invoke my View Component from the razor view page I get an error that states: "The name 'await' does not exist in the current context".

Code I use to call the View Component:

@await Component.InvokeAsync("Example")

View Component class:

namespace MyWebApp.ViewComponents
{
    public class ExampleViewComponent : ViewComponent
    {
        public IViewComponentResult Invoke()
        {
            var user = Account.GetCurrent();

            return View(user);
        }
    }
}

View Component razor view file location: Views/Shared/Components/Example/Default.cshtml

View Component class file location: ViewComponents/ExampleViewComponent.cs

I have mostly been following this tutorial: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/mvc/views/view-components?view=aspnetcore-2.1

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edited Sep 18 '18 at 14:43

asked Sep 17 '18 at 18:18

Jonathan Fogelström

Where are you calling the View component ? Is it inside a razor view file ? – Shyju Sep 17 '18 at 19:31
yes, inside Views/Home/Index.cshtml – Jonathan Fogelström Sep 17 '18 at 19:38
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Which MVC version you're using? `@await Component.InvokeAsync("Example")` works only for Core MVC, in previous versions you need child actions (marked as `ChildActionOnlyAttribute`). – Tetsuya Yamamoto Sep 18 '18 at 04:41
Turns out it's a asp.net application and not asp.net core. Thanks for the heads up. created a child action method now and works fine :) – Jonathan Fogelström Sep 18 '18 at 14:43

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