Questions related to migrating ASP.Net Winforms to ASP.Net MVC as well as upgrading code from older MVC versions to the current one.
Questions tagged [asp.net-mvc-migration]
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Why `DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)` doesn't work in MVC 4
I was trying to move my MVC 3 project to MVC 4 but when I wanted to move this model:
public class Link
{
[DatabaseGenerated(DatabaseGeneratedOption.Identity)]
public Guid ID { get; set; }
[DisplayName("Shorted URL")]
public string…

ahmadali shafiee
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Razor View Syntax doesn't recognize the "@" in an HTML attribute
I am migrating a project from MVC 2 to MVC3 and the razor view engine.
In MVC 2, I would have the following html:
When using razor, I tried the following, which renders the literal text…

scottrakes
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Razor helper method not working after upgrade from MVC 3 to 4
I have a helper method in a file under the App_Code directory. The method works perfectly fine in MVC 3, but after upgrading to MVC 4 it doesn't. It's failing at the first @if() block...
[Edit] This looks like a parsing error in the Razor engine. …

Silkster
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Bundling is working BUT minification is NOT working after migrating from Asp.Net MVC 3 to MVC 4
As I have migrated from Asp.Net MVC 3 to MVC 4, everything working fine with Asp.Net MVC 4 except minification.
Issue
My bundling works BUT minification is NOT working.
Bundling code
public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles)
…

nunu
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Razor: Cannot render Html.Label helper in a @Section (outputting source only)
I was unable to figure out how to use @class inside Html.LabelFor, so I updated an extension helper for Html.Label with code found on SO.
My LabelExtension.cs file has the following class:
public static class LabelExtensions
{
public…

REMESQ
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MVC DateTime format can not be parsed
after recently upgrading from MVC3 to 4 I am having some issues with datetimes. I display a date property like this:
<%: Html.DisplayFor(m => m.InvoiceDate, "datetime")%>
"datetime" is a display template which looks like this:
<%@ Control…

Toby Holland
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Using ExceptionFilterAttribute in upgraded MVC project
Is it possible to use ExceptionFilterAttribute in a project the was created with MVC2 and upgraded to MVC4? It is not a Web API project, and I cannot seem to get the exception to catch using the ExceptionFilterAttribute. Is there any way to make…

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How is it possible that Session is null in the AuthorizeAttribute.AuthorizeCore method?
I have a custom attribute class which inherits from AuthorizeAttribute. Sometimes the parameter httpContext.Session is null. How is this possible? The Session supposed to be alive as long as I am logged/active, right? I am not brwosing for 20…

Martijn
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Viewengine not looking into areas for views in asp.net mvc3 upgrade?
i'm upgrading my asp.net mvc app to the MVC 3 from mvc 2. I had everything set up so that there were no areas, but now i have to move the old application into its own area so i can start a new one. The new area is working great, but for some reason,…

bpedlar
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SiteMapPath using MVC 3 Razor
I'm currently converting a project from Asp.Net MVC 2 to MVC 3 and I'm having trouble finding out how to do this...
asp:SiteMapPath ID="SiteMapPath1" runat="server"
using Razor?
I've been playing with @SiteMap but other than getting the current…

Frank
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MVC3 ValidationAttribute break
I upgraded my project from MVC2 to MVC3 and all custom ValidationAttributes broke. At some point in the model binder phase, it throws this exception:
Exception Details: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name:…

CodeGrue
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MVC 5 Migration Issue
I have migrated my project from MVC 4.0 to MVC 5.1. I have followed all the steps as mentioned here
http://www.asp.net/mvc/tutorials/mvc-5/how-to-upgrade-an-aspnet-mvc-4-and-web-api-project-to-aspnet-mvc-5-and-web-api-2
Afrer that I have installed…

Yass
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Migrating web application to asp.net mvc
I need your advice regarding migration. I want to migrate existing project to ASP.NET MVC and I can figure out the proccess except of url rewriting issue:
for example how can I make following route:…

Alex L
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Migration from ASP.NET MVC 1.0 breaks Reponse and Request objects
I've been in the process of attempting to deploy an ASP.NET 4.0 (webform) project on a server that is running an ASP.NET MVC 1.0 application in it's web-root. I was slowly making progress, but hit a wall, so I decided to recompile the MVC app…

Josh
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How can I migrate from MVC5 to MVC4?
I want to migrate from MVC5 to MVC4, because my server is not supporting MVC 5 and giving me so many issues,
Thanks in advance.

Afzal Ahmad
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