MVC3 Views cannot find added reference class

Question

My view is having trouble finding a class located in one of my links. This link is to a DLL built outside the project.

An error always appears in the view:

The type or namespace name 'Company' was not found (you are missing the using directive or assembly reference)

Here is the controller. No problems.

using Company.Entities; public ActionResult Find() { Person test = Person.SelectByADDistinguishedName("L*", false); return View(test); } 

Here is a view. The error occurs in the @Model line.

 @model Company.Entities.Person @{ ViewBag.Title = "Bob"; } <h2>Find</h2> 

My views /Web.config currently look like

  <system.web.webPages.razor> <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, 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.Routing" /> <add namespace="Company.Entities" /> </namespaces> </pages> </system.web.webPages.razor> 

I checked similar streams, such as one , but to no avail.

Here is the message on the screen

 Line 25: using System.Web.Mvc.Html; Line 26: using System.Web.Routing; Line 27: using Company.Entities; Line 28: Line 29: Source File: c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET 

Files \ root \ 49c9c7db \ 1f9dd5c8 \ App_Web_find.cshtml.a8d08dba.xro6gxci.0.cs Line: 27

If I expel any mention of the assembly (from web.config - no @using statments). I get the same error message while loading, but against this line

 public class _Page_Views_Home_Find_cshtml : System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<Company.Entities.Person> { 

Answer 1

After working with him for a while, I decided to solve it.

I had to add the assembly in the assembly section of the main web.config (and not under the views)

Example web.config.

 <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0"> <assemblies> <add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" /> <add assembly="Company, Version=2.0.31.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=df9010405db60e6d"/> </assemblies> </compilation> 

Thanks to everyone who gave me suggestions.

Answer 2

Be sure to check your submission directory for the additional web.config file. I seem to remember that I encountered a similar problem because I did not update the correct web.config. YMMV.

Answer 3

Add link

before you use your control, the .cshtml file works. Example:

 @model IEnumerable<MyApp.Models.MyModel> @using System.Web.UI.WebControls; 

But you can put it in web.config under the namespaces tag. Thus, it is global for all representations. In addition, there is no need to specify the version:

 <namespaces> <add namespace="System.Web.UI.WebControls" /> </namespaces>