/WebFormMvcMix

Mixing Asp.Net WebForm and MVC in same project

Primary LanguageJavaScript

Basicaly you can mix MVC and WebForm by flagging functionality in the initialization wizard.

#Add MVC to existing WebForm Project

  1. create the folder Controllers

  2. create the folder Views

  3. Add ref: 3.1) System.Web.Mvc 3.2) System.Web.Abstractions 3.3) System.Web.Routing 3.4) Microsoft.AspNet.WebPages (this one via nuget)

  4. Add to root web.config

<system.web>

<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" />

  </assemblies>

</compilation>

<pages>

  <namespaces>

    <add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />

    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />

    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />

    <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />

    <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />

    <add namespace="System.Web.WebPages"/>

  </namespaces>

</pages>

</system.web>

//Below settings to be copied outside <System.Web> and Inside 

<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">

  <dependentAssembly>

    <assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />

    <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />

  </dependentAssembly>

</assemblyBinding>
  1. Add a valid web.config in Views file