ASP.NET MVC HandleError View Not Found

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I'm trying to implement exception handling in ASP.NET MVC3 using the HandleError attribute.

The code that I'm using looks like this:

[HandleError(Order = 1, ExceptionType = typeof(SocketsOfflineException), View="EndSystemDownError")]

This works as expected when the EndSystemDownError view is located in the "Shared" folder. However, I have a number of Error views, and I want to separate them out into a folder specifically for Errors, called "Error".

So I pull the EndSystemDownError view out of the shared folder and into an "Error" subfolder in the Views folder. I then update the View property to ~/Views/Error/EndSystemDownError. This however results in an exception stating that the view was not found. I tried /Views/Error/EndSystemDownError as well, with the same results.

I have tried adding an ErrorController with an EndSystemDownError action, both as a troubleshooting measure, and because I would like to add some controller functionality to the view. This has no effect.

I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Perhaps this is a bug in MVC, or maybe it doesn't support error views outside of the Shared folder, which would be disappointing.

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 22:31:38Z

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AFAIK you cannot modify the location of those views. They should be in ~/Views/Shared. You could specify the name though per exception type:

[HandleError(
    Order = 1, 
    ExceptionType = typeof(SocketsOfflineException), 
    View = "EndSystemDownError"
)]

where the EndSystemDownError view is located in ~/Views/Shared/EndSystemDownError.aspx.

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 22:31

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Milan Jaric Over a year ago

I would say so too. Since there is a lot of convention, and this is not different case. If I were searching for Error view, I would look for it first in ~/Views/Shared folder :)

Chad Ruppert · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 22:37:54Z

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If you put your errors subfolder inside of the shared folder, you can refer to it by Errors/whatevererror.aspx and it should be fine.

I do this frequently. After all they are shared views. :)

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 22:37

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David Marchelya Over a year ago

This accomplishes the isolation of the error views that I am looking for. Thanks!

Milan Jaric · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 22:23:03Z

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did you try

[HandleError(Order = 1, ExceptionType = typeof(SocketsOfflineException), View="Error/EndSystemDownError")]

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 22:23

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David Marchelya Over a year ago

I tried both Error/EndSystemDownError and /Error/EndSystemDownError to no avail.

Darin Dimitrov Over a year ago

@David Marchelya, yeah, that's because it's not supported by the HandleError attribute.

ViRuSTriNiTy · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-09 10:33:50Z

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Side note for Orchard module programming:

The HandleError attribute won't work in Orchard modules as Orchard implements a custom filter handling itself.

You need to implement a FilterProvider that overrides the OnResultExecuted() to catch exceptions thrown in a view.

See src\Orchard\Exceptions\Filters\UnhandledExceptionFilter.cs, it implements the common Orchard error page.

answered Apr 9, 2015 at 10:33

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