ASP.NET MVC 2 NOT recognizing my javascript file

Question

RESOLVED: I had to comment _routes.RouteExistingFiles = true; and it started recognizing my .js files.

I don't understand why my ASP.NET MVC 2 application is NOT recognizing my java script files. I tried following ways to include my scrip but it does not recognize.

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
<script type="text/javascript" src="<%= Url.Content("~/JS/JScript1.js") %>"></script> 
<script src="../../JS/JScript1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

JScript1.js is located at <root>/JS/JScript1.js

I get following error in my ControllerFactory:

The controller for path '/JS/JScript1.js' was not found or does not implement IController.

Here are my route settings:

    _routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{file}.txt");
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{file}.htm");
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{file}.html");
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{file}.xml");
    // Ignore axd files such as assest, image, sitemap etc
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
    // Ignore the assets directory which contains images & css
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("Content/{*pathInfo}");
    //Exclude favicon (google toolbar request gif file as fav icon)
    _routes.IgnoreRoute("{*favicon}", new { favicon = @"(.*/)?favicon.([iI][cC][oO]|[gG][iI][fF])(/.*)?" });
    _routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}", new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" });

Could you post your routes from global.asax?

DavidGouge
– DavidGouge

2011-04-19 13:52:59 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 13:52 — DavidGouge
– DavidGouge, Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 13:52
David, I added my route settings to my question.

Alex
– Alex

2011-04-19 13:56:39 +00:00
Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 13:56 — Alex
– Alex, Commented Apr 19, 2011 at 13:56

DavidGouge · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-19 13:50:16Z

1

It looks like one of your routes is matching the path to your JS file. You will need to do something like this:

routes.IgnoreRoute("JS/*.js");

answered Apr 19, 2011 at 13:50

DavidGouge

4,6336 gold badges36 silver badges46 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Alex Over a year ago

I tried placing the js file in some other folder and got the same error.

Nick Larsen · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-19 14:20:45Z

0

Your route is mapping as follows:

/JS/JScript1.js
/{controller}/{action}/[empty string]

because that is the first route which matches it. Since you do not have a controller named JSController, you are getting the error. You have a few options:

ignore routes containing the extension .js
use the content folder which the framework lets things flow through by default
remove the default route and add routes for each of your controllers manually
put your js file at least 3 folders deep so it no longer matches the default route (i.e. /level1/level2/level3/JScript1.js)

answered Apr 19, 2011 at 14:20

Nick Larsen

18.9k6 gold badges70 silver badges97 bronze badges

3 Comments

Alex Over a year ago

Nick, I commented "_routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;" and it started recognizing my .js files. Do you see anything wrong with this approach?

Nick Larsen Over a year ago

@Alex: For what you are doing, it's probably not an issue, though I would advise against it because what that does is tell ASP.NET to handle the response on existing files and not the MVC engine. This is probably more useful for combining webforms and MVC in the same project. You might want to try directly routing to your view files and see what happens.

Alex Over a year ago

Thank you. I'll try your suggestion and will keep you posted.

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

ASP.NET MVC 2 NOT recognizing my javascript file

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

3 Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

3 Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related