SparkViewEngine, RenderAction and Areas with ASP MVC 2 Beta?!

Question

I just ran into trouble with the AreaDescriptionFilter of Spark using MVC 2 Beta.

The following line is from my Application.spark file. It results in the view engine looking in all possible locations of the view - except in the folders of the area "Shell".

# Html.RenderAction("ShowMainMenu", "Navigation", new { area = "Shell" });

Running the same action using http://localhost/Shell/Navigation/ShowMainMenu executes fine and recognizes the area's view directory as expected.

Any ideas how to fix this?

Answer 1

There's a known bug with Spark and some of the render methods. Did you try grabbing the latest version of Spark directly from its source repository?

Answer 2

It requires a bit of code modification, but it's a relatively easy fix: Read the answer to a similar question here.

Answer 3

Isn't there a case mismatch? Instead of area =

Html.RenderAction("ShowMainMenu", "Navigation", new { area = "Shell" });

you should have Area =

Html.RenderAction("ShowMainMenu", "Navigation", new { Area = "Shell" });