ASP.Net MVC: How to use a virtual path (directory) with a dot (period)?

Question

If I create a new MVC web application project, build and run it the home page comes up as expected. However, if you change the project's Web Properties to use a "Virtual Path" that contains a dot (for example: "Version1.2"), it will fail to work ("The resource cannot be found.").

What options are there?

Answer 1

Using something else instead of a dot, maybe? ;)

Custom Route class

You could write custom route class and provide you own functionality that will be able to consume URLs with dots. But be warned: writing a custom Route class requires a bit deeper understanding of Asp.net routing than just routes.MapRoute().

I've done a custom Route class in the past. It serves a different purpose, but you can check it out. Maybe it will lighten things up a bit for you. Click this link and check it out.