ASP.NET 4.5 has not been registered on the Web server
Maybe you have to execute the following in the Visual Studio Tools command prompt: aspnet_regiis -i You can read more about the ASP.NET IIS Registration Tool (Aspnet_regiis.exe) here.
asp.net-mvc-4
How to create ASP.NET Web API Url?
The ApiController has a property called Url which is of type System.Web.Http.Routing.UrlHelper which allows you to construct urls for api controllers. Example: public class ValuesController : ApiController { // GET /api/values public IEnumerable<string> Get() { // returns /api/values/123 string url = Url.Route(“DefaultApi”, new { controller = “values”, id = “123” }); return new string[] { … Read more
How do I use my own database with SimpleMembership and WebSecurity? What is MVC4 security all about?
See the summaries below each quote for a quick answer, and the paragraphs for detail. Also see the References section at the end for the authoritative sources. Summaries 1.What is SimpleMembership/SimpleMembershipProvider (WebMatrix.WebData) and what is it/are they responsible for? SimpleMembership (a term that covers both the SimpleMembershipProvider and SimpleRoleProvider) is responsible for providing a clean … Read more
ViewModels or ViewBag?
Basically, Should everything be done through the viewmodel or is it Ok to also incorporate viewbag? Everything should be done inside a view model. That’s what a view model is. A class that you specifically define to meet the requirements of your view. Don’t mix ViewBags with ViewModels. It is no longer clear for the … Read more
Mixing Web Api and ASP.Net MVC Pages in One Project
You can put them in separate namespaces, e.g MyApp.Controllers.UsersController and MyApp.Controllers.WebAPI.UsersController. This would let you expose similar URI routes in MVC and WebAPI, eg: /users/1 << MVC view /api/users/1 << Web API
unobtrusive validation not working with dynamic content
If you try to parse a form that is already parsed it won’t update What you could do when you add dynamic element to the form is either You could remove the form’s validation and re validate it like this: var form = $(formSelector) .removeData(“validator”) /* added by the raw jquery.validate plugin */ .removeData(“unobtrusiveValidation”); /* … Read more
Role based authentication in the new MVC 4 Internet template using simplemembership
Found an answer here by Mehdi Golchin which seems to take care of: [Authorize(Roles=”admin,editor,publisher”)] If I also add this to the home controller: [InitializeSimpleMembership] Because this attribute is on the Accounts controller, SimpleMembership database gets initialize only after the first use of the accounts controller like login/register. Even when the current user gets logged in … Read more
How to add global ASP.Net Web Api Filters?
The following code, in my Global.asax, works for me: public static void RegisterWebApiFilters(System.Web.Http.Filters.HttpFilterCollection filters) { filters.Add(new MyWebApiFilter()); } protected void Application_Start() { RegisterWebApiFilters(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Filters); }
Anti forgery token is meant for user “” but the current user is “username”
This is happening because the anti-forgery token embeds the username of the user as part of the encrypted token for better validation. When you first call the @Html.AntiForgeryToken() the user is not logged in so the token will have an empty string for the username, after the user logs in, if you do not replace … Read more
How to add reference to System.Web.Optimization for MVC-3-converted-to-4 app
Update Version 1.1.x is available, read the release notes: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization The Microsoft.Web.Optimization package is now obsolete. With ASP.NET (MVC) 4 and higher you should install the Microsoft ASP.NET Web Optimization Framework: Install the package from nuget: Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization Create and configure bundle(s) in App_Start\BundleConfig.cs: public class BundleConfig { public static void RegisterBundles(BundleCollection bundles) { bundles.Add(new … Read more