Ok this has been asked before but there is no solid solution out there. So for purpose of myself and others who may find this useful.
In MVC2 (ASP.NET) I want it so when someone navigates to the website, there is a default area specified. So navigating to my site should send you to ControllerX ActionY in AreaZ.
Using the following route in the Global.asax
routes.MapRoute(
"Area",
"",
new { area = "AreaZ", controller = "ControllerX ", action = "ActionY " }
);
Now this works as in it does try to serve the correct page. However MVC proceeds to look for the View in the root of the site and not in the Area folder.
Is there a way to resolve this?
EDIT
There is a 'Solution' and that is in ControllerX, ActionY return the full path of the view. Bit of a hack but it does work. However I'm hoping there is a better solution.
public ActionResult ActionY()
{
return View("~/Areas/AreaZ/views/ActionY.aspx");
}
Edit:
This also becomes an issue when having a HTML ActionLink of the page. If the area is not set the Action Link is output blank.
Is all of this by design or a flaw?