ASP.NET MVC 3 View Engine does not recognise PartialView with .cshtml

Question

The below image shows the Partial View GetMovieTypes.cshtml living in the Shared folder

I call the partial view using the line @Html.Partial("GetMovieTypes.cshtml") in the Index View of EmployeeController

Issue is I get Server Error when I call the Employee Controller with Index Action

The partial view '_GetMovieTypes.cshtml' was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched:

~/Areas/Staff/Views/Employee/GetMovieTypes.cshtml.cshtml

But when I rename the PartialView to GetMovieTypes.cshtml.cshtml it works fine

Why is the ViewEngine forcing me to add the .cshtml extension twice

Answer 1

You need to remove the .chtml extension:

@Html.Partial("GetMovieTypes")

You can also pass the model you havbe in the "parent" view like this:

@Html.Partial("GetMovieTypes", MovieTypesModel)

With this method, your view and its partial have the same model and information

*Maybe I'm wrong but I think you have an underscore in the name of the view too, so you should call it like this:

@Html.Partial("_GetMovieTypes", MovieTypesModel)

Answer 2

you should change your code call into

@Html.Partial("_GetMovieTypes")

as that's the name of your View, I do that all the time.

there is no need to mention the extension, that's only if you are calling from your Controller.

my own example:

Answer 3

You simply need to call

@Html.Partial("GetMovieTypes")

Dot is not recognized as extension separator by MVC binding. So if you write

"GetMovieTypes.cshtml" it searches for exactly that name, plus cshtml extension.

Answer 4

Remove the .cshtml portion:

@Html.Partial("GetMovieTypes")