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Epstone
Epstone

Reputation: 872

Cannot use MvcHtmlString/IHtmlString with RazorEngine

I just started playing around with the RazorEngine and I'm stumbling when using a static helper method. It just produces an MvcHtmlString/IHtmlString for the template. When calling Razor.Parse(...) I get

RazorEngine.Templating.TemplateCompilationException : Unable to compile template. 
Der Typ 'System.Web.IHtmlString' ist in einer nicht referenzierten Assembly definiert. (not referenced)
Fügen Sie einen Verweis auf die Assembly 'System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' hinzu.

I have added references to System.Web, System.Web.Mvc, System.Web.WebPages. Also tried to add them to the cshtml (@using System.Web, @using System.Web.Mvc). But @using System.Web.Mvc results in .Mvc is not available in System.Web?!

I'm trying to build the templates in NUnit Tests currently.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2660

Answers (2)

Frank Hagenson
Frank Hagenson

Reputation: 1033

An old question. @Gopal has the correct answer. As well as adding the following code, I had to set the reference to System.Web to copy local.

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.Load("System.Web");

Upvotes: 1

Gopal Krishnan
Gopal Krishnan

Reputation: 1146

The RazorEngine has a class CompilerServicesUtility. This is responsible for loading and making assemblies available when your view is compiled. It by default returns all assemblies loaded in the current AppDomain.

Its bit unintuitive for someone looking at the code, but one way to make sure that your Razor view compiles and you can use MvcHtmlString is to load the System.Web and System.Web.Mvc assemblies into the current AppDomain using AppDomain.Current.Load("") prior to executing/ compiling your view.

Upvotes: 3

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