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barnacle.m
barnacle.m

Reputation: 2200

Cannot find HttpPost method in controller class

I have an html form that uses HTTP.Post to talk to a method in the controller class. I don't have a specific view representing this method, just an HttpPost ActionResult without a relative cshtml view class. My code that calls this method is:

@using (Html.BeginForm("SaveCallout", "SaveCallout"))
{  
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.DropDownListFor(m => m.ClientId, new SelectList(Model.Clients, "ClientId", "Name"))
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.ClientId)
    </div>
    <div class="editor-label">
        @Html.LabelFor(model => model.Description)
    </div>
    <div class="editor-field">
        @Html.TextAreaFor(model => model.Description, new { @id = "descriptionText" })
        @Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.Description)
    </div>
    <input class="btn btn-primary btn-large" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px;" type="submit" value="Create Callout" />
        <a class="btn btn-primary btn-large" href="@Url.Action("EmptyThisCallout", "Callout", null)" id="EmptyCart" style="float: left;">Clear Callout</a>
}

And my controller method is:

    [HttpPost]
    public ActionResult SaveCallout(CalloutViewModel viewModel)
    {
        var Callout = new Callout();
        TryUpdateModel(Callout);
        try
        {
            Callout.ClientId = viewModel.ClientId;

            Callout.CalloutDate = DateTime.Now;
            //Save invoice
            proent.Callouts.Add(Callout);
            proent.SaveChanges();
            //Process the invoice
            var tempCallout = CalloutLogic.GetCallout(this.HttpContext);
            tempCallout.CreateCallout(Callout);

            return RedirectToAction("Complete", new { id = Callout.CalloutId });
        }
        catch
        {
            //Invalid - redisplay with errors
            return View(Callout);
        }
    }

This has worked flawlessly in a similar context before, but now I get the error message "The view 'SaveCallout' or its master was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations". I understand it is searching for a View but I have never needed one before for this process.

Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? Maybe I need to post more of my code?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 127

Answers (1)

mostruash
mostruash

Reputation: 4189

The change you made is return View(Callout); in catch.

return View(...) without providing a View name searches for a View that has the same name as your Action. You should put a View at Views -> SaveCallout -> SaveCallout.cshtml if it was intentional, but I do not think it is.

I don't know what view you are making that HttpPost from. Let it be called Foo. If you want to return to Foo view again, you should do:

catch(...)
{
    return View("Foo", Callout);
}

Upvotes: 1

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