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Drew Noakes
Drew Noakes

Reputation: 311195

TagBuilder gone from MVC 3 beta to RC

What happened to the TagBuilder class between ASP.NET MVC 3 beta and RC?

When compiling my project I get the error:

The type name 'TagBuilder' could not be found. This type has been forwarded to assembly 'System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'. Consider adding a reference to that assembly.

However that assembly does not exist in the GAC (nor in the .NET tab of the Add References dialog.) A search of my HDD doesn't turn up a DLL with that name either.

Upvotes: 34

Views: 12030

Answers (5)

Yaakov Ellis
Yaakov Ellis

Reputation: 41530

In Visual Studio 2012, I added this reference by going to the Reference Manager for the project (right click on References in the project and select Add Reference). Filtering by Assemblies and then Extensions (that is the important part), and adding System.Web.WebPages.

Upvotes: 3

Jason Wicker
Jason Wicker

Reputation: 3456

In VS 2010 SP1, Microsoft added a new feature to copy these assemblies locally into your project (and source control). This way, the application can run on servers without needing to install MVCx. Right-click on the project, and choose "Add Deployable Dependencies..." and select the MVC checkbox. System.Web.WebPages will be pulled into your project.

Check out this article here that goes into more detail: Adding-mvc-dependencies-to-project

Upvotes: 2

Bohemian
Bohemian

Reputation: 31

FYI: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.dll

is where it got installed by default on my Windows 7 Ultimate Box

Upvotes: 3

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1039110

It was moved to the System.Web.Pages.dll assembly:

c:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\

Upvotes: 20

dahlbyk
dahlbyk

Reputation: 77570

On my install of the RC, that assembly lives here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET Web Pages\v1.0\Assemblies\System.Web.WebPages.dll

Upvotes: 47

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