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Taylor J
Taylor J

Reputation: 21

Embedded Razor layout cannot be located

I'm using Razor with emails templates in .NET core 3.

While I can get this all to works, I'd like to change my templates file (called EmailLayout.cshtml and located at /Pages/Shared/) as an Embedded resource. Whenever I do that in VS, I got this error:

InvalidOperationException: The layout view 'EmailLayout' could not be located. The following locations were searched: /Views/EmailLayout.cshtml /Views/Shared/EmailLayout.cshtml /Pages/Shared/EmailLayout.cshtml

Why my file couldn't be found? What should I add to get this to work?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 811

Answers (2)

Taylor J
Taylor J

Reputation: 21

Finally found the answer.

1) Install Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Razor.RuntimeCompilation nuget package

2) Add this to configuration in Startup : 

services.Configure<MvcRazorRuntimeCompilationOptions>(options => {
    options.FileProviders.Clear();
    options.FileProviders.Add(new EmbeddedFileProvider(appDirectory));
});

3) Change the service to services.AddRazorPages().AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();

Upvotes: 2

Rena
Rena

Reputation: 36605

Make sure that the Build Action of the file is set to Content in the properties of the View. enter image description here

You could follow the steps to use EmailLayout.cshtml:

1.Create Layout View: enter image description here

2.Be sure it is in /Pages/Shared folder: enter image description here

3.EmailLayout should be like:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
</head>
<body>
    <h2>EmailLayout</h2>
    <div>
        @RenderBody()
    </div>
</body>
</html>

4.Add the following code to your Razor Pages or _ViewStart.cshtml:

@{    
    Layout = "EmailLayout";
}

Upvotes: 1

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