Compile-time error: rendering a partial view within a partial view

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I am trying to render a partial page inside a partial page. So i have in my layout page a call to my partial CreateMenu and here i pass the model from the layout page. This works perfect. Now inside the CreateMenu partial i am trying to call MenuItem with the same syntax but then it fails. Visual studio shows the path as red (i know to 100% that it exists).

How can i render a partial from inside a partial.

MenuPartial's call to the render:

@Html.Partial("~/Models/Default/UserControls/_MenuItem.cshtml", Model.Modules[i])

Model.Modules[i] consists of MvcModule objects.

MenuItem:

@model Models.Default.Classes.MvcModule
<li class="@{if (Model.CanExpand) {<text>fullwidth</text>} else {<text>nodrop</text>}} first_fullwidth">
...

This results in a compilation error:

Compiler Error Message: CS0115: "ASP._Page_Models_Default_UserControls__MenuItem_cshtml.Execute()": Es wurde keine passende Methode zum Überschreiben gefunden. Line 46: public override void Execute() {

Sorry for the German text. I have tried to get it to output English instead but VS 2010 refuses to change the settings =/

Any chance of translating that German to English, and supplying the code for the Execute method the error is referring to? — razlebe
– razlebe, Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 13:45
Its the mvc framework that is producing that code. It tries to execute the partial view and it fails. The error says: No suitable method found to override. — Patrick
– Patrick, Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 14:06
In visual studio 2010 i get "Cannot resolve partial view: 'path'". I know that it is there. — Patrick
– Patrick, Commented Jul 1, 2011 at 14:14

gram · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-01 14:32:10Z

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I don't think this is a nested partial issue. You should be able to nest partials without any problem. It looks like the partial you're trying to render is in the ~/Models/Default/UserControls directory. This isn't a place the default view engine looks for views. Try copying the web.config file from your Views directory into the Models directory.

If it were me, I would try to avoid storing views outside of the Views directory if at all possible to avoid weird issues like this.

answered Jul 1, 2011 at 14:32

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Patrick Over a year ago

So easy. The MainMenu got created there for some reason and that had always worked. Moved them to the views folder and poff it worked. Thanks!

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