Problem with MVCToolkit

First of all congrats on getting this released. Must have been a lot of work, and panicked work over the weekend I guess.

Now for the problem. I have the VS2008 Pro RTM trial installed on Vista Ultimate. The only add-on installed is Resharper.

I created a new MVC Web Application (also tried it with an MVC Web Application and Test) and added a reference to the MVCToolkit dll. I opened the Index.aspx file, and typed <%= Html. and the dropdown only had ActionLink, Encode, and ViewContext options.

I tried adding a reference to the MVCToolkit project, and rebuilding the solution, but it didn't make a difference.

I have also tried using HtmlHelper instead of Html, and still didn't make a difference.

I'm assuming it's something I've done wrong, but can't figure out what it is. Anyone have any ideas?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

ctrl + shift + b (rebuild) will give you some intellisense :)

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

Thanks for the suggestion, but rebuilding doesn't help.

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

I had the same problem as you till I rebuilt.
can you see the toolkit HtmlHelper in the code behind after "using System.Web.Mvc"?

tried restarting VS?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

In the code behind I do see the HtmlHelper class. I tried creating a new method, and manually creating an instance of HtmlHelper

HtmlHelper hh = new HtmlHelper(ViewContext);

But the hh object, still isn't picking up any of the extensions (and a restart didn't help, will try a full system restart tonight).

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

Can you check your web.config and make sure that the namespace "System.Web.Mvc" is added under system.web/namespaces?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

Interesting... my web.config file doesn't have a system.web/namespaces node. I do have system.web/pages/namespaces and it has add entries for System.Web.Mvc and System.Linq

Should I move namespaces up a level?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

Oops - that's what i meant :). So you have this in your App and when even after you build it doesn't show?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

That's correct Rob. It looks as if VS isn't seeing the extension methods for some reason. When I look in the Object Browser, I see them all there (for instance, in the TextBoxExtensions class, I'm seeing all 21 methods there).

I just remembered today that I do have something else installed, the Entity Framework Beta 3, and the Entity Framework Tools (downloaded and installed Dec 6th), might that be connected?

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

Problem solved, I restarted the system with no result.

Uninstalled all VS addins (turns out I also had Resharper 3.0.3 installed, and think that is likely the culprit since I was using it's intellisense, and it doesn't support the new features yet)

Re-installed the ASP.Net futures, and now I'm good to go.

So thanks guys for your help, but this one was my fault (haven't had a chance to do development in 2K8 since I installed the RTM)

Nigel

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

I have a similar problem. I have just installed VS2008 Team System Development Edition. I then installed ASPNETExt.exe.

After starting VS2008 I attempt to do the following:

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Login.aspx.cs" Inherits="Costar.Focus.Web.Portal.Views.Security.Login" Title="Untitled Page" %>
<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContentPlaceHolder" runat="server">

    <h2>Login</h2>

    <% if (ViewData["ErrorMessage"] != null)
       { %>
        <%= ViewData["ErrorMessage"] %>
    <% } %>

    <% using (Html.Form("Authenticate", "Security"))
       { %>
       Username: <%= Html.TextBox("username") %><br />
       Password: <%= Html.Password("password") %><br />
       Remember Me: <input type="checkbox" id="rememberMe" name="rememberMe" checked="checked" value="checked" /><br />
       <%= Html.SubmitButton() %>
       <%= Html.Hidden("returnUrl", "/") %>
    <% } %>

</asp:Content>

When I run it however I get this result: CS1061: 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper' does not contain a definition for 'Form' and no extension method 'Form' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

In the object browser I can see the HtmlHelper object but it does not contain any functions for Form, TextBox, or Password. Here is the url I used to download ASPNETExt.exe from:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A9C6BC06-B894-4B11-8300-35BD2F8FC908&displaylang=en

Any help would be appreciated.

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

I have the same problem of dnoxs.

How can we fix it?Any ideas?

Thank you!

Re: Problem with MVCToolkit

I have the same problem. When i revise de web.config file, you must have added the System.Web.Mvc.Html namespace.