[Solved] Area name rewriting when filtering grid

[raouf]

Hi

I have a problem I can't solve on my own.

In fact, I am working on a project with aspnet mvc and the telerik mvc extensions.

I have a grid accessible from a controller inside an area. When I display it, it works fine.
The problem come when I try to filter the grid.
The url becomes something like this :
domain.com/area_name/area_name/controller/action?filtering_params

it's rewritten in a way that makes the routing pipeline map the area name to a controller and the controller to an action ...

is there a way to solve this???

[Atanas Korchev]

Hello raouf,

 It works when I tested locally. Find attached my test project.

Greetings,
Atanas Korchev
the Telerik team

[Rick]

Hi, 

I used the example that you supplied. After navigating into the area, then trying to navigate back to Home, the page load fails due to the area name getting prepended to the url being built by the main menu.  ie the URL is /MyArea/Home (which doesn't exist) instead of just /Home.

How do you stop that from happening?

Thanks,

Rick

I found the solution when looking at the code for you demo:
 

public override void RegisterArea(AreaRegistrationContext context)
       {
           var razorRoute = context.MapRoute(
               "Razor_default",
               "razor/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
               new { controller = "Home", action = "FirstLook", id = "" });

           // The 'UseNamespaceFallback' token will allow the runtime to use the controllers defined outside the area
           razorRoute.DataTokens["UseNamespaceFallback"] = true;

           razorRoute.DataTokens[RazorViewToken] = true;
       }

The line razorRoute.DataTokens["UseNamespaceFallback"] = true; keeps the route working for routes outside the area

I made an equivalent change and everything works OK.

Rick 

[Daniel]

Hi Rick,

You could use either the UseNamespaceFallback DataToken or specify an empty string for the area route value when the controller is outside of an area. For example:

@Html.ActionLink("Go To Controller Out Of Area", "Index", "Home", new { area="" }, null)

Greetings,
Daniel
the Telerik team