error on Q2 2012 update

[mahmoud]

Dear Teleriks , 
I updated my project from  2012 Q1 to  2012 Q2 but I get the following error on  panel bar rendering. After some effort to find the source of bug , I realize the problem is with "Area" and Action in the following code : 

                  .Items(subItemAdder =>
                  {
                      subItemAdder.Add()
                          .Text("Blob blob")
                          .SpriteCssClasses("database-png")
                          .Action("Index", "PriceListRows", new { Area = "PriceList" })
                  });

after removing new { Area = "PriceList" } all the things work fine! also replacing the action method with the following line has no any effect : 

   .Action("Index", "PriceList/PriceListRows")

just it works fine with the following line (when the area is not set) 

   .Action("Index", "PriceListRows")

what is (my) problem?

P.S : The stack trace is :

Stack Trace: 

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.ControllerAuthorization.IsAccessibleToUser(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName, String actionName, RouteValueDictionary routeValues) +173 Telerik.Web.Mvc.Infrastructure.Implementation.NavigationItemAuthorization.IsAccessibleToUser(RequestContext requestContext, INavigatable navigationItem) +290 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.<>c__DisplayClass2`1.<IsAccessible>b__1(T item) +76 System.Linq.Enumerable.Any(IEnumerable`1 source, Func`2 predicate) +151 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.NavigatableExtensions.IsAccessible(IEnumerable`1 items, INavigationItemAuthorization authorization, ViewContext viewContext) +267 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.NavigationItemContainerExtensions.WriteItem(TItem item, TComponent component, IHtmlNode parentTag, INavigationComponentHtmlBuilder`1 builder) +1281 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.<>c__DisplayClass4.<WriteHtml>b__3(PanelBarItem item) +115 Telerik.Web.Mvc.Extensions.EnumerableExtensions.Each(IEnumerable`1 instance, Action`1 action) +200 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.PanelBar.WriteHtml(HtmlTextWriter writer) +438 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBase.Render() +131 ASP._Page_Views_Shared_Sections_MainMenuSection_cshtml.Execute() in d:\Projects\SAFAT\Main\Source\Safat.UI\Source\Safat.UI.Web\Views\Shared\Sections\MainMenuSection.cshtml:194 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +208 System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +81 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +90 System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +220 System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +115 System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper.RenderPartialInternal(String partialViewName, ViewDataDictionary viewData, Object model, TextWriter writer, ViewEngineCollection viewEngineCollection) +279 System.Web.Mvc.Html.PartialExtensions.Partial(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String partialViewName, Object model, ViewDataDictionary viewData) +113 System.Web.Mvc.Html.PartialExtensions.Partial(HtmlHelper htmlHelper, String partialViewName) +31 ASP._Page_Views_Shared__LayoutBase_cshtml.<Execute>b__a(TextWriter __razor_template_writer) in d:\Projects\SAFAT\Main\Source\Safat.UI\Source\Safat.UI.Web\Views\Shared\_LayoutBase.cshtml:67 System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +12 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.<>c__DisplayClass7.<set_InlineTemplate>b__6(TextWriter writer) +110 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.HtmlElement.WriteTo(TextWriter output) +195 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.<>c__DisplayClass5.<WriteTo>b__3(IHtmlNode child) +40 Telerik.Web.Mvc.Extensions.EnumerableExtensions.Each(IEnumerable`1 instance, Action`1 action) +200 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.HtmlElement.WriteTo(TextWriter output) +315 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.Splitter.WriteHtml(HtmlTextWriter writer) +74 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBase.ToHtmlString() +121 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBuilderBase`2.ToHtmlString() +56 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.ViewComponentBuilderBase`2.ToString() +31 ASP._Page_Views_Shared__LayoutBase_cshtml.<Execute>b__3(SplitterPaneFactory vPanes) in d:\Projects\SAFAT\Main\Source\Safat.UI\Source\Safat.UI.Web\Views\Shared\_LayoutBase.cshtml:49 Telerik.Web.Mvc.UI.Fluent.SplitterBuilder.Panes(Action`1 configurePanes) +127 ASP._Page_Views_Shared__LayoutBase_cshtml.Execute() in d:\Projects\SAFAT\Main\Source\Safat.UI\Source\Safat.UI.Web\Views\Shared\_LayoutBase.cshtml:22 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy() +208 System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage.ExecutePageHierarchy() +81 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +90 System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.<RenderPageCore>b__6(TextWriter writer) +103 System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +12 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +67 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +66 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +261 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +98 System.Web.WebPages.<>c__DisplayClass7.<RenderPageCore>b__6(TextWriter writer) +103 System.Web.WebPages.HelperResult.WriteTo(TextWriter writer) +12 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.Write(HelperResult result) +67 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.RenderSurrounding(String partialViewName, Action`1 body) +66 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.PopContext() +261 System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase.ExecutePageHierarchy(WebPageContext pageContext, TextWriter writer, WebPageRenderingBase startPage) +98 System.Web.Mvc.RazorView.RenderView(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer, Object instance) +220 System.Web.Mvc.BuildManagerCompiledView.Render(ViewContext viewContext, TextWriter writer) +115 System.Web.Mvc.ViewResultBase.ExecuteResult(ControllerContext context) +303 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResult(ControllerContext controllerContext, ActionResult actionResult) +13 System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1c.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__19() +23 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultFilter(IResultFilter filter, ResultExecutingContext preContext, Func`1 continuation) +260 System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClass1e.<InvokeActionResultWithFilters>b__1b() +19 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeActionResultWithFilters(ControllerContext controllerContext, IList`1 filters, ActionResult actionResult) +177 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerActionInvoker.InvokeAction(ControllerContext controllerContext, String actionName) +343 System.Web.Mvc.Controller.ExecuteCore() +116 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +97 System.Web.Mvc.ControllerBase.System.Web.Mvc.IController.Execute(RequestContext requestContext) +10 System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClassb.<BeginProcessRequest>b__5() +37 System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass1.<MakeVoidDelegate>b__0() +21 System.Web.Mvc.Async.<>c__DisplayClass8`1.<BeginSynchronous>b__7(IAsyncResult _) +12 System.Web.Mvc.Async.WrappedAsyncResult`1.End() +62 System.Web.Mvc.<>c__DisplayClasse.<EndProcessRequest>b__d() +50 System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.<GetCallInAppTrustThunk>b__0(Action f) +7 System.Web.Mvc.SecurityUtil.ProcessInApplicationTrust(Action action) +22 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult asyncResult) +60 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpAsyncHandler.EndProcessRequest(IAsyncResult result) +9 System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +8970061 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +184

[Sergio]

Hello, I got a similar problem with menu. Can't post code now, but the stacktrace is similar. 

I'm not using areas, only actions.

I had to revert the update :/

[Jacek]

sergio, I am not sure if it helps. But I just fixed an issue in my code which also worked fine and ceased to work after an upgrade to 2012.2. The problem was with Action/Controller value for non-leaf nodes that do not generate links to actions. As such their controller/action values were ignored in previous version but now they need to point to correct action (otherwise IsAccessibleToUser method fails). By commenting out individual nodes I found out which node is responsible for this error message and fixed Action value.

Unfortunately mahmoud's issue is related to areas so this solution probably would not apply.

[eric]

I have the same issue. I upgraded and now my menu does not load my sitemap. Telerik? Fix?

[Sergio]

Hello again, as Jacek said the problem is that I got "non leaf" nodes that doesn't got actions. But I don't need actions in that nodes. Is there any "null/empty" action that could I use to link that nodes? 

Thank you.

[Hieu]

 

subItemAdder.Add()
.Url(Url.Action("actionName", "controllerName"))

 .Text("displayName");