The view must derive from WebViewPage

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I had a working MVC application when I decided that it was time for some maintenance. My views were all under SHARED directory and I decided to move them into separate directories.

I implemented a CustomViewEngine that I found here: Can I specify a custom location to "search for views" in ASP.NET MVC?

View structure looks something like this

Views
    AppViews
    OtherAppViews
    ...
    Shared
    ...

This is an error that I am getting:

The view at '~/Views/AppViews/SomeView.cshtml' must derive from ViewPage, ViewPage<TModel>, ViewUserControl, or ViewUserControl<TModel>.

I tried to inherit from @inherits System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage (as explained here: The view must derive from WebViewPage, or WebViewPage<TModel>) , but when I do this I get an error saying that I can't use @inherits and @model at the same time.

Both your `web.config` are included in the project right? (One under Views the other under Root) — Nate-Wilkins, Sep 03 '13 at 17:43
There is another SO question that might help you: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8127462/the-view-must-derive-from-webviewpage-or-webviewpagetmodel — Cloud SME, Sep 03 '13 at 20:53
@QuetiM.Porta if you read the question all the way to the end you will see that I referenced that question. Thanks — gumenimeda, Sep 04 '13 at 17:26
@gumenimeda Usually when I have this problem it has to do with my config file. I've never had this error other than that.. good luck — Nate-Wilkins, Sep 06 '13 at 00:06
@Nate You may be right. Maybe it is not properly reading Web.config file. Will look into this. Thanks — gumenimeda, Sep 06 '13 at 19:56

score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 24 '14 at 16:36

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Your CustomEngine should derive from RazorViewEngine instead of WebFormViewEngine since you use .cshtml files (Razor engine).

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edited Feb 24 '14 at 16:36

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answered Feb 24 '14 at 16:15

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The view must derive from WebViewPage

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