ASP.NET MVC - Routing - an action with file extension

Question

is there a way to achieve calling URL http://mywebsite/myarea/mycontroller/myaction.xml This would basically \"fake\" requesting a file but the result would be

Answer 1

You need to map requests for your XML files to TransferRequestHandler in web.config. Otherwise IIS will handle the request.

Jon Galloway explains how to do this here.

In summary, you add this element to location/system.webServer/handlers in your web.config: