how to add a code-behind page to a view or partial view

Question

I notice with the latest version of ASP.NET MVC that a View no longer defaults to having code-behind classes.

How do I go about adding a code-behind class now to a

Answer 1

To add a codebehind file to your aspx page, while still allowing it to be the target of an MVC view, do the following.

For a view page named Index.aspx...

Replace the following code....

<%@ Page Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %>

with

<%@ Page CodeFile="Index.aspx.vb" Inherits="Home_Index" %>

Then create a file called Index.aspx.cs (or .vb).

partial class Home_Index : System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage
{...}

or VB

Partial Class Home_Index
    Inherits System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage
    ...
End Class

That's it. The only thing special is using the correct Mvc.ViewPage base class.