WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod does not work

Question

[assembly:  WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(MyApp.App_Start.StructureMapMvc), \"Start\")]

namespace MyApp.App_Start
{
    public static class Structur         


        

Answer 1

If your code is in a Web Site Project (ie, under the App_Code folder) you cannot use PreApplicationStartupMethod! You can use PostApplicationStartupMethod instead. The "Pre" method executes before global.asax *Application_Start* runs, while "Post" executes after.

I wasted a good hour or two before I figured this out, so hopefully this will help someone else avoid that!