Using Static Variables in Razor

Question

Why is it not possible to use a static Variable from a static class inside a view?

For example, lets say you have a Settings Class:

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Answer 1

You can access static variables in the view. There are three ways of doing this:

1) As Ant P suggests, include using statement in the view. Given that the namespace of the GlobalVariables class is AppName.GlobalVariables:

@using AppName.GlobalVariables

    
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2) Another way is to directly use the namespace in the line where you want to access variable:

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3) Finally, you can add needed namespace to the web.config file under Views folder:

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As for the sticking the variable in the Model and passing it to the View from there... indeed it conforms to the MVC pattern and assures separation of concerns and all that goodness. But in my opinion in some cases "sticking to the pattern" is taken to the level of absurd. In your case I'd just access this variable from the view.