attribute does not seem to act at all

Question

I am having problems using the [HandleError] attribute on my Controller Actions - it doesn\'t seem to work at all (i.e. it doesn\'t matter if the filter is there or not - I

Answer 1

To get around the 404 problem when the Error.aspx was supposed to be shown, I had to exclude the Error.aspx from the httpHandler section which prevented any views from being accessed directly (around the mvc 2 framework). I did this by putting Error.aspx in an 'Error' subfolder and putting a web.config in this subfolder with a in the httpHandlers section. My version of this problem (and its solution) may be specific to MVC 2.

Remember to update the defaultRedirect reference, when you move Error.aspx :)