The name 'model' does not exist in current context in MVC3

Question

I added a cshtml page in an project. When I tried to add the following declaration to it, I get an error: \"The name \'model\' does not exist in current context\".

Answer 1

I ran into this same issue when I created a new area to organize my pages. My structure looked like:

WebProject

- [] Areas
    - [] NewArea
        - [] Controllers
        - [] Views
- [] Controllers
- [] Views
    - Web.config
- Web.config

The views created in the Views folder under the WebProject worked fine, but the views created under the NewArea threw the following error:

The name 'model' does not exist in the current context.

To fix this I copied the web.config in the Views folder under the WebProject to the Views folder in the NewArea. See below.

WebProject

- [] Areas
    - [] NewArea
        - [] Controllers
        - [] Views
            - **Web.config**
- [] Controllers
- [] Views
    - Web.config
- Web.config

I ran into this because I manually created this new area using Add -> New Folder to add the folders. I should have right-clicked the project and selected Add -> Area. Then Visual Studio would have taken care of setting the area up correctly.

Answer 2

There is also another reason. In my case, I had copy an index.cshtml file to web root folder (outside the Views folder) as a backup from remote server.

So, I kept changing my /views/web.config, kept changing my /views/home/index.cshtml and error kept happening... until found out the /index.cshtml outside the views folder, deleted it and sure, it all went back to normal!

Answer 3

I ran into this same problem, but in my case, the only thing that had changed is that I had uninstalled Visual Studio 2012 and installed Visual Studio 2013. I opened up our solution, but I kept getting the same The name 'model' does not exist in current context error in every Razor view.

My coworker suggested checking for updates for VS2013. After I installed the VS2013 Update 1, I stopped getting this error.

Answer 4

I ran into this problem when I inadvertently had a copy of the view file (About.cshtml) for the route /about in the root directory. (Not the views folder) Once I moved the file out of the root, the problem went away.

Answer 5

It is a horrible mistake but:

Be sure you have Web.config files in your View at Remote. Maybe you skipped to upload it by your Ftp programme's filters.

Answer 6

Reinstalling the nuget solved it for me

PM> Install-Package Microsoft.AspNet.Razor -Version 3.2.3