MVC - Accessing css, image, js files in view folder

Question

In my mvc 3 application, assuming I have a folder structure like \\Views\\Account\\js\\custom.js How do I add that file to my view in the Account\\index.c

Answer 1

The web.config file in the /Views folder restricts all access to files in the folder by default:

<httpHandlers>
  <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
</httpHandlers>

You could change that, but it's probably more secure overall to not store the assets in the views folder.

Answer 2

You can use a UrlHelper:

<script src="@Url.Content("~/view/account/js/custom.js")" type="text/javascript"></script>

Answer 3

Add this under your views web.config Handlers section

<add name="JavaScriptHandler" path="*.js" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.StaticFileHandler" />

Answer 4

The best way is to use T4MVC - http://mvccontrib.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=T4MVC No need to use magic strings...