ASP.NET MVC controller return partial view that is not in Shared folder

Question

I have this method inside my controller that calls this partial view:

return PartialView("_tinzProdListPageTemplate", tblStoreLocation);

That partial view is inside the Shared folder and the above code works fine and loads the view. But now I want to move _tinzProdListPageTemplate to another folder that is inside the Shared folder called Templates so that I can better organize my project.

I tried these but they don't work. It seems that only when calling straight from the default Shared folder, can you load a partial view from the controller. (I even tried adding .cshtml to the end as the extension on the examples above but did not work either)

return PartialView("Templates/_tinzProdListPageTemplate", tblStoreLocation);

return PartialView("Shared/Templates/_tinzProdListPageTemplate", tblStoreLocation);

return PartialView("~/Shared/Templates/_tinzProdListPageTemplate", tblStoreLocation);

So how do I return a PartialView that is not inside the Shared folder. Its inside a folder that is inside the Shared folder?

I am using ASP.NET MVC 5 running on the .NET Framework.

This is the error I get:

The partial view '_tinzProdListPageTemplate' was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched:

~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.aspx
~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.ascx
~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.aspx
~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.ascx
~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.cshtml
~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.vbhtml
~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.cshtml
~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.vbhtml

Can one of these help? For asp.net core stackoverflow.com/a/43473813/8715436 and for asp.net mvc based on .net framework something like this stackoverflow.com/a/7003742/8715436 — E. Shcherbo
– E. Shcherbo, Commented Feb 25, 2022 at 23:14
@Charles I am receiving this error message: The partial view '_tinzProdListPageTemplate' was not found or no view engine supports the searched locations. The following locations were searched: ~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.aspx ~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.ascx ~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.aspx ~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.ascx ~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.cshtml ~/Views/Store/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.vbhtml ~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.cshtml ~/Views/Shared/_tinzProdListPageTemplate.vbhtml — CodeQuest
– CodeQuest, Commented Feb 25, 2022 at 23:53
@E.Shcherbo I took a look at the .net framework example but those seem to be showing how to do it from a view. I am adding this code in my controller. — CodeQuest
– CodeQuest, Commented Feb 25, 2022 at 23:54
@E.Shcherbo haha! sorry I had like 10 tabs open on the browser and when I clicked on your link I thought I was looking at the one you sent me I was actually looking at the another tab on my browser. Thank you . Your post did solve my issue. — CodeQuest
– CodeQuest, Commented Feb 26, 2022 at 0:14

Charles · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-26 00:11:07Z

2

A complete view name would look like this

"~/Areas/Public/Views/Home/Index.cshtml"

I think you only forgot to add the extension at the end.

Maybe you want a CustomViewEngine like here
Working with subfolders in custom view engine

If you register a custom view engine then you can set all the search locations like

ViewLocation, PartialViewLocation, MasterLocation

edited Feb 26, 2022 at 0:11

answered Feb 25, 2022 at 23:38

Charles

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CodeQuest Over a year ago

Yeah I tried that but still did not work. In my case I am calling it from inside a controller. In this particular case adding the extension gives me the same error.

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