Why isn't this MVC Html Helper extension method working?
- by Blankman
My base controller looks like:
public abstract MyBaseMasterController<TMasterViewModel> : Controller
{
}
public MyMasterController: MyBaseMasterController<SomeThingModel>
{
}
Extension method:
public static string DoSomething(this HtmlHelper htmlHelper)
{
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
sb.Append("var cnwglobals = {");
var controller = htmlHelper.ViewContext.Controller as MyMasterController;
if (controller == null)
{
}
return sb.ToString();
}
In my view I do:
<% Html.Dosomething(); %>
I get an error:
CS1061: 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<Blah.Models.ViewModelForMasterWrapper<Blah.Models.MasterViewModel>>' does not contain a definition for 'DoSomething' and no extension method 'DoSomething' accepting a first argument of type 'System.Web.Mvc.HtmlHelper<Blah.Models.ViewModelForMasterWrapper<Blah.Models.MasterViewModel>>' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)
