MVC route where path exists

Question

I\'m trying to create a route that will caption a url like

http://mysite.com/tech/

but I also have an actual directory under the site that is

Answer 1

You need to set the RouteExistingFiles property of your RouteCollections object to true. This will make your routing override the physical location if a clash is found.

routes.MapRoute("Default", "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
        new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = "" }
    );
routes.RouteExistingFiles = true;

To selectively ignore files/extensions you can use :

routes.IgnoreRoute("{*staticfile}", new { staticfile = @".*\.(css|js|gif|jpg)(/.*)?" });

Another approach which might help if you don't like the ignoreRoute approach, is to extend the ViewEngine and override the file exists implementaion with your own rules.

public class MyViewEngine : RazorViewEngine
{
    protected override bool FileExists(ControllerContext controllerContext, string virtualPath)
    {
        //Some Logic to check for file
    }
}

ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
ViewEngines.Engines.Add(new CustomViewEngine());