Global.asax can't find code-behind class

Question

I keep getting this error when I try to run a web app that I have inherited. It was written in 2010 for C# 3.5 and uses Mvc 2. I have installed the necessary libraries howev

Answer 1

My problem was that I had accidentally created a web site instead of a web application. Once I recreated the project it worked fine.

Answer 2

Add Codebehind="Global.asax.cs" to the Markup file (Global.asax):

From:

<%@ Application Inherits="AdminConsole.MvcApplication" Language="C#" %>

To:

<%@ Application Codebehind="Global.asax.cs"
                Inherits="AdminConsole.MvcApplication" Language="C#" %>

Answer 3

Verify that the project is configured to place your DLLs into the /bin folder and not in /bin/x86/Debug/ (or similar).