handleerror

I am having problems using the [HandleError] attribute on my Controller Actions - it doesn't seem to work at all (i.e. it doesn't matter if the filter is there or not - I get the same results...). When an Exception is thrown, I get the standard red-toned Server Error in '/' Application error page instead of my custom view. I have found a couple of other threads on the subject here on SO, and in most cases it seems that setting the customErrors option to On in web.config solved the problem. It has not for me, so I need to find a different solution. My controller action: [HandleError] public

In two different application, one a custom the other the sample MVC application you get with a new VS2008 MVC project, [HandleError] is not catching exceptions. In the sample application I have: [HandleError] public class HomeController : Controller { public ActionResult Index() { ViewData["Message"] = "Welcome to ASP.NET MVC!"; throw new Exception(); return View(); } public ActionResult About() { return View(); } } which is just the default controller with an exception being thrown for testing. But it doesn't work. Instead of going to the default error.aspx page it shows the debug information

I have implemented errors handling in ASP.NET MVC site in a way like suggests this post . With 404 errors all works fine. But how correctly show user friendly screen for a 401 error ? They usually do not throw Exception that can be handled inside Application_Error() but rather action returns HttpUnauthorizedResult. One possible way is to add following code to the end of Application_EndRequest() method if (Context.Response.StatusCode == 401) { throw new HttpException(401, "You are not authorised"); // or UserFriendlyErrorRedirect(new HttpException(401, "You are not authorised")), witout

How do I go about the [HandleError] filter in asp.net MVC Preview 5? I set the customErrors in my Web.config file <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="Error.aspx"> <error statusCode="403" redirect="NoAccess.htm"/> <error statusCode="404" redirect="FileNotFound.htm"/> </customErrors> and put [HandleError] above my Controller Class like this: [HandleError] public class DSWebsiteController: Controller { [snip] public ActionResult CrashTest() { throw new Exception("Oh Noes!"); } } Then I let my controllers inherit from this class and call CrashTest() on them. Visual studio halts at the error