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C# ASP.NET MVC Basics Controllers Adding an Action to a Controller

Posted by Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

No data is showing for ComicsBooksController.

In the video he is able to navigate to /ComicBooks/Detail without a 404 issue. But when I go to navigate to my controller link it gives me a 404.

Here is my comic controller:

asp.net 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc

namespace ComicBookGallery.Controllers
{
    class ComicsBooksController : Controller
    {
        public string Detail()
        {
            return "Hello from the comics book controller!";
        }
    }
}

Also, an error appears to be showing.

Error:

Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State
Error   CS1002  ; expected  ComicBookGallery    C:\Users\ethan\Documents\Repos\src\ComicBookGallery\ComicBookGallery\Controllers\ComicsBooksController.cs   7   Active

I am going to be looking for the error code in msdn. In the meantime, I would surely love the help!

3 Answers

Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points
Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

I am a ding dong. I forgot the "using System.Web.Mvc;" semicolon at the end. No need to answer this anymore!

Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points
Ethan M
Ethan M
10,637 Points

Just updated the code and get the same error

asp.net 
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc

namespace ComicBookGallery.Controllers
{
     public  class ComicsBooksController : Controller
    {
        public string Detail()
        {
            return "Hello from the comics book controller!";
        }
    }
}
Christopher Debove
PLUS
Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points
Christopher Debove
Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 Points

Hello.

You named your controller "ComicsBooksController", so the URL you need to reach is : "/ComicsBooks/Detail". (There's an "s" after Comic)