“ 'Title' is not a member of 'ASP.views … ” in ASP.NET MVC2 VB.NET Application

Question

I'm getting an odd compilation error in an ASP.NET MVC 2 application using VB.NET:

Description : An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.

Compiler Error Message : BC30456: 'Title' is not a member of 'ASP.views_ ...

Source:

<%@ Page Title="" Language="VB" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" ...

Oddly, this error only happens when I host the site on IIS 5.1 (WinXP) and not on Cassini. It also doesn't happen on every page. It fails on the Index.aspx page referenced above, but succeeds on a dummy page I created call foo.aspx that uses the same <% Page Title="" ... syntax. In summary:

File                 IIS 5.1             Cassini
    MyModel/Index.aspx                   OK
    Home/Foo.aspx        OK                  OK

EDIT: Now I'm getting it to fail in Cassini as well...odd

I have two questions related to this problem:

1. Why am I getting this compilation error?
2. Is there a work-around so that I can avoid this error?

Answer 1

I just came across this problem in a project I'm working on. In my case it was because the 'Inherits' referred to a type which didn't exist.

Try browsing around the Object Explorer to make sure you've got your class name exactly right.

Answer 2

Go into the property pages of the deployment project. Under the Compilation tab, uncheck the option "Allow this precompiled site to be updatable". This resolved the problem for me.

Answer 3

the same happens when I host the site on IIS 7. i had a renamed copy of the same form in the project,both inherits same name. Then I deleted the old(renamed) form and now works fine.

Answer 4

You will probably have lots of issues running MVC on IIS 5.1

The lack of support for wildcard filters is a bit of an issue with MVC routes.