How to compile cshtml before runtime

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I believe I read somewhere there is a setting in one of the project files that will allow you to compile the .cshtml files when building your Visual Studio project.

Just getting started with MVC/Razor/Query Mobile, and am getting annoyed with the "Error loading page" when I have an error in a code block inside a .cshtml file

http://www.chrisvandesteeg.nl/2010/11/22/embedding-pre-compiled-razor-views-in-your-dll/ — Robert Harvey, Nov 20 '12 at 21:01
Possible duplicate of [Compile Views in ASP.NET MVC](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/383192/compile-views-in-asp-net-mvc) — Jon Schneider, Oct 05 '16 at 14:13

Levi Botelho · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-20T15:18:14.977

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Set <MvcBuildViews>true</MvcBuildViews> in the <PropertyGroup> element of your .csproj file.

edited Jun 20 '13 at 15:18

answered Nov 20 '12 at 21:00

Levi Botelho

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any place to set this within the UI? – Brady Moritz Oct 05 '14 at 18:01
Within the UI of Visual Studio? Not that I'm aware of. – Levi Botelho Oct 05 '14 at 18:19
This works, but I noticed it causes a different compiler error, so I had to turn it back off. – Brady Moritz Oct 05 '14 at 20:00
Are you sure that your compiler error isn't linked to a view compilation problem? Last time I used this feature, when my views didn't compile I got strange compilation error messages... – Levi Botelho Oct 05 '14 at 21:33
actually, this is the problem I had: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4725387/mvcbuildviews-not-working-correctly – Brady Moritz Oct 05 '14 at 22:35
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MvcBuildViews is often mistakenly, as it doesn’t precompile views as you image. See my answer for details (https://stackoverflow.com/a/53319065/752004) – Gianpiero Nov 15 '18 at 12:01

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 16 '15 at 01:14

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Besides the true setting, you still need to ensure below setting is active in your csproj:

<Target Name="MvcBuildViews" AfterTargets="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(MvcBuildViews)'=='true'">
<AspNetCompiler VirtualPath="temp" PhysicalPath="$(WebProjectOutputDir)" />
</Target>

answered Apr 16 '15 at 01:14

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Error **Failed to map the path '/**' and **Failed to map the path 'temp'** what is the reason? – Kiran Joshi Oct 25 '18 at 09:20

Gianpiero · Answer 3 · 2023-02-07T12:02:28.510

MvcBuildViews is often mistakenly, as it doesn’t precompile views in the terms you'd like.

MvcBuildViews builds views temporarily and gives build results back to building process to show possible build error in VS errors window.

For achieving a real precompilation of views for production release, you have to properly set specific values in the Publish Web App configuration window of your project.

See here for the main article about how to do it via Visual Studio and here for going deeper on how to do it via msBuild and Azure.

UPDATE

In a nutshell, with Visual Studio you have to configure the Publish window as:

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How to compile cshtml before runtime

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