ASP.NET MVC How to specify which folder the View pages reside in?

Question

by default the ASP.NET MVC engine searches the following folders for View pages:

• /Views/{Controller_Name}/{Action}.aspx
• /Views/Shared/{Action}.aspx

However I want to put some of my View pages like this:

• /Views/{Namespace}/{Controller_Name}/{Action}.aspx

How can I let the engine look for this?

Answer 1

You can return view placed in custom sub-folders, from controller action by, giving out full view path in return statement,

ex.

public ActionResult Create() {     return View("~/Views/ProEnhance/Employee/Create.cshtml"); } 

here,

ProEnhance - user defined folder

Employee - Controller Name

Create - action Name

Answer 2

You have to create a class derived from IViewEngine interface and register this class in Aplication_Start event in Global.asax.cs Check this link text, but there are some differences with 1.0