Set start route in ASP.NET MVC visual studio development server

Question

My route is configured to require a certain extension.

Because of this I get an HttpException when I try to debug from visual studio: The incoming request does not match any route.

I then have to manualy append the {controller}.{extension} section to the localhost URL in the address bar.

I've tried playing around with the project settings but haven't managed to get it working.

So, to clarify, I would like my project to go directly to

http://localhost:1440/mycontroller.ext

when I run it under visual studio on local machine.

Answer 1

Are you talking about setting the default URL for when you hit F5 in Visual Studio? If so this should do the trick:

1. Right click on your web project and select Properties.
2. On the Web tab, under Start Action, select Specific page
3. Enter mycontroller.ext in the textbox

Hit F5.