Using WebActivator in VB.NET project

Question

In order to make Elmah.MVC package work in VB.NET projects as well, I've create ASP.NET MVC3 VB.NET application added WebActivator Nuget package (v.1.5.1), in App_Start folder inserted simple code, like

[assembly: WebActivator.PreApplicationStartMethod(typeof(Elmah.Mvc.Web.App_Start.ElmahMvc_Start), "Start")]

namespace Elmah.Mvc.Web.App_Start
{
    public class ElmahMvc_Start
    {
        public static void Start()
        {
            Elmah.Mvc.Bootstrap.Initialize();
        }
    }
}

The project built fine, but I never hit Elmah.Mvc.Bootstrap.Initialize(); line.

Does WebActivator work with VB.NET? I wounder if not, cause a lot of different projects using WebActivator (Ninject, StructureMap etc.) are they supported in VB.NET?

David Ebbo David Ebbo · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-09T12:46:17

WebActivator should work in any language, as it's a pure runtime component. But I'm confused how you can end up using C# code like this in your VB app. Shouldn't you write this in VB? Maybe the C# files is just getting ignored as it is, which is why it doesn't work?

Using WebActivator in VB.NET project

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