Cannot get Application Instance in generated assembly (Razor Engine)?

Question

I'm really starting to lose hair here...

I'm using the open source Razor engine to use Razor templating in my Webforms solution. I have one view (.cshtml) which I compile. Looks like this:

Sample.cshtml

@inherits RazorEngine.Templating.TemplateBase
<h1>hoi</h1>

I receive the following error and have NO clue on where to look... Any leads?

CS0103: The name 'Context' does not exist in the current context

Compiler source:

Line 37:         protected ASP.global_asax ApplicationInstance {
Line 38:             get {
Line 39:                 return ((ASP.global_asax)(Context.ApplicationInstance));
Line 40:             }
Line 41:         }

Line 1:    #pragma checksum "D:\local\SitecorePackageTesting\Test5\razor\Sample.cshtml" "{406ea660-64cf-4c82-b6f0-42d48172a799}" "F5A1E4ABBCBE9FEB2C5C3D7DA7B81AC7"
Line 2:    //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 3:    // <auto-generated>
Line 4:    //     This code was generated by a tool.
Line 5:    //     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.225
Line 6:    //
Line 7:    //     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
Line 8:    //     the code is regenerated.
Line 9:    // </auto-generated>
Line 10:   //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 11:   
Line 12:   namespace ASP {
Line 13:       using System;
Line 14:       using System.Collections.Generic;
Line 15:       using System.IO;
Line 16:       using System.Linq;
Line 17:       using System.Net;
Line 18:       using System.Web;
Line 19:       using System.Web.Helpers;
Line 20:       using System.Web.Security;
Line 21:       using System.Web.UI;
Line 22:       using System.Web.WebPages;
Line 23:       using System.Web.Mvc;
Line 24:       using System.Web.Mvc.Ajax;
Line 25:       using System.Web.Mvc.Html;
Line 26:       using System.Web.Routing;
Line 27:       
Line 28:       
Line 29:       public class _Page_razor_Sample_cshtml : RazorEngine.Templating.TemplateBase {
Line 30:           
Line 31:   #line hidden
Line 32:   
Line 33:           
Line 34:           public _Page_razor_Sample_cshtml() {
Line 35:           }
Line 36:           
Line 37:           protected ASP.global_asax ApplicationInstance {
Line 38:               get {
Line 39:                   return ((ASP.global_asax)(Context.ApplicationInstance));
Line 40:               }
Line 41:           }
Line 42:           
Line 43:           public override void Execute() {
Line 44:   
Line 45:   WriteLiteral("<h1>hoi</h1>");
Line 46:   
Line 47:   
Line 48:           }
Line 49:       }
Line 50:   }
Line 51:

Compiler output:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\inetsrv> "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.ApplicationServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.ApplicationServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\3c7fdb05\0071c9c6_144bca01\Oracle.DataAccess.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.CSharp\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.EnterpriseServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.EnterpriseServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activities.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\f5a0c252\00398325_277fcb01\Newtonsoft.Json.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\da38f160\00c98b4e_059ecb01\ITHit.WebDAV.Server.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Core\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Core.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\9cecdc75\007560c1_267fcb01\Stimulsoft.Base.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\8a7d9672\5208376d_9d10cc01\RazorForSitecore.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Services\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.Services.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.Linq\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.Linq.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\a806f09a\00c4d72a_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Publishing.WebDeploy.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.ServiceModel.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\5cb7410e\00101326_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Client.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\ffa50f50\001e3a2d_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Zip.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\28562d1f\006a7528_20a1cb01\sitecore.nexus.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\dd89a851\0057df41_164bca01\Mvp.Xml.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.DynamicData\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.DynamicData.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Configuration\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Configuration.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\4c2d1e9c\08f628bf_8710cc01\RazorEngine.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Web.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\071b6ade\00398325_277fcb01\Stimulsoft.Report.Web.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\93ebae80\00398325_277fcb01\ComponentArt.Web.UI.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Mvc\v4.0_3.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Mvc.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.DataSetExtensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml.Linq\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Xml\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Xml.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Extensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Extensions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\e04df5ec\d65f8d4c_d30fcc01\CompiledDomainModel.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\21aafcf9\0057df41_164bca01\RadEditor.Net2.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\470febb1\00398325_277fcb01\Stimulsoft.Report.WebDesign.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\cf7e7f0f\00be0505_904eca01\Lucene.Net.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_Code.gztscyme.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.IdentityModel\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.IdentityModel.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\531c473b\0035ec2a_154bca01\HtmlAgilityPack.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\38a9e22a\00aca609_2796cb01\Telerik.Web.UI.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Helpers\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Helpers.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Abstractions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Abstractions.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.Routing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.Routing.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\33b9b8c0\007560c1_267fcb01\Stimulsoft.Report.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\mscorlib.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\1b84e797\00f1082c_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Update.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.Deployment.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.WorkflowServices\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.WorkflowServices.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Web\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Web.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\d8d920fa\0057df41_164bca01\RadSpell.Net2.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\ad9c306b\00101326_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Analytics.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\1e6a806e\007560c1_267fcb01\Stimulsoft.Database.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Drawing\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\System.Drawing.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Runtime.Serialization\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Runtime.Serialization.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.ServiceModel.Activation\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.ServiceModel.Activation.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Web.WebPages.Razor\v4.0_1.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Web.WebPages.Razor.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_global.asax.epwwf_0j.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\29ec3d62\003d4427_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Kernel.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\515b39c8\eb89866d_9d10cc01\Test5.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\5dc738c0\0097a629_20a1cb01\Sitecore.NVelocity.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\1d85ead0\00c4d72a_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Oracle.DLL" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Activities\v4.0_4.0.0.0__31bf3856ad364e35\System.Activities.dll" /R:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\assembly\dl3\d38bbdbe\006a7528_20a1cb01\Sitecore.Logging.DLL" /out:"C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_Web_sample.cshtml.24833d72.4mrrqd0w.dll" /D:DEBUG /debug+ /optimize- /w:4 /nowarn:1659;1699;1701 /warnaserror- "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_Web_sample.cshtml.24833d72.4mrrqd0w.0.cs" "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_Web_sample.cshtml.24833d72.4mrrqd0w.1.cs"

c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\d16e214a\21d2630\App_Web_sample.cshtml.24833d72.4mrrqd0w.0.cs(39,43): error CS0103: The name 'Context' does not exist in the current context

Matthew Abbott Matthew Abbott · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-12T12:37:44

You're trying to use a RazorEngine specific template as the base template type for a view. This won't work as TemplateBase doesn't inherit from System.Web.WebPages.WebPageBase. Essentially you are using a .cshtml file and calling it directly, whereas you'd need to do something like:

string template = File.ReadAllText(Server.MapPath("~/path/to/template.cshtml"));
string result = Razor.Parse(template);

You don't need to worry about the @include statement at the top of the file either, the TemplateBase base type is the default template base type, unless you want to use a model, in which case the default is TemplateBase<T>

The key thing to take away from this is that we didn't design RazorEngine to be a replacement of the MVC RazorViewEngine, nor the WebPages build provider, but to provide a simplistic templating solution.

Cannot get Application Instance in generated assembly (Razor Engine)?

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