the name "model" doesnt exist in the current context error

Rakesh

9y25.4k.NET

I upgrade my solution from 2013 to 2015 and v4.6 framework. I have only two projects in solution. when I build my solution , it seems to build successfully but when I look at the error list, I am seeing erros on

@model and Html helpers.. etc.

It says The name "model" does not exist in the current context

The name "ViewBag" does not exist in the current context .

My application is MVC 4 version. Please help!

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Bryian Tan9y ago
I happen to run into the same issue today, upgrading my VS2010 (MVC 3) project to VS 2015 (MVC 5). If you mouse hover red underlines (errors), if will give you more hint on what the issue (version 1.00 vs 3.00 blah blah blah). I didn't document the steps to fix the issue, but I think this is what I did:
Update the MVC to 5 using NuGet
fixed all the assembly references (bin, web.config)
maybe some other step that i forgot :(
Here what I would recommend. Go to https://github.com/bryiantan/PasswordStrengthIndicator and download one of my sample MVC 5 project. Copy all the MVC assemblies/DLL into your project bin folder, update the project references to the DLL location. Compare the sample web.config with your project web.config and make adjustment accordingly. Don't forget there are 2 web.config, one in Views folder and the other on the Root. If you application has an Area, there should a web.config in that folder too.
Rakesh9y ago
Briyan, all my razor views in the solution have red underlines (errors) at @model, viewbag, Http.Partial etc. intelliSense is not working in my views..
Bryian Tan9y ago
Can you post the new blank MVC project that having the issue? I want to see if I can replicate it at my end.
Bryian Tan9y ago
Did you get the same issue if create a completely new MVC project using VS 2015?
Nigel Fernandes9y ago
hmmmm then try to manually update all references from the old dlls to new dlls version .
Rakesh9y ago
:( its already in web.config
Nigel Fernandes9y ago
ok try to include System.Web.Mvc.Html in the web.config of the views folder.
Rakesh9y ago
Nigel,

I appreciate your response. I tried it but it's not working. Intellisense is not working in all the views in my projects. Please let me know if you have any other fixes. Thanks again!
Nigel Fernandes9y ago
I've encountered the same problem.
The application will still work. But I guess intellisense will not work.

Try adding this to the top of your view page and see if it helps.
@inherits System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage
@using System.Web.Mvc.Html