title: MVC Areas - View not found
body: <p>I have a project that is using MVC areas. The area has the entire project in it while the main "Views/Controllers/Models" folders outside the Areas are empty barring a dispatch controller I have setup that routes default incoming requests to the Home Controller in my area.</p>
  
  <p>This controller has one method as follows:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>public ActionResult Index(string id)
      {
          return RedirectToAction("Index", "Home", new {area = "xyz"});
      }   
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I also have a default route setup to use this controller as follows:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>routes.MapRoute(
              "Default",                                              // Default route
              "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
              new { controller = "Dispatch", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
          );   
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any default requests to my site are appropriately routed to the relevant area. The Area's "RegisterArea" method has a single route:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>context.MapRoute(
              "xyz_default",
              "xyz/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
              new { action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My area has multiple controllers with a lot of views. Any call to a specific view in these controller methods like "return View("blah"); 
  renders the correct view. However whenever I try and return a view along with a model object passed in as a parameter I get the 
  following error:-</p>
  
  <pre><code>Server Error in '/DeveloperPortal' Application.
  The view 'blah' or its master was not found. The following locations were searched:
  ~/Views/Profile/blah.aspx
  ~/Views/Profile/blah.ascx
  ~/Views/Shared/blah.aspx
  ~/Views/Shared/blah.ascx 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It looks like whenever a model object is passed in as a param. to the "View()" method [e.g. return View("blah",obj) ] it searches for the view
  in the root of the project instead of in the area specific view folder.</p>
  
  <p>What am I missing here ?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance.</p>