Posted on 07/01/2013 20:32:13
Hi Remi,
I have a working solution. I like your idea of tapping into Dynamicweb.Notifications.Standard.Application.Start, but by then the URL has already been mapped, so you'll need to tap in earlier. I'll make a disclaimer that 'this works on my machine' which doesn't promise it will work in every situation. From what I can tell, it should work for you.
At a high level, the solution is to override global.asax and add the MVC routes. Then in Application_AuthenticateRequest only call the Dynamicweb AuthenticateRequest for URLs that aren't handled by MVC.
To override global.asax first download the Visual Studio templates.
Info: http://developer.dynamicweb-cms.com/documentation/for-developers/visual-studio-templates.aspx
Download: http://developer.dynamicweb-cms.com/documentation/for-developers.aspx
Create a new Visual Studio project with File | New Project, and select Dynamicweb Custom Modules. This will create an example project, which you can delete most everything except for global.asax / global.asax.cs. Make sure that you have a reference to Dynamicweb.dll.
In global.asax.cs, add your MVC routes to Application_Start.
Then, still in global.asax.cs set Application_AuthenticateRequest to:
public void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//exclude all paths already entered by RouteTable.Routes (except the catchall)
var httpContextBase = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current);
foreach (var routeBase in RouteTable.Routes)
{
var routeData = routeBase.GetRouteData(httpContextBase);
if ((routeData != null) && ((Route)(routeData.Route)).Url != "{*catchall}")
{
//exit and don't load Dynamicweb functionality for this page
return;
}
}
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_AuthenticateRequest(sender, e);
}
What this will do is check for the routes that you created and exit Application_AuthenticateRequest early if the route is already created. That prevents it from being handled by Dynamicweb. This provided a DRY solution so that you only need to create the MVC routes once, and it will work for you.
Note that in your example you called the route name "Default". That may clash with other routes so just make sure that you have a unique name.
Also, styles, scripts and other dependencies need to be handled the same way. If you want them handled by Dynamicweb then don't create a route. If you want them handled by MVC then create a route for them. You can also call other MVC features like BundleConfig.RegisterBundles if you so desire.
Once you have this created, copy over your new compiled DLL to the Dynamicweb's /bin folder, and replace global.asax with your new global.asax file.
Here's an example of the global.asax.cs file that I used:
using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
namespace TestMvcApplication1
{
public class TestMvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
public void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute(
name: "Default",
url: "CustomModules/mvcapp1/{controller}/{action}/{id}",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
);
RouteTable.Routes.MapRoute(
name: "OtherTestPage",
url: "othertestpage",
defaults: new { controller = "Home", action = "OtherTestPage" }
);
// Fires when the application is started
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_Start(sender, e);
}
public void Session_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Fires when the session is started
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Session_Start(sender, e);
}
public void Application_BeginRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Fires at the beginning of each request
//GlobalAsax.Application_BeginRequest(sender, e);
}
public void Application_AuthenticateRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//exclude all paths already entered by RouteTable.Routes (except the catchall)
var httpContextBase = new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.Current);
foreach (var routeBase in RouteTable.Routes)
{
var routeData = routeBase.GetRouteData(httpContextBase);
if ((routeData != null) && ((Route)(routeData.Route)).Url != "{*catchall}")
{
//exit and don't load Dynamicweb functionality for this page
return;
}
}
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_AuthenticateRequest(sender, e);
}
public void Application_Error(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Fires when an error occurs
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_Error(sender, e);
}
public void Session_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Fires when the session ends
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Session_End(sender, e);
}
public void Application_End(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
// Fires when the application ends
Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_End(sender, e);
}
public void Application_OnPreRequestHandlerExecute(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
//Dynamicweb.Frontend.GlobalAsaxHandler.Application_OnPreRequestHandlerExecute(sender, e);
}
}
}
