My Browser dont show the Code result made in Webmatrix.

larshgf · December 22nd, 2015, 07:11 PM

Hi,
I AM using the latest WebMatrix version (just installed it) and Windows 10

I tried this Code from the book :

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}

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

<meta charset="utf-8" />

<title></title>

</head>

<body>

<h1>Welcome to WebMatrix</h1>

<p>I began to become a web developer on @DateTime.Now.ToString()</p>

</body>

</html>

When pressing F12 or run in order to see the result in a browser nothing happened. But I just found out that right-clicking on the Page.cshtml file in the left pane choosing "Launch in browser" resulted in this (expected) result in the browser:

Welcome to WebMatrix

I began to become a web developer on 22-12-2015 20:35:42

I Wonder why this not could be done just by pressing F12 or clicking Run in the Ribbon menu?? (as written in the book about WebMatrix I am reading trying to learn the stuff about WebMatrix and ASP.NET)

Best Regards Lars

Imar · January 10th, 2016, 12:27 PM

Hi Lars,

That's odd indeed. Did you have the file open when you tried it?

Imar

hinesbrad · May 30th, 2016, 09:32 AM

When coding the first example in this book it didn't work for me. But I did get it to work by using a bit different way than what the book suggests.

After you install Web Matrix, when creating the first site be sure to create a new site from a template gallery. I picked Empty Site under the Templates area. This takes care of any IIS quirks starting with a usual website you might find.

After the website is created, I deleted the deafult CSHTML file. From here, I followed the directions in the book. Whenever you click "run" it appears that the WebMatrix software does not load the web page you are working on, it loads the root file which is either Default.cshtml or index.cshtml