Snippet from my _layout.cshtml file
<body>
<!--
NAVBAR
-->
<div class="navBar">
<input id="homeButton" type="submit" name="homeButton" value="Home"/>
<input id="toolsButton" type="submit" name="toolsButton" value="Tools"/>
<input id="contactButton" type="submit" name="contactButton" value="Contact Me"/>
<input id="supportButton" type="submit" name="supportButton" value="Support"/>
<input id="aboutButton" type="submit" name="aboutButton" value="About"/>
</div><!--TODO: STYLE THESE -->
<script>
const homeButton = document.getElementById("homeButton");
const toolsButton = document.getElementById("toolsButton");
const contactButton = document.getElementById("contactButton");
const supportButton = document.getElementById("supportButton");
const aboutButton = document.getElementById("aboutButton");
homeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.location.href = "/";
});
toolsButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.location.href = "/Tools/Index"; // "/Tools" doesn't work either
});
contactButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.location.href = "/";
});
supportButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.location.href = "/";
});
aboutButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
window.location.href = "/";
});
</script>
The error generated when button clicked
Server Error in '/' Application.
Compilation Error
Description: An error occurred during the compilation of a resource required to service this request. Please review the following specific error details and modify your source code appropriately.
Compiler Error Message: CS1003: Syntax error, '>' expected
Source Error:
Line 29:
Line 30:
Line 31: public class _Page_Views_Tools_Index_cshtml : System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage<LgbtqWebsiteNoDb.Models.Tool;> {
Line 32:
Line 33: #line hidden
Source File: c:\Users\marfx\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\ec7221e8\6a6fd7fe\App_Web_index.cshtml.f024d85f.citsmrxd.0.cs Line: 31
Detailed compiler output
C:\Program Files (x86)\IIS Express> "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\csc.exe" /t:library /utf8output /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\assembly\GAC_MSIL\System.Data.DataSetExtensions\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /R:"C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.Net\assembly\GAC_32\System.Data\v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089\System.Data.dll" /R:"C:\Users\marfx\AppData\Local\Temp\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\ec7221e8\6a6fd7fe\assembly...
* Compiler output goes on here *
I have tried to redirect the users to other pages via Razor with
Response.Redirect("/Tools");My Tools controller
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using LgbtqWebsiteNoDb.Models;
using static LgbtqWebsiteNoDb.Models.Tool;
using Microsoft.Ajax.Utilities;
namespace LgbtqWebsiteNoDb.Controllers
{
public class ToolsController : Controller
{
private static readonly List<Tool> Tools = new List<Tool>()
...
* More code follows *
Tools model
public class Tool
{
/// <summary>
/// Getter and Setter for the name of a given tool
...
* More code follows *
Tools/Index.cshtml
@model LgbtqWebsiteNoDb.Models.Tool;
<!DOCTYPE html>
...
* More HTML code follows *
I am using .Net v4.7.2 (I would be using 5.0.0 but none of my IDEs seem to want to use the newest version, I'm on a time crunch so can't spend ages debugging that so I'm just making do)
Cheers