MVC controller.Execute with areas

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I've a site in MVC4 using areas. In some area (lets call it Area), I have a controller (Controller) with this actions: ``` public ActionResult Index() { return View(); } public ActionResult OtherAction() { return View("Index"); } ``` This works great if I make a simple redirect to Area/Controller/OtherAction like this: ``` return RedirectToAction("OtherAction", "Controller", new { area = "Area" }); ``` But I need (check here why) to make a redirect like this: ``` RouteData routeData = new RouteData(); routeData.Values.Add("area", "Area"); routeData.Values.Add("controller", "Controller"); routeData.Values.Add("action", "OtherAction"); ControllerController controller = new ControllerController(); controller.Execute(new RequestContext(new HttpContextWrapper(HttpContext.ApplicationInstance.Context), routeData)); ``` And in that case it doesn't work. After the last line, the OtherAction method is executed and then in the last line of this code it throws this exception: The view 'Index' or…

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You get the exception because ASP.NET MVC tries to look up your view in the "root" context and not inside the area view directory because you are not setting up the area correctly in the `routeData`.

The `area` key needs to be set in the `DataTokens` collections and not in the `Values`

```
RouteData routeData = new RouteData();
routeData.DataTokens.Add("area", "Area");
routeData.Values.Add("controller", "Controller");
routeData.Values.Add("action", "OtherAction");
//...
```

MVC controller.Execute with areas

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