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    "Custom Error pages in Asp.Net MVC"

        In this article we will learn how to make custom error pages in Asp.Net MVC.

    Getting Started:

        By default if we get any exception while running our code, we are redirected to a Yellow Screen Of Death, containing the details of the error.

    Example:

    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        // ...
    
        public ActionResult About()
        {
            throw new Exception("This is not good. Something bad happened.");
        }
    }
    

    By default this code will give us the following Yellow Screen Of Death.

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    But if we wan't to display a Custom Error page then:

    Step 1: Write the following code in your web.config file:

    <system.web>
      <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect=~/BadError.htm"/>
    </system.web>
    

    This will set your custom error mode 'ON' and will always redirect you to "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml " on every exception.

    Step 2: Now we can write our own content at "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml". By default the 'Error.cshtml' will look like:

    @model System.Web.Mvc.HandleErrorInfo
    
    @{
        ViewBag.Title = "Error";
    }
    
    <h1 class="text-danger">Error.</h1>
    <h2 class="text-danger">An error occurred while processing your request.</h2>
    

    We can write the description of the exception as follows:

    @model System.Web.Mvc.HandleErrorInfo
    
    @{
        ViewBag.Title = "Error";
    }
    
    <h2>
        Sorry, an error occurred while processing your request.
    </h2>
    <p>Controller = @Model.ControllerName</p>
    <p>Action = @Model.ActionName</p>
    <p>Message = @Model.Exception.Message</p>
    <p>StackTrace :</p>
    <pre>@Model.Exception.StackTrace</pre>
    

    Now incase of exceptions it will be redirected to the "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml", but incase of errors such as "404 page not found", etc. it will be redirected to the path defaultRedirect=~/BadError.htm" taken from <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect = ~/BadError.htm"/>

    Note:-> If we wan't to redirect to different error pages for errors with different status code then write the following code in your Web.Config file:

    <system.web>
      <customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect=~/BadError.htm">
         <error redirect="~/MultipleSubmit/FileUpload" statusCode="404" />
         //...
      </customErrors>
    </system.web>
    

    This will redirect to "~/MultipleSubmit/FileUpload" for Error with status code 404.Similarly we can declare redirect actions for other status codes also.

    But if we don't want to redirect to "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml" and wan't to go some other view then:

    Step 1: Write the following code in your web.config file:

    <system.web>
      <customErrors mode="On"/>
    </system.web>
    

    Step 2: Goto FilterConfig.cs in App_Start folder, you will find the following code:

    using System.Web;
    using System.Web.Mvc;
    
    namespace MultipleSubmit
    {
        public class FilterConfig
        {
            public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
            {
                filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
            }
        }
    }
    

    Edit the above code as :

    using System.Web;
    using System.Web.Mvc;
    
    namespace MultipleSubmit
    {
        public class FilterConfig
        {
            public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
            {
                filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute{ View = "Name of the view" });
            }
        }
    }
    

    Now whenever the exception will occur, it will be redirected to the View mentioned in the above code and not to the "~/Views/Shared/Error.cshtml".

    Hope it helps....Happy Coding!

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